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Texas Students’ Test Scores Shrink as Spending Grows
An economic analysis shows declining returns on investment for states’ increasing education dollars.
Texas Officials Criticize Proposed $500 Million in Corporate Welfare to Movie Industry
The pushback follows the release of a commercial featuring Matthew McConaughey and other actors advocating more funding for the industry.
Texas Joins Fight Against Taxpayer-funded Gender Mutilation Surgeries for Criminals
Alongside 23 other states, Texas is attempting to prevent a mandate forcing taxpayers to fund the surgeries.
New Order From Abbott Seeks to End DEI in State Agencies
Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest directive mirrors a similar order by President Donald Trump issued last week.
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Texas Democrats Sticking with Straus
As Texas House Republicans contemplate plans to amend the process by which the Republican nominee for Speaker is selected, Democrat members are gushing with praise for incumbent Joe Straus. Since 2009, House Speaker Joe Straus has held on to his post largely thanks to...
Midland City Council Seeks More Community Involvement
In an effort to encourage participation by community members in the local tax adoption process, Midland City Councilmembers are going above and beyond their legal obligations. Midland City Council meets twice a month at 10am at City Hall and, historically, have held...
County Commissioners Continue to Grow Coffers at Property Owners Expense
Despite growing sales tax receipts and a more-than-healthy reserve fund of approximately $61 million, Midland County Commissioners are proposing a 9 percent increase on property taxes. If passed, the new rate would allow the county to collect more than $3.5 million in...
“Republican” Challenger Wants Tax on Water Bottles
Typically, those seeking a win in Texas’ Republican primaries do their best to show voters how conservative they are. However, one state House hopeful is trying to win support by talking about all of the revenue government can generate via a nifty new tax on water...
Senator Criticizes House for Killing ‘Meaningful’ Property Tax Reform
One of the Texas Senate’s top tax champions rightly blasted the Texas House for killing property tax reform. In a passionate speech to his Senate colleagues, State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) criticized House lawmakers responsible for killing his reform that...
Governing Differences
We’ll be releasing the 2017 Fiscal Responsibility Index this week. While the public release is set for 2pm on Wednesday, we thought we’d share the “top-lines” with you today. All votes included on the Index were announced in advance, and focus...
Kevin Sparks: Fueling Liberty
There are many things a young child can learn while working with his father in the West Texas oil patch. For Midland native Kevin Sparks, it was a compilation of values that led him into political activism today – including a strong work ethic, fiscal responsibility,...
Montgomery County GOP Votes to Put Toll Road Referendum on the Ballot
In a historic victory for grassroots conservatives in Montgomery County, the Republican Party Executive Committee, composed of precinct chairs, voted almost unanimously to support the placement of a non-binding referendum concerning toll roads on the 2018...
So, You Didn’t Think Greg Abbott Was Serious?
Any thought that Gov. Abbott was going to go easy on the House, or back down, should be put to bed by the email his team put out today. It's one thing to talk tough to the press, it's something else to ask Texans to donate to a fight. No matter what one thinks of Greg...