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City of Dallas’ Budget to Help Aid LGBT, Race-based Events
The new budget will give the Office of Arts and Culture $20.6 million to facilitate multiple “cultural celebrations throughout the year.”
AG Paxton Sues Austin Over Taxpayer-funded Abortion Travel
Attorney General Ken Paxton says the city’s abortion fund violates the Texas Constitution and provides no “clear public benefit.”
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Lawsuit Accuses Democrat State House Candidate of Not Paying Vendors
House District 80 Democrat candidate Cecilia Castellano is already under investigation by Attorney General Ken Paxton in a separate voter fraud case.
El Paso Teacher Arrested Twice for Sex Crimes Involving 12-Year-Old Student
Socorro ISD middle school teacher Llojan Almaraz is charged with child grooming and other felonies.
Local Archive
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...
Don’t Let Facts Get In The Way
In a story commemorating the death of former Texas congressman Mickey Leland in a 1989 plane crash, the Houston Chronicle reporter demonstrates the brainwashed mentality of many in the press. The reporter wrote: “Leland was born in Lubbock in 1944 in impoverished...
Perry and Hutchison Weigh in on Cash for Clunkers
The Austin American Statesman is reporting today that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will vote against providing more funds for the "cash for clunkers" program. Senator Hutchison said that, "we don’t even have a report on how much has been spent on this program, nor...