NEWS
A Solution to Local Apathy
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UT Program Provides Cover For Pro-Abortion Forces
A program at the University of Texas has yet to find a limitation on abortion or abortion providers it didn’t hate.
Local Control: A Tool, Not The Rule
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The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave
We celebrate the moment in which brave men cast off the shackles of a predictable tyranny to embrace the uncertainty of liberty and self-governance.
Austin Approves Homestead Exemption
The City narrowly approved a modest measure of property tax relief which, unfortunately, will not go far enough to alleviate the burden their rampant spending habits have imposed on residents.
City of Austin Approves $720 Million Mobility Bond
The City is advancing a massive bond package that will ostensibly go towards transportation related projects.
Texas Has 6th Highest Property Tax Burden
Texas’ tax rate is set locally, with half to two-thirds of the property tax being levied by public schools.
State Leaders Demand Budget Cuts
“It is imperative that every state agency engage in a thorough review of each program and budget strategy and determine the value of each dollar spent.”
Proactive Donor Protection Needed
Rather than protect the free speech of citizens, the Texas Ethics Commission and its allies in the Texas House have sided with speech regulators.
Time to pressure the TEC
We have a problem in Texas with government bureaucracies going rogue, abusing their power by writing new rules and targeting conservatives specifically.
Unelected Regional Governments Control All Transportation Spending
Texans may be shocked to learn city and county officials they elect at the polls are only partially...
Unlike Austin, Fort Worth Accommodates Ridesharing
While Texas’ notoriously liberal capitol city recently banned innovative ridesharing services like Uber and...