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Commercial lawsuits blow back on Texas taxpayers
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Lawsuits over commercial property appraisals are on the rise in Texas, and taxpayers are footing an ever-bigger legal bill. The tide of lawsuits comes as large commercial entities contest double-digit increases in property values that produce correspondingly bigger tax bills.
Read More →One-percenters: Rich EB-5 immigrants get free service at taxpayer expense
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The Obama administration’s fetish for wealthy foreign nationals — expressed through relentless promotion of an immigrant investor program — has spilled over to little-known a bureaucratic backwater: the Ombudsman’s Office of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Read More →Official vows to stop Lone Star Rail in its tracks
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Its designated route blocked, the faltering Lone Star Rail project could lose its funding lifeline next month. “To move forward is a waste of taxpayer money,” Hays County Commissioner Will Conley told Watchdog.org.
Read More →Illegal SNAP: Food stamp formula biased in favor of immigrants?
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Texas issues food stamps to households with illegal immigrants, but the state cannot say how much or how many. Nationally, a new report charges that families housing illegals get preferential treatment.
Read More →Housing prices rise as city plays the ‘market’
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Free-market advocates say San Antonio’s “market rent” program is boosting consumer costs and amounts to a “subsidy for the rich.”
Read More →Criminal immigrants dodge deportation orders as Senate kills sanctuary city penalties
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Illegal immigrants in Texas were convicted of 155,000 criminal offenses — including homicide and sexual assault — during the past five years, records show.
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