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South Texas water district’s spending practices, fiscal oversight lacking, auditors find | Texas ...

texaswatchdog.org — A state audit of a water district in South Texas, which was the subject of legislative scrutiny last year, reports poor fiscal oversight and lax sp... View in Crawl 4

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Texas Rep. Silvestre Reyes booted by voters in Democratic primary targeted by Houston super PAC |...

texaswatchdog.org — U. S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes was ousted from office Tuesday in what by all accounts was one of the hardest fought and acrimonious primaries in recent... View in Crawl 4

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Ciro Rodriguez leading but runoff likely in Democratic primary for Texas’ congressional District ...

texaswatchdog.org — With 84 percent of the precincts in in the 29-county, 48,000-square-mile district, Rodriguez appeared headed to a runoff with state Rep. Pete Galle... View in Crawl 4

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Disciplinary records offer insight into Hays County sheriff’s race | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — Using information from public records, Sean Kimmons of the Hays Free Press in Kyle provides readers data on the ways two sheriffs managed their off... View in Crawl 4

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Austin Energy’s employee parties, spending on food examined | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — Austin Energy’s finances have been under something like a 500-watt floodlight since the utility provider proposed a rate hike late last year. Toda... View in Crawl 4

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DWI, back taxes keep Starr County commissioner’s race in the news | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — A Starr County commissioner candidate owes about $100,000 in taxes, filed for bankruptcy in 2005 and was arrested on a charge of driving while into... View in Crawl 4

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Tense tenor in Dallas-Fort Worth-area race for Congress | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — With no incumbent, the newly created congressional district 33 has sparked a somewhat furious competition for the right to compete at the next leve... View in Crawl 4

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Disabled vets ripped off by fiduciaries appointed by the VA | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — A Houston Chronicle investigation has revealed that federally approved fiduciaries have stolen from disabled veterans in Texas, in many cases tens ... View in Crawl 4

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Standoff over transparency of Houston firefighters' pension fund prompts legal action | Texa...

texaswatchdog.org — It takes 37 pages of legal threats to raise the interest of the city of Houston’s fire fighter pension fund. Maybe. The city of Houston, frustrate... View in Crawl 4

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Keller, Texas - where city manager cut his own job - finds ways to spend the savings | Texas Watc...

texaswatchdog.org — Thank you, City of Keller, for restoring our shaken faith in government. The whole world, practically, went all soft and weepy in March when your ... View in Crawl 4

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Texas law allows former sex offenders to run for public office | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — Simply because one is a convicted sex-offender does not bar that person from serving in some Texas elected offices. The Amarillo Globe-News looks a... View in Crawl 4

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How unregulated is Texas electricity? Commission considers price increase | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — The electricity generation industry in Texas some insist on referring to as deregulated is facing a price increase ordered by the regulatory Public... View in Crawl 4

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Houston ISD trustees talk budget while withholding budget materials | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — Houston schools trustees and administrators discussed next year’s $1.5 billion budget Thursday morning that would determine how many teachers could... View in Crawl 4

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Statesman seeks court records on taxpayer-subsidized Formula One racing track | Texas Watchdog

texaswatchdog.org — Given the track record (pun most certainly intended) of the investors who brought Formula One to Austin, the public is going to have to file an ope... View in Crawl 4

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As Houston ISD considers bond vote, head of construction for district resigns over ‘inefficient’ ...

texaswatchdog.org — Issa Dadoush presented a letter to his boss on Monday that excoriated the ways Houston public schools officials conducted their business operations... View in Crawl 4

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