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City of Kermit Repeals Bag Tax

In recent years, a growing number of Texas cities have implemented fees and all-out bans on single-use plastic and paper shopping bags in an effort to reduce litter. However, some lawmakers – as well as the state’s top attorney – are battling the legality of it. The...

Burkett Looks on the Bright Side of a Bad Record

After a failed session, lawmakers from the Texas House are heading home to their districts with a poor record in tow. But despite common belief that you can’t polish such things, Texas House Republicans are becoming experts at it. Take State Rep. Cindy Burkett’s...

Houston Joins Lawsuit Against State Over Sanctuary Cities Law

The City of Houston is joining several liberal cities in Texas in a lawsuit opposing Senate Bill 4, the anti-sanctuary city bill passed by the legislature. The item was approved by city council in a 10-6 vote at their June 21 meeting. SB 4 allows law enforcement to...

Plano Conservatives Cheer New Council Members

An enthusiastic crowd of conservative voters filled the Plano City Council chamber Wednesday night to witness the swearing-in of two new council members they helped elect. With the support of the city’s conservative grassroots and Republican activists, Anthony...

Democrat Constable Convicted of Voter Fraud in Ellis County

As multiple voter fraud investigations targeting illegal mail ballot harvesting are ongoing in the Metroplex, one in Ellis County, just south of Dallas, has ended in the conviction of an elected law enforcement officer on multiple counts of mail ballot fraud. A jury...

Dallas Voters Will Decide the Fate of Failing Bus Agency

A failing bus bureaucracy’s fate now rests in the hands of voters. Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills last week that call for scandal-plagued Dallas County Schools to be abolished unless county residents vote to keep the tax-subsidized agency open – assuming it doesn’t...

Denton ISD Orders September Election to Raise Taxes

Denton’s school board voted this week to raise property taxes for the 2016-17 school year – an increase that voters will have to approve in a September election. At their June 13 board meeting, Denton Independent School District trustees unanimously approved a tax...

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Jim Barnes: Mr. Conservative Constitutionalist

“When someone wants to make sure the job gets done, they call me,” says Jim Barnes. Jim Barnes’ first impression of Texas was in 1965, but the weather is what kept him returning throughout the years. A physics graduate from Michigan State University, Barnes was...

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