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UT-Austin Offers Core Math Classes Focused on ‘Racial Inequality’
The university offers the courses Numbering Race and Measuring Racial Inequality.
Analysis: Victoria County Residents Face Varied Outcomes in Recent Property Tax Shifts
Two outliers stick out in a county with relatively steady taxation over three years.
Mother Plans to Sue Houston ISD After Daughter’s Alleged Assault by Dance Teacher
The student claims that her dance teacher placed her in a chokehold, wrapping her arms around the girl’s throat, and took her to the ground.
Alvin Ex-Gymnastics Coach Faces Prison for Child Pornography Charges
Franklin Perkins is a former employee of two Alvin businesses, Kuk Sool Won Martial Arts and Gulf Coast Gymnastics.
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“The Conservative Millennial” Wows Golden Corridor Republican Women
“The liberal mob always comes for you,” Allie Stuckey told the crowd at last night’s Golden Corridor Republican Women meeting in Plano. Stuckey, aka “The Conservative Millennial,” speaks from experience. Her recent satirical video “interview” with democratic socialist...
O’Rourke Announces New Amarillo Office
The Democratic Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, announced plans to open a campaign office in Amarillo later this month. This will be the second office O’Rourke opens in West Texas this summer, after establishing a campaign hub in...
Who Will Pay, Now the State’s “Worst” Bureaucracy Is Gone?
A Dallas County bureaucracy brought down by official corruption, mismanagement, and debilitating debt has finally been dissolved. July 31 marked the end of Dallas County Schools, the school bus agency one state lawmaker called “the worst government bureaucracy in our...
City Council May Finally Reaffirm Right To Petition City Hall
After more than a year of fighting, legal maneuvering, and playing politics with the petition process, city council heard public testimony on the upcoming agenda item to place Houston firefighters’ pay parity petition on the November ballot. As a reminder, the issue...
Abortion Activist Mob Gets Assist from Media
A prominent Texas retailer has disassociated with a local pregnancy resource center after being threatened with protest by Austin abortion activists. Earlier this year, the Kendra Scott jewelry store’s Domain location hosted a fundraiser for the Pflugerville Pregnancy...
7-Year Decline of Civic Literacy
A recent survey found only one out of four Americans can name all three branches of government, showing a significant decline from just seven years ago. Despite these dismal numbers, emerging evidence suggests a resurgence in civics education across the country. The...
Both Parties Agree on Key Property Tax Reforms
Texas’ two warring political parties often focus on policy differences during campaign season. But interestingly, there’s consensus on an issue near and dear to Texans — making the property tax system more fair and less complicated. As Republican Party delegate Scott...
$2.5 Billion Flood Bond Project List Completed Days Before Early Voting
A mere two days before early voting begins, Harris County has finally released its long-awaited project list for the $2.5 billion county flood bond. However, according to the Harris County Flood Control District Website, the district won’t even be presenting the list...
Frisco ISD Mulls Tax Rate “Swap and Drop,” $695M Bond
Two years after local voters turned down a property tax hike, Frisco’s school board may ask again this November for an increase in the district’s operating tax rate, along with a major bond package. Both would require voter approval. Frisco Independent School District...