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San Antonio Teacher Spews Hatred of Trump Supporters
Ashlee Walker is a fifth-grade teacher at El Dorado Elementary in North East ISD.
Analysis: Secret Ballots Are Anti-Citizen
Austin and DC use the same tactics to keep power and subvert voters.
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Texas A&M’s DEI-based Educational Classes
Four classes this semester push the “diversity” doctrine.
A Second Democrat Enters the Speaker Race
Democrat John Bryant has filed an official declaration of speaker candidacy.
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Preemptive Disclosures Needed
Every March, Sunshine Week reminds us to examine transparency in Texas, where there is still much progress to be made. During the 2015 session, lawmakers created a huge haystack in which to hide government contracts. They are called “form 1295 filings,” and at the...
Beware of Efforts to Curtail Requests
Last week was ‘Sunshine Week’ – an initiative to remind Americans of the importance of government transparency. To ensure greater control of government by the people, we need to ensure that measures to set back transparency are dead on arrival. Lately, there have been...
Has The Time Come For The Woodlands To Incorporate?
Twenty-eight miles north of Houston sits The Woodlands. Under most definitions, the thriving area would be considered its own city – except it’s not, it’s a Census-Designated Place (CDP) in a perpetual annexation fight on two fronts — against Houston and Conroe. A CDP...
S&P Follows Moody’s In Downgrading Houston
Following the action of its Big 3 counterpart, Standard and Poor’s downgraded Houston’s general obligation debt from “AA+” to “AA” and reasserted the city’s outlook as “Negative.” While both downgrade reports point to similar issues, the S&P downgrade addresses...
The Problem with #NeverTrump
Recently the hashtag #NeverTrump has become a very popular rallying cry of sorts on Twitter for conservatives with strong objections to GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. Unfortunately this sentiment, while legitimate in its reasoning, has the potential for...
Special Districts Run Amok
The alarming lack of transparency of Texas’ special purpose districts is not a new issue to those who have been paying attention. But the fact that the liberal-leaning, nationally syndicated John Oliver Show managed to pick up on the issue enough to devote an entire...
Taskforce: Free Markets Needed To Improve Workforce Education
A task force of three major state agencies, charged by Gov. Greg Abbott with assessing economic activity and workforce challenges, has begun holding forums to gather input from Texans on the state’s diverse needs and strengths. The Tri-Agency Taskforce recently...
Huffines: Repeal the Motor Vehicle Inspection Tax
During the 84th legislative session, State Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas) advanced a complete phase out of Texas’ disastrous business tax, otherwise known as the franchise tax. Now he’s calling for the repeal of the Motor Vehicle Inspection Tax, an outdated “vehicle...
Now David Simpson Is Against School Choice, Maybe
To say that State Rep. David Simpson has had a tumultuous relationship with the issue of school choice and educational freedom would be an understatement. The Longview-based Republican has carefully straddled the fence on an issue popular with more than 80 percent of...