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McLendon-Chisolm Mayor Addresses ‘Unnecessary Fight’ Over Water Supply
Mayor Bryan McNeal told residents he is hopeful the next city council meeting will be different.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Leading Senate Initiative to Ban All THC Products in Texas
The measure will be carried by State Sen. Charles Perry, who introduced a previous measure legalizing the commercial sale of hemp in 2019.
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TAMU Class Explores ‘Systemic Racism’ in American Politics
“Race and Politics in the United States” is a class from the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M.
Fort Worth, Tarrant County Receive Federal Grant for DNA Testing Backlog
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, and UNT Health Science Center $2.1 million.
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More On The Speaker
A couple weeks ago we compared the scores of the House Speaker candidates on the Fiscal Responsibility Index, which describes how often lawmakers vote in the best interest of taxpayers. Another legislator has thrown his hat in the ring; State Rep. Byron Cook...
Automatic Anual Bailouts?
After a recent TFR speaking engagement a group formed as we were leaving to lamenting the fact that congress was considering a bailout for auto makers. A bailout that now seems imminent. They were saying "did you hear the execs flew private jets to speak to congress...
ACORN For Taxpayers
Embattled North Forest ISD has taken another hit, according to the Houston Chronicle, losing its bid for a massive tax increase. The measure failed by a 4-1 margin - thanks in large part to ACORN. North Forest ISD has been making headlines in the past year for...
Legislative Bully
State Rep. David Leibowitz wants you to do something about bullying. Specifically, the Helotes Democrat wants to use your money to pay for a bullying hotline that a "primary or secondary school student" can use to "report an incident of bullying." This takes the nanny...
Ringing In 2010
Didn't the election cycle just end? Yes, but everyone's chattering about U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's exploratory filings for the governorship in 2010, challenging incumbent governor Rick Perry. Expect the race to help shape and color the 2009 legislative session...
Doing Right By Taxpayers
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs continues to do right by taxpayers in supporting strong, pro-taxpayer efforts that increase transparency and efficiency. Her office this week unveiled “Open Book Texas” that seeks to do even more by consolidating bulk-purchasing while...
Do No Harm
When legislators gather in Austin, we might ask they take the Hippocratic Oath usually reserved for doctors. Or at least the part about "never do harm" as it regards our state economy. Texas Workforce Commission chairman Tom Pauken writes this week that while states...
Tangible Results
Public policy efforts have real and lasting results, for well or for ill. For years Texans suffered under a hideous tort environment that enriched trial lawyers (who now use those profits to fully underwrite the liberal political movement in Texas and own the...
5% Solution
On a Saturday in November, less than 5 percent of the registered voters in the Humble school district foisted a massive tax hike on everyone else. The system of letting such important matters be decided on non-standard election dates – and by so few people – has got...