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AG Paxton Files Emergency Motions Against ‘Unlawful’ Travis and Bexar County Voter Registration Programs
A partisan vendor’s attempt to register a deceased citizen to vote prompted Paxton’s supplemental motions.
Y’All Answered: Should Women be Subject to the Draft?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Two Lubbock Commissioners Stop County Tax Increase
Commissioner Jordan Rackler noted that the county is still collecting and spending more money.
DOJ Lawsuit Against Colony Ridge Set to Continue
An effort to dismiss the case involving a land development that is housing illegal aliens north of Houston was denied.
The Archive
Wasting Taxpayer Dollars on Luxury Suites, Thousands on Meals
Martha Tyroch, a candidate for State Representative in HD55, has a disturbing pattern of charging taxpayers for luxury accomodations and lavish dinners. In 2005, Tyroch booked a suite at the exclusive Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. for a cost of over $450 per...
Lewis In HD81
We hosted a live conference call last night for folks in House District 81 -- and some 2,500 took part in the call to ask questions of fiscal conservative Tryon Lewis, who the Empower Texans PAC has endorsed in the run-off. The questions ranged from tax and budget...
Laubenberg endorses Dunning
Taxpayer hero Jodie Laubenberg has come out strongly supporting Randy Dunning in the run-off race for House District 112 in Richardson and Garland. Why is she supporting Dunning? Find out here!
Red-Light Rights
Did you know cities are required to post signs telling you red-light cameras are in effect at an intersection? And without the signs, they cannot collect a fine? We chatted this week with State Rep. Bill Callegari, who passed the law and is bothered by the lack of...
Moore Conservative
One of the strongest voices for fiscal conservativism, and commonsense governance, is Steve Moore. He founded the Club for Growth, and now serves as senior economics writer at the Wall Street Journal, and a writer on the vaunted editorial page. He's truly a one-man...
Survey Reveals Texas Cities Waste Money
Hot air has arrived before summer, as the City of Austin has paid $20,000 in public funds for a survey of the public on global warming, which asks questions such as "whether you will be affected by climate change." It also asks respondents to say what the difference...
Water To Nowhere
It is possible for a city to spend half-a-billion dollars over 25 years for an as-yet unbuilt facility. Just ask the Austin City Council, which seems intent on doing just that. In the mid-1980s, the city planned to spend $165 million to build a water treatment plant....
More Self
Yesterday I had the privilidge of speaking in Collin County at an event hosted by the chambers of commerce. The real treat, though, was getting to hear County Judge Keith Self address economic policy and fiscal reform. We'll have more on him in the coming days, but...
Pork On Fat
It's a delicious irony: Texas' taxpayers are being forced to fork over $250,000 to "invest" in a miracle drug that will allegedly combat obesity. Sound like more high-calorie pork? It'd be cheaper to tell the lard-laden to put the candy-bar down and go for a brisk...