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Houston ISD Joins Lawsuit Against Social Media Companies
Over 200 school districts have joined the lawsuit claiming companies have caused psychological damage to students.
Senators on Texas Education Committee Advance Teacher Pay Raises
The measure would also expand teachers’ opportunities to receive performance-based bonuses and provide them with free pre-kindergarten.
Dustin Burrows Is in a Position To Bring Republicans Together
I hope he takes it.
Houston Public Works Has 1,400 Unresolved Work Orders Amid Infrastructure Issues
Officials acknowledged the significant backlog and pointed to two primary causes: aging infrastructure and adverse weather conditions.
The Archive
Roads Not Rail
Passenger rail is costly, energy inefficient, ineffective at easing traffic congestion, inflexible and fiscally impractical. Even on lines with high-ridership, it’s a money-losing proposition. Several independent studies released by Harvard, the CATO Institute, Reason...
2014 Austin City Council Endorsements
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility℠ is pleased to announce the following city council endorsements for the 2014 November election in Austin: District 5: Mike Rodriguez District 6: Jay Wiley District 8: Ellen Troxclair District 9: Erin McGann District 10: Bill...
Leander ISD Proves Why “Interest” Matters
Leander ISD (LISD), a district near Round Rock, has refused to confront a debt addiction that’s bludgeoned taxpayers for over a decade. Instead, they’ve joined the Fast Growth School Coalition with the explicit goal of raising property taxes and removing legislative...
If We Build It, Will They Come?
Students, parents and other taxpayers living in Houston’s Third Ward are loudly voicing their grievances with Houston ISD (HISD), and the person they elected to represent them over a costly, yet seemingly unstoppable, project. The project, which will lead to the...
Austin’s Debt Train to Nowhere
In November, Austin voters will decide on City Proposition 1—a billion dollar transit rail line that will over double the city’s debt and lead to a substantial tax increase for property tax payers. Unlike previous elections on boondoggle projects, greater citizen...
Coalition Calls for Commonsense Reform
Between 2003 and 2013, local debt in Texas grew nearly twice as fast as the rate of population growth, after adjusting for inflation. In response, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has joined forces with several other organizations in calling for local government...
Rejecting Radicals
Although many local officials seem to be on the “grow-government” bandwagon, a growing number are vocally standing up for taxpayers. In direct response to the radical agenda supported at this year’s U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), 11 mayors across North Texas...
When Water Isn’t a Priority
Texans might assume that regional water districts are busy producing raw water and protecting residents from preventable flooding. But the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) will spend over 70 percent of their general fund revenue elsewhere; on “economic...
Wendy Davis leapfrogging abortion to sympathy?
Fellow radio host Mark Davis, penned a column about Wendy Davis and her woe-is-me book she is out promoting as she runs for Texas governor. "As with every book of its type and timing, from Democrats and Republicans alike, every word is intended to make every reader...