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Laredo Educator Arrested for Production of Child Pornography
Carlos Jobany Castaneda Lechuga was a lecturer at Texas A&M International University, but has since been removed from the staff directory.
Houston Considers Short-Term Rental Rules
A new ordinance would regulate short-term rentals across Houston.
Clear Creek ISD Trustees Discuss $214 Million Bond Proposal for May Ballot
A majority of the funding would be allocated for rebuilding three campuses.
Border County Judge Joins Republican Party, Citing Democrat Party’s Leftward Drift
Webb County voted Republican in November for the first time in 100 years.
Local Archive
Are bond issues a good deal for the children or taxpayers?
I realize those who always push for more school spending for projects small to large believe themselves to be acting in the interest of children. I’ll show you why it’s not true when these folk advocate debt spending, in the form of bond issues. Take Lubbock ISD's...
Gambling interests taking bets in Texas House races
The infamous Texans for Economic Development, a PAC set up to support pro-gambling candidates for state office in Texas, threw around quite a bit of cash in time for the 30-day reports. I'll highlight the central Texas legislators and candidates who have benefited...
There They Go Again
In endorsing liberal Carol Kent for re-election, the Dallas Morning News has pinned their fawning support on her willingness to put higher gas taxes on the table. The DMN's editorial board has apparently made crashing Texas' economy their top policy goal. You'd think...
Maldonado Holds Sparsely Attended Transportation ‘Tax Hike’ Forum, But Ignores Forum on Economy and Jobs
On Monday, Representative Diana Maldonado held a transportation forum with Representative Joe Pickett (D-El Paso), Chair of the Texas House Transportation Committee, and David Lewis, a Texas A&M professor. Maldonado's guests repeatedly made the case for 'indexing'...
Houston’s mayor dances funny on White
The AP headline: “Houston Mayor Annise Parker rips Rick Perry”. “Houston Mayor Annise Parker says Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s attacks on her predecessor, Democrat Bill White, unfairly smeared the nation’s fourth largest city as a financial mess. She says Perry’s ads and...
Crickets chirping in some Dem camps on Obamacare
In all the discussions about the Texas budget, the probable shortfall projected by the comptroller, and what on earth state legislators intend to do about it, no one has really brought up the impending impact on state spending stemming from the Obamacare legislation....
Political commercials begin: Rose lies right off the bat
I was home not more than five minutes tonight when I turned on KVUE to catch the weather, and was instead confronted with Rep. Patrick Rose's (D-Dripping Springs) first extraordinary commercial of the season. In it, Rose takes credit for putting more "equipment" and...
Maldonado’s Tax Hike Forum?
While most voters are concerned about the economy and jobs, it's interesting that liberal State Rep. Diana Maldonado (D-Round Rock) is hosting a "transportation community forum" to take place just weeks before the election, and will welcome one of the state's biggest...
Maldonado Avoiding Debate
Apparently the Diana Maldonado campaign had to do some quick scrambling Wednesday in response to the revelation that the Democrat Representative has been avoiding traditional debate. Evidence indicates the campaign may have done some behind-the-scenes maneuvering, and...