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State Sen. Creighton Slams Anti-School Choice ‘Rhetoric’
Creighton, with help from other Republicans, attempted to correct the record on taxpayer-funded lobbying, per-pupil funding, and other topics related to school choice.
UT-Austin Offers Core Math Classes Focused on ‘Racial Inequality’
The university offers the courses Numbering Race and Measuring Racial Inequality.
Analysis: Victoria County Residents Face Varied Outcomes in Recent Property Tax Shifts
Two outliers stick out in a county with relatively steady taxation over three years.
Mother Plans to Sue Houston ISD After Daughter’s Alleged Assault by Dance Teacher
The student claims that her dance teacher placed her in a chokehold, wrapping her arms around the girl’s throat, and took her to the ground.
The Archive
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
It might come as a surprise to some, but I have a tendency to read the opinions espoused by those on the left on various websites. It isn't because I like to laugh at how ridiculous they sound at times or because I get a kick out of their extremely weak arguments...
Waco ISD: Vegas-bound, on your dime
Here is some fresh insanity to cap off the school year for you. The Waco Independent School District is set to spend $84,000 to send staff members to a seminar. In Las Vegas. Texas Budget Source's Sara Talbert has a full write-up here. (If you...
Don’t Take the ObamaCare Bait
Texans are the most fiercely independent people in the country and if they can bribe and fool us they can bribe and fool anyone. Enter the Kaiser Foundation, founded by George Kaiser, a campaign contribution bundler for Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign. They’re...
Casino Gambling: California Here We Come?
Texas Democrats are continuing their march to bring full-scale casino gambling to the Lone Star State. In a recent article, Empower Texans discussed whether casino gambling would be a “no-new-taxes” proposition. Since it’s clear there will be a concentrated effort to...
Obama’s War on Texas escalates
I believe I was among the first to notice a specific War on Texas, as I termed it, from the Obama Administration. Just after the Leftist ideologue took office, various Federal regulatory agencies began to descend upon Texas. At first these raids on Texas only made...
Tax-Funded Lobbying: Is a Lobby Firm Really a Bureaucrat?
The City of Grapevine, in North Texas, recently hired a lobby firm, Solutions for Local Control, LLC, to assist “in developing political and legislative strategies.” Behind the firm is mainly one individual, former state Rep. Fred Hill (R-Richardson), who scored only...
Transparency Saves Money
Transparency is good policy, on its face. Given how much taxpayers are charged for the cost of government, we should get a chance to view the receipt. Texas has led the nation in state-level expenditure transparency, and Comptroller Susan Combs reports the savings...
Bill White’s Sloppy Homework
Last week Bill White, the Democratic candidate for governor, issued a press release on the state of public education in Texas. His campaign quoted an Empower Texans critique that "Texas taxpayers are 'not getting our money's worth' in Texas' education system."...
Sunset On A Bad Relationship?
Legislative liberals are howling like scorned lovers over the appointment of Republican State Rep. Larry Taylor to the Sunset Commission. The Democratic Caucus is indignant, saying House Speaker Joe Straus isn't providing the "inclusiveness" and "parity" they say he...