Predatory Gambling Interests Become Largest Donor in Texas Railroad Commission Race
One $500,000 donation by the casino advocacy group funded by the Las Vegas Sands Corp. has made it the single largest donor in the runoff election for the Texas Railroad Commission, the department largely responsible for regulating the oil and gas industry. Texas...
BREAKING: Ex-Lottery Chief Re-Indicted
In a stunning about-face, former Texas Lottery Commission Executive Director Gary Grief1 has been hit with the exact same first-degree2 felony charge of abuse of official capacity that Travis County prosecutors quietly dropped just days after his original indictment...
Texas Lottery Scandal Blown Wide Open
In yet another chapter that underscores the Texas Lottery’s long-running saga of scandal and corruption, former Executive Director Gary Grief quietly faced a first-degree felony charge last month,1 only for Travis County prosecutors to let him off the hook almost...
TFR Calls on Texas A&M to Remove Ideological Course Offerings
Today, May 11th, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility sent the following letter to Texas A&M officials regarding ideological course offerings centered on themes of gender theory, identity politics, and grievance-based frameworks, calling for the courses to be removed...
Taxpayer-Funded Failure: Conroe’s $170 Million Hotel Debacle
In Texas, taxpayers are too often promised that government-backed “economic development” projects will pay for themselves. But the unfolding financial disaster in Conroe is a stark reminder that when government picks winners and losers, taxpayers are often left...
Star Texas Tech Transfer QB Is Latest Profile on How Predatory Gambling Is Ruining Sports & Lives
Greedy governments are partnering with the predatory gambling industry to ruin sports, bright futures, and young lives, and it’s all to pad state coffers already lined with record revenues. Now, a Texan and star student athlete is paying the price for the addiction...
Reps Ellzey and Carter Join Dems in Support of Kill Switches in Cars
If you've been scrolling X or other social media platforms lately, you've probably seen the outrage over the so-called "car kill switch" requirement. A post from the John Birch Society on April 271 laid it out plainly: 57 House Republicans voted "no" on an...
May 2 Bond Elections: The Local Debt Tsunami
This Saturday, May 2, Texans in cities, counties, school districts and special districts across the state will head to the polls for local elections that have the potential to carry a heavy price tag. Tens of billions of dollars in new debt from bond proposals...
$47 Million Waste of Taxpayer Money Derailed by Austin Mayor?
The Austin Transit Partnership (ATP)1 tried to pass a massive workspace upgrade2 for themselves, funded with taxpayer dollars. ATP, the agency overseeing the massive Project Connect3 light rail project, was set to vote this week on spending $32 million for an 8-10...