In an unexpected move, the board of the Harris County Department of Education voted to end a taxpayer-funded lobbying contract with HillCo, the department’s longtime lobbyists. Colleen Vera with Texas Trash Talk first reported the news, as she has long covered the...
A Houston-area school district spent millions in tax dollars to fund and fully staff a high school campus that had no students in the last school year. This would’ve slipped under the radar, but for a retired teacher’s keen eye on local government. Colleen Vera is a...
On Friday, shortly before the Harris County Commissioners Court was set to vote on the proposed 2016 tax rate, State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) delivered an open letter encouraging the commissioners to reduce the burden on county taxpayers. Houston’s population...
