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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.
Guatemalan Illegal Charged in Harris County for Trafficking and Sexually Assaulting a Child
Ruben Dario Visquerra Aguilar is currently being held under a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer.
Texas Detained, but Feds Released Terror Watchlist Suspect
The man was first detained near Del Rio, released by federal border patrol, and later rearrested in New York after being identified on the terror watch list.
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Senate Can Get Budget Right
Budget hope is not lost in the Texas Senate. Indeed, resurgent conservatives in the upper chamber are pushing the right priorities. Now we'll see if leadership will respond with the right numbers. The Senate's budget spends too much money that the state simply doesn't...
Swapping Taxes
It doesn’t violate the no-new-taxes pledge a majority of Republican House members took, but subscribers to satellite TV may not appreciate that distinction when their bill goes up if legislators adopt a tax-swap proposal on Tuesday. On the other hand, small-business...
Retiring Advice from TDA?
Recently, The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) has begun telling folks where they should live and when they retire, but the question is why? Why do Texans need our Department of Agriculture to tell us were to live when in the latter years of life? Apparently,...
Senate’s Misplaced Fear
Texas senators seem to believe they're members of an exclusive club, rather than elected public servants. Speaking for the club this week, State Sen. Steve Ogden (R-Bryan), chair of the Finance Committee, told the press it “has always been … pretty hard to penetrate...
Back-Stopping the Budget?
With the Texas Senate poised to pass a budget that lives beyond the taxpayers’ means, the left is howling that the Republican-controlled body isn’t driving Texas fast-enough off a big-enough cliff. Unfortunately, the GOP budget response may not be much better. As...
Is the Austin ISD School Board Tone-Deaf?
The Austin ISD Board of Trustees recently approved an expenditure of $4 million from bonds to purchase land for a new performing arts center in central Austin. After they just fired hundreds of teachers, taxpayers should be wondering how they justify the commitment to...
Mapping the House
Usually, it's voters who decide who'll represent them, but once a decade legislators decided on the boundaries of their House districts. While necessary to align districts for population shifts, very often the drawing also serves to punish foes and reward allies. The...
Exercise In Irresponsibility
The Senate Finance Committee took the easy way out in crafting a budget that exceeds the taxpayers' means. Rather than prioritize spending within available revenues, the committee is choosing to tap the rainy day fund and use other one-time revenue sources to pay for...
Line Item Limbo
Commonsense, bi-partisan measures have been presented that would clarify the budget writing and reporting process, providing much needed transparency to a Texas budgetary format marked by a quagmire of confusion. Currently the ins and outs of the Texas Budget are...