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7/1/25 Texas Democrat Colin Allred is Running Again
-Colin Allred Launches Another Senate Bid After 2024 Defeat-Lawmakers Ask Abbott To Put Library Limits on Special Session Agenda-Austin ISD Considers Consolidating Schools Amid Budget Shortfalls
6/30/25 Secret Social Transitioning at School
- Houston Parents Sue HISD Over Daughter’s Secret Social Gender Transition- Texas Education Board Delays Vote on New Standards for Trustee Training- Allen ISD Elementary Teacher Indicted for Sexual Contact With Students
6/27/25 A Major Win at the Supreme Court
- US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Verification Law for Online Porn Sites- Texas Agency Orders Universities To Disclose Illegal Alien Students- Texas To Become ‘Bitcoin Sanctuary’
6/26/25 Feds Drop Investigation into Proposed Islamic Compound
- US Justice Department Drops Investigation Into EPIC City- Lawsuit Challenges Texas’s New Law Requiring Display of the Ten Commandments in Classrooms- Texans Can Use Precious Metals in Everyday Transactions Under New Law
6/25/25 What’s on the Ballot Next?
- 17 Proposed Amendments Head to Voters in November- Pro-Life Coalition Urges Abbott to Add Abortion Pill Ban To Special Session- ‘Make Texas Healthy Again’ Proposal Signed into Law
6/24/25 Insurance to Cover Detransitioning
- Gov. Abbott Signs Measure Requiring Insurance To Cover Detransition Care - Is Texas Shielding Thousands of Illegal Aliens From Deportation With ‘U Visas’?- Joan Huffman Launches Campaign for Texas Attorney General
6/23/25 Greg Abbott Calls Lawmakers Back to Work
- Gov. Greg Abbott Announces July 21 Special Session- Late-Night Veto: Abbott Rejects THC Ban Bill- Abbott Vetoes Proposal To Allow Teachers on Appraisal Boards
6/20/25 Illegal Aliens Smuggled into Texas
- Former US Soldier Sentenced for Smuggling Illegals Into Texas- General Mills Will Remove Artificial Dyes After Paxton Investigation- New Teacher Misconduct Reporting Law Closes ‘Pass the Trash’ Loopholes
6/19/25 A Disastrous Session for TLR
- Texans for Lawsuit Reform Shakes Up Leadership After Disastrous Legislative Session- Abbott Backs Kelly Hancock as He Steps Into Comptroller Office- KP George Switches Parties as Legal Troubles Mount in Fort Bend County
6/18/25 The Political Prosecution is Over
- A Decade Later, State Charges Against Ken Paxton Officially Dismissed- Left-Wing Groups Fight Against Termination of In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens- Supreme Court Blocks Texas Lawsuit Over Nuclear Waste Site
6/17/25 Eliminating Property Taxes
- Texas GOP: Legislature Must Finish Work on Key Conservative Reforms- Alleged Noncitizen Voters Under Investigation by Texas AG- Texas Democrats Elect Socialist Vice-Chair
6/16/25 Could Lawmakers Be Called Back to Austin?
-Abbott Hints at Potential Special Session on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban-Texas GOP Moves Forward With Closed Primaries, Chairman Says Lawsuit Likely-El Salvadoran Illegal Alien Receives Death Penalty for Murder of Harris County Deputy
6/13/25 Cities Prepare for Leftist Protests
-City Officials Across Texas Promise Order on Saturday Ahead of Nationwide Protests-AG Paxton Files Suit Against Genetic Testing Company Over Privacy Concerns-Harris County Officially Ends Failed Guaranteed Basic Income Program
6/12/25 Texas Students are Struggling
-New STAAR Results Reveal Students ‘Not Where They Need To Be Academically’-Trump DOJ Official Aaron Reitz Enters Race for Texas Attorney General-FBI Dallas Announces 109 Children Rescued, 244 Offenders Arrested in Child Exploitation Investigation
6/11/25 Texas Prepares for Leftist Riots
-Abbott to Deploy Texas National Guard Amid Nationwide Protests, Riots-President Trump Vows To Restore Fort Hood Name-Texas Man Arrested After Allegedly Giving Girlfriend Abortion-Inducing Drug
6/10/25 Big Wins for Gun Rights in Texas
-New Laws Protecting Citizens’ Gun Rights Set To Take Effect This Year-After Judges Drop Asylum Cases, ICE Makes Arrests at Houston Courthouse-US Supreme Court Shoots Down Mexico’s Lawsuit Against American Gun Companies
6/9/25 George Soros Wants to Turn Texas Blue
-Soros-Backed Group Relaunches Effort to Turn Texas Blue with Multimillion-Dollar Push-Texas A&M Political Science Textbook Attacks Trump-Judge: Texas Lottery Commissioners Must Protect Disputed $83.5M Jackpot
6/6/25 Biden-Style Loan Repayments in Texas
- Republicans Urge Abbott to Veto ‘Biden-Style’ Loan Repayments for School Counselors- Banking Lobbyists Reportedly Urging Gov. Abbott to Veto Transactional Gold Legislation- SAVE Data Helps Texas Nab Potential Noncitizen Voters
6/4/25 Major Bail Reform Signed into Law
- Gov. Abbott Signs Historic Bail Reform Laws to Combat the Release of Violent Offenders- TEA Extends Control of Houston ISD Until 2027, Appoints New Board Members- Lawsuit Accusing Lotto Ticket Reseller Service of Fraud Dropped
6/3/25 A Last-Minute Deal in the Legislature
- Texas Lawmakers Vote To Increase Judicial Pay and Their Own Pensions in Last-Minute Deal- Conflict of Interest? House Republicans Urge Abbott to Veto Appraisal Board Bill- Legislation Prohibiting Soda and Candy Purchases Using SNAP Benefits Heads to Governor’s Desk
6/2/25 The Legislature Leaves Austin
- Legislature Adjourns—Now the Governor Has the Last Word- Parental Rights Bill Banning DEI, Social Transitioning, and ‘Sex Clubs’ in Schools Heads to Governor- Effort to Restore AG’s Authority to Prosecute Election Fraud Killed as Deadline Passes
5/30/25 Protecting Texas Land
- Texas Legislature Sends Foreign Land Ownership Ban to Governor- House Rejects Paxton’s Call on Election Integrity Measure- Harris County Bureaucrats Among America’s Highest-Paid Government Employees
5/29/25 Texas Democrats Kill Jocelyn’s Law
- With Democrats Holding Out, Bail Reform Push Collapses in Texas House- Legislation to Make Vaccine Manufacturers Liable Passes Senate- Houston Ends Traffic Stop Quotas in Unanimous Vote
5/28/25 Drag Queen Story Hours Continue
- Legislation to Bar Funding for Libraries who Host Drag Shows Dies in House - Illegally in U.S. And Released, Now Tied to Deadly Jet Ski Crash- ‘Trey’s Law’ Means Nondisclosures No Longer Protect Sexual Predators
5/27/25 Will the Texas House Pass Jocelyn’s Law?
- ‘Jocelyn’s Law’ Stalled in Texas House as Democrats Withhold Support- Sources: Kelly Hancock Angling for Appointment as Comptroller- House Greenlights $1.5 Billion in Film Subsidies
5/23/25 Food Stamps for Soda?
- House Passes Legislation Prohibiting Purchase of Soda With SNAP Benefits- Lawmakers Look to Slash School Superintendents’ Severance Pay- House Members Push to Pass Abortion Pill Ban Before Time Runs Out
5/22/25 Texas Cracks Down on THC
- Texas House Approves Crackdown on THC Products Following Push from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick- Texas House Advances Legislation to Block Local Abortion Travel Funding- Harris County Sheriff’s Office Plans Return of Outsourced Inmates
5/21/25 Illegals Self-Deporting
- First Charter Flight From Houston Returns Self-Deporting Illegals- Shaheen Claims Error, Then Doubles Down on Foreign Land Ban Loophole- Texas House Committee Advances Bill To Abolish Lottery Commission and Overhaul State Lottery
5/20/25 An Update on Property Tax Relief
- Texas House Approves Property Tax Relief Package, Rejects Effort to Expand Relief Further- Attorney General Paxton Announces Investigation Into US Masters Swimming- Legal Battle Over Harris County Commissioner Seat Heads To Appeals Court
5/19/25 A Taxpayer-Funded Paris Vacation?
- Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Requests $23K for Trip to France- East Texas Judge Accused of Making Death Threat To Secure Plea Deal- Houston Man Out on Bond After Sister’s Death Now Faces New Charges
5/16/25 Game Over for the Texas Lottery Commission?
- Texas Senate Unanimously Moves to Eliminate Lottery Commission- Hundreds of Bills Die as Texas House Hits Major Deadline- Gov. Abbott Requests Waiver to Ban Unhealthy SNAP Purchases in Texas
5/15/25 A Win for Parental Rights
- Texas Lawmakers Pass Constitutional Amendment Enshrining Parental Rights- Texas Moves Closer To Abolishing Public Schools’ Immunity in Sex Abuse Cases- Texas Lawmakers Join Push to Cement Trump’s Agenda in Law
5/14/25 Major ICE Arrests in Houston
- ICE Arrests 422 in Houston Sweep, Including Murder and Arson Suspects- Blue Ridge Disannexes Muslim-owned Properties- House Committee Kills Anti-ESG Effort in Late Vote
5/13/25 Bills Are Piling Up
- With Clock Ticking, Texas House Faces Pileup of Legislation After Slow Start- Texas House Rejects Mexican Guest Worker Program- Taxpayer-Funded Entities Sponsor LGBT Agenda in Houston
5/12/25 Google to Pay Texas $1.4 Billion
- AG Paxton Secures Record $1.375B Data Privacy Settlement With Google- Texas House Moves To Restore AG’s Power To Prosecute Election Crimes- Detransition Coverage Bill Clears Texas House, Heads to Governor’s Desk
5/9/25 The DOJ is Investigating the Muslim EPIC City
- DOJ Joins Paxton, Abbott in Probing Controversial Islamic Compound- House Approves Bill Restricting Hostile Foreign Land Ownership- Texas Renews Call for Convention of States To Curb Federal Power
5/8/25 A Mexican Guest Worker Program in Texas?
- Texas House to Vote on Mexican Guest Worker Plan While Immigration Priorities Sit Idle- Texas May Soon ID Noncitizens as Ineligible to Vote- AG Paxton Nabs Frio County Officials & Election Workers in Vote-Harvest Ring
5/7/25 A Parental Bill of Rights
- With Time Running Out, Parental Rights Bill Awaits House Action- Students Arrested During Anti-Israel Protests Sue UT-Austin- Houston Mayor Unveils $7 Billion Proposed Budget
5/6/25 A Victory Against Casino Lobbyists
- Irving Voters Add Casino Opponent to City Council- Speaker Burrows Fires Senior Staffer- Tinderholt Confronts King Over E-Verify, Lobbying, and Privacy Bills
5/5/25 A Deal on Property Tax Relief?
- House, Senate Close In on Property Tax Relief Agreement- Austin ISD Accused of Violating CRT Ban; Paxton Launches Legal Action- Abbott Signs School Choice Bill During Celebration at Governor’s Mansion
5/2/25 The First GOP Priority Heads to Gov. Abbott
- Bill Targeting Explicit Library Materials in Schools Clears House and Senate- 2 Waco ISD Teachers Arrested in April for Abusing Special Needs Children- Houston City Council Will Vote on Race-Based Contracting Program
5/1/25 Conservative Lawmakers Speak Out
- Conservative Lawmakers Warn Texas House Is Running Out of Time To Pass GOP Priorities- House Leadership Blocking Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying, Says Texas Lawmaker- Texas A&M Faculty Senate Approves “Climate Ethics” Course
4/30/25 You Could Go to Jail for Memes
- Texas House Approves Former Speaker Dade Phelan’s Meme Regulation Bill- Will Senators Revive Proposed Ban on Lawmakers’ Children Benefiting From School Choice Funds?- Harris County Sues Trump Administration Over Federal Workforce Cuts
4/29/25 The Clock is Ticking on GOP Priorities
- Republican Lawmakers Challenge Speaker Burrows Over Stalled Party Priorities- Texas Lottery Commissioners Finalize Ban on Ticket Resellers- Lawmaker Proposes DNA Testing at Southern Border to Prevent Child Trafficking
4/28/25 Is Beto Running Again?
- Beto O’Rourke Hints at Yet Another Run- Lawmakers Consider Measures to Ensure Only US Citizens Vote in Texas Elections- South Texas Teacher Arrested for Sex Crimes Against Student Allowed to Resign
4/25/25 Illegal Alien Healthcare Costs for Texans
- Illegal Aliens Cost Texas Hospitals $121.8 Million in Just One Month- Burrows Blocks Effort Limiting Scholarship Program to US Citizens- Texas Senate Moves to Block Universal Basic Income Programs
4/24/25 Islamists Holding Texas House Hostage?
- House Leadership Accused of Holding Pro-Life Bill Hostage to Islamic Holiday Push- Senate Bill Would Tie Licenses to Ethics Registry, Drawing Sharp Criticism- Texas Education Agency Releases 2023 School Report Cards
4/23/25 100 Days into the Session…
- Texas GOP Priority Bill Stalls While Staffer Accused of Promoting ‘Woke’ Agenda- Texas Senators Unanimously Pass Impeachment Reform Legislation- Texas Tech System Names New Chairman of Regents
4/22/25 Lottery Head Abruptly Resigns
- Texas Lottery Commission Director Resigns Amid Scrutiny and Investigations- House Leadership Yanks Abortion Abolition Bill Hours Before Hearing- Lawmakers Consider Over-The-Counter Access to Ivermectin
4/21/25 Texas A&M Promotes ‘Queer Theory’
- Texas A&M ‘Queer Theory’ Class Promotes Radical Gender Ideology- State Representatives Consider Allowing Phones at Polling Locations- Federal Jury Delivers Guilty Verdict in Houston ISD Bribery Case