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How a Perennial Playoff Failure Is Profiting off the Texas Lottery
Are the Cowboys more focused on winning tax-funded contracts than football games?
Dallas ISD Agrees To Enforce Ban on Boys in Girls’ Sports
Attorney General Ken Paxton said biological males have no place in girls’ sports.
Celina ISD Seeks $2.29 Billion in School Bond Debt
With interest, the bonds would cost property taxpayers $4.5 billion—double the amount voters will see on the May 3 ballot.
Texas Senator’s Measure Creates State Watchdog for Foreign Land Purchases
The proposal seeks to accommodate potential federal and state jurisdictional concerns over limitations on foreign land purchases.
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Who Is County Judge-Elect Lina Hidalgo?
If you are like many Harris County voters, County Judge-elect Lina Hidalgo’s win caught you by surprise. Unless you closely followed the county judge race, attended the limited number of forums between the candidates, or spent time in the areas she campaigned, it may...
Mail-in Ballots Show Kirk, Trischitti to Enter Runoff
Straggling mail-in and provisional ballots from the November general election have tipped the scales in the race for Midland Independent School District’s District 5 seat. Based on Election Night results, candidates Heidi Kirk and Thomas Wolfmueller were headed for a...
Patrick and Bonnen Plan for “Best Session in Texas History”
After announcing the support of 109 members of the Texas House in his bid for the speakership, presumptive Speaker Dennis Bonnen (R–Angleton) and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick spoke in an attempt to reset the tone and tenor of what had been a rancorous relationship between the...
Why You Should Dispute Your Property Tax Assessment (And How to Do It)
It is interesting how some of us will drive blocks out of our way to save a few cents a gallon on gasoline, yet when we get a major expense like our property taxes many will simply say, “It is what it is.” Part of the problem is that many of us don't fully understand...
Grassroots Leader Removed from Odessa Tax Oversight Council
Odessa businessman and grassroots activist Chris Wray was recently appointed to serve alongside seven other community members on Ector County Independent School District’s tax oversight committee. Days later he was removed from the committee under dubious...
African Studies is a Math Class at UT Austin
The core curriculum has been a mainstay of higher education since the beginning of Western civilization. The idea, a noble one, is that graduates of colleges and universities should have a broad education in every aspect of life including science, history, writing,...
Bonnen Appoints Committee to Find New Parliamentarian
The presumed next speaker of the Texas House, State Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R–Angleton), is already making changes in the chamber, appointing a working group of legislators to assist in his search for a new parliamentarian. The committee consists of five Republican and...
Will Republicans Keep Gordon Johnson in Power?
Gordon Johnson doesn’t want to go back to being just another lobbyist. Perched above a kitchen table that serves as his desk in the Westgate Building, just a few hundred yards to the west of the Texas House Chamber, Johnson is struggling with how to hold on to power....
Democrat Files Bills Behind Bars
Despite being incarcerated for illegally soliciting clients for his law firm, Democrat State Rep. Ron Reynolds (Missouri City) has filed 21 bills on the first day of legislative prefiling. Reynolds’ bills represent 7 percent of the overall bills filed on the first day...