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State Sen. Creighton Slams Anti-School Choice ‘Rhetoric’
Creighton, with help from other Republicans, attempted to correct the record on taxpayer-funded lobbying, per-pupil funding, and other topics related to school choice.
UT-Austin Offers Core Math Classes Focused on ‘Racial Inequality’
The university offers the courses Numbering Race and Measuring Racial Inequality.
Analysis: Victoria County Residents Face Varied Outcomes in Recent Property Tax Shifts
Two outliers stick out in a county with relatively steady taxation over three years.
Mother Plans to Sue Houston ISD After Daughter’s Alleged Assault by Dance Teacher
The student claims that her dance teacher placed her in a chokehold, wrapping her arms around the girl’s throat, and took her to the ground.
The Archive
Dallas Judge Impugns Homeschoolers
The Texas Home School Coalition (THSC) recently publicized an ‘unlawful’ abuse of power by a Dallas County Judge, who ordered the forcible removal of seven children from the home of a Duncanville family this past November. The decision was made in an ex-parte hearing...
Aycock & Seliger: Feeble men with big titles.
State Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock, with his over-the-top whining guest column in the Texas Tribune in which he yammered on about how unfair it was for conservative-leaning legislative watchdog groups to rate his brand of conservatism poorly, demonstrated himself to be...
Countering Conservatives
Today's headline in the Dallas Morning News says it all: "Texas business groups ally to counter tea party influence in GOP primaries." Ironic, since the tea party arose to counter those establishment groups working to undermine our economy and liberty! Who is trying...
Start Strong
In these closing days of 2013, we have the opportunity make sure 2014 is the year that the Lone Star State starts shining brighter! When lawmakers gathered in January to begin the biennial legislative session, they had record-breaking revenue increases and a historic...
Geren’s Pet Pig: Trinity River Slush Fund
State Rep. Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth) has extensive experience promoting a wide range of reckless public policies in direct conflict with his party’s platform. Regarding federal mandates, Geren supported a budget amendment that opened the door for Medicaid...
Rube Goldberg Government
Rube Goldberg is one of the only people in human history to have the rare distinction of his name being an official definition in the dictionary. In our popular culture, it has become commonplace to use names of celebrities to illustrate certain actions or behaviors,...
Good Guys Winning In ’14
With the filing deadline behind us, we can immediately declare some winners based solely on a lack of challengers. At the top of the heap are the A-rated House members on the Fiscal Responsibility Index; only three of 19 even drew a challenger. Of the 19 worst-rated...
HD83 challenger Massengale begins by dissembling
Steve Massengale is the civic cheerleader candidate for Texas House District 83. He’s challenging conservative standout, and appropriations committee member, Charles Perry in the Republican Primary. Massengale has little history being a Republican and zero history as...
Andy Cargile Visits Austin’s Lobby Club
Last week we introduced you to Neal Adams, the pay-for-play moderate puppeteer of Tarrant County. Since our story ran, left-wing blogger Bud Kennedy has rushed to Adams’ defense, calling him a “kingmaker.” Adam’s chosen one, Andy Cargile is challenging Taxpayer...