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Are Houston Police Department Staffing Shortages an Underpayment Issue?
Other major cities in Texas offer nearly $10,000 or more for starting salaries.
Three More Texas Teachers Nabbed for Child Porn
The number of educators caught with child sexual abuse material is growing.
Illegal Aliens Say Open Borders Rumor on International Migrants Day Is Pushed By Media in Mexico
The foreign nationals also said the reported “day” actually spans from December 18th to the 24th.
Texans Pay $50,000 per Student at Government-run Schools
One economist is highlighting that when property taxes and debt are combined, residents pay a staggering amount to send their children to Texas public schools.
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Is A Budget Deal Near?
As the close of the legislative session approaches, it appears a deal is nearly done on a 2012-2013 state budget that reflects more closely the conservative principles taxpayers have been demanding from lawmakers. While no firm details have yet been released, it...
Why Does Higher Ed Oppose Stewardship?
Texas' universities have a dirty little secret: they don't want taxpayers, parents or students looking too closely at their books. And they certainly don't want to answer questions about performance. It would seem the high priests of academia -- the faculty senates,...
Thousands Of Letters Delivered To Capitol
More than 5,000 letters are being delivered from taxpayers living around the state to their legislators. They are asking lawmakers to adopt a 2012-2013 budget that does not spend beyond the state’s fiscal means, raise taxes, or use the state's Rainy Day Fund. Over the...
Dutton’s prisoner redistricting lawsuit is absurd
Houston Democrat Harold Dutton isn’t ashamed to admit that his community and Harris County as a whole spawn a ton of criminals. But as with most lefties, Dutton is so concerned with political power that the he doesn’t care how bad a light the facts of his...
Senate Digs Deeper Into RDF
By a vote of 30 to 1, the Texas Senate today passed their version of HB 275 which taps the state's rainy day fund for the current biennium. They are withdrawing $800 million more than the House. Remember, that draw is to fund the current 2010-2011 budget's shortfall....
No Reason For A Special Session
State Sen. Steve Ogden is telling the press today that a special session focused on the budget is in the cards. Sounds like someone may be giving up rather than getting down to work. We should expect more from the Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. A...
Senate Finance Spends Irresponsibly
Some members of the Texas Senate just can't keep their hands out of the rainy day fund. The Senate Finance Committee voted today to take even more money out of the fund than the House did to pay for current operations. You'll recall that the Texas House voted to use...
Senate End-Run on the RDF
Having already lost once, liberals in the Senate are taking another stab at tapping the Rainy Day fund. Today the Texas Senate allowed Senator Royce West to late-file legislation that would raid the state's Rainy Day Fund for $2 Billion. The official filing deadline...
Anything But Efficient
Usually "expanding efficiency" means streamlining and saving money. When the government is involved, more often than not, the opposite is true. Recently the Senate has passed and the House has passed on second reading SB 1125 which purports to expand Texas' energy...