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Thursday, 02/09/2012 - 07:20PM | By Mark Lisheron
Further establishing that there are no unaccountable federal programs only bad people, authorities have charged a Houston clinic administrator with...
Thursday, 02/09/2012 - 05:52PM | By Jennifer Peebles
Some of our readers may have seen the story we published this morning that reported that the Houston school board was about to break the state's...
Thursday, 02/09/2012 - 10:24AM | By Mike Cronin
The cost of October’s performance audit by a national education nonprofit of the Houston school system’s way of buying goods and services...
Wednesday, 02/08/2012 - 03:22PM | By Mark Lisheron
Austin, where money is no object except for grocery shoppers and taxpayers, is offering weekend rides on its MetroRail train for just $2.2 million a...
Wednesday, 02/08/2012 - 10:31AM | By Steve Miller
The Food Safety News was denied records by the state of Texas to find out exactly which restaurant was linked to a national salmonella outbreak last...
Wednesday, 02/08/2012 - 09:45AM | By Steve Miller
Dallas’ finest have been knocked offline by that most sinister of all criminals. No, not a crazed violent felon or a serial predator. A...
Tuesday, 02/07/2012 - 03:31PM | By Mark Lisheron
Rep. Kay Granger’s tireless work in Washington has delivered nearly 52 million dollars to downtown Fort Worth redevelopment. Taxpayers can rest...
Tuesday, 02/07/2012 - 12:08PM | By Steve Miller
We relayed to you yesterday the stellar reporting of the El Paso Times on political donations from a felon to some high-ranking state...
Monday, 02/06/2012 - 11:39AM | By Mark Lisheron
It is Texas Watchdog’s privilege to extend a laurel and hearty handshake to the El Paso Times for dogging state politicians given more than...
Monday, 02/06/2012 - 08:59AM | By Mike Cronin
If the response by Houston schools officials to past audits is any indication, district parents and residents could see major changes to the school...
Friday, 02/03/2012 - 06:06PM | By Jennifer Peebles
Texas Watchdog's Mike Cronin talked with radio newsman Scott Braddock this morning about his story regarding the Houston schools paying for two...
Friday, 02/03/2012 - 02:56PM | By Steve Miller
In Fort Worth, the school district has decided that rather than let voters decide who will fill a vacant trustee seat, the sitting board is better...
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