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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.
Houston Audit Identifies Inefficiencies Across Departments
Auditors found misuse and abuse, but mostly bloated bureaucracy.
Lt. Gov. Patrick: House Speaker Burrows Will Pass Bail Reform Measures
A Senate committee considered and eventually passed several proposed measures and constitutional amendments on bail reform today.
Report: Texas Must Secure ‘Critical Infrastructure’
Texans face a rapidly changing battlespace.
The Archive
Cowboys’ Jones finds a new way to milk fans
The North Texas Tollway Authority let it be known yesterday that you can now show off your support for the Dallas Cowboys by purchasing a Dallas Cowboys commemorative toll tag. For the bargain price of $22.99, you can show the rest of DFW where your true loyalties...
Bigger Isn’t Always Better
Everything is bigger in Texas. We take pride in the fact that here our trucks, guns and football stadiums make the rest of the country drool with envy…or at least that’s what we are led to believe. Texas truly is the place where BIG things happen, but regrettably this...
Educrats emerge in legislative races
One of the key issues in the upcoming state legislative election is going to be school finance. With the first of two expected lawsuits already out there, and so many House races in particular in play, we should start hearing a lot of "for the children" and "but it...
Straus Channels Obama: ‘No More Cuts, Hike Revenues’
When it comes to confronting Texas' budget challenges of 2013 and beyond, Republican House Speaker Joe Straus has an answer: no more spending cuts. Instead, Joe Straus wants to look for new revenues. That means digging deeper into your wallet and ruining Texas'...
Job creator – or tax-and-spender?
Try though one might, it is getting difficult to ignore the political advertisements playing on local AM radio these days. Just this week, I've counted at least twelve incidents of the same ad, one for former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert, who is running for Texas Senate....
EPA: All Hat, No Cattle
It’s déjà vu all over again. For the second time, the entire Texas Congressional Delegation, with the exception of one member, wrote a letter last week urging the EPA to reevaluate and delay implementation of the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). The new letter...
Empower Texans Endorse Willett for Texas Supreme Court
While many voters focus on legislative and executive races, the judiciary — particularly the Supreme Court of Texas — wields profound influence over the State's economy and the lives of 25 million Texans. The president of Empower Texans today announced the...
Passing Proposition 1 is the Right Thing to Do
With Veterans Day approaching, Texans can show our gratitude to those disabled while serving our nation by protecting their spouses from an over-burdensome property tax system. Disabled veterans already receive a property tax exemption, but it is one that disappears...
Student loan “forgiveness” not a virtue
President Obama wants to make your life easier, if you're a college graduate with student loans. He's issued an executive order that is supposed to consolidate student loans to cut interest rates, limit student loan payments to 10% of a graduate's income, and forgive...