Noah Busbee is a rising junior at the University of Richmond, travelling to the east coast from his hometown, Dallas, Texas. The desire to become more informed on political philosophy drove him to pursue the social sciences at the University of Richmond, where he now double majors in PPEL (Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law) along with History.
The U.S. government is bankrolling favored businesses at the expense of taxpayers and other businesses. Again. By continually involving itself in the market, government is impeding economic growth and the potential of industries to reach their full potential. That must change. Congress recently passed the CHIPS Act, which is a $280 billion spending boondoggle that...
In Florida, deputies gave the mother of one teenager they were surveilling a $2,500 fine because she had five chickens in her backyard. They arrested another target’s father after peering through a window in his house and noticing a 17-year-old friend of his son’s smoking a cigarette. Law enforcement agencies have long been searching for...
Austin is in throes of a pronounced affordability crisis, with the area recently ranked as “one of the least affordable cities in U.S. for minimum-wage renters.” Even still, the crisis isn’t stopping Austin-area governments from raising taxes. Last week, Austin’s city manager unveiled a new budget $5 billion budget that includes “a $500 million increase...
El Pasoans are bracing for a big-time tax increase. Earlier this month, the El Paso city council took up the matter of the city’s proposed tax rate which, if adopted, would hike tax bills as “it doesn’t offset a sharp rise in property valuations.” Here’s more from the nonprofit news organization El Paso Matters Under...
Comal ISD, a mid-sized school district located on the I-35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio, raised eyebrows recently with the adoption of its 2022-23 budget. Compared to the previous year, CISD’s newest All Funds budget (which includes spending out of the General Fund, the Child Nutrition Fund, and the Debt Service Fund) increased by...