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North Texas Teacher Arrested for ‘Improper Relationship’ With Student
Ruel “JR” Barbee taught art at Newman International Academy, a charter school in Arlington.
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.
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Texas School Spending Tops $11k Per Pupil
As we close out this school year, taxpayers may wonder want kind of bang we're getting for our educational buck. Texans now spend more than $11,000 per year on public education – with less than half going toward instructional expenses. In the 2008-2009 school year --...
David Sibley: Dances With Democrats?
Former Republican state Sen. David Sibley is in a runoff election to get back his old job in the Texas Senate. But there's a problem. After he left office in 2003, to become a lobbyist, he made a habit of contributing to very liberal Democrats. It's not uncommon for...
Casino Gambling: A State Budget Elixir?
In what The Houston Chronicle described as an "unusual appearance," Texas’ House Speaker, Joe Straus (R-San Antonio), gave public guidance to the Appropriations Committee last week to prepare a "no-new-taxes" state budget. This was welcomed news for conservatives. But...
School Districts Blocked From Facilitating Union Political Activities
State Rep. Leo Berman called Empower Texans today with great news: Texas’ Attorney General, Greg Abbott, has issued an opinion today preventing school districts from diverting pay checks into political action committees. This is great news for conservatives in Texas....
Government Debt Bubble Is the Next One to Burst
Greece is bankrupt. European Union nations are leading a bailout of that government in an attempt to prevent other financially troubled EU members such as Spain and Portugal from collapsing as well, which could bring down the entire European Union financial system....
Bill White: Obamanizing Texas As Obama Euros America
We can all agree: Europe is a disaster. Their collective economy is in shambles thanks to a ludicrous devotion to debt-financed big-government nanny-statism. It took them 30 years to reach such dizzying depths. Barack Obama's failed administration has quadrupled our...
Liberal Hypocrisy on Health Care?
At a recent hearing in Austin, state Rep. Garnet Coleman, a liberal Democrat from Houston, protested the idea of creating financial disincentives for state employees that don’t better manage their health. Rep. Coleman said, “I think that’s a slippery slope,” and...
Is the Speaker’s change genuine?
Robert Garrett of the Dallas Morning News has reported that “Texas House Speaker Joe Straus urged House budget writers today to avoid raising taxes and look for creative ways to curtail spending as they prepare to close a budget gap next session…” “Straus… said in a...
Straus Says It Right
It'll take more than words, but Texas House Speaker Joe Straus drew an unequivocal line in the sand this morning by telling the powerful Appropriations Committee that he expected them to draw up a "no-new-taxes" state budget. The speaker said the legislature and state...