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Texas Mayors Surrender Sovereignty

Texans are becoming increasingly frustrated with the unconstitutional power the federal government is taking from both its citizens and the state and local governments in which they live. It’s particularly offensive considering the same overlords in D.C. are blatantly...

Netroots Education Panel: Kill School Choice

Five out of five progressive education activists at Netroots Nation agree: there cannot be choice or competition. Why? Their plans for the status quo in public schools are an integral part of implementing their progressive vision of "community schools;" the new...

TML: Politicians First, Texans Last

One of the first things you’ll notice while attending a local government meeting is that political posturing is considered paramount above all else.  Stated differently, “getting along” with other politicians is more important than hammering out policy solutions that...

Far left’s utopian vision exposed at Netroots Nation

DETROIT -- Panelists at the Netroots Nation conference described their allies as “communists” and “anarchists” while admitting that, as liberals, “we like taxing things.” One panelist said he likes reading obituaries because “there are a bunch of Fox News viewers who...

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Dispatch from Detroit: Netroots Nation 2014

The nation’s largest annual gathering of liberal-progressive activists took place this past weekend in a paragon city of liberal “progress:” Detroit, Michigan. As an attendee of the Netroots Nation conference, I gained unscripted, unedited, and unpolished access to...

Local Debt: Don’t Wait Until November

Many Texans are shocked to learn that our state currently has the second highest, per capita local debt in the nation.  As a result, Texans are facing a local debt epidemic primarily driven by city and school debt, which are separately governed entities each with...

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Commission Races Forward With Illegal Slots Proposal

Today the Texas Racing Commission will take testimony from citizens concerned with the agency’s impending constitutional overreach. The Commission is considering enacting a rule that would allow Texas horse and dog tracks to implement devices called “instant racing”...

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Texas Conservative Leaders: Limit Government Growth

Members of the Texas Conservative Budget Coalition are calling on lawmakers to keep state government growth at or under 6.2% in the 2016-17 biennium. Grassroots conservative leaders and budget experts gathered this morning in Austin to unveil a fiscally conservative...

Carona Opposes Hall’s Impeachment

Early this morning, State Sen. John Carona released a statement via email in opposition to the impeachment proceedings of UT Regent Wallace Hall, a whistleblower who’s unearthed several alleged scandals: “I have been asked by a number of people in recent weeks my...

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