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Lawsuit Accuses Democrat State House Candidate of Not Paying Vendors
House District 80 Democrat candidate Cecilia Castellano is already under investigation by Attorney General Ken Paxton in a separate voter fraud case.
Analysis: Texans Are Already Taxed Like Kamala Harris Is in Charge
Is Texas’ property tax an unrealized gains tax?
Texas Sues Biden Admin Over Rule Classifying Gender Dysphoria as a Disability
Attorney General Ken Paxton and 16 other states are suing to stop a new regulation that would rewrite federal disability law to include gender dysphoria.
Hood County Commissioners Adopt No-New-Revenue Property Tax Rate
Officials in Galveston, Tarrant, and Lubbock counties also set property tax rates at or below the taxpayer-friendly no-new-revenue rate.
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Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Resigns
Fort Worth Independent School District Superintendent Angélica Ramsey has resigned following parental and teacher outrage at her leadership over the past two years. In an 8-1 vote Tuesday night, the Fort Worth ISD Board of Trustees agreed to accept Ramsey’s...
Houston Mayor Reaches Agreement With Municipal Employee Union
Houston Mayor John Whitmire has reached a tentative agreement with the HOPE AFSCME Local 123, Houston’s municipal employee labor union representing the more than 11,000 non-police or fire department members. “It’s an exciting day to get a settlement on a contract that...
Trial Vindicates ‘Trump Train’ Participants Targeted by Democrat Lawfare
Texans sued by Democrats for participating in a 2020 Trump Train were finally vindicated after enduring three years of “lawfare” targeting conservatives engaging in political free speech. Following a two-week trial in a federal court in Austin, a jury delivered “not...
City of Austin and Police Association Reach Tentative Contract
The City of Austin and the Austin Police Association have finally reached tentative accords to combat rising crime rates and officer staff shortages. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson explained that the agreement will help ensure community oversight and relieve police officer...
Report: Panama Institutes Effort to Cut Off Illegal Migration to the US-Mexico Border
Jose Raul Mulino, who took office as Panama’s president in July, ordered the country’s military to close the Darien Gap pathway connecting Panama to Colombia and the rest of South America. Panamanian authorities began by closing down three of the four main paths...
City of Fort Worth Creates New LGBT Advisory Committee
City of Fort Worth officials have created a new committee to advise the city council and the city manager on issues related to the LGBT community. According to the Director of the city’s Diversity and Inclusion Department, Christina Brooks, the new committee will...
Poll Reveals Rising Minority Support for Trump in Texas
According to a poll released this week, support for Donald Trump among Hispanic voters in Texas has grown since 2020, and the same is true of black voters. The Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation polled 1,200 likely voters in mid-September and found a continued theme of...
Tarrant County Democrat Sheriff Candidate is Not a Registered Peace Officer in Texas
Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn’s Democrat challenger is not a registered peace officer in Texas according to state records. Democrat candidate Patrick Moses does not have the necessary licensing required to serve as a Texas law enforcement officer. In a...
West Texas A&M University Blocks Online Gambling Sites
West Texas A&M will block access to online gambling sites on university-supported internet according to its president. “Predatory gambling occurs when corporate gambling interests, sometimes coupled with government, exploit citizens and their communities,” WTAMU...