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Austin City Council Proposes Controversial Reserve Police Force
The plan to vote on this ordinance comes after Mayor Kirk Watson tried and failed to end the partnership between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Austin Police Department last week.
Texas Department of Transportation Uses Taxpayer Dollars to Fund ‘Wokeness’ in the Workplace
Internal documents reveal TxDOT directors have been pushing DEI-related policies and practices on their employees.
State Rep. Four Price Announces He Will Not Seek Re-election
Price, a member of the Texas House since 2010, received failing marks from different conservative organizations.
Sting Leads to Second Arrest of Texas Teacher Who Admitted Sharing Infant Porn
Former Judson ISD band teacher Mark Mallow was charged last year with promoting child pornography via Snapchat but was out on bond.
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Texas Spending Commission
 State Sen. Dan Patrick has introduced legislation (SB1190/SJR41) that creates a government spending commission, similar to one authorized by Ronald Reagan in 1984. Reagan's Grace Commission made nearly 2,500 recommendations that eliminated more than $420...
Let The Sunlight Shine
Three right-thinking members of the legislature are recommending that more House and Senate votes be recorded, and therefore subject to public review. State Rep. Dan Branch (R-Dallas), State Rep. Brian McCall (R-Plano), and State Rep. Tony Goolsby (R-Dallas), have...
Rare political courage on display
Just a few moments ago I witnessed a rare act of political courage. We learned last week about the Republican attempt to undo the important reforms conservatives made in the Children's Health Insurance Program four years ago. At that time, the stories of fraud and...
More recorded votes good for taxpayers
The House's State Affairs Committee is expected today to hear testimony regarding a series of bills that would significantly open the legislative process to taxpayer and voter scrutiny. In the past, many important votes have been held as "voice votes," allowing...
America’s Most Irresponsible
The Drudge Report is today noting that the U.S. Comptroller, David Walker, will tell 60 Minutes on Sunday that Medicare is on a course to bankrupt the United States. He says that the president's prescription drug plan, "is probably the most fiscally irresponsible...
House Committee Unanimously Hangs Up on Telephone Tax
The Lone Star Report brings us the following good news:The House Regulated Industries committee unanimously voted Feb. 21 to eliminate the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (TIF). The tax on consumers’ phone bill was created in 1995 to help wire schools,...
Lower State Taxes & Spending Equal Less Poverty, Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
A recent study by the Goldwater Institute has demonstrated that low-tax and low-spending states are more successful at reducing poverty than their high-tax, high-spending counterparts. As President Reagan noted, a rising tide lifts all boats.The 10 states with the...
How much to keep Hollywood away?
The Austin American Statesman is calling on lawmakers to enact a slush fund that would attract more Hollywood liberals to Texas. What's not to love about that? They are particularly appalled by the idea that Friday Night Lights (a low-rated show about Texas high...
Busting the Cap for Tax Relief
February 19, 2007 Dear Members of the Texas House: For the sake of taxpayers, you and your colleagues should vote to bust the state’s spending cap. It is the opinion of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility that this is the only way Texans can be assured of receiving...