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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.
House Lawmaker Proposes Measure To Protect From Warrantless Game Warden Searches
The Texas Constitution does not protect open land from government search and seizure.
Texas Senators Weigh Religious Protections for Public School Employees in Committee
The measures would include protections allowing public school teachers to use students’ biological pronouns and to pray in school.
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North Texas Voters Approve Billions in Bond Debt
On May 6, local government entities around Texas asked voters to approve billions in taxpayer-backed spending and bond debt. In most cases, voters obliged them – or at least a small percentage of voters did. In the Metroplex, where voter turnout for the local...
Dallas Democrat Criminalizes Poll Watching
With multiple investigations of voter fraud underway in the Metroplex, a Democrat officeholder wants the Empower Texans’ bureau chief there investigated for reporting on the story. Thousands of votes are possibly involved in an illegal vote harvesting scheme in Dallas...
House Passes Unconstitutional Bill to Limit Governor’s Appointment Powers
While the Texas House is finally passing various ethics reforms, lawmakers approved legislation last week that would chill the rights of citizens in the Lone Star State. The legislation, House Bill 3305, by State Rep. Lyle Larson (R–San Antonio,) places stifling...
Turnout Expectedly Low in Local Metroplex Elections
Hundreds of candidates in dozens of local government entities vied for elected office around the Metroplex on May 6. But as usual, the local elections drew relatively small numbers of voters. Only one of four DFW-area counties reported double-digit turnout. And one...
Hospital Board Incumbents Get the Boot
After Saturday’s election, there is no question whether or not Odessa residents are tired of the status quo. Voters elected to unseat three Ector County Hospital Board incumbents, while an additional trustee position was uncontested and filled by a write-in candidate....
Houston Pension Reform Passes the Texas House
Houston’s pension reform plan has cleared its second hurdle, passing the Texas House with 112 votes. After pushback from conservatives, bill author State Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Canton) substituted his original bill for that of State Sen. Joan Huffman’s. The differences...
Another Midland Tax Initiative Bites the Dust
Voters sent a loud message to Midland City Council on Saturday. Of 6,781 total votes cast, 54-percent of voters elected to end the city’s 4B sales tax indefinitely. Midlanders also defeated a tax increase placed on the ballot last fall by MISD, meaning this is the...
Despite Opposition, House Passes Hailstorm Lawsuit Reform
This week the Texas House approved legislation to tackle the latest growing area of lawsuit abuse—hailstorm litigation. In the latest swing of the Whack-a-Mole mallet, lawmakers voted 91-55 to approve House Bill 1774 by State Rep. Greg Bonnen (R–League City) which...
McAllen Demands New Leadership
Citizens in the border city of McAllen have an opportunity to dramatically change their local government with tomorrow’s elections. For several weeks, McAllen voters have already cast 5,476 in-person ballots in just two contested races, with five candidates running...