Bill places city’s home rule, ordinances at risk FROM BROWNSVILLE HERALD BY TY JOHNSON | STAFF WRITER | Posted: Monday, March 2, 2015 10:33 pm Texas A freshman legislator has filed a bill this session that threatens to end more than a century of home-rule in Texas and undo a litany of progressive local ordinances…
Bill Would Eliminate ‘Conscience Exemption’ To Getting Vaccinations FROM WOAI.COM A measure filed in the Texas Legislature would eliminate the so called ‘Conscience Exemption’ which allows parents to bypass the state’s ‘no shots no school’ law, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports. State Rep Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) says he was motivated by spread of infectious disease…
Local Control or Local Tyranny? Feb 27, 2015 From Empower Texas by Ross Kecseg With the legislative session in full swing, Texans will soon face a barrage of political propaganda disguised with “conservative-sounding” messaging designed to sell them on anti-taxpayer policies. One of the most prominent will be the effort by state and local politicians…
