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Will DEI Crackdowns and University Reforms Cause a Faculty Exodus?
Experts say mass departures are unlikely.
Feds Arrest Tren de Aragua Sex Trafficking Ringleaders in Houston
Federal authorities captured gang members accused of facilitating a sex trafficking ring in Houston this week.
Houston Police Search for Honduran Man With History of Child Assault Charges
ICE previously placed a detainer on the man in 2017.
Analysis: The $1M Lottery Jackpot Texas Sent to China
Texas is the Wild West of lottery ticket printing and payouts under Gary Grief and Ryan Mindell.
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Knock-Off Design & Over Budget
Well, you gotta hand it to Dallas politicians and the team at TxDOT: they not only paid a premium for an artsy, one-of-a-kind bridge that's coming in far over budget, but it turns out the bridge isn't all that original, either. And neither is the wasteful hit to the...
In defense of outsourcing entertainment
Small-town America, the collective memory that is often embellished, had a unique function that some believe should be carried over as governments grow ever larger and more intrusive. Providing entertainment, or beauty, or other aesthetic pleasure could be a viable...
New school lawsuit doesn’t assume money is the only issue
Now this is more like it. A lawsuit about Texas schools that focuses on what’s wrong, instead of how to throw more money at the system: The lawsuit represents a new angle on the funding issue — one that focuses not on whether the state adequately pays for schools but...
Todd Smith’s Electoral Limbo
State Representative Todd Smith appears to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. After deciding not to run for the Texas Senate against one or more conservative colleagues, Smith’s re-election outlook for his current position in the Texas House doesn’t look so...
Campus carry ban is immoral, creates victims
KFYO radio reported the following last week: “Oklahoma police now have a confession from a man that he had sexually assaulted more than a dozen women from four different states. One was a student at Texas Tech. Robert Bruce told police last month that he raped women...
iWaste in Fort Bend ISD
The Fort Bend ISD School Board recently announced plans spend an appalling $18 million to give 2nd through 8th graders iPads in lieu of traditional textbooks. Do they expect taxpayers to ignore their role as lead plaintiff in one of the school finance lawsuits?...
Bring out your dead….voters, that is
Today, the Pew Center released a new report stating that nationwide, approximately 1.8 million dead people are registered to vote. In addition, 24 million registrations are said to be invalid or inaccurate. This is the tip of the iceberg with regards to the problems...
Brownsville: More municipal waste, WOW!
Well here is another in a long line of examples of feel-good, waste of taxpayer money by a municipal Visitor and Convention Bureau: Brownsville now wants to make you say "WOW!" The Brownsville Herald reports that Mariano Ayala, the CEO of the Brownsville CVB “wants...
Yes We Can… Indoctrinate Your Kids!
Did you know that Barack Obama thinks outside the box? That his favorite team is the White Sox? That his famous slogan is “Yes We Can?” That he’s “the man?” That’s what kindergarteners at an elementary school in Houston now know after being forced to learn a song...