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Lawmaker Files Measure to Prohibit Double Toll Tax on Some Highways
The prohibition includes the areas of Highway 246 over the Houston Ship Channel and Highway 99’s Cedar Bayou Crossing.
More Illegal Alien Suspects Charged With Child Sex Crimes
The arrests have occurred all across Texas.
Legislation Proposed to Block Universities From Accepting Donations From China, Russia
The measure, if signed into law, would also prohibit higher education institutions from accepting grants from governments that support terrorist organizations.
Analysis: Refugio County Tax Bills Kept Mostly in Check
Local officials kept the taxpayer burden stable.
The Archive
Leticia Van de Putte, Latinos & the GOP
When I first heard of State Senator Leticia Van de Putte's comments regarding Latinos and the GOP, my immediate instinct was to call her out on her apparent ignorance. After all, Francisco Canseco and Bill Flores made it in to runoffs in for their respective...
Schools begin strategizing for Prop 4 Tier One money
I figure, since I spent a lot of time dogging on Proposition 4 (the constitutional amendment last November, not the Republican primary ballot prop), readers might be interested to know that some universities have announced strategies for how they will attract the...
2011: The Healthcare Odyssey
Predictions are that the Texas 2011 legislative session is going be ugly. Redistricting will be at the forefront of that ugliness despite comments from the DOJ that politics will be removed from the process. Equally as impotent are the claims that a moderate Speaker...
Stripping Power Trip
Texas’ Public Utility Commission is considering a mandate on diversification of energy production, the net effect of which will be increased costs and lower consumption. Analyst Robert Michaels at MasterResource points out that this will stifle economic growth and...
Toy-Train, Grown-Up Waste
It's not a surprise Austin's billion-dollar "commuter" train is a boondoggle. What's surprising is just how quickly it has cratered. Sure, it was two years late in launching, and there are still unresolved safety issues, and it was so far over budget as to be...
Re-Do for SD22
Without a doubt, the strangest political story of 2010 will probably be the fluidity of Senate District 22. With a special election date set for May, and a new cast of candidates considering bids, Empower Texans views the race as an entirely new one from the primary....
Beware of Dan Huberty on Taxes
Even though I know Empower Texans isn't endorsing in House District 127, I thought your readers might like to know about Dan Huberty, who is in the run-off election to replace State Rep. Joe Crabb. In Mr. Huberty’s brief 3 1/2 year on the Humble ISD school board, he...
Cut Superintendents From Equation
With all of the hand wringing over the SBOE these last couple of weeks some education headlines have fallen by the wayside. One such headline was Time to Consolidate School Districts. Glen Hartman, a former San Antonio city councilman wrote to the San Antonio Express...
Run-Off Round-Up
A 1-minute review of the seven legislative primary run-off elections in which the Empower Texans PAC has made an endorsement. The run-off is April 13th!