As the election for The Woodlands township board of directors heats up, accusations are flying and conflicting facts are being thrown around about the one issue that has dominated the conversation: incorporation. Some politicians, rather than talking about their...
For years the Texas Ethics Commission has served as a tool for political insiders to suppress the speech of those they disagree with. Over the past five years the commissioners have abused their power in a manner akin to disgraced IRS director Lois Lerner. The TEC is...
A county already burdened by disproportionately high debt and rampant spending habits is asking voters – you guessed it – for even more debt this November. Predictably, residents are not happy about officials piling on debt as if they’re on a perpetual Christmas...
An ever-growing chorus of voices is calling on Collin County Judge Keith Self to stand up for the taxpayers who elected him. Unfortunately, it appears Self is prepared to further dig into his position against taxpayers apparently out of fear he will face personal...
One taxpayer who is fighting to blow the whistle over the illegal use of public funds by his local government has now found even more tax money is being expended to attack him personally. As the scandal over Collin County Judge Keith Self’s decision to maintain...
The organization responsible for uncovering an alleged voter fraud operation in Tarrant County says an “unnamed” Republican political consultant is involved in the scheme. Aaron Harris of Direct Action Texas claims the mountain of evidence he uncovered – along with...
Wednesday’s front page of the Austin American Statesman reads like something from the Soviet Union’s Pravda, with bureaucrats bravely defending the absolute security of Texas’ elections. Unmentioned in the article was overwhelming evidence presented...
Turns out elections really are being rigged. And not just in far-off places like Chicago or Detroit, but apparently much too close to home It appears a massive, organized effort to sway elections has been going on right under our noses in the largest of Texas’ “red”...
Earlier today, Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in a lawsuit against an unconstitutional practice whereby tax dollars are spent to pay for the conducting of public sector union business, such as lobbying. The Texas Public Policy Foundation originally filed the...
With the legislative session fast approaching, the coming fight for education reform was previewed yesterday in an interim hearing of the House Committee on Public Education. At the hearing, Randan Steinhauser, the Executive Director for Education Opportunity and a...
At least two races were won through voter fraud in one of Texas’ largest – and most Republican – counties. This was among the findings announced by the organization responsible for exposing what is allegedly the largest voter fraud operation in Texas history. In...
The reviews of Mayor Turner’s preliminary pension reform plan have been split. Some, mostly those from individuals with close ties to the administration, believe the plan could go a long way toward getting ahold of Houston’s growing unfunded liabilities. Meanwhile the...
Apparently the Texas “Ethics” Commission thinks taxpayers are feeling generous, because they voted to give legislators a 15 percent pay raise heading into the spring legislative session. Texans didn’t vote to make the Texas “Ethics” Commission the regulators and...
Arlington officials are promoting five myths regarding the city’s controversial plan to build a new stadium for the Texas Rangers. Texans deserve the truth. Myth #1: If the vote fails, Arlington will lose the Rangers. The Rangers lease extends through 2024, or eight...
The Texas Ethics Commission is set today to dismiss its investigation into Empower Texans after four and a half years of legal wrangling. Now, lawyers for the organization are asking the TEC to levy a $10,000 sanction against the politicians who filed the complaints...
After staff members at the Texas Ethics Commission recommended dismissing all actions against Empower Texans last month, the commissioners made it official today. By a vote of 7-0, with Straus appointee Steve Wolens abstaining, the TEC dismissed its complaints against...
Annoying municipal regulations on plastic shopping bags are under fire again, as the Office of the Attorney General filed suit over one such fee on shopping bags. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the City of Brownsville earlier today over a $1 per...
At their meeting Friday in Austin, the Texas Ethics Commission will consider increasing lawmakers’ compensation, a move that will also make it easier for lobbyists to wine and dine them. The TEC is debating an increase in the per diem, a daily stipend that lawmakers...
Ever since the failure of House Speaker Joe Straus’ plan to appoint a far-left extremist to the Texas Ethics Commission the pressure has been on the Texas House Republican Caucus to hold him accountable for his choice. But instead of stepping up to the plate,...
Now that he doesn’t have to lie to his constituents and pretend to be a conservative, a disgraced out-going member of the House Republican leadership has joined the board of a far-left think tank that advocates for ObamaCare and Planned Parenthood funding. State...
