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$113K Funneled Into Legislator’s Pocket Via Taxpayer-funded Lobbying Payouts?
Democrat State Rep. Mary Gonzalez is the executive director of the School Board Members for Latino Equity, which is reportedly funded with taxpayer dollars from the Texas Association of School Boards.
State Sen. Kolkhorst: New Measures Seek To Bring MAHA to Texas
Senate Bill 25 will be considered by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday.
New Measure Seeks to End Faculty Senate Power in University Decision-Making
The measure follows faculty senate clashes with both lawmakers and a university’s board of regents.
House Lawmaker Files Measure To Allow Over-the-counter Ivermectin
Texas is one of several states filing legislation to make ivermectin more accessible.
State Archive
Propositions 2 and 3 are smart moves for Texas
There has been a lot of misleading information going around via email on Props 2 and 3, which deal with property taxes, and that information is extremely damaging to the efforts to fix our property appraisal system in the state of Texas. Prop 2 states "The...
DIUT: Driving Under the Influence of Text
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...
That Sound Is The Other Shoe Dropping
Don't think election's matter? Try this next one on for your current tax burden. Because of the stimulus dollars handed down from Washington earlier in the year dealing with the federally-mandated Medicaid program, Texas will be facing a multi-billion dollar hole in...
Don’t Let It Happen Here
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...
Can Gimmickery Be Sound Policy?
Was it financial gimmicks or sound thinking that helped the 81st Legislature balance the state's budget in a strenuous economic climate? A little of the first, a dash of the second, with a generous helping of previously made correct decisions to control the size of...
Hutchison Only Kinda Responds To Our Criticism
After posting a rebuttal to Sen. Hutchison’s claim Texas should have taken mandate-heavy stimulus money, her campaign asked if we’d post a response, designed to expound on her points and explain her position. I happily agreed. What was submitted follows here; you’ll...
Hutchison Now Wants Federal Mandates?
Regardless of the rewrites attempted by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's unannounced gubernatorial campaign, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the conservatives in the Legislature were right to stop the string-laden "stimulus" dollars from entering Texas' unemployment fund. After...
What has Kirk Watson done?
New Video: With $1.4 million in the bank, State Sen. Kirk watson is clearly is hoping someone will ask him to run statewide, but it's hard to think of what he's actually done besides raise money. This is a send-up from the infamous 2008 Chris Matthews interview with...
Truitt’s Bad Option Still Dead
Falling on her sword, Vicki Truitt is calling it quits…for the time being. At the conclusion of the Legislative session three weeks ago State Rep. Vicki Truitt left Austin vowing to come back pushing for higher taxes in the form of increased gas taxes and vehicle...