by Cary Cheshire | May. 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
After the Texas Freedom Caucus declared open and total war on House Leadership, grassroots leaders around the state are rallying around them. Northeast Tarrant Tea Party President Julie McCarty said on Twitter she’d been hearing a ton of praise for those members who...
by Cary Cheshire | May. 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
After conservatives announced their intent to kill more than one hundred bills today, House Speaker Joe Straus and his allies surrendered and acquiesced to their demands. Straus had little choice. While he likely had the votes to do so, overriding the House Freedom...
by 1836 Studios | May. 12, 2017 | Texas Scorecard Video
by Charles Blain | May. 12, 2017 | Local
Making an even stronger case for why Texas’ municipal pension systems should be handled locally, and why voters should retire some lawmakers by force, a member of the Texas House took to Twitter to threaten the pension plans of Houston Firefighters who called him out...
by Cary Cheshire | May. 11, 2017 | State
After Democrats and their Republican enablers moved to punish conservatives, the Texas House Freedom Caucus has declared total war on Friday’s calendar. On Thursday evening, liberal Democrat Senfronia Thompson of Houston moved to suspend the rules and set a Local...
by Cary Cheshire | May. 11, 2017 | State
After conservative lawmakers objected to a motion by a liberal Democrat, members of their own party stabbed them in the back and punished them by killing their bills. On Thursday, as lawmakers faced a deadline to advance legislation under the House rules, liberal...
by Reagan Reed | May. 11, 2017 | Local
Two recently registered voters in Montgomery County approved almost $175 million in bonds for newly created Municipal Utility District 145 in the May 6 election. The two temporary voters also voted to levy taxes on future residents. The district is the creation of...
by Erin Anderson | May. 11, 2017 | Local
This article has been updated since publishing. With hundreds of suspicious mail-in ballots now reviewed and counted, results in three close Dallas County elections remain unchanged. But the criminal investigation into the allegedly-forged mail ballots continues. That...
by Ross Kecseg | May. 11, 2017 | Local
The outgoing mayor from one of North Texas’ most conservative cities joined the anti-taxpayer coalition of local politicians and government lobbyists Wednesday to testify in Austin against property tax reform. City of Frisco Mayor Maher Maso – who campaigns as a...
by Cary Cheshire | May. 11, 2017 | State, Uncategorized
Typically, rats are the first passengers to flee a sinking ship—looking to save their own hide rather than go down with the captain. But members of the Texas House are boarding a vessel that is already taking on water in order to claim they were part of the crew....
by Miriam Cepeda | May. 11, 2017 | Local
Calls for accountability were silenced in McAllen as supporters of Othal Brand Jr. watched the outcome of last week’s mayoral race this past Saturday. The City of McAllen’s May 6 election consisted of two contested seats: Mayor and City Commission District 2....
by Greg Harrison | May. 11, 2017 | Local
One central Texas county is rapidly increasing its debt load, having approved another bond measure on the backs of taxpayers. Taxpayers in Hays County can expect yet another property tax increase after Hays Consolidated Independent School District’s $250 million bond...
by Greg Harrison | May. 10, 2017 | Local
Some congratulations are in order for a group of concerned taxpayers who successfully denied their school district’s wasteful and misleadingly advertised bond on Saturday. Round Rock ISD asked voters to approve three propositions totaling $572 million on the May...
by Ross Kecseg | May. 10, 2017 | State, Uncategorized
Texans facing skyrocketing appraisals and local inaction are clamoring for state lawmakers to pass sweeping property tax reform. Such measures are desperately needed as property owners currently pay the sixth highest property tax rates in the nation, while homeowners...
by Greg Harrison | May. 10, 2017 | Local
After an incredibly busy election cycle for San Antonio residents almost came to an end on Saturday, the city is now headed for runoffs in June. The spotlight, of course, is on the Mayoral race. Although incumbent Mayor Ivy Taylor pulled the lion’s share of the vote –...
by Charles Blain | May. 10, 2017 | Local
Houston Independent School District Recapture Revote Passes Houston ISD’s Robin Hood ballot proposition was, again brought to voters to decide if they wanted to send tax dollars to the state’s school funding program, or allow the Texas Education Agency to carve out...
by Cary Cheshire | May. 10, 2017 | State
With fewer than twenty days left in the legislative session, many conservative reforms have been placed on life support thanks to intentional delay and obstruction on the part of House Speaker Joe Straus and his hatchet-man Byron Cook (R–Corsicana). Chief among them...
by Cary Cheshire | May. 9, 2017 | State
As the chairman of the Texas House GOP Caucus, State Rep. Tan Parker (Flower Mound) is expected to be the grassroots’ quarterback on the floor, leading the fight to pass legislation consistent with the party platform and demanding that legislation makes it over the...
by Erin Anderson | May. 9, 2017 | Local
On May 6, local government entities around Texas asked voters to approve billions in taxpayer-backed spending and bond debt. In most cases, voters obliged them – or at least a small percentage of voters did. In the Metroplex, where voter turnout for the local...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | May. 9, 2017 | Local, Uncategorized
With multiple investigations of voter fraud underway in the Metroplex, a Democrat officeholder wants the Empower Texans’ bureau chief there investigated for reporting on the story. Thousands of votes are possibly involved in an illegal vote harvesting scheme in Dallas...
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