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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.
Texas Joins Coalition Lawsuit Against New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act
The New York law seeks to penalize energy producers for emissions dating back to 2000.
Y’All Answered: Teacher Pay Raises
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
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Houston 2015 Local Endorsements
The Houston Bureau of Empower Texans is excited to present the following local government endorsements for the upcoming November 3rd election. Endorsements were made through a combination of candidate questionnaires, interviews, Regional Advisory Board members, and...
Senate Interim Charges Holding Local Government Accountable
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, in his third set of Interim Studies released yesterday, is asking the Senate to focus on local governments. In particular, he’s charged the Inter-Governmental Relations Committee chaired by State Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville), to examine...
Schools Allegedly Using Illegal Voter-Targeting Scheme
Several Texas school districts allegedly have plans to violate a voter-targeting law passed during the 84th legislative session (HB 2027), by engaging in the nefarious tactic of “rolling polling” this November. “Rolling polling” is a voter-targeting scheme whereby...
Sylvester Turner’s Hollow Endorsement
Over the weekend the Houston Chronicle released their Mayoral endorsement for former State Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Houston). True to form, they opted to express their political leanings, instead of looking at the harsh realities the city faces, and objectively...
Self-Serving State Agency Fails Texans
A state game warden will keep his job, badge and gun, despite repeated poaching violations, which are felonies under state law. Critics of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) also allege the agency may have made a fraudulent workers' comp claim on behalf of...
Houston ISD Auditor Ignored Whistleblower
After being ignored by the Board of Trustees and other school officials, Frank Hodges a 34-year HISD employee, turned to the where he thought he could find resolution to the problem—the district’s Chief Audit Executive, Richard Patton. However, much like the other...
Dan Patrick Charges Senate to Study Border Security Solutions
Members of the Texas Senate are being charged by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to study a series of issues surrounding illegal immigration in preparation for the next legislative session. Specifically, he has directed the subcommittee on Border Security to study cooperation...
Patrick Continues Leadership on Ethics Reform
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is signaling that he will not let House leadership’s end-of-session sabotage of a major ethics reform package stand in the way of reform efforts in 2017. Patrick today released an interim charge calling on the Senate Committee on State Affairs to...
Senate Seeks to End Crony Handouts
If his first interim charges are any indication, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick might be looking for ways eliminate crony capitalist programs in the next legislative session. Interim charges are assigned to House and Senate committees at the discretion of the speaker of the...