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Commercial lawsuits blow back on Texas taxpayers
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
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
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?
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’
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
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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