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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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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...
Class-Size Costs
Apologists for the bloated bureaucracy of public education like to bemoan unfunded mandates as the chief cause of budget expansion. Yet rarely, when pressed, can they provide a meaningful list. And very often it's the public school activists themselves pushing the...
Say It Ain’t So, Joe!
Earlier today I got news of a fundraiser that will take place next Wednesday, May 12th, in Driftwood, Texas. At first I thought it was a joke, or just a crazy rumor, but after researching, I discovered that the Republican Speaker of the Texas House, Joe Straus, will...
Mansion rebuild is not all that needs to get underway
Finally. The Texas Historical Commission has approved a modified plan for an addition, much smaller than that which caused controversy last fall, to the torched Texas Governor’s Mansion. The sooner we restore the historic mansion the better. Texans of today and...
CapMetro Illustrates Its Own Failure
The Austin American-Statesman seems to have finally run out of strength for carrying CapMetro's water. In a May 4 article Statesman staff writer Ben Wear painted a grim picture of the CapMetro fiscal situation. CapMetro gave its services away for free on Saturday and...
That Wily Bill White
Bill White snuck out of Houston before the fiscal meltdown, and still won't release his tax returns for public review. But the Democrat's gubenatorial nominee is pretty wily. In fact, he must have a little Wile E. Coyote in him.
Eltife Carries Obama’s Water, Until 2012
Senator Kevin Eltife was in Austin yesterday rehashing his failed effort to raise taxes last session. That's an interesting move in these political times. Here's the quick summary of the fight. During the session $555 million in Unemployment Insurance stimulus funds...
Arizona’s SB 1070
So I'm sure this is going to ruffle some feathers, but I both approve and disapprove of Arizona's SB 1070. I understand that this may be confusing, but though I agree that this bill is a step in the right direction, I do not think it will end up accomplishing much....
MALC holds kangaroo court in state Capitol
Yesterday, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus held a "hearing" at the state Capitol on the social studies curriculum standards that were approved in March by the State Board of Education. Jonathan Saenz has his report from yesterday's hearing here (you should add...