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- 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’

- 4 Tren de Aragua Gang Members Arrested in Val Verde County- Harris County DA Teare Caught in Law License Controversy Days After Taking Office- Ken Paton Urges Republicans to Unite in Speaker Battle

- Report: Thousands From Hostile Nations Detained in Texas- Violence Against Students Tops List of Texas Teacher Misconduct- Is Catholic Charities Helping Bring Illegal Aliens to Fort Worth Schools?

- Lt. Gov. Patrick Blasts FBI Leadership for Claiming New Orleans Attack Was Not Terrorism- Legislation Filed After State Fair Banned Firearms- Bastrop County GOP Passes Resolution Disapproving of State Rep. Stan Gerdes

- Ken Paxton Tours to ‘Hold Republican Representatives Accountable’ Ahead of Speaker Vote- Texas Supreme Court Dismisses ‘Unlawful’ Attempt to Discipline Leadership in AG’s Office- State Reps. Call on Texas Medical Board to Terminate Director Who Works for Planned Parenthood

- Sexual Assault Rampant in Public Schools- Dade Phelan is Out, Who Will Replace Him?- Will Lawmakers Provide Property Tax Relief in 2025?

- School Choice Plans May Gain Energy in 2025- Grassroots Republican Insurgents Knocked Off Incumbents in the 2024 Primaries- Chinese Influence In Texas Persisted Throughout 2024

- A Year of Turmoil For Texas’ Border- Election Security Advocates Want Improvements to Texas’ Election Laws- A Rough Year for Casino Gambling Interests in Texas

- Texas Universities Need More Reform- Advocates Press for a Ban on Taxpayer-funded Lobbying in 2025- Pro-family Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Protect Texas Children

- Sources: Dennis Bonnen Spied on Democrat Caucus Meetings on Behalf of Dustin Burrows- Ken Paxton Steps In to Stop ‘Show Hearing’ With Convicted Murderer in the Capitol- Legislation Filed to Abolish the Austin City Council

- Texans Pay $50,000 per Student at Government-run Schools- Illegal Aliens Say Open Borders Rumor on International Migrants Day Is Pushed By Media in Mexico- Lawmakers to Examine University “Governance” as Part of Expanding DEI Ban

- Proposal Would Allow Citizens Injured by Illegals to Sue Sanctuary Cities- Paxton Files Motion To Stop Biden Administration From Auctioning Border Wall Segments- New $20 Million PAC Seeks to Strengthen Conservative Majority