Fear and uncertainty over the pandemic are rising again as the first U.S. case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was found in a patient in California and has been spreading across the nation. But let’s not panic and jump to solutions. While this could contribute to the second consecutive winter wave, our new research...
Americans are being crushed by the highest inflation in 39 years. An entire generation has never seen prices rise this fast and they’re feeling the pain in their wallet. But the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) passed by the U.S. House of Representatives will only compound this pain with new spending, taxes, and debt. Americans...
A CBSDFW.com tweet went viral on Tuesday, but for precisely the wrong reason. Instead of getting the dog lovers to heart the photo of K9 Officer Ballentine at Dallas Love Field Airport, twitizens instead focused on the mounds of cash surrounding the pooch. It had been seized from a woman who is not even charged...
Democrats and Republicans are engaged in important debates about how the federal government can best serve families in these challenging economic times. There are no simple answers, but as we enter the holiday season, there is one thing on which we can all agree: Family is essential for achieving the best in our lives and...
Prices are rising faster than at any time in the last 39 years. An entire generation of Americans have never witnessed this kind of monetary mischief and likely don’t understand what’s going on behind the scenes. But believe it or not, it’s all very simple—and downright insidious. As measured by the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
There’s a saying, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” If that’s true, the recent passage of the Biden administration’s “infrastructure” package just added an express lane. The massive $1.2 trillion bill, called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“Jobs Act”), balloons the $29 trillion national debt on what’s largely a green energy...
The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), one of the state’s largest taxpayer-funded lobbying groups, is coming under fire for its refusal to sever ties with the National School Boards Association (NSBA). The NSBA is the same group that, in September, ignited a firestorm when it sent the Biden administration a letter comparing parent protests...
Progressive policies set the stage for a huge uptick in crime and violence this year, costing many people their property and even their lives. More from the Daily Mail: “…at least a dozen large mid-tier cities across the country have already broken their annual [murder] records. The grim trend follows national calls to defund police...
The video is disturbing. A young man stands over a girl, his fists clenched, stomping on her as she screams for help that never comes. A caseworker with the Department of Family and Protective Services, which has custody of the children, stands nearby watching the abuse unfold, but never intervenes. As difficult as it is...
As the nation still processes the shock and horror of the tragedy at Oxford High School, the local Michigan prosecutor has wasted little time in bringing up the matter of accountability. Four young lives have been lost, and someone must be held responsible. But who? There is no real debate the alleged shooter must pay...
Last week, we revealed that local government debt had grown to $389.7 billion in fiscal year 2021, an incredible increase of $14 billion over the previous year’s total. This week, we dig a little deeper into the data to see which types of local government are most responsible for the borrowing binge. A few things...
“Don’t think twice about it. It’s worth it”—that’s the advice Jessica Pascua has for parents considering the Early Intervention program, a federally and state-mandated program now implementing telehealth services that focuses on meeting the health needs of young children. “It has really been a life support for our family,” she says. “If you can have that...