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- 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

- Report: Divest From America’s Enemies- Houston ISD Budgeted $2 Million for Bond Election Prep- Grand Prairie ISD Approves Secret Separation Settlement With Fired Superintendent

- After Girls’ Sports Investigation, Irving ISD Faces Legal Threat Over Censorship- AG Paxton Signs Immigration Enforcement Agreement With Trump Administration- Ted Cruz Moves To Put Biden-era Water Heater Mandate on Ice

-Abbott Pushes for School Choice, Teacher Pay Raises, and Tax Relief in State of the State Address-Texas Students’ Test Scores Shrink as Spending Grows-Texas Officials Criticize Proposed $500 Million in Corporate Welfare to Movie Industry

- New Order from Abbott Seeks to End DEI in State Agencies- Abbott Bans Chinese AI and Social Media Apps on Texas Government Devices- Texas, Mexico Designate Facilities for Deportation Operations

- Lt. Gov. Patrick Reveals His First 25 Priorities for the Senate- Trump to Cancel Student Visas of pro-Hamas Protesters- Texas Tech Class Encourages Critical Race Theory in Human Resources Departments

-Gov. Abbott Issues Executive Orders to Back Trump’s Border Crackdown-Austin To Consider Increase to Vagrancy Budget-Corsicana Councilman Proposes DOGE-Style City Committee

- Speaker Burrows Confirms House Rules Were Written by Democrat Lawyer- Burrows Blocks Amendments on House Staff Citizenship, Pronouns, and Restrooms- Texas Education Commissioner Cites ‘Progress’ Despite Students’ Declining Scores

- Texas Military Deployed to Secure Border Alongside Federal Agents- Gov. Abbott Sets Early State of the State Address To Accelerate Legislative Action- Harris County Taxpayers Pay Millions To Defend Illegal Aliens From Deportation

- House Uses ‘Nuclear Option’ To Force Through Rules Empowering Democrats- Texas Senate Moves Swiftly on School Choice, Sets Committee Hearing- Texas State Bar Drops Long-Running Case Against Attorney General Ken Paxton

- Gov. Abbott Demands Federal Reimbursement for Texas Border Security Costs- Trump DOJ Orders Local and State Governments to Comply With Immigration Initiatives- US Sen. Ted Cruz Introduces Legislation Promoting School Choice

- U.S. Rep. Babin Reintroduces Birthright Citizenship Legislation- Ethics Complaint Dropped Against Texas GOP Chair- Senate Legislation Would Create Database for School Bonds, Taxes, and Bond Projects

- President Trump Issues Key Border Security Executive Actions- Department of Homeland Security Repeals Mayorkas Restrictions on ICE Agents- Texas Challenges Biden’s Parting Ban on Offshore Oil Leases

- Texans Celebrate Trump's Inauguration and Promise of Golden Age - Report: Chinese Drones Threaten Texas- Legislation Filed to End Tenure at Texas Public Universities

- Lt. Gov. Patrick Reveals 2025 Committee Appointments for the Texas Senate- A&M Business School Dean Historically Supports DEI and ESG- Online Lottery Ticket Vendor Partners With Uber to Entice Gambling

- Chip Roy Reintroduces Bill to Block Taxpayer Funding of UN Human Rights Council- Cruz Secures Promise from Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi to Investigate Missing Children- Texas Senator Proposes State Homeland Security Division

- House Rules Debate Comes Late as GOP Seeks End to Democrat Chairs- Starr County Ranch Border Wall Completed- State Sen. Brandon Creighton Named President Pro Tempore as Session Begins

- Democrat Coalition Propels Dustin Burrows to Speaker of the Texas House- Texas A&M President Backtracks on Sponsoring DEI Conference After Gov. Pressure- Comptroller Reveals $23.76 Billion Surplus That Could Be Returned to Texas Taxpayers

- Dan Patrick Links Lawmakers’ Bank Ties to Texas Speaker Race- Report: Communist China Infiltration of K-12 Schools- Abbott Orders Flags Raised for Trump’s Inauguration

- Texas Sues TikTok for Peddling Explicit Content to Minors- Texas Congressman Introduces REMAIN In Mexico Act- Girls Win: Biden’s Radical Title IX Rewrite Struck Down Nationwide

- Texas GOP Fires Back at ‘Baseless’ Ethics Complaint Filed by State Rep. Cody Harris- New Poll Shows Dustin Burrows’ Approval Underwater in His District- Houston Methodist Urologist Suspended Amid Cocaine Use Allegations & Impairment Concerns

- Incoming Lawmaker Proposes Two-Term Limit for House Speaker- Planned Parenthood Employee No Longer Serves as Texas Medical Board Director- Experts Warn Enrollment-based School Funding Would Be Wasted on ‘Ghost Students’