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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.
Legislation Filed Mandating Texas Counties Follow Federal Immigration Law
State Rep. Nate Schatzline says the measure is meant to help the Trump administration deport illegal aliens.
Another Blow to Phelan: Trent Ashby Endorses David Cook for Speaker
Ashby praised Cook’s ability to work collaboratively with other statewide leaders to achieve conservative goals.
Houston Mayor Diverts $2.6 Million From Bridge Lighting to New Homelessness Initiative
Mayor Whitmire said the funding will be better used to tackle Houston’s homelessness crisis than on “decorative” lights.
The Archive
Voters Say ‘No Thanks’ To Tax Hikes
Nearly 60 percent of voters in the Duncanville school district voted against a massive property tax hike on Tuesday, while some 73 percent voted against a similar measure in Cedar Hill. The multi-million-dollar tax hikes were defeated by a $30 grassroots campaign. And...
Creatively Improving Education
Hats off to the Austin Independent School District for taking innovative steps to improve public education. The district is re-structuring their schools to provide more choices for student needs -- including the option for all-boy and all-girl classes and re-vamped...
Bumping A Non-Bonus Bonus
Legislative employees are constitutionally forbidden from receiving bonuses in Texas. But don't let a little thing like "the law" stop some state senators. According to news reports, it seems state senators of both parties are playing semantic games to skirt the...
VuLe’s Bad Taxpayer Values
A candidate for state representative is actually calling for property tax increases as part of her general election strategy. She apparently hasn't being paying attention. Sandra Phuong VuLe, the Democratic Party's candidate for Texas House District 112, told the...
Tax Dollar Spending Zone
Travis County Commissioners are doing their best to make sure taxpayers aren't stuck paying the bill for county employees' parking and toll violations. KXAN reports that Travis County employees have racked up more than $10,000 in unpaid parking tickets and toll road...
What Were They Thinking?
At a Sunset Advisory Commission meeting last week, Republican senators Kim Brimer (Fort Worth), Craig Estes (Wichita Fallas) and Bob Deuell (Greenville) and Representative Lois Kolkhorst (Brenham) sided with liberals in calling for a return to the bad-old-days of...
Wrong Change
If you like the current property tax system, love illegal immigration and think the government should get much bigger, the Fort Worth Star Telegram is in your corner, promoting the "change" candidacy of far-left Democrat Chris Turner against conservative stalwart Bill...
Solid Gold
When Allen Vaught accidentally became the state representative for House District 107, everyone knew it would be a huge loss for taxpayers there and statewide. His term in office has only served to prove everyone right. The incumbent, conservative Bill Keffer, was the...
Transcript: Is The Classroom A Worksite?
The transcript for this week's video, Is The Classroom A Worksite?, is now available. Why don’t teachers get professional respect in Texas? It might have something to do with the unions that represent them. The teacher unions do their dead-level best to cast teachers...