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Local Governments are Making the Affordability Crisis Worse

There is an affordability crisis in Texas, and local governments are making it worse. With bloated budgets and reckless spending, cities are making it difficult for Texans to own a home and raise a family. The city of Dallas, for example, recently passed a nearly $5 billion budget—the largest in the city’s history. The budget...

September 29, 2023
Technology

Why the Lone Star State Has an Ethical Responsibility to Regulate AI

Earlier this month, six tech titans from Google, Microsoft, Meta, Tesla, and OpenAI met with lawmakers behind closed doors to discuss the future of artificial intelligence (AI). And although they reached an overwhelming consensus on the need for regulating AI, it appears that Elon Musk still remains one of the few vocal leaders fighting for...

September 28, 2023
Taxes & Spending

Why is Central Health Spending So Much?

On Tuesday, Travis County commissioners approved a controversial new budget for Central Health that has many wondering why the hospital district is spending so much. In the upcoming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, Central Health will spend a whopping $744 million, which is “an effective 18.4% year-over-year budget increase.” You read that right—the district’s...

September 28, 2023
Foreign Policy

7 ways to fix the most glaring issues facing America’s military

Let’s refocus and ensure US military is the world’s most effective and respected fighting force In a world beset by the specters of geopolitical instability and rapidly advancing technology, the United States military should be a bulwark of strength and focus. It should reflect the finest virtues of our society – courage, integrity, and above all, readiness...

September 28, 2023
Energy & Environment

Green Garbage

“It’s just a hazard all the way around,” says Pamela Meyer, a resident of Sweetwater, Texas. Sweetwater, Texas is home to the Sweetwater wind farm, the largest wind farm in the world when it was built in in 2007. The town’s inviting welcome sign is painted on a grounded turbine blade on the edge of...

September 26, 2023
Taxes & Spending

Beware, Beaumont Taxpayers—and Everyone Else

Last week, the Beaumont City Council gave its unanimous approval to a $329.7 million budget and a new tax rate for fiscal year 2024, both of which will add financial pressure to already-strained family budgets.   Beginning Oct. 1, the new tax rate is $0.681485 per $100 of value, which represents a very minor decrease...

September 26, 2023
Property Rights

Judges, Show Your Work

Dismissed—with prejudice, yet without explanation. This was the order Shana Elliott and Larry Kalke received from a Texas court after four hard-fought months of litigation. Shana and Larry dared to challenge College Station’s restrictions on properties outside city limits, arguing the city’s failure to afford them representation in city council rendered the restrictions unconstitutional. The...

September 26, 2023
Taxes & Spending

Central Health Pitches a Big Tax Increase

Last week, Central Health, Travis County’s hospital district, presented its Fiscal Year 2024 budget to the Travis County Commissioners Court. Under the proposed budget, the health care district would spend $744 million in total, “an increase from 2023’s $628.5 million.” That’s nearly a 20% increase year-over-year. To support all the new spending, it’s seeking a...

September 25, 2023
Taxes & Spending

What is it they say about a fool and his money?

School districts across the state are anticipating the passage of the property tax relief proposition by voters this November and are already poised to slowly erode any relief that taxpayers may receive. Outside of the monuments to future generations debt that are some high school district sports complexes, or the absurd salaries and benefits awarded...

September 25, 2023
Criminal Justice

Progressive purity on crime is coming at the expense of public safety

On just one Saturday night this month, three DePaul University students, all women, were robbed within half an hour on the school’s Lincoln Park campus in Chicago. One of the women was hit in the face by her assailant. Across town, numerous armed robberies and murders were taking place at the same time. In all, Chicago reported at least 22...

September 25, 2023
Criminal Justice

How Hunter Biden’s treatment by Justice Department dramatically differs from similar gun, corruption cases

Justice Department traditionally offers an unforgiving, hard line on firearms offenses No one can claim surprise that the law is finally catching up to Hunter Biden. I’ve warned before that this could be “one of the biggest political scandals in American history,” and we have just witnessed the first time a son of a sitting...

September 20, 2023
Immigration

Texas has moved the conversation about illegal immigration to New York City

There’s no doubting New York City Mayor Eric Adams‘ liberal bona fides; he once denounced a political opponent for not defending Black supremacist Louis Farrakhan vociferously enough. So when Mr. Adams says that open borders and a constant flow of illegal immigrants mean that “the city we knew, we’re about to lose,” we know that a fundamental shift has taken...

September 20, 2023
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