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Water Leak Leads to Destruction of Crucial Evidence in Missouri City Police Department Cases
It is estimated that around 100 cases may be affected by the destruction of evidence.
Texas Senate Passes School Choice Legislation, Sending it to the House
The Texas Senate passed the bill largely along party lines after fielding questions and several amendments to the measure.
EXCLUSIVE: Protestors Rally Against ICE at Texas Capitol
The anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement demonstrators waved foreign flags and marched around the city.
Former Houston Public Works Manager Sentenced to 10 Years for Bribery
Seven people were charged over their roles in a Houston water contract corruption scandal.
The Archive
Three things to be thankful for in Texas
There are a lot of reasons to be thankful to live in Texas today. The wide open spaces, Friday night football, the lack of bitter cold. I could go on and make a whole huge list, but I'll leave that to Gary P. Nunn. After all, this is a political space, and I'm a...
Texas election law on churches & petitions challenged
On Pratt on Texas, I’ve covered the ongoing story in El Paso in which the mayor and council members are facing recall. It stems from El Pasoans overwhelmingly voting against their city providing spousal benefits to homosexual partners of city employees. The mayor and...
Part Four: Venturing Capital With Taxpayer Money
Since the Harris County Department of Education hasn’t been in charge of managing public schools for over 90 years, it’s had to find another way to spend its taxpayer funds: investing in for-profit businesses. Apparently, venture capitalism is one of the many...
Part Three: So Inefficient, It Should Be Unconstitutional
How much did you spend on food and drinks in a four-month span? The Harris County Department of Education spent about $72,000 in taxpayer funded “Restaurant/Refreshment” purchases from August to December last year, a microcosm of waste so bad that many would consider...
Tax Dollars Going Up In Smoke
Cap Metro is ready to spend federal stimulus money to expand the nanny-state governance encompassing the City of Austin. They now want to institute a smoking ban at all bus stops. The cost? $254,000. But that’s not the best part. Spending $254,000 of federal stimulus...
Part Two: The Obsolete Operations of the HCDE
The Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) represents exactly the kind of obsolete and financially inefficient government entity that has plagued our public education system for years. It’s one of only two departments of its kind left in Texas, providing only...
Who are the Occupy-bums in the parks?
In a top-notch piece in the Halloween edition of National Review, Pratt on Texas Listener Club member Kevin D. Williamson writes about the “witch hunt on Wall Street” known as Occupy Wall Street. Following a description of one of the movement’s icons, a...
Congratulations Dripping Springs!
Congratulations, Dripping springs! You stood up to the big spenders in your local school district that wanted to raise your taxes to the maximum allowed by law. By rejecting that idea by a 3-1 margin, you are an example to all the edu-crats looking to continue...
Part One: Duplicating Government in Harris County
Harris County taxpayers have been unwittingly paying for the same service from different governmental entities for years. On top of paying taxes for their local school district, they’ve been funding $16 million in taxes to the Harris County Department of Education...