Not surprisingly, a lot of Texas businesses are peeved over the new franchise tax (or, rather the changes to the franchise tax) passed by the special session of the Texas Legislature back in 2006:
Hundreds of thousands of Texas businesses, fresh from paying their federal income taxes earlier this month, are now busy calculating what they [...]

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For those who hadn’t noticed our earlier post, Capitol Annex has started a companion book review site, Capitol Annex’s Book Salon. We’ve got our first review of a new title up today. Check it out here.
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Rarely do we get mad enough to use our Photoshop skills, but today was one of those days. Here is our salute to Reps. Berman, Riddle, Bohac and Brown (click on the image for a larger version):

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It should surprise no one that the Texas House’s own Axis of IDiocy–Reps. Betty Brown (R-Terrell), Leo Berman (R-Tyler), Dwayne Bohac (R-Houston) and Debbie Riddle (R-Tomball) are praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Crawford case, upholding Indiana’s voter ID law.
From the Axis of IDiocy’s joint press release:
State Representatives Betty Brown, Leo Berman, Dwayne [...]

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It’s clear to all of us that the educational accountability system in Texas needs to be reformed. And, it is indeed refreshing to see the clarion call come from all over Texas.
However, I doubt I’m the only person who found myself jumping out of my chair and screaming “hypocrites!” when I saw this:
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After attempting to delay his own day in court through a motion to recuse a visiting judge, State Rep. Nathan Macias (R-Bulverde) was given a trial date of May 19 on his challenge to the March 4 GOP primary. Macias claims that there was double voting in his 17-vote defeat at the hands of challenger [...]

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First and foremost, somehow we managed to accidentally turn off users’ ability to comment on posts some time back. We’re not sure how this happened, but we noticed it while trying to implement a new comment strategy here in the Annex.
Second, on a trial basis, we’ve lifted the requirement that readers be registered and logged [...]

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Texas Governor Rick Perry is already doing his best to put potentially strong Democratic challengers to his bid for a third term in 2010 in a position where it would be very difficult for them to run against him. Case in point: John Montford, the former State Senator who was chancellor of Texas Tech and [...]

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…goes to Neil at Texas Liberal: Six Week Wait For Pennsylvania Primary Was Like Crossing A Long Stupid Desert.
I read that in my Bloglines reader a few minutes ago and just had to laugh…because it is true. Adding the word “stupid” to the headline, however, made it worthy of being a headline of the day [...]

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[Thanks to TXSharon for bringing this to our attention].
Hillary Clinton has been the butt of a number of sexist, anti-feminist remarks since launching her campaign for president.
However, a Chicken Express restaurant in Bridgeport, Texas, has taken it beyond the extreme:

[Link to the original photo]
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