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In Their Own Words: Runoff Candidates on Ensuring Election Security
Candidates shared their thoughts on how Texas can make elections more secure.
US Sen. Ted Cruz Leads Democrat Challenger
The Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation poll shows Cruz leading Allred by five percentage points.
Texas GOP Releases May Local Election Endorsements
Some voters will also be asked to consider expensive bonds on their local ballots.
Colin Allred Skips Vote on Border Security Legislation
Allred was present, however, for the $95 billion foreign aid bill for funding to Ukraine and Israel.
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Tarrant Taxpayers Win
In the face of public opposition and an inability to sufficiently answer questions during town hall meetings, the Tarrant County Commissioner’s Court indicated they would not be placing the JPS hospital network’s $809 million bond on November’s ballot. The debt deal...
Paxton Indictment is an Embarrassment to the Texas Criminal Justice System
Over the weekend, Kent Schaffer, one of the special prosecutors tasked with investigating Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, leaked the news that he had secured three felony indictments against Paxton to the press. The New York Times quoted Schaffer defending his...
Religious Leaders Challenge Parker
On Monday, a group of Houston-area pastors held a press conference announcing their intention to file suit against the City of Houston and Mayor Annise Parker, citing a violation of their religious freedoms and civil rights. The alleged violation in the suit refers to...
JPS: The $258 Million Discrepancy
John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) and the Tarrant County Commissioner’s Court have overlooked yet another obvious problem with the faulty financial forecasts underlying their $809 million debt proposal—hundreds of millions of dollars in ambiguous “operational...
Going Down
There is a common question being fearfully contemplated by establishment Republicans in these early days of the 2016 accountability season: “Do I want to go down fighting?” But make no mistake: they know they are going down. Some prefer retirement to an out-right...
Josh Murray: Small-Town Hero
Josh Murray is an Army veteran and activist whose current fight shows us that even in a small town elected officials who aren’t held accountable, will use their power to take advantage of taxpayers. Born in Germany but raised in Garland, Texas, Murray comes from a...
Who is Responsible for the Paxton Probe?
As special prosecutors gear up to drag Attorney General Ken Paxton through the same mud as former Gov. Rick Perry and whistleblowing UT Regent Wallace Hall, questions arise as to who exactly is responsible for the attacks. On the surface, the leftist watchdog group...
Parker Plays Politics with Petitions
After the ongoing and predictably divisive battle surrounding Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance (ERO), one would expect a just and representative government to identify the very flaws that originally caused the contention. One would also expect an effort from officials...
The Criminalization of Politics
There is a dangerous trend in the United States toward the criminalization of politics, and it is infecting Texas as well. It may have hit its nadir in Wisconsin, where police dispatched by a pro-union Democrat special prosecutor subjected conservative activists...