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Texas A&M Professor Criticizes USAID Shutdown in Taxpayer-funded Publication
His defense of USAID was published in Politico, a publication that has come under fire in recent days for reportedly being the recipient of USAID funding.
Texas Must Deliver on School Freedom—No More Excuses
The people have spoken, and now state legislators must listen.
Betting Beyond Borders: Lottery.com To Sell Texas Lottery Tickets in Europe and Africa?
A company with a history of selling tickets abroad announces a renewed international push.
Northeast Texas Teacher Charged With Sexually Assaulting a Child
Jimmy Lee Hanks was a teacher and coach at Wills Point High School.
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Austin ISD Attempting to Discriminate Against Christians
Austin ISD School Board members are facing backlash after they recently considered a new policy that would discriminate against Christians. In the past month, the board has contemplated banning a local church from using AISD facilities. Georgetown-based Celebration...
Property Rights Activists Launch “Vote FOR Tier 2” Campaign
“Vote FOR Tier 2” is the message property rights advocates in five Texas counties want voters to remember when they go to the polls in November. “Tier 2” refers to counties in which property owners are protected from forced annexation. The limited municipal annexation...
Celina School Spending $25 Million on Sports Stadium Complex
Celina Independent School District has succumbed to sports mania, joining its North Texas neighbors in voting to spend tens of millions of education dollars on athletic facilities instead of building classrooms for the small but growing district. Celina school board...
Waco ISD Raises Taxes Despite Record Revenue Increase
Waco ISD has raised taxes. The board recently approved a tax rate of $1.40408 – a half-cent lower than last year. Though this may look like a tax cut, it is in fact a tax increase. Because the district’s tax base increased by 10 percent over the past year thanks to...
Flower Mound Residents Want Property Tax Relief
Here at Empower Texans we talk a lot about property taxes. It’s the number one fiscal issue Texas taxpayers complain about. The Republican Party of Texas named it a top legislative priority for state lawmakers in 2019. Residents in the Flower Mound area agree. The...
Citizens Must Choose the Next Speaker
When legislators return to Austin next January, one of the first items on their agenda will be the election of a Speaker of the House. For the first time in decades there’s an open contest. Since current House Speaker Joe Straus announced he would not seek re-election...
Property Taxpayers Expect Fiscal Responsibility
Citizens expect their city officials to be fiscally responsible with taxpayers' money, prioritize spending, and live within a budget just as citizens themselves do. But too often city governments are tempted to collect and spend more and more tax dollars simply...
City Officials Accused of Conflict of Interest
Allegations over a conflict of interest involving an Amarillo city council member and the mayor led to a heated public comment period Tuesday – only exacerbating the turmoil between certain community members and the city council. Residents Mike Fisher and Claudette...
Burton: Conservatives Must Get Off The Sidelines
Over the last eight years the conservative grassroots in Texas have transformed state government. In 2010, when I was working alongside you in the grassroots movement, we couldn’t even get committee hearings on most of our legislative priorities. After each election...