Austin Mayor Steve Adler reportedly doesn’t think that cities are contributing to Texas’ enormous property tax problem, according to the Texas Tribune’s Sanya Mansoor. Well, I beg to differ. Property taxes levied by city governments totaled $8.4 billion in in 2015, representing 16 percent of the total share ($52.2 billion). On a per capita basis,...
Raising the age would enhance public safety by lowering recidivism rates among youthful offenders. It is a common sense policy that takes advantage of the benefits the juvenile justice system has to offer, including greater family involvement and individualized treatment.
Texas has saved billions and become safer by thinking outside the cell. Now, state leaders must act to write the next chapter in this criminal justice success story.
ObamaCare has driven up healthcare costs so that average annual expenditures for a family of four have reached $25,826 a year, which is close to half of all of their income. As a nation, the U.S. is now expending more than $3 trillion per year on its healthcare system, an amount greater than the entire GDP of the United Kingdom.
In short, our universities have none but themselves to blame for the growing public backlash from which they are suffering—and will likely suffer further if they continue to treat concerns over campus censorship with what sometimes appears to be smug indifference. By letting ideology trump scholarship, by elevating feelings over rational arguments, by strangling the quest for truth—their reason for being—at the altar of political correctness, our colleges and universities have squandered the almost-devotional respect felt for them by the larger society.
On Saturday, San Antonio will ask voters to approve a massive $850 million bond, split into 6 different propositions, including: Proposition 1: Streets, Bridges, & Sidewalk Improvements ($445.3 M) Proposition 2: Drainage & Flood Control Improvements ($139 M) Proposition 3: Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Improvements ($187.3 M) Proposition 4: Library & Cultural Facilities Improvements...
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings has come under fire recently for his criticism of a controversial bill proposing to overhaul the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System (DPFPS) that’s been referred to as a “massive taxpayer bailout.” Looking at the latest analysis from the Legislative Budget Board, it’s easy to see how Mayor Rawlings might have...
Instead of imposing a one-size-fits-all solution, the 114thCongress could become our national hero. Simply listen to the people and let them have the healthcare they want.
The Killeen Daily Herald reports that city officials misused public funds even while complaining about “a serious revenue problem.” The revelations come to light as the result of an independent audit that found that: Bond funds were used for unauthorized purposes, such as operating expenses, including salaries; Consistent analysis and planning for capital projects was...
Testimony before the House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee in opposition to HB 596 by Brandon Logan, J.D., CWLS.
Testimony before the House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee in support of HB 3297 by Brandon Logan, J.D., CWLS
Something was especially rotten in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the past administration, and the late Justice Scalia would have wholeheartedly agreed.