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Report: School Districts Caught Electioneering Need Stronger Penalties
The Texas Public Policy Foundation recommends that lawmakers make electioneering-related criminal violations a state jail felony.
House Lawmaker Proposes Measure to Allow for Gold, Silver Currency
Texas Republican primary voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot measure in favor of this concept earlier this year.
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Critical Race Theory Books in Texas Tech Architecture Library
University librarians designed the book collections to increase “DEI resources” and contribute to “equitable student outcomes.”
Are Houston Police Department Staffing Shortages an Underpayment Issue?
Other major cities in Texas offer nearly $10,000 or more for starting salaries.
The Archive
RDF Double-Cross
Today, the Texas House added a provision to the must-pass "Fiscal Matters" bill that would automatically withdraw money from the Rainy Day Fund as new dollars become available. You'll remember that during the regular Session the House passed a budget that did not...
Spending Reform in the Special Session
This special session of the Texas legislature provides opportunities for commonsense spending reforms that were shunned during the regular session. State Rep. Kelly Hancock (R - Fort Worth) plans to offer an amendment to SB1 that would improve the state's spending...
Keller ISD Uses Knife-To-Throat Tactics
For sheer brashness, Keller ISD gets high marks. For fiscal responsibility, they fail miserably. The Metroplex-area school district has put a knife to the throat of every classroom teacher (and therefore school-age child), demanding taxpayers pay up, or else. The Fort...
Educational Efficiency Through Transparency
For government, transparency is an effective path to efficiency - especially when said transparency involves detailing how government is spending your money. That's why State Rep Bill Zedler has filed legislation this special session to compel Texas school districts...
Formula 1 Redlines Irresponsible Governing
It’s bad enough that $25 million of state taxpayer money could go towards funding a Formula 1 racetrack near Austin. Now, the City of Austin may end up spending an additional $4 million, or risk getting stuck with the new track but no race. According to ESPN, the...
Is Gov. Perry’s prayer meeting religion, politics or both?
Wayne Slater the Republican hater, writing for the Dallas Morning News, wrote: “Gov. Rick Perry's invitation to his 49 fellow governors to join him later this summer for a day of Christian prayer and fasting for "our troubled country" has sparked a lively debate. On...
Good Policy Promotes Prosperity
There is a direct connection between public policy and the opportunity for general prosperity. Where government suppresses entrepreneurship, stifles innovation and burdens the people with high taxes, prosperity dies. According to the president of the Dallas Federal...
Gaming the System
Recently, Texhoma ISD passed a bond to build homes in an effort to game the system for more tax dollars. The tiny community of Texhoma sits on the northernmost border with Oklahoma; 3/4 of the town's roughly 1,200 residents live on the Oklahoma side of the border....
Why Are We Still Subsidizing The Film Industry?
Despite cutting spending, not raising taxes, and preserving the Rainy Day Fund, there were many areas of the state’s new budget that should have been improved – or eliminated - like film industry subsidies that fail to live up to their promises. A new national study...