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Grand Prairie ISD Approves Secret Separation Settlement With Fired Superintendent
The school board’s 4-3 vote disappointed community members who had called for transparency from trustees.
Gov. Abbott Pushes $10 Billion in Property Tax Relief, $4 Billion More Than Legislature
The tax relief proposal also includes increasing the business personal property tax exemption and closing loopholes exploited by local jurisdictions to raise taxes.
Two Harris County Officials Want To Keep Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Aliens
President Trump recently signed an executive order blocking birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens.
AG Paxton Blocks 3 Texas Doctors From Administering Cross-sex Drugs to Minors
Attorney General Ken Paxton highlighted the fact that prescribing harmful “gender transition” drugs to minors violates state law.
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Table Massage, With Pampering Free
Ever wonder what’s involved with being a “Tier One” university? Bet you didn’t know it included offering table massages with “extra pampering.” The University of Texas is this week offering table messages with "extra pampering" this week. According to the UT website,...
Tax Hike Protections
Here’s another California vs. Texas comparison: One state requires a 2/3 majority of both legislative chambers to pass a tax increase, and one state attempted to create the same type of taxpayer protection, but couldn’t even get it to the floor for a vote. Sadly, it’s...
$86,000 for Chick-Fil-A – but can the children read?
This post comes with a warning - you may need to keep a bucket handy, if learning about financial irresponsibility in government entities makes you as queasy as it makes me. On the front page of today's Dallas Morning News, highly visible despite Mike Rawlings'...
Taxpayers Won’t Be Bullied
Threatening to fire teachers didn’t work in the Keller Independent School District this weekend, where taxpayers rejected a massive 13-cent property tax hike bureaucrats wanted to impose. Local officials blamed state officials, saying legislators weren’t providing all...
Decisive Indecisiveness
Here’s the breakdown of how Rep. Larry Gonzales (R-Round Rock) has voted throughout the course of the latest debate on auto-spending the Economic Stabilization Fund. It's a case of legislative votes not meshing with political words. Last Friday, Rep. Phil King...
Health Care Common Sense
Health Care Compact legislation championed by Rep. Lois Kolkhorst and Sen. Jane Nelson has been called many things, but perhaps the best way to describe the Compact is the difference between the one-size-fits-all approach to health care policy of the Federal...
Currently Correct, But Giving Us Policy Whiplash
They were against it before they were for it before they were against it... Sometimes legislators votes are enough to give constituents a case of public policy whiplash. Such is the case with State Reps. Vicki Truitt (R-Southlake) and Larry Gonzales (R-Round Rock). ...
Rainy Day Re-Do
Remember those Republicans that voted against protecting the Rainy Day Fund a week ago? You can now add Reps. Larry Gonzales (R-Round Rock) and Vicki Truitt (R-Southlake) to the list. We reported last week that Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford) attempted to strip an...
Self Congratulations, Paid For By Lobbyists
When it comes to defending the higher-ed status quo, few have done it better than State Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo). So, she's throwing a "Statewide Salute"... to herself. In an e-mail her campaign staff sent this week, Sen. Zaffirini is promoting a "Statewide...