Texas Minute

Indian Tribe Building Casino Offsite of Main Reservation…Texas Tech Memo Mandates Faculty Uphold Biological Reality…UT Regents Set to Review LGBT Courses…Moms Concerned About 'Moldy' Middle School…

UNT Program Promotes Demonology and LGBT Ideology…Public Libraries' Ability to Remove Sexually Explicit Books Being Challenged in Federal Court…Roundup: November’s Constitutional Amendments…Harris County Commissioners Pass Budget With Hiring Freeze, Cuts ... And Tax Hike

Shooter Targets Dallas ICE Facility in Deadly ‘Anti-ICE’ Attack…Texas GOP Leadership To Consider Censures of 10 Lawmakers…New Rules Restrict Sale of THC Products…Parole Law Ensures Convicted Houston Official Won’t See Review Again Until 2028…

Shrinking Resources Cast New Doubt on Operation Lone Star Prosecutions…Texas A&M Recruiting ‘Latinx Environmental History’ Professor…Additional Texas School Districts Sued Over Display of Ten Commandments…Tarrant County Cuts Property Taxes for Third Year in a Row…

Texas A&M’s New Acting President Defended DEI…Abbott Signs Into Law 'Women's Privacy Act’…Judge Dismisses MUD’s Attempt To Silence Critics…West Texas Teacher Resigns Amid Sexual Misconduct Investigation…

UNT Student Harassed, Threatened For Defending Charlie Kirk…Attorney General Investigates Political Pressure Against TPUSA Club…Finalist for Texas A&M Victoria President Has Extensive DEI History…Texas Signs Voter Roll Crosscheck Agreements…

Mark Welsh Out as A&M President…Ballot Harvester Arrested for 2022 Election Crimes…DOJ Launches Investigation Into Austin’s Race-Based Hiring Policies…Abbott Signs Legislation Barring Abortion Drugs in Texas…

TEA Investigates Teachers’ Posts on Charlie Kirk Assassination…Texas State Expels Student Who Mocked Kirk’s Murder…UNT Called Out For ‘Lack of Action’…State Launches New Office To Cut Red Tape…Round Rock ISD Refuses To Display Ten Commandments…Another Kemp ISD Teacher Charged With Sexual Misconduct…

Paxton Probes Proxy Advisors for Advancing ‘Woke’ Agenda…State Board of Education Approves New Method of History Instruction…Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Will Not Seek Re-election in 2026…Judge Denies Democrats’ Attempt To Block Tarrant County’s Republican Redistricting…

Legislature To Examine Higher Ed Free Speech Issues…EXPOSED: University of Houston's Links to Chinese Military…Lawmaker Claims New Audio Proves TAMU President Knew Student Was ‘Threatened’…Elementary Teacher Charged With Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child…

Abbott Promotes Law He Says Will Ban ‘Sharia Compounds’…Patrick Slams Abbott’s THC Order…Federal Lawsuit Pending Against ‘Texas Foreign Land Ban’…Teacher Resigns Over ‘Incident’ With Students…

Patrick Questions Welsh’s Future at Texas A&M…School Trainer Accused of Sexually Assaulting Student Athlete…Texas State Terminates Professor Who Called for Overthrow of US Government…Harris County Officials Approve Property Tax Hike…

Abbott Executive Order Bans THC Sales to Texans Under 21…Texas State Professor Calls for Overthrow of US Government…Texas A&M Is Offering a ‘Race and Ethnicity’ Course This Fall…Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sexting 15-Year-Old Student…

Cruz, Abbott Slam Houston Imam’s Call for Boycotts…Pressure Builds for Ousting A&M President After LGBT Class Controversy…California Food Companies File Suit Against Texas’ Lab-Grown Meat Ban…Central Texas Teacher Arrested for Sex With Underage Boys…

UT Researchers Worked With Chinese Military-Linked Academics…Federal Investigation of Texas A&M Threatened Over LGBTQ Indoctrination…Texas GOP Sets Non-Binding Ballot Questions for 2026 Primary…Whitesboro Again Aims for Huge Property Tax Increase…

Texas GOP Sues State To Close Primaries…School Nurses Refusing to Provide Basic First Aid to Students…Lottery Commission Staff Still Runs the Texas Lottery and Bingo…Creighton Named Sole Finalist for Texas Tech Chancellor…

Abbott Directs DPS To Enforce English Fluency Requirements for Truckers…Texas Appeals Injunction Against 'Ten Commandments' in Classrooms…Chinese Shipment of Meth Precursors Intercepted on Way to Cartel…Inmate Death: Drugs, Restraint, and Irregular Heartbeat…

Texas Legislature Wraps Up Summer Special Sessions…Paxton Sues PowerSchool Over Massive Data Breach…Lawsuit Filed to Neutralize ‘Campus Protection Act’…Lockhart ISD Latest Hit With Sex Abuse Lawsuit…

Texas House Rejects Scaled-Back Property Tax Bill…UT's Risky Connections With China…Paxton Encourages School Districts to Put Prayer in the Classroom…Killeen School Employees On Leave Over ‘Inappropriate’ Conduct With Students

Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban Dying in House…Groups Sue Texas Over Ban on DEI, Gender Ideology in K-12 Schools…Creighton Positioned to Become Texas Tech Chancellor…Educators Arrested For Crimes Against Children…

Abbott Signs ‘Big Beautiful’ Texas Congressional Map Into Law…Harris County Approves Nearly $470K for Gay Softball World Series…Texas A&M Fights Records Request on New Civics Initiative…State Commission Reprimands Former Hays County Judge…

Women’s Privacy Act Overcomes Years of Resistance…Senate Moves To Ban Fundraising During Special Sessions…Plano ISD Under A.G. Investigation For Antisemitic Incidents…Lubbock County Commissioners Stop Property Tax Increase…

Chinese National Charged With Stealing Sensitive Data from UT-MD Anderson…House Advances Over-the-Counter Ivermectin Bill…Texas Moms Arrested for Running Choir Booster Club…Farmersville Proposes Double-Digit Tax Increase…

House Votes To Restore AG’s Election Fraud Powers…Houston Doctor Keeps Fighting Texas Medical Board Attacks…Schools Must Follow Ten Commandments Law…Marfa ISD Teacher Arrested For Sexual Misconduct With Student…

Republican Caucus Rejects Effort to Punish Democrat Quorum Breakers…Cruz, Paxton Back Rivals in GOP Primary for Attorney General…House Approves Stricter Cap on Local Property Tax Increases…Abbott Expands Special Session Agenda…Texas Teacher Arrested on Federal Charges…

Texas Senate Greenlights GOP Congressional Map…Rules Announced For Texas' First Statewide School Choice Program…Court of Criminal Appeals Reins in Texas Ethics Commission…School Officials Approve Tax Rate Election…

Texas Democrat Slams Megadonors While Cashing Check From Casino Billionaire…Trump Declares ‘Total Endorsement’ of BurrowsDade Phelan Calls It Quits…Chip Roy Joins Race for Texas Attorney General…Lottery Winner Finally Receives Jackpot After Lawsuit…Senate Committee Advances House Redistricting Map

Texas House Passes Congressional Map Growing GOP Advantage…Abbott Adds Quorum-Break Punishments to Special Session Agenda…Paxton Moves to Block Mailed Abortion Drugs…Federal District Court Blocks Texas’ Ten Commandments Law…University of Houston Offering Classes Covering Queer Theory…

Trump Urges Swift Passage of 'One Big, Beautiful Congressional Map'…Activist Teachers Plot To Defy Texas’ New Ten Commandments Law…Houston Man Caught Smuggling Dozens of Illegals Across Texas Border…Texas A&M Seeks to Hide Records on Abortion Research Project…

House Regains Quorum as Democrats Return From Walkout…Texas A.G. Investigates AI Chatbot Companies…Harris County Jail 2025 Death Toll Climbs…UT-Austin Received $2.5 Million From Late-Term Abortion Group…

Second Special Session Starts Without a House Quorum…Audio Captures Gambling Exec Boasting About Rigged Texas Jackpot…Regents for UNT, Texas Tech Re-Constitute Faculty Senates…Texas Education Agency Releases School Accountability Ratings…

Special Session Ending, and Starting, Today…China Made Up 8% of Foreign Buyers in Texas' Real Estate Market…Fight To Safeguard Secret Ballot Continues in Harris County…Poll: Majority of Republican Primary Voters Support THC Ban…

Report: House Democrats Planning Return…Paxton Secures Commitment from Kellogg’s To Eliminate Artificial Dyes…Eli Lilly Sued for Bribery…Circumventing Texas' Online Sports Betting Ban…

Abbott Vows Immediate Second Special Session…Paxton Says O’Rourke Flagrantly Violated Fundraising Ban…Texas Senate Completes Gov. Abbott’s Agenda Items…Lawsuit Filed Against Man Accused of Murdering Unborn Daughter…

Houston Socialists Discuss Targeting ICE Operations…DPS Launches Tip Line To Track Down Quorum-Busting Democrats…Texas State University System Regents Abolish Faculty Senates…Senate Committee Approves Measure Targeting Abortion Drug Distribution…

Paxton Moves To Vacate Seats of Quorum-Busting Democrats…Court Halts ‘Beto Bribes’…Texas Senate to Consider Redistricting Plan...Sid Miller Announces New Lure To Combat a Flesh-Eating Parasite…Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Faces Removal Calls…

Paxton Launches Investigation Into Soros-Funded PAC…Texas Casino Interests Prepare Comeback Attempt…TCEQ Fights Order To Release Documents…Laptops in the Age of Cellphone Bans…

Paxton Investigating Beto O’Rourke PAC for Alleged Bribes to Runaway Democrats…Majority of Senate Democrats Leave Texas in Protest of Redistricting…Thirsty Data Centers are Challenging Texas' Water Infrastructure…Houston ISD Boasts Major Academic Gains…

Abbott Seeks to Remove Democrat Caucus Chair from Office…Paxton Threatens Fleeing Democrats with Court Action…Senate Set To Consider Republican Redistricting Map…Houston PD Pulls SIG Sauer P320…UT-Austin Paid Pro-Abortion Activist…

Gov. Abbott Orders Arrest of Fleeing Democrats…Texas Senate Moves Women’s Privacy Act Closer to Floor Vote…Texas Higher Ed Coordinating Board Seeks To Hide Abortion Research Records…Houston ISD Rolls Out Cell Phone Ban…

House Democrats Bust Quorum, Flee to Illinois…Judge Refuses To Expose Hidden Interests in Alleged Rigging of Texas Lottery…Antitrust Lawsuit Against BlackRock, State Street, & Vanguard Moves Forward…Republican Candidate Slammed for Donation to Democrat…

TxDOT Refuses To Return Land It No Longer Needs…University of North Texas Settles Free Speech Case…Double Murder Suspect Taught in Texas Elementary School…Despite Union Objection, Houston ISD's Pay-For-Performance Model Can Proceed…

Proposed Map Could Add 5 New GOP Congressional Seats…Senate Advances 3 Special Session Agenda Items…Trump Admin Halts Controversial Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge Expansion…Texas Father Files Suit Against California Doctor for Prescribing Abortion Drugs…

Democrats Fundraising for Another Quorum Break…Shipley Do-Nuts Sold to California Firm…Schools Implement Policies To Improve Parental Oversight…Parents Push Back on Schools’ New Phone-Free Policies…Houston-Area Planned Parenthood Clinics Announce Closure…

ICE Arrests More Than 200 Illegal Aliens Who Have Sexually Abused Children…Texas A&M Continues To Push DEI Statements…Paxton Files Legal Petition Against New York Clerk…Former Texas National Guardsman Convicted of Smuggling Aliens…

Lawmakers Sign New Pledge To Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying…State Rep. Faces Allegations of Long-Term Affair, Abortion Payments…Trump Signs Executive Order to Protect College Sports…Houston Officials Consider Electric Scooter Crackdown…

Lawmakers Eye $13B in Federal Refunds for Property Tax Relief…Patterson Accused of Recruiting Challengers to Fellow Republicans…Restoring the Alamo…Dallas Accused of Enforcing Ordinances Conflicting With Texas Constitution…

Texas National Guard Mobilizing To Assist ICE…Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban Advances in Texas Senate…Montgomery County Secures First Murder Conviction Under Fentanyl Law…Texas Lawmakers Tackle Growing Threat to Cattle and Hunting Industries From Flesh-Eating Parasite

UT Regents Name Permanent Finalists for Chancellor, UT-Austin President…Ban on THC Revived in Texas Senate After Abbott Veto…San Antonio Teacher Accused of Upskirting 7-Year-Old Student…Texas Republicans Ready to Redistrict Congressional Seats

Harris County Taxpayers Foot $1.1 Million Bill for Illegal Aliens' Legal Services…ICE Arrests Illegal Aliens Guilty of Heinous Crimes…Special Session Kicks off…Belton Teacher Faces Federal Child Porn Charges…