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Here is today's Texas Minute.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan 

Tuesday, February 11, 2020
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• U.S. Rep. Kay Granger has been caught lying about the tax-funded boondoggle run by her overpaid and unqualified son. Rep. Granger told Texas Scorecard the $1.2 billion project had completed a flood study that’s required to secure federal taxpayer funds. 
     

• But it hasn’t, and she knows it.
     

• A 2018 investigative report revealed federal funds were halted specifically because no study had been done. Records also show the Grangers fought and successfully removed a study requirement from a 2016 appropriations bill out of fear that a study would tank the project. Ross Kecseg and Robert Montoya have the details.

      
• While the Obama Administration was happy to throw taxpayers dollars into the Grangers’ project, the current occupant of the White House has not. It was reported yesterday the Trump Administration is only releasing funds for a feasibility study – something that has never been done.
     
• As part of an ongoing series looking at the candidates in west Texas’ Congressional District 11, Matt Stringer profiles Jamie Berryhill who is one of 10 candidates seeking the Republican nomination to succeed retiring Mike Conaway. 
      
• Our friends at Direct Action Texas wrote this weekend about the valuable education the debacle in Iowa has given America about “voting apps.”
       
• “At a time when American and Texan distrust of election administration is increasing, adding novelty to the process is bad governance. Iowa is just the latest case in point.” – Direct Action Texas
      
• According to a new lawsuit, the Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District has engaged in retaliation against its employees’ political activities. David Vasquez reports that a dozen school district employees claim they received punishments — including pay decreases and demotions — for their involvement in a political campaign against members of the school board. 
         
• Wylie City Council Member Matthew Porter is resigning his position to run for mayor in this May’s election. Erin Anderson reports that Porter has been a consistent advocate for taxpayers and commonsense fiscal restraint in city government.

• As you are considering candidates, let me recommend the Texas section of iVoterGuide. They use a variety of metrics to offer an objective review of candidates ideological positions.
      
• PROGRAMMING NOTE: The Texas Minute will return on Thursday.