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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
Straus a conservative compared to the Senate?
Speaking to students and administrators at the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Politics Speakers Series, House Speaker Joe Straus essentially answered back this week’s calls in the press from Senator Ogden for some type of fast-fix of the business tax to bring...
Texas Constitution: Beware the rewriters
The Austin-American Statesman reports that during the budget debate, State Rep. Mark Strama, rabid liberal Democrat of Austin, said “the two-year budget is a vestige of bygone days when members traveled to Austin by horse and is no longer feasible.” “No economist...
Superintendent to Eliminate Teachers But Won’t Be Taking Pay Cut
Most of us in the private sector have been making adjustments to withstand the national economic downturn. We face actual unemployment of over 16%, and many of those employed have seen incomes reduced significantly. One person who won't be feeling any financial pain...
School: Fire Teachers, Add PR Exec
In the shadow of a School Board meeting to deliberate school closures and teacher layoffs, Austin ISD is also looking to hire a top administrator to oversee "Public Relations and Multicultural Outreach." As Fox Austin reports, the Austin ISD School Board is set to...
Texas Conservatives Fight For Education
When I was in high school, I quickly realized there were a lot of inefficiencies in my local school district, but it wasn’t until I started looking into conservative projects such as Protect the Classroom and the Red Apple Project that I realized how much of a...
Public-Interest in groundwater will trump private ownership
On Pratt on Texas I’ve recently hosted two special programs on the subject of groundwater rights in Texas (which you can hear here & here.) Additionally, I’ve read many media accounts of the differing the bills from senators Fraser and Duncan and I listened very...
Local, Texas Scorecard Podcasts
AUDIO: Teleforum With Gov. Perry
Listen to the March 10 statewide conference call with Texas Gov. Rick Perry. The call focused primarily on fiscal issues, with an emphasis on the state budget, taxes and rainy day fund. Download the mp3 format file.
Cutting Administrative Costs Could Improve Texas Education
Too often people complain about the quality of education in Texas, but rarely do they look at ways in which we can restructure and improve our educational system. A step in the right direction would be to return our focus to educating students which means more...
Sales tax doesn’t need Harper-Brown’s changes
I’m a happy customer of Amazon.com and I don’t like having to pay sales taxes on purchases made anywhere. But the idea, put forth state rep. Linda Harper-Brown, that Texas sales tax law should be changed to benefit them is ridiculous. Currently the law, combined with...