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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.
Dan Patrick Warns Against ‘Counterfeit Speaker’ in Texas House Race
Patrick has accused Dustin Burrows and his supporters of pursuing personal power and influential committee chairmanships at the expense of Republican priorities.
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Small business big
Just received the new "Fiscal Notes" from the Texas Comptroller, which is this month highlighting the growth of small business in Texas. The number of self-employed Texans rose 2 percent last year, while self-employed Americans overall dropped 2 percent. There are...
Dewhurst’s Budget Offense
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst went on the offensive today, defending in the Austin American Statesman the budget crafted by lawmakers this year from attacks that it was balanced only with the help of federal stimulus dollars. Yes, the state used stimulus dollars as part of...
Why the silence on Prop. 1? Vote No.
It’s Texas constitutional amendment election time and there has been much talk about all but the most objectionable amendment: Proposition 1, which reads: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the financing, including through tax increment financing, of the...
Distorting Propositions 2, 3 & 5
Lots of emails are popping up around the state making ludicrous charges about the propositions on the Texas constitutional amendment election. Apparently some hope it's easier to peddle irrational fear than be bothered with reality. Facts are pesky things, and the...
Open Records vs. Free Speech?
An Austin American-Statesman story documented an interesting lawsuit being filed by Texas local government officials against Attorney General Greg Abbott and the state. The suit will allege that the state open meetings law violates elected officials' free speech...
Statesman Pulls A Hamstring
The Austin American Statesman endorsed the Baucus health care plan passed out the Senate Finance Committee earlier this week by a 14-9 vote. No news there. However, the Statesman leans on the rickety sawhorse that a federally-mandated health plan will fix the...
HB 2665 an affront to Liberty
A headline in the Beaumont Enterprise caused my Liberty alarm bells to ring and clearly it was the word “order” that immediately drew my attention. It read: Jefferson County orders rural addresses displayed. In the story we learn that “By Nov. 15, residents outside of...
Propositions 2 and 3 are smart moves for Texas
There has been a lot of misleading information going around via email on Props 2 and 3, which deal with property taxes, and that information is extremely damaging to the efforts to fix our property appraisal system in the state of Texas. Prop 2 states "The...
Voters Should Reject FWST Recomendations
Not surprisingly, the Fort Worth Star Telegram editorial board is offering poor advice to taxpayers. We at Texans for Fiscal Responsibility are going to be recommending that voters support propositions 2, 3 and 5 while keeping in mind they are temporary and incomplete...