Texas Gets A Waiver From No Child Left Behind
Texas has finally secured a waiver from No Child Left Behind after several attempts by the Texas Education Agency. No Child Left Behind, part of the Elementary (NCLB) was the most recent...
View ArticleThe EPA Is A Wood Stove Watchdog
With the Government shut down going on and winter approaching, we were wondering who was going to protect us from woodstove smoke now? With less than 7% of EPA employees deemed essential, roughly...
View ArticleMore Wind Energy Welfare In The Works
The Wind Energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) was enacted in 1992 and was designed to give what was regarded as an infant wind energy industry the ability to grow. Although originally set to expire in...
View ArticleSBOE Seeks To Tweak House Bill 5.
Texas has a brand new education law but, after only a few months, government agencies are already looking for ways to change it. Designed to give students and schools more options, and for students...
View ArticleTexas Seeks To Stop Human Trafficking
The fact is, most Texans probably do not realize that Human Trafficking is a huge issue in the Lone Star State. On the surface it sounds like an issue that far away countries deal with, not good ol’...
View ArticleNo, The U.N. Won’t Own Or Run The Alamo, But…
The Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution Recently, alarms sounded when Infowars reported that the United Nations was going to take over the Alamo. Infowars also stated that the UN Flag could...
View ArticleWhen Few Vote, Only The Few Win
If you want to get a Constitutional Amendment passed in the State of Texas, the odds are greatly in your favor, 88%, to be exact. Texas went 9-0 this past year, and that is not abnormal. In the...
View ArticleJohn Cornyn Attempts To Reform Federal Prisons, Texas Style
Senator John Cornyn introduced this week a Federal Prison reform plan based on the Texas Model. I for one am a bit nervous. As a former Correctional Officer who has been around politicians enough to...
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