Why the City of Austin Wants Voters to Hike Their Property Taxes
And what Prop Q could mean for the future of local governments in Texas
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Party Discipline
Trumpeted one year, eschewed the next, free speech becomes a political football in Texas.
Texas History Offers Warnings amid Rash of Faculty Firings
Lessons to learn from the politically motivated firing of a UT president in the 1940s
A Wave of School District Takeovers Could Be Coming. Some Past Interventions Ended with More Failing Schools.
Fort Worth ISD is among the districts that could join Houston in having its elected board deposed, while Beaumont and Edgewood ISDs offer a cautionary tale.
News Orgs Fight to Unseal Records in the Paxtons’ Divorce Case
The media outlets, including the Texas Observer, argue that Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Senator Angela Paxton, are elected officials subject to public scrutiny.
How Texas Localities Have (and Haven’t) Spent Settlement Funds to Fight the Opioid Crisis
Experts say that how the opioid funds are used in these early years could set the tone for the next nearly two decades that Texas receives settlement dollars.
Texas Legislature Passes ‘Bounty Hunter’ Ban on Abortion Pills
House Bill 7 attacks one of the last remaining options for reproductive care in Texas and declares legal war on blue states.
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🎶It’s His Party and He’ll…🎶
... try to efficiently administer the primary process and persuade people to fill empty precinct chair positions, among other duties.
New Texas Map Starts Game of Political Musical Chairs
GOP’s Trumped-up redrawing took a wrecking ball to congressional districts. Now comes the mad dash for seats.
West Texas Congressman’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Cuts Could Harm Rural Hospitals in His District
Jodey Arrington was the House architect of Trump’s massive tax-and-spend bill that includes steep healthcare cuts.