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Texas Tech Medical School Commits to Race-Neutral Admissions in Legal Settlement
An America First Legal lawsuit prompted the school to pledge to ignore race in admissions.
Taxpayers Are Funding Illegals’ Defense Attorneys
The state’s ongoing border security efforts come at a cost.
House Committee Considers Bipartisan Ban on Smartphones in Classrooms
A majority of House members support the proposed law to keep smart devices out of students’ hands during school hours.
San Angelo ISD Teacher Jailed for Alleged Sexual Misconduct With Student
A school resource officer with the San Angelo Police Department is also under investigation in connection with the case.
The Archive
Rhodes: Tarrant Commissioners, Please ‘Do the Right Thing’
Dear Tarrant County commissioners, I was pleased to learn that you have proposed a tax rate for 2021 that is slightly below the “no new revenue rate.” I’ve been attending tax rate hearings for years, begging you to do just that, so thank you! It’s only “slightly”...
Sex Ed Standards on Upcoming Texas Education Board Agenda
Texans who want to weigh in on the state’s revised curriculum standards for health education—including controversial sex education standards—need to act fast. The deadline for registering to give public testimony during next week’s meetings to revise the standards is...
Government Officials on Brink of Killing Austin’s Live Music Venues
AUSTIN — Because state and local government officials have perpetually shut down Texas’ capital city for nearly six months, they are now close to killing off the music that has earned Austin the moniker of “the Live Music Capital of the World.” “We’re at the end of...
Sanders: Want Your Freedoms Back? Here’s How to Do It!
We are living in unprecedented times. Not because of the Chinese coronavirus—viruses come and go, and they will be with us forever. No, we are living in unprecedented times because never before in our State’s history has there been such executive branch overreach and...
Meaningful Work
I don’t think I have ever urgently needed someone with a Ph.D. Yet in the cultural economy of the 21st century, we celebrate the pursuit of even meaningless degrees, and dismiss critical professions once known as the trades. The cultural elite would have us believe it...
Property Tax Reform Didn’t Force Cities to Spend Less … Or Cut Texans’ Tax Bills
As Texans continue looking for relief from high property tax burdens, city officials and their taxpayer-funded lobbyists who claimed property tax reform would force them to cut spending on core services like police and fire are being proven wrong. Despite local...
Despite Riots, Dallas Pursues Defunding Police and Fire Departments
With the City of Dallas recovering from riots in the past several months, and South Dallas residents holding on to the City's promises to provide more police, city council moved to cut police and firefighter overtime in the proposed 2021 budget and instead spend it on...
Grocery Store Magnate Sides With Democrats in Mail-Ballot Fight
A Texas grocery store magnate is siding with Democrats, supporting Harris County’s plan to send mail-in ballot applications to all 2.37 million registered voters in the county. On Thursday, the Texas Supreme Court issued a temporary halt to the plan, led by Democrat...
Austin Officials Have Some Explaining to Do About Questionable Coronavirus Decisions
Why are Austin officials still trying to shut down the city? Or, to rephrase that question: After government officials repeatedly shut down the city and forced at least 132,000 Austinites out of work, and after recent data revealed not only that the coronavirus has...