Americans are facing a housing affordability crisis—and Texans are no exception. Texas families struggle to make ends meet with high inflation, stagnating wages, and rising mortgage rates. Add high property taxes to the equation, and it is not difficult to see why 1-in-2 Texans reported that they were behind on rent or mortgage payments and...
For whatever reason, Texas public schools seem to be engaged in an awful lot of election-related shenanigans recently. For instance, a few years ago Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued “cease and desist letters to Brazosport, Holliday and Lewisville Independent School Districts regarding violations of the Texas Education Code for unlawful electioneering.” Later that same...
Here they come again. On Election Day, more than 150 local governmental entities will ask Texas voters for permission to go $21 billion deeper into debt. The borrowing binge comes just as voters approved $24 billion at the ballot box in May. Using the Texas Bond Review Board’s Bond Elections Database, one thing about all...
If physicians have the licensed expertise to prescribe a drug, shouldn’t they be able to sell it to the patient they personally care for? Most states agree, yet Texas is one that continues to say no. In allowing physicians to dispense medication—as do 45 states already—the patient is prioritized. Not only would this make drugs...
There’s a fine line separating prosecution and persecution, yet it’s one that holds the very legitimacy of the justice system within its bounds. When it blurs, the law changes from a tool of public safety into a means of depriving the public of its safety. Unfortunately, a new poll suggests that a majority of American...
DALLAS—Bonton was supposed to be a haven from the crime, the drugs and the poverty. That’s how Daris Lee’s father found himself in the small, secluded Dallas community. Daris’ father was sent from California to live with relatives in Bonton. But it proved to be no haven at all; Daris’ father soon became involved with...
Amarillo voters thought they had made themselves very clear: They weren’t interested in funding a new convention center. Two years ago, they shot down a $275 million bond proposal. No thanks, they said. To get around the voters, Amarillo city hall came up with a complex financing scheme that hinged on the issuance of $260...
Over the last two years, U.S. education was rocked by school closures and interrupted learning. As of spring 2022, 60% of our kids were not doing math on grade level and 50% are below grade level in reading. Parents are frustrated by their lack of ability to control what’s happening to their children. To listen...
How did crime re-emerge as a major concern for voters? According to a Fox News poll of registered voters conducted Oct. 9-12, 89% of voters are “extremely” or “very” concerned about inflation and higher prices while 79% say the same about crime, the number two concern. We know that in the tumultuous summer of 2020, “Defund the...
In California, the embarrassing disconnect between the state’s whole-of-government approach in the fight against climate change versus the smoking reality of spectacular failure is seen where it counts: in the real world. A Wall Street Journal editorial on Oct. 23 cited a University of California study finding that California’s 2020 wildfire emissions “were two times higher than...
The revelations from the massive hack of the Mexican Defense Ministry (#SedenaLeaks) are explosive: A nexus exists between some Mexican government officials, the Mexican military, and drug cartels—all at the expense of Mexican people, but not only. The human rights abuses, unrest, and corruption have spilled over across Texas’ southern border through human and drug...
Right On Crime Executive Director and former U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman recently appeared on Fox Business with host Dagen McDowell, where he dicussed dangerous repercussions of politically motivated criminal justice policies. To view the clip, click here. Some brief excerpts: Dagen McDowell, Fox Business: Everyday, it’s another story, and it’s more gruesome and just as...