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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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Mitchell: Jimmy Blacklock Has Earned Your Vote
Few issues are more important in American politics than the selection of our judges. We live in a time in which judges assert far-reaching powers to thwart legislation enacted by our elected officials—and they often do so without any textual warrant in the...
San Antonio Voters to Decide Three Ballot Propositions
You don’t have to drive around San Antonio too long to notice that “Vote No” and “Vote Yes” proposition campaigns are in full swing as we approach November. These San Antonio city propositions have voters asking, “Exactly what are we voting for or against?” First,...
HISD Is Beyond Self-Repair; It’s Time for Intervention
At the Houston Independent School District’s first “official” board meeting since a complete and utter breakdown of board decorum, trustees were able to keep it together long enough to appease cameras, staff, and the few parents who packed the boardroom. Despite the...
Rule of Law vs. Rule of Man: What’s Really at Stake in This Election
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Congressman Robert “Beto” O’Rourke (D-El Paso) have become the faces of the raging war between the rule of law and the rule of man in this election for United States Senate. During the CNN town hall meeting in McAllen on October 18,...
Patrick Talks Election, Property Taxes, Immigration in Telephone Town Hall
Coming off of an energetic rally held in Houston by President Donald Trump to get out the vote for Republican candidates, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick opened up a statewide telephone townhall Tuesday night by highlighting the increased turnout in the first days of general...
Abbott Offers To Pay For Nancy Pelosi Texas Campaign Visit
Gov. Greg Abbott is offering to fund an all-expenses-paid campaign trip to Texas for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi ahead of the November election. In a tongue-in-cheek letter addressed to Chairman of the Texas Democratic Party Gilberto Hinojosa—from John Jackson,...
Another Corrupt Dallas Ex-Official Headed to Prison
The public corruption scandal that toppled a 172-year-old Dallas bureaucracy and cost local taxpayers over $100 million dollars has brought down another crooked official. Former Dallas County Schools board president Larry Duncan pleaded guilty Monday to one count of...
Billions in Local Debt Bog Down November Ballot
As early voting gets underway across Texas, citizens will be making critical decisions on more than just the hotly contested “top-of-ticket” races. On ballots across the state, local governments are seeking approval for nearly $8 billion of debt on several issues such...
Democrats Push Unqualified Candidates to Create “Blue Wave”
Last legislative session, the state of Texas passed House Bill 25, which will eliminate straight-party voting in 2020. Since this is the last general election for the "palanca" vote, it seems as if the Democratic Party's attempts to create a "blue wave" in Texas are...