“Throw the rascals out!” was the rallying cry of new candidates that sprang forth to replace incumbent politicians embroiled in the Texas Sharpstown Stock Scandal in 1972. That controversy initially focused on charges that state officials took bank-financed stock...
Texas taxpayers should celebrate the fact that an important property tax reform bill will reach the House floor on Saturday. But if it’s going to be meaningful, conservatives will have to fix the heavily watered-down bill. The Texas Senate weakened Senate Bill 1 prior...