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Not only is Collin County one of the fastest growing counties in the nation, it's now leading the nation in full fiscal transparency. Located north of Dallas and encompassing Plano, McKinney and Frisco, taxpayers there now have unprecedented access to the county's...

Asbestos lawsuit trial lawyer Fred Baron of Dallas might wish he has some of that magic material, given the heat he's getting for paying hush-money, er "assistance" to liberal former senator/presidential candidate John Edwards' mistress. It's unclear how much he paid...

What a surprise, the superfluous "children’s" hospital in El Paso is going to add an additional burden on already overwhelmed taxpayers. And it isn't even built yet. A small turnout of voters narrowly approved bonds for the new government facility, with threats that...

Don't think taxpayer pressure matters? Don't tell the people in Stephenville. Just hours after school district officials implemented a tax hike, the school board decided to meet in special session and cancel the plans. Why? The outcry from overburdened taxpayers was...

In a sign of how disconnected tax-spenders are from taxpayers, Dallas city officials are digging deep into the taxpayers wallets to hand cash directly over to one of the nation's biggest companies. AT&T is moving their corporate headquarters 275 miles north from San...

You gotta feel sorry for the San Antonio ISD school board president. He wants to increase spending -- but “the downside to all this is having to go to the voters... That's what's really troubling us.” Yep, it's a real hassle, having to get voters to approve more taxes...

Superintendent Jennings Teel and Navasota ISD trustees were chastised by teachers at a school board meeting on Monday. The teachers claimed that the group had dealt with them in a caviler manner and had exhibited generally poor decision making abilities. The merit of...