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Houston Public Works Needs Billions To Replace Failing Water Plant Serving 75% of Residents
The city is currently facing a multi-million dollar budget deficit and has not secured funding for required water infrastructure projects.
City of Austin Incubating DEI and LGBT
As the Trump administration is eliminating DEI, local public servants are preserving it.
Texas Joins Coalition Lawsuit Against New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act
The New York law seeks to penalize energy producers for emissions dating back to 2000.
Y’All Answered: Teacher Pay Raises
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
The Archive
Commentary: Proposed Tax Increase Is Bad Policy and Bad Politics
What do you do when your state has an unprecedented budget surplus and its voters are demanding real property tax relief? If your answer wasn’t “spend the surplus and propose a tax increase,” you are not alone. However, that is the very idea proposed by statewide...
Bonnen Walks out on GOP Dinner
On Tuesday night, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen was scheduled to speak along with Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and other Republican statewide elected officials. He never delivered his remarks. Bonnen was seen at a reception preceding the Texas Republican...
Plano PAC Exposed
Big money in Plano politics is again backing city council candidates who favor real estate developers over city taxpayers—including money from a political action committee bankrolled exclusively by development interests and Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere. We Love Plano...
Patrick Signals He’s Had Enough of Seliger Stalling Property Tax Vote
Legislation to protect taxpayers from skyrocketing property tax bills is currently being stalled by Senate Democrats and a lone Republican, State Sen. Kel Seliger (R–Amarillo), but Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is signaling he’s had enough obstruction and will soon move to...
Amarillo City Council Members Back Red-Light Cameras
While the use of red-light cameras has been a controversial topic across the state and has even drawn the attention of lawmakers in Austin, the incumbents running for re-election to the Amarillo City Council have unanimously declared support for the cameras. Recently,...
Round Rock, Who’s Trying to Control Your Money?
Round Rock citizens face an important local election in May, where voters will decide who to give power over their own hard-earned cash. Four candidates are running for two seats on the Round Rock City Council, a local government that makes critical decisions every...
Grassroots Call on Abbott to Provide Permanent Property Tax Relief
In a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott, almost 200 grassroots Texans are calling on him and the Texas Legislature to deliver on property tax reform and relief."With billions in excess revenue flowing into state coffers over the next two years, Texas lawmakers...
Senate Strikes Against Job-Killing Sick Leave Mandates
Legislation to prohibit local governments from imposing job-killing mandates has passed the Texas Senate and is on its way to the Texas House. Senate Bills 2486 and 2487 by State Sen. Brandon Creighton (R–Conroe) fight to rein in out-of-control local governments by...
Always Vigilant
A self-governing people must be eternally vigilant. The first three words of our Constitution make it clear who is supposed to be in charge: “We the people.” Without the citizens taking an active and engaged role in civic life, the notion of self-governance collapses....