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Analysis: Maybe the Dallas Mavericks Will Move to China?
The Mavericks majority owner, a Chinese casino operator, infuriated Texas fans.
Pastor, Substitute Teacher Arrested Again for Child Sex Crimes
Former East Texas pastor Timothy Nall has a history of sex crime charges involving children.
New Measure Would Protect Businesses From Ideological Discrimination
The legislation aims to prevent financial discrimination based on ESG scores, DEI standards, and religious beliefs or affiliations.
Gov. Abbott Defends Conservative Agenda, Rejects Aiding Democrats
Abbott cited the November election results as a mandate for conservative governance.
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Superintendent to Eliminate Teachers But Won’t Be Taking Pay Cut
Most of us in the private sector have been making adjustments to withstand the national economic downturn. We face actual unemployment of over 16%, and many of those employed have seen incomes reduced significantly. One person who won't be feeling any financial pain...
School: Fire Teachers, Add PR Exec
In the shadow of a School Board meeting to deliberate school closures and teacher layoffs, Austin ISD is also looking to hire a top administrator to oversee "Public Relations and Multicultural Outreach." As Fox Austin reports, the Austin ISD School Board is set to...
Every Hand A Loser For Taxpayers
The newly ascendant gaming lobby will have their day in committee on Tuesday, with a dozen bills designed to expand the industry’s scope and footprint. Many supporters will make happy-talk about generating revenue to fund big-government. The only question is whether...
Texas Conservatives Fight For Education
When I was in high school, I quickly realized there were a lot of inefficiencies in my local school district, but it wasn’t until I started looking into conservative projects such as Protect the Classroom and the Red Apple Project that I realized how much of a...
Straus: ‘Question Validity’ Of LBB Report
A poorly prepared report from the Legislative Budget Board became fodder for liberals demanding budget bloat. House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst pushed back with the truth. In a report issued late Thursday, the LBB claimed that under the current...
Who Is More Free-Market?
Take a guess at who recently gave this quote regarding the Texas Emerging Technology Fund: “Why are we in this business? Why are we putting public tax dollars at risk with startups that can’t or won’t raise private money?” No, it wasn’t a conservative. As hard as it...
A Murphy/White Tax
After campaigning as a strong fiscal conservative, pledging to protect the taxpayer by opposing tax increases, and riding the 'tea party wave' back into office in November, it would seem that Rep. Jim Murphy (R-Houston) has forgotten the promises he made to his...
Budget Moves; Liberals Cluck Away
House appropriators have approved a new $164.5 billion all-funds state budget -- living within the revenues available. It's far from a done deal, even as liberals predictably cluck on. House Bill 1 could be on the floor as early as Thursday of next week. It reportedly...
Rally: Keep the Teachers, Cut the Fat
A week and a half ago there was a rally in support of education at the capital. While there was a wide variety of folks attending with different backgrounds and different opinions, there were a few things it seemed everyone could agree on... Keep the Teachers, Cut the...