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Y’All Answered: Teacher Pay Raises
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds Protest Transparency, Border Security at State Capitol
Multiple children were encouraged by adults to wave LGBT flags and participate in the rally.
Dallas ‘Church’ Celebrates Drag, Performer Calls for Sacrificing Trump Supporters
Drag performers took to the pulpit during a Sunday service to preach about gender identity.
US Rep. Hunt Calls Video Comparing Cy-Fair ISD GOP Board Members to Nazis ‘Disgusting’
Local news station KPRC 2 aired a segment linking Nazi book-burnings to Cy-Fair ISD’s removal of controversial materials from school curriculum.
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TEXRail Safety Fail: Drivers and Riders Still at Risk
Taxpayers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have yet another reason to be concerned with their expensive new public rail. During the past weekend, several railroad crossing arms failed to lower at intersections along the TEXRail train line, potentially putting car drivers...
Commentary: Saying Azle ISD Is Fiscally Conservative Doesn’t Make It So
In deep red Azle, the school district’s board of trustees likes to say they are fiscally conservative. But saying it doesn’t make it so. They like to brag about the time they reduced school property taxes 41 cents from when the tax rate was $1.60—but the reality is,...
Amarillo Mayoral Candidate Acquitted in Protesting Trial
A mayoral candidate was vindicated when charges stemming from a 2018 protest at Amarillo City Hall were recently dropped. Kip Billups, an Amarillo homeless advocate and mayoral candidate, was acquitted on his charge of obstructing a highway or other passageway during...
What Is Going On With Frisco’s Mayor?
Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney has some tough questions to answer. Phillip Michael Carter, a local developer recently indicted for fraud, donated $5,000 to Cheney’s campaign in 2018, and an additional $10,000 through his company, Carter Family Office LLC. Cheney accepted...
Activist Shirley Spellerberg Passes Away
Freedom-loving Texans from across the Lone Star State have lost a dear friend and ally. Shirley Spellerberg, a longtime resident of Denton County, passed away on March 9, 2019. Spellerberg was a conservative champion of freedom, a defender of traditional American...
Texas’ Most Unethical Agency
A state agency that bills itself as the government’s ethics watchdog was caught red-handed by senators today making false statements in a bid to get more taxpayer funds. Established in the state constitution by voters only to set travel reimbursements for state...
Texas Senate Proposes Temporary Property Tax Relief
Unlike the Texas Senate’s robust homestead exemption plan from 2015—which the Texas House watered down before passing—the upper chamber of the Texas Legislature is now proposing a failed approach that would not provide permanent tax relief. Perhaps the most...
High-Density Developer Backs Plano Mayor’s Council Picks
Special interests are once again bankrolling Plano politics, donating to “pro-developer” council candidates backed by the city’s mayor. High-density real estate developer Sam Ware donated $1,000 each to a slate of four Plano City Council candidates backed by Mayor...
Fort Worth Candidate Allies With Progressives
Fort Worth taxpayers have reason to be wary of city council candidates who may raise their property taxes even higher. Michael Matos, candidate for Fort Worth City Council District 7, is forming a coalition of leftists as his path to victory. In the nonpartisan race...