by Jacob Asmussen | Mar. 12, 2019 | Local, State
Austinites, your city officials are using millions of your dollars on a troubling project: ensuring you have less control over your own money. Austin City Council has employed an expensive team of lobbyists who are assigned the task of swaying state and federal...
by Erin Anderson | Mar. 11, 2019 | Local
On the final day for filing legislation, a Dallas mayoral candidate who’s also a member of the Texas Legislature submitted a bill that would take city council members’ hands out of the affordable housing tax credit cookie jar. State Rep. Eric Johnson (D–Dallas),...
by Charles Blain | Mar. 11, 2019 | Local
In a rare occurrence, a lobbyist sent to the legislature by Harris County admitted that he was funded by tax dollars to advocate against taxpayers’ interests. Ben Stephens, a Houston-based lobbyist retained by the county, testified against Senate Bill 554 saying that,...
by Brandon Waltens | Mar. 11, 2019 | State
The topic of campus speech was front and center as the Senate State Affairs Committee considered legislation to protect free speech at public universities on Monday. College administrations have long made an issue of reining in free speech on their campuses and,...
by Robert Montoya | Mar. 11, 2019 | Local
Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley recently doubled down against property tax reform and argued not only that taxes are not too high, but that the government needs to spend even more. At the Texas House Ways and Means Committee hearing on House Bill 2, Whitley argued...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 11, 2019 | State
Conservative firebrand Dan Patrick has released his list of priority legislation he believes the Texas Senate must pass. Now, citizens are getting to work reviewing the lieutenant governor’s mixed bag of proposals. “Liberals and the left-wing will be fighting against...
by Rachel Bovard | Mar. 11, 2019 | Commentary, Federal
Customs and Border Patrol released statistics last week showing the highest number of apprehensions at the border in 11 years. But along with the numbers of illegal crossers, an equally serious crisis is growing—that of sexual and other types of violence perpetrated...
by Owen Stroud | Mar. 10, 2019 | Sports
In working with the Texas Leadership Charter Academy Arlington softball team every day, coach David Beaver is reminded of why he got into coaching and of all the little rewards that have kept him in the game for roughly the last two decades.“With this group, it’s not...
by Owen Stroud | Mar. 10, 2019 | Sports
Former McKinney High School standout Jontrell Rocquemore will look back fondly on his recently completed Utah State Aggies football career.Consider the safety’s four-time placement as an Academic All-Mountain West honoree, his 2018 Phil Steele Second-Team...
by Owen Stroud | Mar. 10, 2019 | Sports
Tipa Galeai, a Euless resident and Trinity High School graduate, was recently honored for his exploits with the Utah State Aggies football team.The 6-5, 230-pound linebacker was named Second-Team All-Mountain West and Phil Steele Second-Team All-Mountain West in 2018,...
by Owen Stroud | Mar. 10, 2019 | Sports
Mohelika Uasike of Euless is a redshirt junior nose guard for the Utah State Aggies, who describe the 6-1, 295-pounder “big and athletic” and “explosive off the ball and very physical” on their website.As a center for the L.D. Bell High School Blue Raiders in Hurst,...
by Owen Stroud | Mar. 10, 2019 | Sports
Round Rock’s Rob Castaneda recently completed his tenure as an offensive lineman for the Utah State Aggies with two 2018 honors: a Phil Steel Third-Team All-Mountain West selection and an Honorable Mention on the All-Mountain West team.The 6-4, 305-pounder was a...
by Owen Stroud | Mar. 10, 2019 | Sports
Hailing from Beaumont, Justen Hervey recently capped a four-year career as a running back for the Utah State Aggies.As a 5-10, 190-pound senior running back at Westbrook High School, Hervey earned a state ranking of 251, according to Maxpreps.com. As his Utah State...
by 1836 Studios | Mar. 10, 2019 | Texas Scorecard Video
Rachel Malone from Gun Owners of America stops by to discuss gun bills in the 86th Texas Legislature. Also, State Rep. Jonathan Stickland has another “Bad Bill of the...
by Texas Scorecard | Mar. 8, 2019 | Federal
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn released the following statements after President Trump nominated Jeff Brown to fill a judicial vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Galveston, and Brantley Starr to fill a judicial vacancy on the...
by Jacob Asmussen | Mar. 8, 2019 | Local
Austin City Council is finally making affordability easier. But only for some people. Recently, city council passed a resolution dubbed “affordability unlocked,” which finally removes some city restrictions to building new housing. Eliminating the restrictions will...
by Erin Anderson | Mar. 8, 2019 | Local
Former Richardson Mayor Laura Maczka and the land developer who she took bribes from and later married were found guilty of conspiring to cheat the public in a scheme to build a controversial real estate project. A jury convicted Maczka and her now-husband Mark Jordan...
by Ross Kecseg | Mar. 8, 2019 | State
A coauthor of a House proposal for school finance reform and property tax relief concedes that property taxpayers may be disappointed by its minimal impact on their wallets. Both Democrat and Republican House lawmakers are pushing House Bill 3, labeled the “Texas...
by Erin Anderson | Mar. 8, 2019 | State
Do free speech rights end at the polls? Two Texas voters don’t think so. They were denied the ability to vote because of what they wore to the polls, and they’re suing to overturn the state’s anti-free speech dress code for polling places. Dallas County resident Tony...
by Brandon Waltens | Mar. 8, 2019 | State
While lawmakers in both chambers of the Texas Legislature are working on property tax plans that offer some small amount of actual relief to the average homeowner, legislation filed in the Texas House could offer homeowners significant savings. But the tax swap comes...
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