By Lou Ann Anderson Texas Comptroller Susan Combs today announced an unanticipated revenue rise that will provide $101.4 billion to the incoming 83rd Legislature for general purpose spending over the next two years. As Combs’ revenue estimates establish the financial framework for lawmakers to determine the state’s 2014-15 biennium budget, state policy groups are advocating [...]
As Federal Fiscal Cliff Looms East Texas Lesson of Government Waste, Fraud and Abuse By Peggy Venable The federal broadband stimulus program – ill-conceived from its start – continues to be plagued by problems, as illustrated by East Texas’ Peoples Telephone Cooperative and other companies nationwide that are unfairly leveraging more than $7 billion in [...]
Dan Patrick Senator « District 7 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Logan Spence (512) 463-0107 December 19, 2012 Lt. Governor Dewhurst and Sen. Patrick Announce Education Agenda AUSTIN—Today, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and Sen. Dan Patrick (R-Houston) held a press conference to discuss education reform in Texas and changes they plan to make during [...]
December 19, 2012 Statement by Peggy Venable Texas Director of Americans for Prosperity Americans for Prosperity is working to provide Texas parents with choice and students with opportunity. Part of our “Public Schools Plus” plan is to close low performing schools and lift the cap on charter schools. And we must do more. [...]
Austin, TX – Americans for Prosperity-Texas, the Lone Star state’s leading advocate for economic freedom with over 100,000 members statewide, yesterday hand-delivered a letter to the School Board Members of the Round Rock ISD reminding them they work for the taxpayers and have no right to use a censure vote for purely political reasons. The [...]
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