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17 Illegal Aliens Found Smuggled Inside Fake Lowe’s Work Truck
Several individuals were suffering from severe dehydration and required medical attention.
Lina Hidalgo’s State of Harris County Address Touts Tax Hikes
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo requested support for increasing the flood control district tax to assist with maintenance.
Absenteeism Plagues Waco Boards and Commissions
A Democrat candidate for county commissioner currently serving on the Parks and Recreation Commission did not attend any meetings for two years.
Texas’ School Grievance Process on Display in Llano ISD Board Meeting
The board, which includes two trustees whose wives are involved in Llano school libraries, voted unanimously to keep the book “Crank” on the shelf despite concerns over its graphic content.
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Don’t Walk In Dallas
We noted yesterday the $400 million the Dallas City Council wants to spend of the taxpayers money to get the city into the hotel business. Today the Dallas Morning News reports "43 percent of Dallas' sidewalks are rated unsatisfactory." There's a lot more than...
Mansfield Building Future Wealth Through Out-of-Towners
The city of Mansfield is looking to expand its appeal and services to more out-of-towners thanks to previous visitors. The city council is considering letting the Mansfield Economic Development Corporation, or MEDC as it is so well known around here, to conduct a...
At DFW, Your Dollars Fly Away
An investigation in north Texas finds that Dallas-Fort Worth Airport executives have been living large -- and taxpayers are footing the bill for extravegant travel, including $800 first-class flights to Austin. TFR's Michael Quinn Sullivan was interviewed for the CBS...
Checking In For Waste
In the middle of a national economic crisis and local revenue shortfalls, the City of Dallas is embarking on what is never a good idea: government ownership of a hotel. The city council recently voted to put city taxpayers $400 million in debt for the construction of...
Margo’s Sword
Dee Margo, a conservative businessman in El Paso, says he's tired of the typical saber-rattling in politics, so he's campaigning on results. Margo is the Republican nominee for House District 78, having handily defeated incumbent liberal Republican Pat Haggerty in the...
Arlington Fumbles Financing of New Stadium
The city of Arlington is finding that they fumbled the financing for the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington. The stadium, which was jointly financed by Jerry Jones and the city of Arlington is finding itself in the same predicament of many homeowners around the state as...
Teacher Blows Whistle On Fraud
A former Joshua ISD teacher says the middle school library was closed to make room for a book sale profitting the school... so the district could afford a field trip to Six Flags Amusement Park. Um, excuse me, how educational is an amusement park? Oh, never mind......
Lobbying For A Tax Increase
Dallas-Fort Worth area city fathers are looking to take a bigger bite out of your wallet -- to fund lobbyists who'll twist lawmakers arms in Austin to allow those same city fathers to take even bigger bites out of your wallet. The Fort Worth Business Press reports...
Give Dallas ISD an”F” for Managing Its Finances
Today's stunning Dallas Morning News story reveals that Dallas ISD overspent its 2007-08 budget by $64 million and, worse, nobody realized it until just now. The district would be bankrupt were it not for its reserve, which is down to $56 million - half of what a...