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Texas A&M Interim President Says Board of Regents Won’t Determine New Hires
Following backlash against A&M’s attempt to hire a DEI proponent, the new interim president says DEI has been ‘weaponized’ and regents won’t determine hiring decisions.
Taxpayer-funded Institutions Participate in Austin LGBT Parade
The parade featured Austin ISD and the Austin Police Department, as well as being sponsored by the University of Texas’ Division of Diversity and Community Engagement.
S&P Global Ends ESG Credit Ratings Following AG Investigation
Texas’ Office of the Attorney General joined a coalition of states in investigating S&P Global’s use of ESG factors in its credit rating analysis.
Amarillo College President Eyeing Job in Austin
Austin Community College has named him the sole finalist to become chancellor of the school.
The Archive
Gas Tax Hikers Still Among GOP Ranks
On Monday, the Republican Party of Texas came to the defense of HD 136 GOP candidate Tony Dale, after both his Democratic and Libertarian candidates have gone on record supporting higher gas taxes. While it comes as no surprise that the RPT would defend one of its...
Emerging Tech Fund Still Ineffective
With another company filing bankruptcy after receiving millions of taxpayer dollars from the Emerging Technology Fund, Texans have one more reason to call for the end of all the state’s corporate welfare programs. Terrabon, Inc, a Houston-based bioenergy producer,...
Down the ballot – vote against “civil service laws”
It seems amazing that even in the wake of the Wisconsin, where government unions have had a hand in bringing the state perilously close to a fiscal cliff, there is still a clamor for government unions. In Texas, a right-to-work state (meaning unions can exist but...
Why does Senator Carona pretend to be a Republican?
I’ve told my audience, in legislative session after session, what disdain the wealthy Dallas state senator John Carona has for conservatives and his fellow Republicans who reject his big-government version of Republicanism. Now we can add traditional Judeo-Christian...
Innovation, Not Debt, Key to Better Schools
As Americans head to the polls for the November election, we will be choosing new servants to head our federal, state and county governments. Easy to overlook, but just as important, will be bond packages presented by local taxing authorities. Bonds are not free...
2014 Races Dependent on 2013 Outcomes
Until Rick Perry and David Dewhurst make their 2014 intentions public, we can expect rampant media speculation. But the key to both men’s re-election chances, and to the 2014 elections in general, is largely going overlooked: 2013. What the media, and Texans as a...
Big Government Down-Ballot
Races at the top of the ticket always get the most attention, but the proposals, initiatives, and referendums down-ballot often hit Texan’s wallets the hardest. Austin, San Antonio, Houston and El Paso are where the most noteworthy pushes for higher taxes and more...
Straus Spokesman Spins
Grassroots who have been frustrated by the lack of progress on key legislative reforms under moderate Speaker Joe Straus just haven't been paying attention—or so says his spokesman. And according to Straus spokesman Jason Embry—a former reporter for the Austin...
Tax Hikes When You Least Expect Them
Texans have become accustomed to voting in general elections in May and November, but Tax Ratification Elections – votes that explicitly hike property taxes – often are not held on a uniform election date. School districts are making a mockery of laws intended to...