January 09, 2022
How Texas Government Failed to Pay Soldiers On Time [[link removed]]
by Robert Montoya
Texas soldiers are unnecessarily entangled in a train wreck of layered bureaucracies, political issues, staff turnover, and IT headaches. Issues in paying troops, identified last year, persist.
As we previously reported, Operation Lone Star (OLS) is part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s pivot to border security following the Biden–Harris Administration’s abdication of strong border security measures. Essentially, OLS surged members of the Texas National Guard (TNG) and the Texas Dept. of Public Safety to the state’s southern border.
Unfortunately, as Texas Scorecard reported in December, an unknown number of TNG troops involved in OLS were being paid late.
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Statewide Exclusive Interview: Texas GOP Chairman Talks Vaccine Mandates & Unfinished Priorities [[link removed]]
Rinaldi is continuing to call on the state legislature to address unfinished priority issues.
Texas Attorney General Sues Planned Parenthood for Unlawfully Pocketing $10M of Taxpayer Money [[link removed]]
Planned Parenthood has reportedly withheld public money they should’ve paid back to the state Medicaid program.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to Collect Campaign Cash at California Fundraiser [[link removed]]
Orange County, California, is the unusual location for Abbott’s upcoming high-dollar fundraising dinner.
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Local City Implements Two-Tier COVID Leave Policy [[link removed]]
The city policy says vaxxed employees qualify for extended paid leave when sick, unvaxxed do not.
Dallas, Fort Worth School Superintendents Leaving Lucrative Jobs [[link removed]]
More than 60 Texas school superintendents take home salaries over $300,000, including Michael Hinojosa and Kent Scribner.
‘Unconscionable’: Texas Judge Faces Backlash for Setting Low Bond for Child Sex Predator [[link removed]]
A local judge has made it easier for a convicted child sexual predator to be released back onto the streets.
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