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Dallas City Council Stifles Residents Speech
A council rule restricts residents from speaking at meetings to once every 30 days.
Travis County Countersues AG Paxton Over Lawsuit to Stop Mass Voter Registration Mailings
Paxton sued Travis and Bexar Counties over mass mailings of voter registration forms through a third party.
South Texas Teacher Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography
Freer ISD’s superintendent says David Scott Hunter has been placed on administrative leave following the arrest.
Williamson County Samsung Plant Experiences Significant Setbacks
The perils of government picking winners and losers means taxpayers are footing part of this bill.
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iWaste in Fort Bend ISD
The Fort Bend ISD School Board recently announced plans spend an appalling $18 million to give 2nd through 8th graders iPads in lieu of traditional textbooks. Do they expect taxpayers to ignore their role as lead plaintiff in one of the school finance lawsuits?...
Bring out your dead….voters, that is
Today, the Pew Center released a new report stating that nationwide, approximately 1.8 million dead people are registered to vote. In addition, 24 million registrations are said to be invalid or inaccurate. This is the tip of the iceberg with regards to the problems...
Brownsville: More municipal waste, WOW!
Well here is another in a long line of examples of feel-good, waste of taxpayer money by a municipal Visitor and Convention Bureau: Brownsville now wants to make you say "WOW!" The Brownsville Herald reports that Mariano Ayala, the CEO of the Brownsville CVB “wants...
Yes We Can… Indoctrinate Your Kids!
Did you know that Barack Obama thinks outside the box? That his favorite team is the White Sox? That his famous slogan is “Yes We Can?” That he’s “the man?” That’s what kindergarteners at an elementary school in Houston now know after being forced to learn a song...
Cities should take a cue from Congress
Every so often, you hear good things come out of the Washington beltway, the kind of idea you wish would trickle down to the local level. Such was the case this week when the House Ways and Means Committee in Congress voted 20-17 to end the federal gas tax diversion...
Abbott Keeps Trust With Voters
With representational boundaries and primary election dates still in limbo, Attorney General Greg Abbott today put forward legislative and congressional maps in an attempt to address the issues raised by the courts in the ongoing redistricting lawsuit. The president...
A priority problem in public education from Austin to local boards
We keep hearing how broke school districts are and now, we hear that there isn’t even enough money to implement new testing effectively. I bet many of you don’t remember that STARR tests are the embodiment of the end-of-course exams various members of the school lobby...
Fiesta Time in Denton?
Bureaucrats at Denton ISD would have you believe that the district never had any budget issues, had superior instructional spending rates, and never even considered joining one of the state finance lawsuits, given the district just approved a new Mariachi program for...
Patrick Fallon Endorsed By TFR
Patrick Fallon was today endorsed by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility in his 2012 bid for the newly created Texas House seat in Denton County. “Patrick Fallon has proven himself to be a steadfast conservative leader whose practical experience on the Frisco City...