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Taxpayer-funded Lobbying Org Pays Massive Salaries
Many employees of the Texas Association of School Boards are earning more than the governor of Texas.
Harris County Approves Nearly $900k in Legal Reimbursements for County Judge & Staff
The reimbursement for Hidalgo and her former staffers is to cover legal fees related to a bid-rigging investigation in 2022.
Texas Senators Consider Measure to Ban All THC Products
The proposal aims to close loopholes permitting consumable THC products created by a 2019 law legalizing industrial hemp.
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Exposed: Failed House Leadership
Members of the Texas Freedom Caucus publicly exposed an uncomfortable truth about the coalition government of liberal Republicans and Democrats running Texas’ lower legislative chamber: In their zeal to squash conservative priorities, House leadership has ignored the...
Texas Senate Working Overtime to Address House Failures
After dragging their feet all session, the Texas House is far behind where they wanted to be on the Calendar and bills they wanted to pass. The result has been a deluge that has clogged up the works in the Texas Senate, which has otherwise been humming along like a...
Legislation to Prevent “Passing the Trash” Becomes Law
With about three weeks left of the 85th legislative session, another priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has become law. Senate Bill 7, sponsored by State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R–Houston) prevents the practice known as “Passing the Trash,” a problem that has been...
Flynn Threatens Firefighters in Twitter Tirade
Making an even stronger case for why Texas’ municipal pension systems should be handled locally, and why voters should retire some lawmakers by force, a member of the Texas House took to Twitter to threaten the pension plans of Houston Firefighters who called him out...
Conservatives Declare Total War on House Calendar
After Democrats and their Republican enablers moved to punish conservatives, the Texas House Freedom Caucus has declared total war on Friday’s calendar. On Thursday evening, liberal Democrat Senfronia Thompson of Houston moved to suspend the rules and set a Local...
Republicans Punish Conservatives for Defying Democrats
After conservative lawmakers objected to a motion by a liberal Democrat, members of their own party stabbed them in the back and punished them by killing their bills. On Thursday, as lawmakers faced a deadline to advance legislation under the House rules, liberal...
Rent-A-Voters Approve Taxes and $175 Million in Bonds
Two recently registered voters in Montgomery County approved almost $175 million in bonds for newly created Municipal Utility District 145 in the May 6 election. The two temporary voters also voted to levy taxes on future residents. The district is the creation of...
Dallas Election Results In, Criminal Voter Fraud Investigation Continues
This article has been updated since publishing. With hundreds of suspicious mail-in ballots now reviewed and counted, results in three close Dallas County elections remain unchanged. But the criminal investigation into the allegedly-forged mail ballots continues. That...
Frisco’s Mayor Lashes Out At County Officials Who Stand with Taxpayers
The outgoing mayor from one of North Texas’ most conservative cities joined the anti-taxpayer coalition of local politicians and government lobbyists Wednesday to testify in Austin against property tax reform. City of Frisco Mayor Maher Maso – who campaigns as a...