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- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- Irving Voters Add Casino Opponent to City Council- Speaker Burrows Fires Senior Staffer- Tinderholt Confronts King Over E-Verify, Lobbying, and Privacy Bills

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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