Texas is selling $5.4 billion in short-term IOUs to manage our cash flow over the next few months. The process is called “Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes,” or sometimes called TRANs. It’s the first time we’ve had to do that in three years. The bad news is, a slide in oil and natural gas prices […]

A Texas Senate panel approved penalties to combat mail-in ballot fraud. “Mail-ballot voting is a prime target for illegal voting and election fraud,” said Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, who authored the measure, Senate Bill 5. “In the U.S., the right to vote is sacred. Any attempt to steal an American’s vote … must […]

Located halfway between Austin and Houston is a small city with a bad reputation. La Grange has fewer than six thousand residents and sits on tdhe Colorado River. The county courthouse and quilt museum are currently big attractions. But as Texans know, the Chicken Ranch is what La Grange is famous for. That story is […]

After a flurry of campaign commercials and (mostly negative) mail pieces, the primary run-off has come and gone. With the Election Day occurring on the Tuesday following the Memorial Day holiday (May 27), turnout was predictably low. Thunderstorms occurring across the state likely lowered turnout further. This election cycle pit Republican vs. Republican in a […]