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Fort Worth Drag Show Performers Dress, Dance Sexually
Videos from the event showed the cross-dressing performers wearing tight and revealing clothing while dancing provocatively around the room collecting cash.
Denton DA Fails to Respond to Voters’ School Electioneering Allegations
Texas law requires district attorneys to investigate criminal election complaints if two or more voters submit affidavits.
McKinney Puts Multiple Multi-Million Dollar Bonds on May Ballot
If passed, all bonds would cost local property taxpayers more than $712 million with interest.
Tax Hikes and New Fees for Houston
The ideas floated to close the budget deficit are a trash fee and asking voters to increase the maximum allowable revenue the city can collect under its long-existing property tax cap.
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Battle Brewing Over Who Picks New Tarrant Appraisal District Board Member
A battle is brewing over who will select a new board member for the troubled Tarrant Appraisal District, the agency responsible for setting property values used by local governments to calculate property tax bills. Kathryn Wilemon, chair of the appraisal district’s...
Undercover Footage: Frisco ISD Trustees to Squelch Conservative Voices
Secretly recorded footage reveals three Frisco school trustees have been working to silence the voices of conservative parents and other trustees—and they plan to keep doing so. The audio and video are from a left-leaning parent-led meeting. The stated topic of the...
Special Ed Teacher Who Coached Girls’ Soccer Arrested for ‘Inappropriate Contact’ With Student
Another Texas teacher has been charged with improper relationship with a student, a second-degree felony, and local police say there may be other victims. New Braunfels Independent School District teacher Bryant Shephard, 41, was arrested Tuesday, according to...
Frisco ISD Trustee Denies Harassment Charge
A 16-year-old from Brownsville, Texas, filed a complaint against Frisco Independent School District Trustee Marvin Lowe for “sexually harassing” the student. The unnamed student’s complaint alleges that Lowe sexually harassed them and made them feel “unsafe” after...
EXCLUSIVE: Texas Comptroller Investigating Plano Bar for Hosting ‘All-ages’ Drag Show
Records exclusively obtained by Texas Scorecard reveal an investigation by the Texas comptroller's office into Plano bar and restaurant Ebb & Flow, after they hosted an explicit “all-ages” drag brunch last fall. The bar came under fire after Sara Gonzales, the...
Head of Troubled Tarrant Appraisal District May Be Recalled Before Her ‘Vacant’ Seat Is Filled
Kathryn Wilemon, head of the troubled Tarrant Appraisal District’s board of directors, is on her way out. The question now is whether she will be recalled and replaced by local taxing entities, or if the board will fill the vacancy created by her resignation. A board...
Education Conference Pushes Woke Ideology Again
The annual South by Southwest EDU conference is returning to Austin this week, with sessions on how public-school teachers can incorporate woke ideologies in their classrooms. SXSW EDU 2023 will include sessions on how to make “safe and inclusive spaces” for...
Dallas Abortion Clinic Closes Doors Permanently
After 50 years in the abortion business, the Dallas-based Southwestern Women’s Center closed their doors permanently on March 2, 2023. It was the largest abortion business in the city. With Roe v. Wade being overturned last year, the center’s owner, Dr. Curtis Boyd,...
South Texas Teachers Arrested for Sex With Students
Two South Texas teachers have been arrested and charged with having “improper” sexual contact with students, adding to the growing list of school employees across the state accused of sex crimes against students and other children. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent...