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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Acquitted on Impeachment Charges
Paxton had been temporarily suspended from office since the House’s impeachment vote in May.
Leander School District Walks Back Rejection of Pocket Constitutions for Students
The organization facilitating the dissemination of the pocket constitutions called out the district.
Tarrant County GOP Supports Phelan Censure
A proposed censure of State Rep. Craig Goldman failed to pass.
San Antonio City Council Approves Abortion Travel Fund
Councilmembers agreed to allocate $500,000 in taxpayer monies to help fund travel expenses for women seeking abortions.
The Archive
Kel Seliger, Chris Turner Receive Anti-Taxpayer Award
State Sen. Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) and State Rep. Chris Turner (D-Arlington) were recently named “Legislators of the Month” by the Texas Municipal League for vocally opposing pro-taxpayer reforms, placing the interests of local politicians and bureaucrats ahead of...
Metroplex 2015 Endorsements
The Metroplex bureau of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility is pleased to present local government endorsements for the upcoming May 9 elections. The endorsements were made based on candidate questionnaires, interviews, reviews by the members of the Regional Advisory...
Time to End Taxpayer-Funded Government Campaigns
Ambiguity in the Texas Election Code currently allows local governments to cleverly disguise political advertising inside “informational campaigns.” The net effect is that public officials skirt the law using hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds swaying...
Texas Senate Strengthens Spending Limit
While 94 percent of Texas’ Republican primary voters have been asking for the state’s constitutional spending limit to be strengthened, that reform never reached the floor of either chamber of the Legislature. Until today, where it passed the Texas Senate. This also...
Keller Bureaucrat Pushes for Higher Taxes, Debt
In order to help pass his school bond package last fall, Keller ISD Superintendent Dr. Randy Reid publicly promised constituents he would not personally lobby legislators to break existing property tax limits. On Tuesday, Reid broke that promise. Critics of Texas’...
TML Distorts Reform to Defend Its Power
By mislabeling restrictions on government lobbying as a “gag order,” the Texas Municipal League is desperately trying to defend its gig as the anti-taxpayer lobbyists in Austin. Their opposition is specifically targeted at Rep. Matt Shaheen’s (R-Plano) HB 1257, which...
Texas Senate Increases Public Integrity
Voting along party lines, the Texas Senate voted Wednesday to advance legislation taking the Public Integrity Unit from the jurisdiction of liberal Democrat-controlled Travis County District Attorney’s Office. That authority will now rest with the Texas Rangers and...
Fights That Taxpayers Win
When the government is fighting over taxes, Texans usually lose. However, this time may be different. Currently in the Texas Legislature, the two houses are battling it out not over which taxes to raise, but rather which taxes to cut. On Wednesday, State Rep. Dennis...
Montgomery County Moving Forward On Bond Package
Montgomery County residents are calling it the most divisive political issue they have seen in a long time. But even with significant pushback from opponents, county officials are pressing forward with the countywide $350 million road bond. After countless blog posts,...