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Republicans Flip South Texas Senate Seat
The rematch between Democrat incumbent Morgan LaMantia and Republican Adam Hinojosa swung in Hinojosa’s favor.
Decision Texas, Houston, Local
Houston Voters Reject $4.4 Billion School Bond
The bond would have cost $8.8 billion to pay off.
Republicans Sweep Statewide Judicial Elections in Texas
Republicans won all three Supreme Court seats up for election and all three Court of Criminal Appeals seats.
Republicans Flip Two South Texas House Seats
Denise Villalobos and Don McLaughlin have flipped longtime Democrat seats in South Texas.
The Archive
Taxpayer Abuse for…Personal Use?
A recent story, led by investigative journalist Mireya Villarreal of CBS News, recently uncovered a shocking abuse of taxpayer funds (click link for CBS story and video). City of Fort Worth employees have allegedly been using city-provided credit cards on personal...
Recommendations: Texas Constitutional Amendments
Nine amendments will be up for consideration by Texans when early voting starts on Monday. Here we offer our recommendations on each of the propositions. Also copied below is the "pro" and "con" write-up created by the Texas Legislature's House Research Organization....
Prop. 7 removes power from citizens, vote “No”
Proposition 7 on the upcoming Texas Constitutional Amendment election is being sold as something that saves home-rule cities money but, at what cost? The ballot wording is: “The constitutional amendment authorizing a home-rule municipality to provide in its charter...
Ethics Commission Votes To Waste Money Fighting Transparency
At a special meeting in Houston today the Texas Ethics Commission voted to authorize the hiring an outside law firm in their fight to keep audio recordings of an an August hearing secret. At an August "preliminary hearing" into politically-motivated charges filed...
Ethics Commission Fights Transparency
In their fight to keep the doors tightly shut on the operations of their agency, the Austin-based Texas Ethics Commission has announced it will hold a closed-door meeting in Houston on Friday. Their meeting is in regards to a lawsuit filed by Empower Texans demanding...
Fake Requester
If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, then what is it called when someone impersonates you or your organization? Probably nothing good. We learned this week someone is falsely presenting themselves as a Texans for Fiscal Responsibility operative in...
Mob Tactics Suppress Speech in Fort Worth
Fort Worth ISD staff is hosting a series of townhalls to ‘inform voters’ regarding the details of a three part bond proposal totaling $490 million, set to appear on the November 5 ballot. Only six years ago, a similar proposal in size and scope was passed. One...
Proposition 6: Drowning Us In Debt?
The state’s demand for water is undoubtedly growing. The question is not if we need water. It’s a debate regarding the most prudent method by which to fund the State’s Water Plan. Conservatives are already frustrated by Republican legislators who sided with Democrats...
Davis Enters Gubernatorial Race
As State Sen. Wendy Davis enters the 2014 gubernatorial race, the president of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility – Michael Quinn Sullivan – offered the following statement. On issue after issue, Wendy Davis has styled herself as a politician eager to please a narrow...