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For nearly 20 years, the Texas Legislature has balanced the state’s budget through “funds consolidation” – a gimmick allowing legislators to use...

Today kicks off the long-awaited trial regarding Texas’ Voter ID law. A 3-judge panel from a Washington D.C. district court is expected to make a...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he isn’t going to allow key elements of ObamaCare to take effect in the Lone Star State. The 2009 law required states to...

It is so rare that one of the flagship newspaper editorial boards in Texas tries to talk sense to government that we should give them credit when...

Opposing new taxes and fees seems logical given the current state of the economy, but expecting legislators to use logic might be a bit too much to...

West Texans have an important choice to make in the GOP Primary run-off between State Rep. Jim Landtroop and challenger Ken King. The first is a...

Where the Travis County Commissioners dare not tread, the Austin City Council rushes in blindly!  The city voted to spend about $5600 on airfare for...

Today’s ruling by the US Supreme Court is nothing less than shameful, pushing the United States further down the bankrupting road to serfdom that has...

The Supreme Court of the United States has issued their ruling on the federal health care law known as ObamaCare.  In an absolute shocker, they tell...

Morris Communications’ Austin bureau writer Enrique Rangel filed a story that contained the following: “In another joint hearing, the House...

Formula One hasn’t even arrived officially, and it’s already going to cost taxpayers even more than originally stated.  The City of...

While the Houston Astros have been in their new home at Minute Maid Park for 12 years, taxpayers are still throwing $4 million a year away on their...