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Texas Senate Committee Approves $6 Billion in Property Tax Relief
The proposed relief would be split between a homestead exemption increase and school district tax rate compression.
House Lawmaker Proposes Abolishing State Education Bureaucracy, Transferring Power To Elected Board
The TEA, created in 1949, currently oversees more than 1,200 independent school districts and numerous charter schools.
Another Bartlett ISD Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct With Student
A different district teacher was arrested in January for sexually assaulting a student.
State Rep. Proposes ‘Save James Act’ to Stop Social Transition of Kids
Freshman State Rep. David Lowe said the law is designed to “put the final nail in the coffin of the child gender transition industry in Texas.”
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Sen. Duncan was for it, before he killed it.
On Tuesday Texas Governor Rick Perry issued a tersely worded statement blaming State Senator Robert Duncan (R-Lubbock) for the failure of Sanctuary Cities legislation within SB 1 in the Called Session. “As the special session appears to be winding down, I am...
Index: Legislature’s Wasted Opportunity
In a legislative session controlled by a rhetorically conservative super-majority, they accomplished the bare fiscal minimum but did little to control future government growth. This is reflected on the 2011 Fiscal Responsibility Index, with legislators averaging a...
Texas Monthly: Disclosure-Free Zone
Most journalists try to avoid conflicts of interests, or at least disclose such fully and repeatedly. Texas Monthly apparently doesn’t adhere to such a practice as their executive editor regularly opposes higher education reform without disclosing his financial...
Dallas Dems Celebrate Convict’s Release
When plumbing the depths of the irrelevance of the Texas Democratic Party's leadership, one pretty much hits rock-bottom with an event this week to "celebrate" former legislator Terri Hodge. She confessed to tax fraud: not reporting as income the bribes she accepted....
“Hindsight” Costing Dallas ISD Taxpayers Millions
Four-star hotels, luxury spas, fine dining and catered food, teams of lawyers…. For Dallas ISD, money is no object. The district spent over $57 million over just four years, not a dime of which went towards educating children. According to a study of Dallas ISD...
Who Needs Teachers When You Can Hire More Administrators?
It seems a $100,000 Public Relations Director isn’t enough for Austin ISD, a school district that recently fired hundreds of teachers to close a $95 million budget gap. Now, they want three more coordinators in the same department, all with salaries at or above what a...
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'...