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Lorena ISD Sides With District Against Mom Cut From Substitute Teaching
Wendy Harding said she lost her job as a substitute teacher after advocating for her special-needs son.
Dallas County GOP Censures 2 Lawmakers Over House Speaker Vote
State Reps. Morgan Meyer and Angie Chen Button have been censured for violating Republican Party principles.
Texas Senate Committee Mulls Measure Establishing Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
Senators on the Business and Commerce Committee heard testimony from Comptroller Glenn Hegar, nonprofits, and industry specialists regarding the proposal.
Houston Public Works Needs Billions To Replace Failing Water Plant Serving 75% of Residents
The city is currently facing a multi-million dollar budget deficit and has not secured funding for required water infrastructure projects.
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Sid Miller Endorsed For Re-Election
State Rep. Sid Miller been endorsed for re-election by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. "As a veteran legislator, Sid Miller has consistently proven himself to be a strong advocate for Texas’ conservatives and the interests of his constituents," said the president of...
Truitt Directed To Cease Fraudulent Statements
A cease-and-desist letter was received today by fax at the office of State Rep. Vicki Truitt (R-Southlake), instructing her to immediately end her campaign's defamatory public statements against Empower Texans, one of the state's most recognized organizations working...
Callegari Endorsed By TFR
State Rep. Bill Callegari has been endorsed for re-election by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. "As a veteran legislator, Bill Callegari has consistently proven himself to be a strong advocate for Texas’ conservatives and the interests of his constituents," said the...
Public universities decry budget cuts but fill classrooms with waste
More than a few are beginning to understand my comments about how many are more concerned with, and more ready to financially support, their university than their church. I do mean such as a deep criticism of social priorities but, in a more practical sense my point...
Tax “Alternatives” May Still Be Inequitable
Last legislative session, State Senator Robert Duncan proposed a state constitutional amendment to create a statewide property tax for public education. This idea has been proposed as a “fair” solution to the current property tax system, and seems to sit better with...
Administrative Excess in Dallas ISD
What’s $500,000 worth to you? To Dallas ISD, that’s the price to pay for new Superintendent Mike Miles. He’ll be taking over a district currently in the process of suing the state for more money. Dallas ISD just hired Mike Miles as the district’s new superintendent at...
Money To Play With
The next time bureaucrats in higher education complain about parents, students and legislators suggesting there should be more oversight of our state-financed institutions, ask them about universities buying restaurants far above market-value. And for no immediate...
Maybe They Should Call It the “Superintendent” PAC
Here we are, less than 20 days out from the start of early voting. In the next few weeks, the Texas Parent PAC has threatened promised to release at least 25 endorsements in legislative races across the state, and they started with one of the obvious ones, Trent...
Who Is The “Empty Suit” In Texas’ U.S. Senate Race?
In what is surely among the oddest claims of the Texas GOP U.S. Senate race, former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert has put out a new television advertisement in which he claims all of his opponents are “empty suits”. Leppert’s largely self-funded campaign has the money to...