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Violence Against Students Tops List of Texas Teacher Misconduct
More than a third of all educator misconduct reports submitted to the state from September 2021 through July 2024 were for violence against students.
Convicted Rapist Caught Attempting to Illegally Cross Texas Border
The Honduran national was convicted of rape in 2011.
Texas Lawmaker Introduces Measure to Eliminate Daylight-Saving Time
State Sen. Mayes Middleton’s proposal comes after President-elect Donald Trump floated changes to daylight savings time at the federal level.
Texas Drops Annual Vehicle Safety Inspections, Still Requires Fee
Even without annual inspections, Texans must pay a $7.50 replacement fee.
The Archive
Crux of Gov. Perry indictment begs credulity of the ignorant
If Texans set aside their credulity, as some are asking us to do, and take seriously the impartiality and legal purity of the special prosecutor in the case of Governor Rick Perry they will then be judging a rather odd interpretation of law related to an executive...
Local Debt Requires Local Action
Taxpayers who are interested in limiting the government’s burden on their family’s budget need to know who’s borrowing on their behalf. Although some states rely relatively heavily on their state government for public services, Texas does not. And that’s good news for...
Democrat is right, there is a difference with Hegar & the GOP
"Democratic comptroller nominee Mike Collier says GOP rival Glenn Hegar bragged to a tea party interviewer last year that he was proud of the Legislature’s 2011 budget cuts to public schools. Collier... said it’s “embarrassing and unacceptable” that Hegar “takes pride...
Big Cities Lean Left
The fact that larger, urban areas lean to the political “left” shouldn’t surprise anyone. But the degree to which certain Texas cities do may shock some, as published in a recent article by the Economist. In Texas, the most realtively conservative (or least liberal)...
Birdville ISD Poised to Make History
Despite bi-partisan opposition to landmark disclosure and transparency reforms supported by the Texas State Comptroller in HB 14 last session, a few school districts across Texas are considering adopting several “best practices”, voluntarily. Officials in Birdville...
What “they” have is no justification for local spending
When children and adolescents come to mom and pop with the idea that they need something such as a newer smart phone, car, videogame, etc. with a prime argument being that such is necessary to them because others have similar, a good, decent and wise parent...
Texas Mayors Surrender Sovereignty
Texans are becoming increasingly frustrated with the unconstitutional power the federal government is taking from both its citizens and the state and local governments in which they live. It’s particularly offensive considering the same overlords in D.C. are blatantly...
TML: Politicians First, Texans Last
One of the first things you’ll notice while attending a local government meeting is that political posturing is considered paramount above all else. Stated differently, “getting along” with other politicians is more important than hammering out policy solutions that...
Local Debt: Don’t Wait Until November
Many Texans are shocked to learn that our state currently has the second highest, per capita local debt in the nation. As a result, Texans are facing a local debt epidemic primarily driven by city and school debt, which are separately governed entities each with...