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Tarrant County Judge Reassures Voters Election Security Measures Are in Place
With the November General Election approaching, one county is working to foster confidence in the election process.
Austin, Investigations, Local, State
Patterns of Negligence: Guzman’s Story at Georgetown ISD
A mother alleged a teacher assaulted her 11-year-old daughter.
Suspended Superintendent Sues Grand Prairie ISD, Alleges Racial Bias
Trustees were set to vote on firing Jorge Arredondo this week but have been temporarily stopped.
East Texans Oppose Proposed Eminent Domain Plan for Reservoir
The Proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir would engulf nearly 70,000 acres.
Local Archive
Some School Districts Look For Their Next “Fix”
After finding out the state will not be able to afford even more money in the name of “enrollment growth”, many school districts are now looking hard at the taxpayers for their next “fix” in the form of higher property tax rates. This desperate move to ward off the...
Keller ISD Uses Knife-To-Throat Tactics
For sheer brashness, Keller ISD gets high marks. For fiscal responsibility, they fail miserably. The Metroplex-area school district has put a knife to the throat of every classroom teacher (and therefore school-age child), demanding taxpayers pay up, or else. The Fort...
Formula 1 Redlines Irresponsible Governing
It’s bad enough that $25 million of state taxpayer money could go towards funding a Formula 1 racetrack near Austin. Now, the City of Austin may end up spending an additional $4 million, or risk getting stuck with the new track but no race. According to ESPN, the...
Is Gov. Perry’s prayer meeting religion, politics or both?
Wayne Slater the Republican hater, writing for the Dallas Morning News, wrote: “Gov. Rick Perry's invitation to his 49 fellow governors to join him later this summer for a day of Christian prayer and fasting for "our troubled country" has sparked a lively debate. On...
Gaming the System
Recently, Texhoma ISD passed a bond to build homes in an effort to game the system for more tax dollars. The tiny community of Texhoma sits on the northernmost border with Oklahoma; 3/4 of the town's roughly 1,200 residents live on the Oklahoma side of the border....
Too many laws, ignorant cops prove it.
“On his way home Tuesday from Jim Plain Elementary School in Leander, fourth-grader Marshall May, sitting in the passenger seat of the family minivan, was ticketed for not wearing his seat belt properly,” reported the Austin American-Statesman. The story continued...
Round Rock ISD Rehires Teachers
After initially telling some 240 teachers and staff members they would lose their job, Round Rock ISD is now hiring some of them back. Round Rock ISD superintendent Jesus Chavez testified in a Senate committee on Thursday saying the anticipated budget cuts to public...
Why Are School Supt. Searches Done in Secret?
Despite the power and influence a school district superintendent wields in Texas, voters and taxpayers are forbidden from knowing who is being interviewed for education's top job. This should change. The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas recently noted the...
Another life lost, will Dems keep supporting Sanctuary Cities?
Over the Memorial Day weekend 38-year-old Houston policeman, Kevin Will, was run over and killed while on duty manning a barricade. Fox Houston reports that police say the driver who killed Kevin Will “was drunk when he drove his car into a road block Sunday morning…”...