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AG Paxton Sues Bexar County Over Controversial Voter Registration Funding
Attorney General Ken Paxton had warned Bexar County he would sue if the commissioners approved a mass mailing of voter registration applications regardless of whether they were requested.
University of Austin Opens Doors, Provides Alternative to ‘Fractured’ Higher Education
The school’s founders believe today’s institutions have abandoned the pursuit of truth.
Tarrant County GOP Chair Questions Mansfield City Council Over $86M Stadium
Mansfield council members say voters were informed about the potential uses of tax dollars and that there is no sinister activity taking place.
TTU Health Sciences Center Suspends Employee for ‘Antisemitic’ Posts
The Center is launching an investigation into Librarian Rudy Meixell.
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School Buildings A Study In Waste
There was a story last week in the state press about how school districts are now competing over who has the fanciest video scoreboards at athletic facilities. I know, we’re supposed to believe that public schools are really hurting for the money they need to provide...
Tax Cuts, Not Increases, In Tough Times
As the City of Dallas finalizes their budget, they should listen to their paper’s editorial board, or look to their neighbors. The Dallas Morning News is telling the city council “this is no time for a tax increase.” Meanwhile, Collin County, just north of Dallas, is...
Star-Telegram to schools: ‘If times are tough, don’t spend so freely’
Last week we pointed out how despite massive increases in public education funding over the last decade, academic results have remained flat. Joining in the chorus of voices questioning extravagant school spending is the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Their editorial board...
What Is It Texas Liberals Want? A Tyranny?
A group called Texans Care for Children is out with typical claims of how Texas children are suffering due to now high unemployment. (I seem to remember the same claim when Texas was at full employment the past few years in regard to CHIP.) The Dallas Morning News...
Money For… Nothing
Texas' public education spending continues to inspire little confidence, with reports today that the SAT scores remain flat to declining even though fewer kids took the test in 2009. The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports Texas' kids scored just one point better on the...
Paying Lobbyists More To Oppose You, Again
Taxpayer-funded lobbying is perhaps the most egregious activity in which local governments engage. The City of Denton, for example, is paying a lobby firm $80,000 a year to keep fighting against their taxpayers' interests. Denton is one of several cities that pays the...
Hutchison: Business Tax ‘Tragic Mistake’
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison took a direct aim at the state's business tax today in Dallas as part of her gubernatorial campaign announcement tour. That's welcome news to those of us who fought against it from the beginning. She described it as "a tragic mistake." (Text...
Prudent in Good Times and Bad
With the city of San Antonio facing declines in revenue due to both faltering home valuations and lower sales tax collection city manager Sheryl Sculley is making key decisions to bring her budget into balance. Currently the city is anticipating an $11 million...
Which Model For The Nation, Texas or California?
These difficult economic times have inspired serious soul searching on the part of policy makers. In the quest for the right formula for economic prosperity, analysts have been increasingly drawn to a comparison between two of the largest American states: Texas and...