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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
5/8/25 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
5/9/25 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
5/7/25 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
Ep 14/17/25 School Choice Passes Texas House
- 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
4/16/25 Train Wrecked: Trump Pulls Plug on Texas Rail Boondoggle
- 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
4/15/25 Texas House to Honor PLANNED PARENTHOOD President
- 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’
4/14/25 School Choice Fight Ahead
- 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
4/11/25 The Biggest Budget in Texas History
- 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
4/10/25 900 Murder Suspects Out on Bond
- 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
4/9/25 Democrats Want to Gut the Death Penalty in Texas
- 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
4/8/25 A Texas City is Funding Abortion Travel
- 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
4/7/25 Texas Tax Dollars Promoting Palestine Propaganda
- 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
4/4/25 A Third Huntsville ISD Teacher Arrested for Sex Crimes in 3 Weeks?
- 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
4/3/25 Illegal Electioneering at Houston ISD?
- 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
Ep 14/2/25 No Food Stamps for Junk Food?
- 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
4/1/25 Should Texas Send Incarcerated Illegals to El Salvador?
-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
3/31/25 Texas Rangers to Investigate Islamic Center
- 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
3/28/25 House Members Didn’t Show Up Today
- 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
3/27/25 No Red Flag Laws in Texas
- 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
Ep 13/26/25 Islamic Center Operating Illegal Funerals?
-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
3/25/25 Texas A&M Drag Show Back On?
-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
3/24/25 Judge Blocks Voter ID for Mail Ballots
- 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
3/21/25 How Much Did the Paxton Impeachment Cost?
- 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
Ep 43/20/25 Should Phones be Banned in School?
- 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