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Texas Casts 40 Electoral College Ballots for Trump
The chamber broke out into cheers as the votes were cast for Trump and Vance.
Tarrant Commissioners Accept Grant for Human Trafficking Unit
The state grant will fund the Human Trafficking Unit in the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office.
Former Lewisville ISD Teacher Arrested for Sexual Assault of a Child
Alainee Simonson is also accused of having an improper relationship with the student while she was a teacher at Lewisville High School-Killough.
Canyon ISD Parents Want Bibles Back in School Libraries
Superintendent Darryl Flusche told parents a new Texas law prohibiting sexually explicit books requires the district to remove the Bible.
The Archive
Houston Affordable Housing
The Houston Housing Authority (HHA) proposed mixed-income housing development is still drawing a divide with Galleria residents. Recently, many of the project’s supporters have taken the disagreement to new lows and by implying those standing in opposition are in...
Don’t Get Railroaded
No industry is more vital to the Texas economy than oil and gas; bad regulatory decisions there ripple outward, affecting the state’s 27 million citizens. This makes it imperative that Texans elect a right-thinking commissioner to the agency overseeing the industry....
Local Paper Condemns Doug Miller for Mud Slinging
An already ugly Republican primary season became even uglier last week when State Rep. Doug Miller (R-New Braunfels) began a massive media campaign personally attacking his opponent, Fredericksburg small businessman Kyle Biedermann. At issue are fifteen year old court...
Lynn Stucky: Pet Killing Profiteer
Sanger veterinarian Lynn Stucky is asking voters to elect him as the successor to outgoing State Rep. Myra Crownover (R-Lake Dallas), but many Denton County voters are calling into question not just Stucky’s political record, but also his professional record. Stucky’s...
Attorney General Paxton Intervenes to Defend Free Speech
On Monday Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in a Fort Worth lawsuit in order to defend free speech rights, and he is already seeing some success. The suit was originally filed by ExxonMobil in Tarrant County against Claude Earl Walker, the Attorney General...
Wheless: Judges Shouldn’t be Judicial Activists
At a time when judges at all levels are radically reinterpreting existing law, citizens are increasingly wary of any judicial candidate who may disregard the will of the people. In his bid for a seat on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, one candidate is making...
Good News and Bad News on School Finance in Texas
The long-awaited decision from the Texas Supreme Court in the school finance case, Morath v. Texas Taxpayer and Student Fairness Coalition, was issued on May 13, 2016. (The case was argued over eight months earlier.) The court’s jargon-laden 100-page (!) decision can...
Political Prosecution of Paxton Reaches Court of Appeals
This morning saw the latest chapter of the prosecution against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, with oral arguments taking place before the 5th Court of Appeals in Dallas. At the hearing, Paxton’s attorneys sought to dismiss several of the charges brought against...
Two Men, Two Visions, One Party
At the second largest political gathering on the planet (second only to the meeting of the Communist Party in China) delegates to the Republican Party of Texas’ 2016 Convention will be making decisions that echo beyond the state’s borders. Yet no decision so directly...