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Meet the Freshmen: David Lowe
Lowe credits his victory to refining his approach and voters’ growing dissatisfaction with the current state of Texas politics.
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.
The Archive
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...
Commission Races Forward With Illegal Slots Proposal
Today the Texas Racing Commission will take testimony from citizens concerned with the agency’s impending constitutional overreach. The Commission is considering enacting a rule that would allow Texas horse and dog tracks to implement devices called “instant racing”...
Texas Conservative Leaders: Limit Government Growth
Members of the Texas Conservative Budget Coalition are calling on lawmakers to keep state government growth at or under 6.2% in the 2016-17 biennium. Grassroots conservative leaders and budget experts gathered this morning in Austin to unveil a fiscally conservative...
Carona Opposes Hall’s Impeachment
Early this morning, State Sen. John Carona released a statement via email in opposition to the impeachment proceedings of UT Regent Wallace Hall, a whistleblower who’s unearthed several alleged scandals: “I have been asked by a number of people in recent weeks my...
Claim: Powers Misled UT Investigators On Role
New information is emerging this morning that lays the growing legislative clout-abuse scandal at the feet of UT President Bill Powers. At issue is a growing body of evidence that individuals with sub-par qualifications have been granted acceptance to UT based on...
Why Every Journalist Should Care About the Michael Quinn Sullivan Case
When Empower Texans President Michael Quinn Sullivan went before the Texas Ethics Commission last month on charges that he had failed to register as a lobbyist, much of the testimony hinged on whether Sullivan qualified for the media exception to the lobby law as an...
Team Powers Grows Silent
The cavalcade of objections coming from those who have close relations with Bill Powers has grown increasingly weak and silent as the embattled UT President’s impending termination draws near. The protests peaked yesterday with House Select Committee Chairmen Dan...
Flynn and Alvarado Disregard Oaths of Office
Over the holiday weekend, Breitbart Texas broke news that University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa had offered embattled University of Texas President Bill Powers an opportunity to resign or else be fired at the upcoming meeting of the UT Board of...