State
A Contract with Texas?
Reform-minded conservatives are rumored to be planning a multi-point promise with Texas voters for 2025 session.
Texas Soldier Arrested for Attempted Human Smuggling
The Texas State Guard member, identified as 26-year-old Savion Johnson, was allegedly promised $5,000 to $6,000 to smuggle the illegal alien.
Speaker-hopeful Tom Oliverson Promises to Give Voters Republican Representation
Oliverson said he will end the practice of awarding Democrats powerful committee chairmanships in the Texas House.
UT Austin Closes DEI Office, Diverts Funding to ‘Teaching and Research’
The school also reportedly fired around 60 individuals, many of whom were involved in the DEI bureaucracy.
State Archive
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...