by Robert Montoya | Sep. 19, 2020 | Local
A North Texas citizen disputes the story told by a committee co-chair to the Carroll school board trustees about a meeting they had regarding a cultural plan that has outraged citizens. At the September 14 meeting of the Carroll Independent School District Board of...
by The Headline | Sep. 18, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Video
Brandon Waltens and Michael Quinn Sullivan discuss Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest orders allowing some businesses to reopen with less limited capacity. Also Texas’ former Republican Speaker of the House is back in the news telling Republicans to stop fighting Democrats....
by Don Huffines | Sep. 18, 2020 | Commentary
The political class has a way of rallying around its own. As a Texas state senator in Austin, I quickly learned the first rule for newly elected members was to never expose the bad actions of your colleagues or to hold them accountable to their campaign promises. Most...
by Erin Anderson | Sep. 18, 2020 | Local
Local citizens notched a win for government accountability after successfully petitioning their North Texas city to get approval from voters before issuing millions in new taxpayer-supported debt. On July 28, the Farmers Branch City Council tentatively approved a plan...
by The Headline | Sep. 18, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Brandon Waltens and Michael Quinn Sullivan discuss Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest orders allowing some businesses to reopen with less limited capacity. Also Texas’ former Republican Speaker of the House is back in the news telling Republicans to stop fighting...
by Jacob Asmussen | Sep. 18, 2020 | Local
AUSTIN — Much like the old fable “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” someone in Texas’ capital city had to speak up and tell the mayor his public doomsday prediction was not actually true. Recently revealed emails from June show Democrat Austin Mayor Steve Adler...
by Reflections on Life and Liberty | Sep. 18, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
To believe the handwringing social media posts I scroll past every day, this election is simultaneously the “most important” in history, and one which would make our Founding Fathers roll in their graves. Whatever other cultural decay we have experienced, a propensity...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Sep. 18, 2020 | Commentary, Life
To believe the handwringing social media posts I scroll past every day, this is the worst presidential election in history. We’re told that our Founding Fathers must be rolling in their graves. Whatever other cultural decay we have experienced, a bipartisan...
by Bob Hall | Sep. 17, 2020 | Commentary
Today, the Texas government reiterated its newly found disdain for liberty and justice when they proudly announced their vision for re-opening Texas. This is not enough. Texans do not want incremental liberty and freedom. Texans want and deserve liberty and freedom in...
by Brandon Waltens | Sep. 17, 2020 | State
One hundred eighty-eight days since declaring the Chinese coronavirus a statewide emergency, Gov. Greg Abbott announced additional steps to reopen Texas from the mandates and restrictions he unilaterally imposed in response to the Chinese coronavirus earlier this...
by Robert Montoya | Sep. 17, 2020 | Local
Asking to “reassess” and “consider the damage done to our entire city,” Southlake’s mayor has publicly joined citizens against the Carroll school board trustees on a controversial cultural plan that would divide students against each other, calling for more...
by Erin Anderson | Sep. 17, 2020 | Local
McKinney City Councilmember La’Shadion Shemwell has refiled his voting rights lawsuit against the city’s special election to recall him from office, claiming the process is racially motivated. Shemwell, an outspoken Black Lives Matter activist, wants a federal court...
by Jacob Asmussen | Sep. 17, 2020 | Local
AUSTIN — “We don’t have another minute for you, Mayor Adler or council! Your minute is up! We are taking our city back!” As citizens in Texas’ capital city languish under the harmful decisions of the all-Democrat Austin City Council, local business owner and...
by Robert Montoya | Sep. 16, 2020 | Local
Cities and counties in North Texas are adopting property tax rates that will either deliver smaller increases in their average property tax bills or lower them altogether. Citizens wanting similar results in their areas can do so by educating themselves, asking hard...
by Sid Miller | Sep. 16, 2020 | Commentary
As a new vocational agriculture teacher in the small Texas town of Gustine, I had the pleasure of teaching our state’s future agriculture leaders about the joys—and occasional discomforts—of agriculture. I reminded my young students that while the agriculture industry...
by Robert Montoya | Sep. 16, 2020 | Local
City councils are approaching the final votes on their tax rates and budgets. With citizens’ wallets hurting as a result of government-mandated shutdowns, will city councils within Dallas County continue to hike homeowners’ average property tax bills?...
by The Liberty Cafe | Sep. 16, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Over the past 18 years, the Texas GOP has missed two revolutions. Today on the Liberty Café we take a look at missed opportunities and some steps on the path forward to liberty.
by Brandon Waltens | Sep. 15, 2020 | State, Uncategorized
The Supreme Court of Texas dealt a severe blow to plans by Democrat Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins to send mail-ballot applications to all 2.37 million registered voters in the county. On Tuesday afternoon, the state’s highest civil court issued a stay against the...
by Erin Anderson | Sep. 15, 2020 | State
Former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus says Republicans should stop fighting Democrats who are trying to undermine state laws that govern who can vote by mail, a process more vulnerable to fraud and errors than in-person voting. In an opinion piece published by The...
by Robert Montoya | Sep. 15, 2020 | Local
UPDATE 9/15/20 10:22 PM: Councilman Chad West contacted Texas Scorecard and reiterated his reason for voting to remove $7 million from the Dallas Police overtime budget: he’s concerned overtime is being abused, and wants to motivate management to stop using it...
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