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Judge Rules Anti-Israel Group’s Lawsuit May Proceed Against University Officials
Students for Justice in Palestine are suing over alleged viewpoint discrimination.
Trump Sues CBS for Its ‘Deceptive Broadcasting Conduct’ in Texas Court
The lawsuit alleges that CBS released a second version of its interview with Kamala Harris to cover up her “word salad” and manipulate voters.
Texas Workforce Commission Drops Language on ‘Gender Identity’
A webpage previously identified sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes for employment discrimination.
Local GOP Sues Travis County Over Election Staffing
According to the Travis County GOP, 41 percent of locations on Election Day lack any Republican poll workers.
The Archive
Finding a Practical Way to Cut Spending Now
Today, the Texas Senate Finance Committee will meet to discuss whether changes need to be made to the existing state spending limitation to restrain the growth of future government spending to population growth plus inflation. Tax and expenditure limitation...
Williams’ Education
A strong, reform-minded conservative has been tapped by Gov. Rick Perry to lead the Texas Education Agency. This is good news for teachers, taxpayers, parents and, especially, students. Michael Williams served more than a decade at the Texas Railroad Commission, where...
Yellow to Green
With the Texas Department of Transportation ditching a shade of yellow, taxpayers are going to save some green: about $2 million a year. TxDOT executive director Phil Wilson explained to me last week that for decades the agency has been painting transportation...
Stealth Tax Elections – in September
Thanks to a quirk of the Texas Tax Code, there are some tax hikes on the ballot - in September! We have quite a few tax and bond elections happening down ballot in November, but I caught wind today of two specific tax elections happening on September 1 and September...
Winning with Questions
Every city and county in Texas needs a JoAnn Fleming. Under her leadership and guidance, voters in Tyler—and around the state—have been pushing for smarter government. While many in the state's Tea Party movement know of Mrs. Fleming from her work on the legislature's...
Sticking College Kids with Yet Another Mandate
I believe in vaccinations. I think it's a good idea to take precautionary measures against potentially devastating diseases, particularly those that pass easily from person to person. But I squirm about government inserting itself and mandating vaccines, and I...
Texas Red Tape Challenge Cuts to the Chase
It is not difficult to frame oneself as a cost-cutting conservative using a few budget tricks. Move money from one agency to the next, keep budget line-items at smaller amounts than requested, use accounting gimmicks. But to actually be a cost-cutting conservative,...
Lubbock County judge switches to tax-hiker, that’s the embarrassment
Wednesday morning, after reading Lubbock County Judge Tom Head’s comments about an Obama-lead U.N. invasion, I said that he would be on the Drudge Report by day’s end and I was right. Head made it to red letters on the top row of the main listings – way to go Judge...
Medicaid Fraud Worse than Common Toothache
Even laughing gas wouldn't make this funny. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) this week picked up a story about Medicaid fraud perpetrated by at least 26 dentist and orthodontists across Texas (originally brought to light by WFAA's Byron Harris in...