Residents of one Texas city may soon see free plastic bags back in their store checkout lanes after a municipal ordinance banning them was thrown out in court. On Tuesday, the Fourth Court of Appeals rendered a summary judgment in favor of the Laredo Merchants...
The battle between local governments and the Texas Legislature spilled into the courtroom Tuesday after State Rep. Matt Rinaldi (R-Irving) and nineteen other Republican lawmakers filed an amicus curiae brief in a high profile lawsuit challenging Laredo’s bag ban...
Government interest groups are confessing their belief that reforms aimed at providing greater fiscal transparency to voters will be harmful to local governments. Unsurprisingly, a better-informed voter makes debt-hungry governments nervous. During Wednesday’s hearing...
