State
Dade Phelan Races to Raise Money from Austin Establishment
Fundraising invitations offer inisight into who is powering Dade Phelan’s campaign.
Pornhub Disables Access to Site in Texas Following Texas’ New Age-Verification Law
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that the state’s age-verification requirements for commercial pornography sites are constitutional.
The Shrinking Dennis Bonnen Coalition is Desperately Clinging to Power
The Austin swamp is working overtime to protect the status quo.
Land Commissioner Buckingham Calls Newly Proposed Illegal Alien Processing Center a ‘Band-Aid’
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has planned to build another facility to house illegal aliens in the Laredo area.
State Archive
Where There is a Hill, Is There a Way for Taxpayers?
The Texas House Local Government Ways and Means Committee chaired by State Rep. Fred Hill (R-Richardson) has released its interim report. News coverage of the report has centered on its opposition to appraisal caps, which was hardly surprising since Chairman Hill...
Advocates for Big Government: Paid for by… your taxes!
Roddy Stinson, a columnist at the San Antonio Express-News, has hit the nail on the head with a piece in today's paper. He correctly describes the response of local governments to the idea of slowing down the amount of money they can grab as "Weeping, wailing and...
Killing the Business Tax…
 When Texas lawmakers instituted the “gross margins†business tax, it is a safe bet they didn’t expect trail-lawyer-extraordinaire Mark Lanier to sue them over it. But that’s exactly what he’s planning on doing, according to today’s Houston Chronicle. ...
Return the Surplus
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...