…one reflected on the legislature’s website today. Almost no evidence exists to prove that Straus devised his scheme to kill campus carry. Even a visit to the Legislative Reference Library,…
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TML: Politicians First, Texans Last
…Texas Municipal Library Directors Association. It begs the question, who’s looking out for your best interest? There’s a more practical reason why organizations like the TML exist: to centralize power…
State Investigates UNT’s Budget Blunder, Misuse of Funds
…also cited the improper use of state funds for certain staff benefits that should have been paid for with student fees, such as millions paid in benefits to library employees….
When the Tax-Hikers Finally Went Too Far
Imagine that your local library district, or whichever of your taxing entities funds the library, asked for 0.7% tax increase. Imagine next that a group of concerned taxpayers (the dreaded…
Senate Fails Higher Ed Transparency Test
…all university systems from required financial reporting to the Governor, Comptroller, Legislative Reference Library, State Auditor, and Legislative Budget Board starting in 2013. But it gets even worse. Starting in…
Desperate Democrats in SBOE Campaign Play Race Card
…wants to make sure no schools teach about the Venona Papers, primary source documents housed in the Library of Congress which reveal the extent of communist infiltration of the United…
Texas First Lady Addresses Del Rio High School Graduates
…school’s library, and I was invited to attend. It was a very nice and non-partisan event despite the fact that State Representative Pete Gallego had been the one to invite…
Tax-Funded Lobbying: Is a Lobby Firm Really a Bureaucrat?
…listed on the city’s website, like other city bureaucrats ranging from the city manager to the library director? Many Texans are troubled that cities would use taxpayer dollars to hire…
Taxpayers Get A Solar Soaking
…what the taxpayers’ paid for installation. That’s assuming solar panels installed at places like a library in Bedford, Austin’s community college, and the Texas-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, last that…
William Travis’ Letter
…deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels & got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves — Travis Letter transciption courtesy of the Texas State Library &…