by Tony McDonald | Sep. 13, 2018 | Commentary
The Texas Ethics Commission has been caught telling lies to the legislators who oversee them. Pretty unethical! But will legislators do anything about it? This week I sent a letter to Ursula Parks, the director of the Legislative Budget Board. That’s the agency tasked...
by Saurabh Sharma | Sep. 13, 2018 | Local
Hidden cockroaches may lull us into complacency, but visible ones can be crushed. Recently released numbers show that investigations of inappropriate sexual relationships between teachers and students have reached all-time highs. These investigations, conducted by the...
by Brandon Waltens | Sep. 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Once again, Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke, the Democrat El-Paso congressman and current candidate for US Senate, will be dodging a debate with his opponent US Sen. Ted Cruz. The debate was one of five proposed by Cruz in July. After initially agreeing to the debates,...
by Brandon Waltens | Sep. 13, 2018 | State, Uncategorized
In a preliminary vote, the State Board of Education unanimously rejected a proposal to remove the Travis Letter and the heroic defenders of the Alamo from the seventh-grade social studies curriculum. The proposal originated from a workgroup tasked with making changes...
by 1836 Studios | Sep. 13, 2018 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Uncategorized
Episode 50: Tony McDonald sits down with Cary Cheshire and Charles Blain to discuss what is happening in the news. Mark Pulliam is back to discuss his newest project intended to “stop the insanity at UT.” Michael Quinn Sullivan has a commentary. ...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Sep. 13, 2018 | Commentary
To the chagrin of the Austin establishment, Texans know who Joe Straus is, the disgraced outgoing speaker of the Texas House. Straus has been the face of a coalition of Democrats, crony Republicans and lobbyists working to thwart the reform agendas of conservatives....
by Alec Wallace | Sep. 12, 2018 | Local
Scooter sharing has made its way to Lubbock and Mayor Dan Pope spared no time before complaining about how the companies that came to town didn’t seek permission to be there. In an interview with KCBD, Pope complained that Bird, the company that operates the service,...
by Salvador Ayala | Sep. 12, 2018 | Federal, Uncategorized
A study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University reveals that federal regulatory growth since 1980 has set the U.S. economy back by $4 trillion. Thankfully, during his first year in office, President Donald Trump’s war on regulations has resulted in the...
by Charles Blain | Sep. 12, 2018 | State
A new accountability tool created by legislation from the 85th Texas Legislature aims to bring more transparency to notoriously opaque local government entities in Texas – special purpose districts. The tool, created by the passage of Senate Bill 625, is the Special...
by Greg Tallant | Sep. 12, 2018 | Commentary
Dear Ms. Tincy Miller, As a constituent in your Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) district, I am writing you with great concern regarding the proposed changes in Texas public school curriculum that would remove the description “heroic” from the Alamo defenders,...
by Brandon Waltens | Sep. 11, 2018 | State
The State Board of Education is under fire from statewide officials as they consider a proposal to remove “hero” from the description of the Alamo defenders in Texas’ seventh-grade history curriculum. The change was proposed by the social studies work group, a...
by Daniel Sauceda | Sep. 11, 2018 | Local
Under pressure from local community organizers and labor groups, the San Antonio City Council passed an ordinance to require all non-profit and for-profit businesses to provide paid sick leave for their employees by an overwhelming majority of 9-2. The Earned Paid...
by Lauren Melear | Sep. 10, 2018 | Local
Once again, Amarillo City Council is making headlines. After originally banning photography and clapping during city council meetings (just ask Kip Billups), the city implemented—and then retracted—7 am meeting times. Now, the city has decided to stop broadcasting the...
by Cary Cheshire | Sep. 10, 2018 | State
A major Texas newspaper is making headlines of its own for firing the head of its Austin bureau after discovering he was apparently peddling “fake news.” On Monday, Houston Chronicle Editor Nancy Barnes announced the resignation of Mike Ward, the...
by Erin Anderson | Sep. 10, 2018 | Local
As Plano City Council prepares to raise taxes, again, one citizen is holding council members accountable for their campaign promises to taxpayers. Council is set to vote tonight on a final budget and property tax rate for the 2018-19 fiscal year. The city’s proposed...
by Charles Blain | Sep. 10, 2018 | State, Uncategorized
A Democratic state lawmaker will likely spend the upcoming legislative session in a jail cell after being convicted of barratry and sentenced to one year. State Rep. Ron Reynolds (D–Missouri City), who also serves as the House Democratic Whip, turned himself in last...
by Erin Anderson | Sep. 10, 2018 | Local
Four school districts across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex passed property tax increases in low-turnout special elections held Saturday. Voters in a fifth district voted down a rate hike. Cedar Hill Independent School District voters defeated their school board’s...
by Brandon Waltens | Sep. 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
After Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller announced he would be leaving his position, Attorney General Ken Paxton appointed Kyle Hawkins as his replacement. “Since joining the attorney general’s office in 2017, Kyle Hawkins has used his legal expertise to fight...
by Miriam Cepeda | Sep. 8, 2018 | Local
Former South Texas Judge Rodolfo “Rudy” Delgado’s motion for continuance was granted for a second time at the Houston federal court last month. Earlier this year, Delgado, a former judge in the 93rd District State court was indicted on federal bribery charges...
by Charles Blain | Sep. 6, 2018 | Local
Since the Houston City Council voted to affirm a group’s right to petition its government, the mayor, his appointees, and allies have taken every opportunity to warn of the fiscal calamity they claim will come if the referendum passes in November. However, a recent...
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