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Montgomery County Under Review for Nepotism Complaint

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office has confirmed they are reviewing a complaint claiming a commissioner violated the law by creating a government job and installing his wife. Commissioner Charlie Riley proposed creating a new administrative position in...

End Backroom Deals Between Cities and Corporations

Local economic development deals must be brought out of the shadows and into public view. Basic reforms would make deals between politicians and corporations more transparent by subjecting them to Texas’ existing transparency laws. In 1999, state law was changed to...

Huffman Files Bill To End Government Collection of Union Dues

Texas’ public sector unions have long fought to protect their ability to have government entities collect and remit their member’s union dues, but State Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) has filed a bill to end that practice. While Texas is a right to work state, public...

School District Stonewalling

A school district is stonewalling conservative activists who are making simple open records requests, demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars before they will turn over records related to the district’s controversial bathroom and shower policies. Jonathan Saenz...

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TAB: Just Another Liberal Lobby Group

One prominent Austin lobby group has been in the tank for bigger government for a long time, but their vanity is now taking them even deeper down the drain. In a recent lobbying push, the state’s ostensibly pro-business lobby group, the Texas Association of Business,...

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