NEWS
First Vote: Setting The Limit
Texas' Legislative Budget Board will meet this week to set the spending limit for the 2013 legislative...
Straus’ Session: Spend, Spend, Spend
Hammond’s Texas Association Business is aiming for your wallet…
Patricia Harless is Scared of You
“These activist groups being in control of the speaker’s office scares me.” – Rep. Harless
Time for Townhalls
Given the latest exposé of Speaker Straus and his teams’ disdain for conservatives, it’s now more important than ever for the grassroots to demand better leadership from their state representative.
Tea Party ‘Idiots’
Lobbyist Gordon Johnson calls tea party activists “idiots.”
Few But Important State Races To Watch
With near-certain prospects of a significantly more conservative senate in 2013, a Wendy Davis loss would be even bigger for conservatives than usual.
Even More Money For Education Needed?
So far, more money has paid for more administrators and fancy buildings, not better education.
Indebted by the Status Quo
School districts’ debt payments now amount to 9.8 percent of their total expenditures, up from 7 percent in 2001.
Taxpayer (Bio)hazard
If doctors aren’t coming to central Texas, a new medical school won’t bring them here.
A Little Debt Context
Yesterday, Comptroller Susan Combs released another earth-shattering report, this one focused on education...
Bad Company
A former CEO accused in a billion-dollar lawsuit has signed a fundraising letter for House Speaker Joe Straus.
Who Needs Teachers?
A new report from the Friedman Foundation looks at the growth rates of personnel in our nation’s public schools.