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Dallas County GOP Censures 2 Lawmakers Over House Speaker Vote
State Reps. Morgan Meyer and Angie Chen Button have been censured for violating Republican Party principles.
Texas Senate Committee Mulls Measure Establishing Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
Senators on the Business and Commerce Committee heard testimony from Comptroller Glenn Hegar, nonprofits, and industry specialists regarding the proposal.
Houston Public Works Needs Billions To Replace Failing Water Plant Serving 75% of Residents
The city is currently facing a multi-million dollar budget deficit and has not secured funding for required water infrastructure projects.
City of Austin Incubating DEI and LGBT
As the Trump administration is eliminating DEI, local public servants are preserving it.
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Houston Housing Authority Backs Off of Churches
Houston Housing Authority (HHA) has decided to cease all attempts at seizing the land of two historic churches in Houston’s Fifth Ward. In August, HHA made known their intentions of obtaining the plots of land that Latter Day Deliverance Revival Center and Christian...
Internal Document Reveals Cook Campaign Kickoff Disaster
An internal Byron Cook campaign document acquired by Texas Scorecard contradicts rosy public statements made by Cook’s campaign on social media. The document shows event organizers planned and paid for food for 450 people to attend the campaign kick-off event at the...
Threatened With Jail
Greetings from Corsicana, where tonight I learned just how big a thug State Rep. Byron Cook really is. And how scared he is of the truth. Despite flooding rains and strong winds, people rallied outside Cook’s campaign kick off. Cook is the "Republican" who killed a...
Three Ways to Reform Runaway Debt and Taxes
Texas nearly leads the nation when it comes to local debt — a $332 billion albatross driving ever-increasing property taxes. Those who claim the growing debt crisis is the result of population growth aren’t telling the whole truth. At nearly $12,000 per resident,...
Abbott Calls for Ban on Sanctuary Cities
Calling for a decisive end to “sanctuary city” policies statewide, Gov. Greg Abbott this week asked the Legislature to take action. Absent Abbott calling for a special session, a legislative solution won't happen until 2017. Abbott's positions were made public in an...
Video: Republican Urges Liberal Democrats To Vote In GOP Primary
Democrats are being urged to participate in the Republican primaries this year in a bid by liberal Republicans to thwart conservative reforms. This isn’t a supposition; it’s what State Rep. Patricia Harless (R–Spring) encouraged Democrats to do at an Austin...
Bettencourt Defends Harris County Taxpayers
On Friday, shortly before the Harris County Commissioners Court was set to vote on the proposed 2016 tax rate, State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) delivered an open letter encouraging the commissioners to reduce the burden on county taxpayers. Houston’s population...
SEIU Antics Garner Attention
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is starting to get coverage for the thuggish methods they use to attack Texas business owners who refuse to comply with their unreasonable demands. The Houston Chronicle recently reported on the SEIU’s ongoing...
Internal Audit Points to HISD Management
Despite official statements to the contrary, a preliminary review conducted by Houston ISD’s own Office of Internal Audit confirmed the obvious by determining that, “inflation itself is not the key driver in the request for additional [bond] funds.” The audit’s...