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Study: Guaranteed Income Makes People Poorer, Sicker, and Unemployed Longer
Recipients didn’t start businesses, advance their education, save money, or pay debts.
Texas Republicans Strengthen Push for Educational Freedom
When the issue came to the House floor for a vote last year, 21 Republicans joined Democrats in killing the proposal.
Austin’s Four Points Residents Concerned Over New Homeless Encampment
Homeless encampments continue to pose problems in Austin.
Gov. Abbott Accelerates Timeline for CenterPoint Improvements After Bashing Company’s Response
The company’s plan to deploy 300 new automated devices and replace old electrical poles by December 31 has now been requested by the end of August.
The Archive
What “they” have is no justification for local spending
When children and adolescents come to mom and pop with the idea that they need something such as a newer smart phone, car, videogame, etc. with a prime argument being that such is necessary to them because others have similar, a good, decent and wise parent...
Texas Mayors Surrender Sovereignty
Texans are becoming increasingly frustrated with the unconstitutional power the federal government is taking from both its citizens and the state and local governments in which they live. It’s particularly offensive considering the same overlords in D.C. are blatantly...
TML: Politicians First, Texans Last
One of the first things you’ll notice while attending a local government meeting is that political posturing is considered paramount above all else. Stated differently, “getting along” with other politicians is more important than hammering out policy solutions that...
Local Debt: Don’t Wait Until November
Many Texans are shocked to learn that our state currently has the second highest, per capita local debt in the nation. As a result, Texans are facing a local debt epidemic primarily driven by city and school debt, which are separately governed entities each with...
Commission Races Forward With Illegal Slots Proposal
Today the Texas Racing Commission will take testimony from citizens concerned with the agency’s impending constitutional overreach. The Commission is considering enacting a rule that would allow Texas horse and dog tracks to implement devices called “instant racing”...
Texas Conservative Leaders: Limit Government Growth
Members of the Texas Conservative Budget Coalition are calling on lawmakers to keep state government growth at or under 6.2% in the 2016-17 biennium. Grassroots conservative leaders and budget experts gathered this morning in Austin to unveil a fiscally conservative...
Carona Opposes Hall’s Impeachment
Early this morning, State Sen. John Carona released a statement via email in opposition to the impeachment proceedings of UT Regent Wallace Hall, a whistleblower who’s unearthed several alleged scandals: “I have been asked by a number of people in recent weeks my...
Claim: Powers Misled UT Investigators On Role
New information is emerging this morning that lays the growing legislative clout-abuse scandal at the feet of UT President Bill Powers. At issue is a growing body of evidence that individuals with sub-par qualifications have been granted acceptance to UT based on...
Why Every Journalist Should Care About the Michael Quinn Sullivan Case
When Empower Texans President Michael Quinn Sullivan went before the Texas Ethics Commission last month on charges that he had failed to register as a lobbyist, much of the testimony hinged on whether Sullivan qualified for the media exception to the lobby law as an...