Comptroller Orders Spending Reviews of Four Texas School Districts
The comptroller will review whether Austin, Barbers Hill, El Paso and Prosper ISDs spend on classrooms or administration, with a report due by Dec. 31.
Daily Briefing: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Comptroller Don Huffines orders spending reviews of four school districts and moves to end the sales tax on medical records software, STAAR rescoring requests nearly triple, Attorney General Ken Paxton targets children’s clothing makers, Alberta flags more than 3,000 invalid mail-in ballots, and Quebec’s premier-designate names his first priorities.
Ottawa Studied an $18 Billion Fiscal Shock From an Alberta Exit, Documents Show
Finance Canada briefing notes obtained by CBC show Ottawa studying an $18 billion fiscal shock, head-office flight and a flawed pension formula if Alberta leaves, ahead of the province's October 19 vote.
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Comptroller Orders Spending Reviews of Four Texas School Districts
The comptroller will review whether Austin, Barbers Hill, El Paso and Prosper ISDs spend on classrooms or administration, with a report due by Dec. 31.
IN THE MEDIA
Newsweek Cites TNM Position on New Mexico Counties Ahead of House Hearing
Newsweek's preview of the Texas House hearing on New Mexico counties quoted TNM: no position on the counties, but Texans must also have their say.
A Historian Predicts Texas Independence, and Says the Hard Part Is Already Done
Historian and podcaster Brion McClanahan told his audience this week that Texas will become independent, and credited the groundwork already laid: when the moment comes, he said, they "already have it set. They don't have to go through real disruption."
Daniel Miller Makes the Fiscal Case for Texit on The Chris Salcedo Show
On The Chris Salcedo Show, Daniel Miller laid out the Texas Nationalist Movement's new fiscal case for independence: the eighth-largest economy on earth, roughly $68 billion a year overpaid to Washington, and a federal ledger the government is projecting into insolvency.
Secession Speakeasy Sizes Up TNM’s Advances Inside the Texas GOP
A pro-independence show walks its audience through the Partisan's report on the Texas Nationalist Movement's gains at the 2026 Republican convention.
A Historian Reacted to the New York Times’ Independence Story, and Reached for Daniel Miller’s Question
The New York Times ran a long feature this...
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This Month @ The TNM: October 2026
The October 2026 episode covers how Texans can serve as poll workers and poll watchers ahead of the November 3 general election, and where to find official election information in their county.
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The Melancholy Conclusion
The Texians who declared independence in 1836 passed judgment on the people who acquiesced in the destruction of their liberty. Their standard still applies, and it starts with each of us.


