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Round Rock ISD Trustee Alleged to Have Received Illegal Payments From District
Former Round Rock ISD Trustee Mary Bone said the district paid tens of thousands of dollars to Trustee Tiffanie Harrison after she resigned from teaching.
School District Police Chief: Sex Abuse Investigation ‘Far From Done’
Newman International Academy Police Chief Matthew Antkowiak said the charter school “will not place reputation over the safety of students.”
Lawmaker Proposes Security Council for Top-Tier Research Universities
With Texas now home to the most Tier 1 research institutions in the country, one lawmaker seeks to strengthen research security.
Attorney General Paxton Launches Investigation Into Chinese AI App
Paxton expressed concerns that artificial intelligence company DeepSeek could be violating the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act.
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Surveying the Field
When the legislative session began in early January, gun rights were expected to take center stage. “Constitutional carry,” “open carry,” “campus carry,” and other measures dominated much of the conversation and drew some of the strongest testimony in public hearings....
North Texas Cities: Top 20 Largest Debt Burdens
Texas taxpayers are currently burdened with the second-highest local debt in the nation, on a per capita basis, when compared to the nation’s ten largest states. While the largest public borrowers in Texas are government school districts, nearly one-third of the $330...
Is Mechler Showing His Stripes?
At a Republican Party fundraiser in Lubbock last Saturday, newly appointed Texas GOP Chairman Tom Mechler defended the Austin business establishment and the record of the coalition of Democrats and liberal Republicans who control the Texas House. Mechler also attacked...
Jodie Laubenberg: Swindled by House Leadership
A few years ago, Texas conservatives would be hard pressed to find a more reliable ally in Austin than State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Parker). She fought for taxpayers and even supported then-State Rep. Ken Paxton (R‑Plano) in his bid for Speaker of the House against...
Grassroots Accountability Wins in Smith County
Tuesday marked a win for grassroots activists in East Texas, when the Smith County Commissioner’s Court decided not to expend county funds on a duplicative study. In a press release dated June 22, Grassroots America We the People’s Executive Director JoAnn Fleming...
Wallace Hall Sues UT System Over Access to Records
Whistleblowing University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall went on offense this week, filing suit against UT System and Chancellor William McRaven over the latter’s refusal to disclose documents to his superior. The legal effort comes after weeks of wrangling over whether...
North Texas Cities: Top 20 Highest Property Tax Burdens
A detailed analysis conducted by Empower Texans’ Metroplex Bureau has revealed an alarming disparity in municipal property tax burdens across North Texas’ fifty largest cities. The most egregious offender, Southlake, levies a property tax burden on the local economy...
Houston Officials Hate Residential Tax Relief
For the second consecutive year Houstonians can expect to get a minor break on their property taxes. According to Houston City Controller Ronald Green, preliminary projections determine the city is expected to have to forego collecting $53 million in new property...
Democrats Are Not Our Problem
Though many lawmakers are less than honest with their constituents when they return home from Austin, one of them has been a little more frank. Delivering a straight-forward, cogent assessment of the 84th session to the Southwest Dallas County Republican Club...