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New Legislation Proposes Checks on Texas Executive Power During Emergencies
The bill requires emergency orders to be narrowly tailored and subject to expedited judicial review and sunsets them after 30 days unless the Legislature approves them.
El Paso ISD Asks Students For Their Gender Identities and Sexual Orientations
The district circulated an “Equity Assessment Survey” to 9th through 12th graders.
Texas Lawmaker Files Bill to Eliminate In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
In 2001, Texas became the first state to pass legislation that allowed illegal aliens that live in Texas to receive in-state tuition.
Texas Universities Need to (Strategically) Plan for Success
Texas cannot simply ban its way to good education. It must also strategically plan to provide a better vision of an educated citizen.
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Travis County Commissioners To Break Pledge, Increase Spending
It must be something in the water that's causing elected officials in Austin to not follow up on promises when it comes to taxpayer protection and relief. The legislature promised to kill the TIF tax, and it took four years to do it, and even then they're taking the...
Readin’, ‘Rightin’, an’ Riot Shields
Remember when teachers worried about chewing gum under the desk? The question was "pocket knife" or "putty knife" in removing the problem. How quaint. Apparently the little darlings in the Dallas Independent School District are so poorly behaved the school district is...
Politician Promises
What does a political promise go for? What real value should we place on the promises of elected officials? Remember the Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund tax? It was implemented back in the 1990s to fund high-speed internet wiring of rural schools,...
Unsettled Records For Taxpayers
Texas' pols can often be found busily rewriting history in advance of their ongoing campaigns; nothing new there, but, still, taxpayers should expect better. Having been confronted with the legislature's well-known inaction on the $14.3 billion surplus, some...
A Taxpayer’s Rock Star
People respond to leadership, especially when it is leadership driven by principles. It's always good to see people recognize a good thing when they've got it. And in Tarrant County, they know they've got a good legislator, who leads by principle. Early this evening I...
And How Much For The Photocopier?
Legislators failed to return the $14.3 billion surplus, giving Texans some much-needed property tax relief. But, as a consolation, now comes word that your state government is spending your money to buy a letter many experts say is a fake. Seems like bureaucrats are...
Irving and Corpus Christi Expand Scope of Education Spending
Irving ISD taxpayers are going to be voted on a $250 million bond in November that includes replacing laptop computers for every high school student. This is an example of mission creep - in years past parents were in charge of buying supplies for their students. In...
Pigs Squeal When You Stick ‘Em
How do you know you've got a pig cornered? When it starts squealing. A reporter stopped by unannounced on Wednesday. It appears several Republican lawmakers are angry that you are paying attention. They don't like the fact taxpayers and voters are now asking questions...
Beaumont To El Paso, Taxes Going Up
Reports keep filtering in from cities and counties across the state: local officials are jacking up property taxes. When the Legislature "bought down" school property taxes, the inevitable result was other taxing entities filing the gap created and raising their...