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Parents Win: Canyon ISD Puts Bibles Back in School Libraries
Texas legislators blasted the district’s superintendent, who blamed the Bible removals on a law prohibiting sexually explicit content.
Legislation Filed to Abolish the Austin City Council
The legislation, if enacted, would create a state-run District of Austin.
Sabine County Tax Trends: Rising Appraisals Drive Increased Revenues
Even if tax rates are kept in check, rising appraisals can eat up any savings citizens would otherwise see.
Houston Teen Killed by Train, Union Pacific Stops Trains Near Milby High During School Hours
The City of Houston is looking into building a skybridge over the tracks for student use.
Local Archive
Seeking a Broader Solution Than ‘Spend More’
The ‘Save Texas Schools’ rally held on the south steps of the Texas Capitol today was not as innocuous as it sounds. We can all agree that work needs to be done to improve schools in Texas - but the individuals supporting today’s event have made clear that they see...
Texas groundwater issue is not complicated
In a weekend feature story datelined my home town of Floydada, Texas Tribune writer Kate Galbraith wrote of the farmer, rancher, and landowner fight against folks such as Senator Robert Duncan who believe that just because people in the cities need it, other people’s...
Texas courthouse security hobbled by buffoonery
From the Beaumont Enterprise editors we get more fantasy thought and refusal to look at reality on the issue of courthouse security following the murders outside the Jefferson County courthouse. In an editorial titled, “Courthouse shooting could have been much worse”,...
Craig Goldman Endorsed By TFR
Craig Goldman has been endorsed by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility in his 2012 campaign for the Texas House, district 97. "Craig Goldman has demonstrated himself to be a strong conservative who will represent the values and principles of voters in Tarrant County,”...
Abbott is Fighting Back Against the VRA
Good news hit the wires this afternoon - Attorney General Greg Abbott has fired a shot at the Voting Rights Act, directly challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 in his latest complaint, calling it an infringement on Article IV of the US Constitution and the...
Educrats Emerge In Primary Races
Primary season is finally, officially under way, and I've started going through and looking at the Republican primary candidates in the Texas House races. We're looking at a pretty full cycle, what with open seats, Tea Party challengers, and a bumper crop of educrats...
TxDOT & City of Austin Pedal More Waste
Even though the Austin Police Department says it needs more operators in their 911 dispatch center, the Austin City Council is moving forward with a plan to spend millions of dollars on something apparently more important to them – bike-lane bridges -- while everyone...
Going to the movies in Dallas ISD
Dallas ISD has a long, strange history of problems. From the credit card scandal, the fake Social Security number scandal, last summer's drop-in-the-bucket $86,000 Chick-Fil-A issue, and now this story about a movie theater field trip that cost taxpayers...
Texas Democrats fail to deter another party switcher
On Monday I reported on Pratt on Texas, from the Rio Grande Gardian, that Kingsville state representative, J.M. Lozano, planned to leave the Democrat Party and run in the Republican Primary for re-election to the state house seat he currently holds. George P. Bush and...