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Abbott Appoints Blacklock as Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, Sullivan as Justice
Blacklock will take over the chief justice position from Hecht, who was forced to retire after serving on the court since being elected in 1988.
School Choice Proponent, Opponent Debate Whether Educational Freedom Helps Texans
Education activist Hollie Plemons debated Texas Home School Coalition’s Director of Public Policy Jeremy Newman at a Tarrant County GOP meeting.
Harris County Commissioner Launches ‘Wasted Potential’ Campaign
Harris County Commissioner Tom Ramsey’s “Wasted Potential” campaign targets excessive county spending.
Experts Warn Enrollment-based School Funding Would Be Wasted on ‘Ghost Students’
Some districts are pushing to shift attendance-based funding to enrollment-based.
The Archive
Stimulus jobs: when does the counting stop?
The Obama Administration is touting the jobs "saved or created" because of the $787 billion stimulus plan passed earlier this year. One independent assessment of the total is 650,000; the White House puts the number closer to one million. Those numbers are in dispute...
More on health care fraud
The Congressional Budget Office has tagged the recently-announced Pelosi health care nationalization plan at a little over $1 trillion. Given the history of inaccurate scoring of the long-term government health care costs, the Pelosi Plan (if passed) could be closer...
Higher Ed. Commissioner Parades is confused about work
Texas commissioner of higher education, Raymund Parades, wrote a commentary published by the Austin American Statesman in which he extolled President Obama’s speech at Texas A&M and its focus upon “community service” quoting Obama as saying such “binds us to each...
Kelo Protection
There is a fair amount of angst regarding Prop 11, designed to address the very real problems presented by the U.S. Supreme Court's Kelo v New London decision. In that case, the Supreme Court eviscerated our property rights by allowing local government to take one...
Taxpayers deserve meaningful school measurement
The story begins with: “Texas is one of several states that have set a low bar for determining whether their students are proficient in math and reading, according to a new study from the federal government’s National Center for Education Statistics.” The Dallas...
Strong Fumes Cost Taxpayers
Potter County officials may have spent too much time researching the object of their latest desire. Exposure to heavy fumes is the only way one can reasonably explain the purchase of $450 per gallon paint. Potter County commissioners instructed Facilities Director...
Wentworth’s Award for Appropriating
It is one thing for legislators to get an award they've earned -- such as the Taxpayer Champion and Advocate Awards we present to those working to protect our economy. But it's more than a little unseemly when a group created, and funded, by government is handing out...
Carona: Tax First?
Just how out of touch must one be to advocate a 50-percent hike in gasoline taxes in the midst of the worst recession in 60 years? And just how ridiculous is it to suggest that a tax hike is "the only near-term answer" to solving a government problem? One might ask...
Top Tier One universities fail core curricula test
One of the loudest arguments we're hearing in favor of Proposition 4 is that if the state of Texas has more Tier One research universities, the quality of higher education will improve. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has been working on a project, the...