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Gov. Abbott Issues Executive Order to Safeguard Texas from Foreign Threats
The executive order instructs state agencies to harden systems and infrastructure against hostile powers—including the Chinese Communist Party.

Report: Public Utility Commission Releases Plan Outlining Future of Nuclear Power in Texas
The Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group was tasked by Gov. Abbott to research the prospect of expanding nuclear energy in the state.

Y’All Answered: Still with Cornyn?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.

Texas State Board of Education to Consider New Educational Materials This Week
The new materials are being praised by conservative groups for including Bible stories.
The Archive
Sandbagging The Taxpayers
You always get more of what you subsidize, especially risky behavior. That's certainly the case along Texas' hurricane-prone coastline. Our friends over at the Texas Public Policy Foundation recently published a sobering report looking at the multi-billion-dollar...
Lacking Decency
While Texas Transportation Commissioner Ric Williamson's strong views on any number of issues earned him equal measures of love and scorn, he was an honorable man who truly sought to serve the best interests of Texans. He died earlier this week of a heart attack. As...
Giving Environmentalists The Bird
Pop quiz: Do you save the planet from global warming by switching to renewable energy sources, or do you protect a species from tragic death knowing you'll make the planet uninhabitable in somewhere between 5 to 5 million years? After years of making the rest of us...
It Didn’t Work Before, So Let’s Spend Even More
Teaching all kids in both English and Spanish failed when tried before, so of course, the Austin Independent School District is going to waste even more money -- and kids academic lives -- by doing it again. That's what inept bureaucracies do: spend money on fads,...
Star-Telegram Forecasts School Finance Crisis, Says Schools Lack Funds
The Star-Telegram's editorial suggests state law needs to be changed to allow school districts to tax more without a vote, even while noting that 77 percent of district rate increase requests and 75 percent of bond proposals were approved by voters in 2007. So it...
Useless Acts
Two weeks ago the Office of the Attorney General of Texas weighed in on the recent controversy regarding the speakership of the Texas House. For 99.99 percent of Texans, that issue is about as exciting as watching the grass turn brown. But in the course of the ruling,...
Howdy
Texas is the fastest growing state in the Union. According to the U.S. Census bureau, the Lone Star State's population now exceeds 23.9 million -- adding 500,000 people in just 12 months. Of course, you can expect the liberals to use our growth as yet another excuse...
How To Waste A Million: Purchase, Then Test
If you've ever wanted to waste a million dollars, you should leave it to the experts at the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. They spent $1 million on 3,500 GPS devices and specialized software... only to drop them into storage after finding the...
A Chance For Smokin’-Hot Pork
Anti-smoking groups are ready to start cashing bigger government paychecks. Already funded by taxpayers with dubious success, the various groups are salivating over reports that the state's new $1-per-pack cigarette tax hasn't reduced smoking -- because they want in...