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Tom Glass Announces Rematch in Central Texas House Seat
Glass called the Paxton impeachment the “crystalizing event” motivating him to run again.
Prosper Coaches Arrested for Not Reporting Student’s Sexual Assault Allegation
Softball coach Renna Bersosa allegedly said the accused attacker was “a good player” and she “didn’t want to lose her.”
Spring Branch ISD Votes to Stop Sending ‘Robin Hood’ Payments
One trustee told the state to “come and take it.”
Biden’s Galveston Wind Farm Leases Receive No Bids at Auction
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said, “The liberal fantasy around so-called ‘green’ energy is a lie.”
The Archive
Taylor Criticizes House ‘Distortion’ Of Ethics Package
State Sen. Van Taylor (R-Plano) expressed astonishment on Wednesday night for the elimination of meaningful ethics reforms of elected officials in the House. Instead of finding additional opportunities for ethics reform focused on elected officials, the House elected...
The Broken Promises of Campaign Finance Reform
Texas is currently considering sweeping changes to its system of campaign finance and government ethics laws. The drive behind these changes, we are told, is to eliminate corruption and bring transparency to the public. But some pause should be taken to examine...
Houston Police Department Incentives
Out of Houston’s 5,300-person police force, 57% live outside of Houston proper. Although common in many urban areas, this can partly be attributed to Houston’s high cost of living and relatively low starting salaries of department cadets. As a result, a new program to...
Rail Expansion Is Killing DART
Addison officials are frustrated that, despite residents paying over $238 million into Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) since 1983, they have yet to receive a train station. But failing to provide rail service to all fifteen of its member-cities may be the least of...
Sunset on the Tall City’s TIRZ
Midland City Council voted last August to cast a one-year sunset provision on a long-winded, and relatively unproductive, Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ). Established in March 2001, the TIRZ was created by the City of Midland in an effort to use taxpayer...
Political Cover-up Grows in Austin
A couple of weeks ago, news broke that the conservative American Phoenix Foundation (APF) had been covertly filming legislators, lobbyists, and media in Austin during the current legislative session, compiling over 800 hours of video evidence. Time will only tell the...
Mayor Parker’s Final Budget
Last week, Mayor Annise Parker revealed what she called her “lean and mean” conservative $5.1 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2016. Although the city has increasingly faced financial issues throughout Parker’s term, her latest budget, once again, offers no...
“Ethics” Bills Ferret Out Self-Serving Politicians
Two so-called “ethics” bills relating to campaign finance regulation recently exposed which legislators are working to expand the liberty of their constituents and which are fighting to protect themselves in future elections. Last Monday evening, House Bill 22 passed...
HB 22: Austin goes Madison
All it took was one overzealous and partisan district attorney to be teamed up with one dishonorable judge in Madison for Wisconsin conservative activists to see militarized police teams bust through their doors in pre-dawn raids. If the Texas House has its way, these...