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Keller ISD Board Faces Massive Community Backlash Over Proposal to Split District
During Thursday night’s special board meeting, hundreds in the community spoke out against the proposal.
Cy-Fair ISD Adopts Policy Rejecting Gender Ideology, Affirming Parental Rights
The policy rejects “gender ideology” and “gender fluidity” in educational materials, classroom discussions, instructional tools, and district-sponsored extracurricular activities.
Another Texas Teacher, Coach Arrested for Sexually Assaulting a Child
Charles Poling, an assistant football coach at Bartlett ISD in Central Texas, was the second teacher arrested Wednesday for sexual assault of a child.
Analysis: Upshur County Kept Taxes Flat Over 3-Year Window
The county of penny tax increases.
Local Archive
Take Action! Stop Austin’s Plastic Bag Ban
Do you live in the City of Austin? Disgusted by the city council’s encroachment of liberty by attempting to ban plastic and paper grocery bags? Then it’s time to take action. Since August, the Austin City Council has attempted to take drastic steps to interfere in the...
There’s No App For That
Even at a time when a record number of school districts are challenging Texas’ school finance system, school districts are still finding ways to waste taxpayer money. New Braunfels ISD’s push to spend tax dollars on new iPads for students is just the latest example....
West Coast Waste
It was evident from the mass transit projects and plastic bag ban that the Austin City Council wants to make Austin look (and spend) like a West Coast utopia. Now they want to go one step further, imitating the City of Portland by paying city employees to take...
Disposing of Facts
Accuracy has never been a virtue of the Austin City Council. A new report finds that the City of Austin severely overestimated the amount of littered bags and possible savings used to justify their new ban on plastic and paper shopping bags. Austin’s most serious...
Capriglione endorsed by TFR
Giovanni Capriglione of Tarrant County has been endorsed by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility in his 2012 campaign for the Texas House. “Giovanni will bring a strong, conservative vision to the Texas House,” said the president of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility,...
Flynn Endorsed By TFR
State Rep. Dan Flynn of Van received the endorsement today of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility in his 2012 re-election campaign. “Throughout his tenure in the Legislature, Dan Flynn has put the conservative principles of his constituents ahead of the special interests...
Field of Waste
Who needs an education when you can have a professional soccer field? That seems to the mentality of the San Antonio ISD board of trustees, given they just voted to spend $3 million more to build a professional-size field at Alamo Stadium despite participating in a...
What Is Tommy Merritt Hiding?
What good is a candidate forum that takes place after most voters have already cast their ballot? That’s a question that Tommy Merritt didn’t seem to ask. He recently proposed holding four candidate forums with Taxpayer Champion David Simpson after early primary...
Brand New Year, Same Old Senator
The New Year typically brings in ambitious resolutions of self-improvement and positive change, but more often than not those resolutions fall by the wayside just as quickly as they are made. Texans shouldn’t expect anything different from Senator Jeff Wentworth,...