NEWS

The Broken Promises of Campaign Finance Reform
Texas is currently considering sweeping changes to its system of campaign finance and government ethics...

Jim and Carla Logan: Asserting Liberty
The couple decided that ‘Michigan was going to hell, and we were going to Texas.’

Memorial Day
Thousands of patriots in countless battles have willingly given their lives for the cause of liberty and...

House Leadership Guts Spending Limits Bill
Texas Republicans have been betrayed by House Speaker Joe Straus and his Appropriations Committee chairman,...

Taxpayers (still) Winning!
After weeks of negotiation, nearly $4 billion in tax relief is on the way. It was announced late yesterday...

Houston Police Department Incentives
Out of Houston’s 5,300-person police force, 57% live outside of Houston proper. Although common in many...

Rail Expansion Is Killing DART
Addison officials are frustrated that, despite residents paying over $238 million into Dallas Area Rapid...

Sunset on the Tall City’s TIRZ
Midland City Council voted last August to cast a one-year sunset provision on a long-winded, and relatively...

Political Cover-up Grows in Austin
A couple of weeks ago, news broke that the conservative American Phoenix Foundation (APF) had been covertly...

Mayor Parker’s Final Budget
Last week, Mayor Annise Parker revealed what she called her “lean and mean” conservative $5.1 billion budget...

UT Regents Move to Hamper Hall’s Investigations
Last week the University of Texas Board of Regents voted to place barriers in the way of fellow Regent...

“Ethics” Bills Ferret Out Self-Serving Politicians
Two so-called “ethics” bills relating to campaign finance regulation recently exposed which legislators are...