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- Texas House Passes School Choice Bill for the First Time in History- Texas House Retreats From Honoring Planned Parenthood President Amid Pro-Life Pushback- As School District Shrinks, Lubbock ISD Asks Voters To Grow Bond Debt

- Trump Admin Derails Houston-Dallas Train Grant, Saving Taxpayers Millions- Sen. Cruz Introduces Bill To Allow American Victims of Terrorism to Sue International Orgs- Texas Senators Move to Ban Local Government Funding of Abortion Travel Entities

- Texas House Set to Honor Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards- Mayes Middleton Enters Race for Texas Attorney General- Officials Continue Investigations Into North Texas Islamic ‘City’

- School Choice Showdown in Texas House- Coalition Urges Hearing on Retail Decency Act to Shield Children from Explicit Products- More Than 700 Houston City Workers Accept Mayor’s Retirement Incentive

- Texas House Advances Record $337 Billion Budget- Gates of Eagle Pass Park Reopen After One Year of Lockdown- Texas Senate Approves Establishment of Homeland Security Division in DPS

- Mayor: 900 People Charged With Murder Are Free on Bond in Houston- Race to Replace Paxton Begins as John Bash Launches AG Campaign- Texas Parents Strongly Back Legislation Requiring Parental Approval for App Store Purchases

- Texas Democrats Try Again to Gut Death Penalty- Texas House Overwhelmingly Rejects Motion To Remove Speaker Burrows- Texas AG Ken Paxton Launches Campaign to Unseat Sen. John Cornyn

- San Antonio Sued for Funding Out-of-State Abortion Travel- State Reps. Move To Slash Funding for Universities Promoting DEI- Spring Branch ISD Wants Voters to OK $631 Million in Sports Facility Bonds

- Texas Taxpayers Funded Anti-Border Security, Pro-Islam Show- Ahead of Budget Debate, House Members Move to Slash Lottery Spending- Court Rules Texas Can Release School District Accountability Ratings for 2023

- THIRD Huntsville ISD Teacher Arrested for Sex Crimes in Three Weeks - 174 Criminal Aliens Deported From Texas- Dozens of Suspected Tren de Aragua Gang Members Arrested Outside Austin

- Attorney General Alleges Houston ISD Engaged in Electioneering- DOJ Charges Canadian Man in the 2021 Texas GOP Website Hack- Texas House Committee Considers Limiting Foreign Land Ownership

- Effort to End Taxpayer-Funded Junk Food Moves Forward- Abbott: Islamic Compound Lacks Construction Permits- Two Huntsville ISD Teachers Arrested in Separate Sex Crime Cases

-Texas Lawmaker Proposes Sending Illegal Alien Inmates to El Salvador Prison-Paxton Fights Back Against Federal Judge’s Block of Texas A&M Drag Ban-Texas Senators Consider $2.5 Billion Over Next Decade for Film Industry

- Abbott Deploys Texas Rangers To Investigate Islamic Center- Texas Senate Committee Weighs Bill to Crack Down on Illegal Vapes- Americans Value Energy Independence More Than Fighting Climate Change

- Quorum Collapse: Most Texas House Members Skip Work- Superintendent Salaries Continue to Climb as Schools Claim They’re Underfunded- Man With ICE Detainer Accused of Practicing Dentistry Without a License in Houston

- Texas Senate Passes Ban on Red Flag Gun Laws- Islamic Center Under Securities Investigation Amid Growing Scrutiny- Republicans Try Reviving Red-Light Camera Ticketing for School Buses

-State Issues Cease-and-Desist to Islamic Group Over Funeral Violations-US Rep. Troy Nehls Calls to End Taxpayer Funding for NPR and PBS-Former Houston ISD Official on Trial for Corruption

-Judge Blocks Texas A&M Drag Show Ban, Permits ‘Draggieland’ on Campus-Harris County LGBTQIA+ Commission Sets Date for ‘Banned Book’ Fair-Bexar County GOP Contests Spending Billions on Entertainment Arena in San Antonio

- Federal Judge Blocks Voter ID Requirement For Texas Mail Ballots- Court Blocks Biden-era Rule Demanding Foster Care Providers Affirm LGBT Identities- ‘Recognized’ Texas Teacher Charged With Child Grooming

- Audit Shows $5.1 Million Price Tag for Failed Paxton Impeachment- Las Vegas Sands Folds on Casino Gambling in Irving- Report: Houston ISD Operates 51 Schools Under 50 Percent Capacity

- House Committee Considers Bipartisan Ban on Smartphones in Classrooms- Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Weakened in Texas Senate- UT Austin Education School Dominated by Leftwing Ideology, Report Finds

- University of Texas Bans Drag Shows on Campus- Senator Aims To Strengthen Informed Consent in Childhood Vaccinations- State Senators Pass Legislation Returning Prayer to Schools

- Irving Residents Say ‘No’ to Las Vegas Sands’ Casino Gambling Plan- Allegation: House Stalling Ban on Social Transitioning- AG Paxton: District Courts Cannot Order Changes of Biological Sex on Driver’s Licenses

- Texas Congressman Proposes Ban on Foreign Adversaries Buying US Farmland- New Legislation Would Block School Library Books Deemed Too Explicit for Prisons- Election Judge Cautions Against Letting Kids Cast Ballots for Parents

- Texas Legislative Session Hits Filing Deadline, House Yet to Pass a Bill- Texas Senate to Congress: Keep Supreme Court at Nine- Attorney General Paxton Investigates Dallas Over Potential Sanctuary City Policies

- F.U.R.R.I.E.S. Act Would Ban Animal Behavior in Class- Letter Highlights Challenges for Gambling Lobby Amid Lottery Scandal- Texas Senators Tackle MAHA Agenda

- Phelan Doubles Down on Meme Regulation Bill Despite First Amendment Concerns- School Choice Battle Intensifies as Texas House Committee Hears Testimony- US Rep. Cloud Introduces Legislation to Block Federal Gun Control During Emergencies

- Trump Administration Converts CBP One App to Self-Deportation App- Texas Senators Consider Proposal to Align State IDs with Biological Sex- Major ICE Operation Nets 646 Illegal Alien Arrests in Houston, Including Gang Members

- Dade Phelan's Bill Would Criminalize Political Memes- Measure Filed to End Higher Ed Instruction on Radical Gender Pronoun Use- Texas A&M Regents Name Comptroller Glenn Hegar As Sole Finalist for Chancellor

- Texas’ Most Wanted Illegal Alien Captured in San Antonio- Abbott on Texas Lottery: Investigation Will Determine Next Steps- House Committee Weighs Education Spending Bill as School Choice Fight Looms

- Texas House Keeps Democrat Adviser Hugh Brady on Payroll at $233K- Senators Consider Measures Placing Prayer, Ten Commandments in Schools- Trump Renames Texas Wildlife Refuge in Honor of Murdered 12-Year-Old Jocelyn Nungaray

- Trump Invites Texans to Highly-Anticipated Joint Address- Trump on the $100 Bill? New Bill Aims to Make It Happen- Texas Senators Consider Measure to Ban All THC Products

- Texas A&M Regents Ban On-Campus Drag Shows- House Committee Considers Property Tax Relief in the Form of Tax Rate Compression- Lone Star State Looks To Carve Out a New Name for a Classic Steak

- Harris County Bonds Out Man Charged in Murder of Deputy Sheriff- Could Fourth Time Be the Charm for Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban?- Senate Records Reveal Lawmakers’ Taxpayer-Funded News Sources

- Libraries Could Lose Funding for Hosting Drag Queen Story Hours Under Senate Proposal- Amid Concerns Surrounding Texas Lottery, Senators Approve Courier Ban- TEA Takes Over Another Texas School District After ‘Decades of Dysfunction’

-Paxton Investigates Texas Lottery Over Suspicious Wins-Texas House Suspends Rules to Honor Group Opposing Voter ID-Mass Arrests in Colony Ridge: Authorities Target Criminal Aliens

-Gov. Abbott: Feds, State Target Criminal Aliens for Arrest in Colony Ridge-$113K Funneled Into Legislator’s Pocket Via Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Payouts?-House Lawmaker Files Measure to Allow Over-the-counter Ivermectin

- Abbott Says ‘Sharia Cities’ Are Not Allowed in Texas- Dan Patrick: If We Can’t Trust the Texas Lottery, the Senate Will End It- UT Austin Cancels Federal Grant Agreement With Planned Parenthood of Illinois

- House Chairman Blocks Resolution Honoring Late Conservative Activist Jill Glover- Attorney General Paxton Seeks Injunction Against NCAA To Protect Women’s Sports- House Records Reveal Lawmakers’ Taxpayer-Funded News Sources

- Lawmakers Propose Limits on School Superintendent Salaries- Texas Senators Approve Constitutional Amendment Restricting Bail for Human Trafficking Suspects- New Poll Shows Strong Support for School Choice as Texas House Files Bill

- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Exposes Illicit Lottery Ticket Reseller After $83M Jackpot Win- Dallas County GOP Censures 2 Lawmakers Over House Speaker Vote- ‘The Man Behind the Curtain’: Democrat Obama Lawyer Retains Power in Texas House

- House Committee Unilaterally Raises Office Budgets, Gives Democrat Vice Chairs $3.6M in New Pay- Trump’s USDA Exploring Federal Solution to Stop China from Buying U.S. Farmland- Texas Joins Coalition Lawsuit Against New York's Climate Change Superfund Act

- Attorney General Paxton Launches Investigation Into Chinese AI App- Lawmaker Proposes Security Council for Top-Tier Research Universities- Harris County DA Drops Charges Against 8 Former Officers in Harding Street Raid Case

- Texas Senate Passes Billions in New Property Tax Relief- State Sen. Paxton Files Measure to Expand Protections Against Explicit Books in Schools- New York Stock Exchange Announces Expansion Into Texas

- House Committee Assignments Keep Democrats in Power- SpaceX’s Home Could Soon Become an Official City- Brooke Rollins Confirmed as US Secretary of Agriculture

- Tulsi Gabbard Confirmed as Director of National Intelligence- Lawmaker Seeks to End Public University, School Contracts With Foreign Adversaries- Tren de Aragua Gang Member Captured by ICE in San Antonio

-Lawmakers File Measures To Bring Ten Commandments, Prayer to Texas Schools-House Lawmaker Proposes Abolishing State Education Bureaucracy, Transferring Power To Elected Board-160 Texas Teachers Under Investigation for Cheating on Certification Exam

- New Legislation Would Cut Off Tax Dollars to Media Outlets in Texas- Burrows Promises Trump: Texas House Will Pass School Choice- Cruz Files Constitutional Amendment To Prevent Democrats From Packing SCOTUS

- UT-Austin Offers Core Math Classes Focused on ‘Racial Inequality’- Now-former Hutto ISD Official Advised How To Allow Boys in Girls’ Sports- Texas Tax Dollars Funded Politico, Other ‘News’ Websites

- Texas A&M Professor Criticizes USAID Shutdown in Taxpayer-funded Publication- New Legislation Would Compel Texas Law Enforcement to Aid ICE Operations- Water Leak Leads to Destruction of Crucial Evidence in Missouri City Police Department Cases