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DPS Will Continue Patrolling Austin Despite City Ending Partnership
Gov. Greg Abbott said DPS jurisdiction covers “every square inch of Texas.”
Texas Must Cease Using Race in Admissions, Employment, and Contracting
The Legislature should permanently remove the stain of racial discrimination from our statutes.
School Districts Make It Easy for Predators to Prey on Kids
The system is set up to stifle victims.
Fort Worth School District Reportedly Scrambles to Remove Explicit Books From Libraries
Graphic novels about sex and genitalia are reportedly being scrubbed from FWISD libraries after public pressure.
The Archive
If Conroe ISD Can Cut Taxes, Why Can’t Your School District?
While we often pass along bad news for Texas taxpayers, it gives us pleasure to recognize the exceptional government entities that exercise fiscal responsibility. A newspaper report reveals that Conroe ISD "is among a very select group of Texas school districts to...
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
If you woke up this morning feeling like your pocket was being picked, you shouldn't be surprised -- the new state fiscal year arrived with a roar. The budget approved by the Legislature is spending your money at the rate of $2,417.18 per second. Just 8 hours and 40...
Lege to Taxpayers: Shut Up
Kudos to Gov. Rick Perry for an unheralded veto that saved one of Texas' few local taxpayer protections. He stopped legislation that would not only have allowed unchecked tax increases, but would have effectively disenfranchised Texas' voting taxpayers. The...
A Strike Against Taxpayer Waste at the Ballpark in Houston
KTRK News in Houston reports that the Harris County Sports Authority has been dining at the taxpayer trough at a 36-person suite at Minute Maid Park, the home of the Houston Astros. Sports authority board members and their guests racked up $20,000 in food costs,...
El Paso Taxpayers: Pay Up
Same song, different verse. Like taxpayers around the state, the people of El Paso are getting hit hard by their city council with an 8.4 percent increase in property taxes. The reason? “We don't have enough police officers,†according to the El Paso Times....
Energy Taxes Today Hurt Us Tomorrow
Energy Taxes Today Hurt Us Tomorrow
What do you do when the price of an essential commodity has risen so high that it fuels inflation, devastates family budgets and threatens the economy? Obviously, you raise taxes on it, causing its price to go up even more! At least, that’s what you do if the...
Advertising Government
When government resorts to advertising its programs and services, that’s a sure sign government has gotten just a little too big. Texas bureaucrats spend millions every year advertising the Children’s Health Insurance Program and other welfare assistance...
Texas School Districts Plotting Property Tax Rate Increases
The San Antonio Express-News reports that numerous school districts in San Antonio and around the state are preparing to ask their voters to approve tax rate increases. One such district is San Antonio ISD which is on the verge of seeking a tax rate increase even...