One of the loudest arguments we're hearing in favor of Proposition 4 is that if the state of Texas has more Tier One research universities, the quality of higher education will improve. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has been working on a project, the...

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst went on the offensive today, defending in the Austin American Statesman the budget crafted by lawmakers this year from attacks that it was balanced only with the help of federal stimulus dollars. Yes, the state used stimulus dollars as part of...

It’s Texas constitutional amendment election time and there has been much talk about all but the most objectionable amendment: Proposition 1, which reads: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the financing, including through tax increment financing, of the...

An Austin American-Statesman story documented an interesting lawsuit being filed by Texas local government officials against Attorney General Greg Abbott and the state. The suit will allege that the state open meetings law violates elected officials' free speech...

A headline in the Beaumont Enterprise caused my Liberty alarm bells to ring and clearly it was the word “order” that immediately drew my attention. It read: Jefferson County orders rural addresses displayed. In the story we learn that “By Nov. 15, residents outside of...

Texting while driving is an issue that has been in the spotlight over the last half-year and increasingly state legislatures, including Texas', are planing on doing what they do best: try and legislate the problem away. In this case that may not be necessary and in...

It's almost impossible to read the national news without seeing the economic calamity befalling our sister states. They just cannot seem to get it right. Generally speaking, they won't. They have allowed themselves to be governed by bad ideas. From California's budget...