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City of Austin and Police Association Reach Tentative Contract
Increased crime and police staffing shortages have plagued Austin over the past few years.
City of Fort Worth Creates New LGBT Advisory Committee
The committee will advise and inform city officials about LGBT concerns.
Tarrant County Democrat Sheriff Candidate is Not a Registered Peace Officer in Texas
According to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, Democrat candidate Patrick Moses has not been awarded a state peace officer’s license.
Aggie Scorecard, Local, West Texas
West Texas A&M University Blocks Online Gambling Sites
The university’s president says predatory gambling is exploitative and has a negative impact on academic performance.
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Superintendents’ Super-Sized Salaries
As hundreds of Texas school districts insist that they are broke and need to raise taxes, last week the Lake Travis ISD voted to give superintendent Rocky Kirk a $6,000 pay raise. This brings his base salary to $231,520, which does not include numerous benefits. It is...
Plano Voters Want Property Tax Relief
In an online survey Rep. Jerry Madden (R-Plano) is conducting of his constituents, there is overwhelming support for property tax relief. Some 70% of respondents say the surplus should be used for property tax relief. Also, 65 percent support capping appraisal...
Watching Waste
Taxpayers in Houston paid for luxurious trinkets as city council members sought to use every penny of their "office holder" accounts rather than put the money back in the city's general fund. The Houston Chronicle found thousands of dollars were spent on clothing,...
Teed Off
Lubbock taxpayers should be a little teed. It seems the company which leases the city's golf course hasn't been paying rent, and no one will comment because it is "sensitive and classified information." Since when did skipping out on the taxpayers become an issue of...
Dingus Doofus
West Texas is alight with anticipation that House Speaker Tom Craddick is going to be debating his November democratic party challenger, former Midland city council member Bill Dingus. Should be a good show. You gotta feel sorry for poor Dingus; a Democratic Party...
Quarter Million Dollar Man
This article is short and sweet folks, the Northside ISD school board knows that Bexar County residents don’t want their taxes raised but they don’t give a hoot. Northside ISD board members heard from citizens last night concerned about the impending tax increase...
Charitable Czar
Dallas' homeless Czar is looking to increase the size of his kingdom with a $40 million expenditure. The Dallas Morning News is reporting on a plan that would construct up to 700 homes for the homeless. The price tag includes the cost of constructing the new homes,...
Playing The Fiddle
An apologist for the failing school system called today, furious we've been picking on the tax-increasing, budget-busting ways of schools that aren't producing results. The caller, an aide to a Republican state representative, said that "Dallas ISD is doing great...
Not Everyone Is Doing It
It might seem like every school district in the state is reaching deeper and deeper into their taxpayers wallets, but some are behaving responsibly. Wichita Falls Independent School District has announced they're going to live with the existing tax rate. Of course,...