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Texas Joins Coalition Lawsuit Against New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act
The New York law seeks to penalize energy producers for emissions dating back to 2000.
Y’All Answered: Teacher Pay Raises
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds Protest Transparency, Border Security at State Capitol
Multiple children were encouraged by adults to wave LGBT flags and participate in the rally.
Dallas ‘Church’ Celebrates Drag, Performer Calls for Sacrificing Trump Supporters
Drag performers took to the pulpit during a Sunday service to preach about gender identity.
The Archive
Unfunded pension system a ticking time bomb
There was once a battle in the far away land of Wisconsin, where noble crusaders clashed bitterly with the clinging, desperate remnants of unions over a collapsed and unsustainable public pension system. The crusaders won, though the peace was fraught with tension and...
Standing Up To Subsidies
Conservatives tired of seeing their tax dollars used for subsidizing industries like “green energy” should be thoroughly disappointed with knowing just how many of their legislators supported such programs this session. Ever heard of the Texas Emissions Reduction...
UT Takes First Step In Reform
Responding to calls for reform in higher education, the chancellor of the University of Texas today unveiled a plan that takes a good first step at improving affordability and transparency. Of course, more is needed to make sure taxpayers, parents and students get the...
Colluding Against Consumers
In a matter of months, Austin will join Brownsville among the cities making it harder, more expensive, and potentially more harmful, to get groceries. Retailers, environmental activists and city officials are designing the details of a shopping-bag ban. The consumers...
Creating a Shortfall
If you look up and notice you’re one of the only Republican House members going with the Democrats on a budget vote, chances are you’re wrong. Unfortunately for freshman Rep. Larry Gonzales (R – Round Rock), nobody offered him that advice. In perhaps one of the worst...
Leander ISD: In the Shadow of Debt
For years, the Leander Independent School District (LISD) behaved according to the reckless attitude of our debt-ridden society: spend money like there’s no tomorrow. But tomorrow has arrived, and now the LISD must reap what they’ve sown for their irresponsible...
City of Austin micro-managers target payday lending
Not satisfied with "paper or plastic," the Austin City Council's team of micro-managers are seeking to interfere with payday lenders in a nefariously creative way, limiting the locations where such businesses may set up practice and how they may operate. This new...
Another Blow To ObamaCare
Taxpayers all across the nation scored perhaps the biggest victory so far against ObamaCare last Friday, as the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled that the individual mandate portion of the bill was unconstitutional. We still have a long way to go before...
Leander ISD: In the Shadow of Debt
For years, the Leander Independent School District (LISD) behaved according to the reckless attitude of our debt-ridden society: spend money like there’s no tomorrow. But tomorrow has arrived, and now the LISD must reap what they’ve sown for their irresponsible...