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Harris County Taxpayers Pay Millions To Defend Illegal Aliens From Deportation
Harris County has raised taxes for citizens while spending taxpayer dollars to defend people illegally in the country, even if they have a criminal record.
City View ISD Tries to Block Mom From Daughter’s ‘Senior Night’ Event
Administrators at the North Texas school district criminally trespassed the parent after she criticized how the district handled bullying against her child.
Texas Senate Moves Swiftly on School Choice, Sets Committee Hearing
The measure, authored by State Sen. Brandon Creighton, would establish an education savings account program that most Texas students would be eligible for.
Texas State Bar Drops Long-Running Case Against Attorney General Ken Paxton
Paxton decried the State Bar’s efforts as politically motivated lawfare.
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Howard About That! Legislator Files Bill to Fix Spending Limitation
As we reported earlier on this blog, we have urged the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) to adopt growth in gross state product instead of total personal incomes as the index for measuring growth in the state's economy for purposes of calculating the constitutional...
DallasBlog notes TFR’s launch
DallasBlog.com contributor (and editor of the Lone Star Report) Will Lutz noted the formation of TFR in a posting this morning. You can read his post here. TEXANS FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FORMED Michael Quinn Sullivan, formerly vice president of the Texas Public...
Austin American-Statesman notes TFR formation
On the "Postcards from the Lege" section of the Statesman's website, reporter Mike Ward noted the formation of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. Check out his actual posting here. Fiscal policy watchdog formsBy Mike Ward | Tuesday, December 5, 2006,...
Sullivan to lead Texans for Fiscal Responsibility
New organization offers vision, leadership on tax relief, spending reformsAdvocacy efforts focused on promoting sound fiscal policy among lawmakers, taxpayersAUSTIN, Texas – Unveiled in Austin today is a new organization, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, developed...
State Auditor: Higher Ed High on the Hog
Today, the Texas State Auditor released a detailed report on the number of full-time equivalent employees in state government. The central conclusion of the report is that, while state agencies have reduced their number of FTE's by 8.4 percent since 1997, higher...
Suddenly Responsible?
The San Antonio Express-News has suddenly decided that lawmakers need to slow down when it comes to decisions on the budget. They need to proceed deliberately, waiting on revenue certifications and the like. Why this sudden concern for fiscal responsibility from the...