Ector County ISD is currently pushing a new local debt proposal. While student enrollment is projected to increase, necessitating the need for new capacity, citizens are left wondering why the poor-performing district appears solely focused on new buildings as opposed...
Calling him a “fearless conservative leader,” State Sen. Don Huffines endorsed Matt Rinaldi for re-election in House District 115’s Republican Primary. Huffines, also a Dallas County Republican, described his own endorsement as being“enthusiastically” offered. “Matt...
While many voters focus on legislative and executive races, the judiciary — particularly the Supreme Court of Texas — wields profound influence over the state’s economy and the lives of all Texans. For that reason, Texas’ largest taxpayer group today endorsed Michael...
The misdeeds of the speech regulators at the Texas Ethics Commission are beginning to draw the attention of national media. J. Christian Adams is out today at PJ Media with a story exposing how bureaucrats at the TEC are working with speech regulators from a list of...
Who should our system of justice serve, the government or the citizenry? The answer seems obvious. Yet in too many real and practical ways, the justice system of the 21st century has devolved into one more focused on serving itself than serving the people. In Texas...
Restore Justice today announced that Lawrence Jones will be traveling across Texas discussing the need for criminal justice reform. “Texans have taken important steps in bringing needed reforms to the state’s criminal justice system,” said Jones, who will serve as...
A glaring example illustrating just how much government bureaucracies dislike competition from citizens is Houston’s “Charitable Feeding Ordinance.” The adversely-named law has the effect of increasing government dependency while criminalizing Houstonians seeking to...
City officials in Plano are working to block a citizen-led petition effort demanding a public vote on “Plano Tomorrow,” a recently approved development plan that’s drawn notable opposition from local residents for its push to expand high-density housing and...
A fight is brewing over a proposed multi-million-dollar fee hike from the state’s Department of Agriculture, with the state’s lieutenant governor telling the agency to “put the brakes on” it. Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has said his agency needs the new funds...
The State of Texas will be sending less of your tax dollars to organizers of Austin’s Formula One race, Governor Greg Abbott’s office announced this week. The news has stakeholders of the track threatening the cancellation of the annual race to scare state officials...
After another state agency tried to abuse their legislative authority, Gov. Greg Abbott is reminding the state’s lottery commission to not to exceed their authority and illegally expand gambling in Texas. The state constitution forbids the expansion of gambling...
Conservatives sometimes joke that major media outlets are as biased as Pravda, the infamous state-run newspaper of the Soviet Union. But in Texas, we literally have taxpayer-funded media outlets. A search of state records show that taxpayers paid $111,195.85 and...
Houston Mayor Annise Parker’s signature ‘Equal Rights Ordinance’ (HERO)—which she has been tirelessly fighting for over the last 18 months—failed spectacularly last week, with 61% of Houstonians voting against it. But what killed the ordinance that seemed to be on a...
“For many years I trusted that my country was in good hands. That was until this administration took office and I realized my country was changing at an alarming pace,” said Pat Tibbs, a founder, board member, and the president of the Montgomery County Tea Party...
Earlier this week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his appointments to the Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform and Relief. “The Select Committee on Property Tax Reform and Relief will travel the state holding public hearings and look for ways to improve the...
Democrats nationwide lost big this November. But while the coast-to-coast swell of citizen-engagement has traded in liberal Democrats for Republicans, liberal Republicans in Texas are also being rejected in favor of more conservative alternatives. An ever-increasing...
Houstonians largely renounced HERO Houstonians came out in full force to defeat Proposition 1, outgoing Mayor Annise Parker’s signature ordinance, by 60%. The Houston Mayoral Race is finally down to Sylvester Turner and Bill King Though most expected Turner and King...
A stunning pattern of misconduct by Collin County Judge Chris Oldner gives further weight to allegations that indictments against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are politically motivated. Earlier this year, a Collin County Grand Jury picked by Oldner indicted...
Nearly half of the members of the State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) have personally endorsed Jeff Judson in the HD 121 Republican primary, according to his campaign – a challenger to current House Speaker Joe Straus. Such a public repudiation of the speaker...
