Texas Minute

Paxton Sues Harris County for Spending $1.3 Million on Illegal Aliens’ Defense…Coach in ‘Pass the Trash’ Controversy Resigns…Craddick Going For 30th Term…Elgin City Council Fails To Confront Fiscal Crisis…

Abbott Pledges To ‘Drive a Stake Through’ Property Tax…Texas A&M Regents to Consider Restrictions on ‘Gender Ideology’ and ‘Race Ideology’…Audit Finds Hundreds of Millions in Questionable Payments at Texas Southern University…Legislation Holds Mexico Accountable for Water Delivery Requirements…

Paxton Sues Galveston ISD for Refusing Ten Commandments Displays…Florida’s ‘Chinese Land Ban’ Upheld in Federal Court…Patrick Pledges $1 Million To Put Turning Point USA Chapters in Every Texas School…Texas State University Seeks To Replace Advocacy With Education…

Paxton Sues Roblox, Alleges Platform ‘Overrun by Predators’…ICE Disputes Houston Church’s Story About Detained Priest…FAA Orders Flight Cuts at Texas Airports…Texas Can Now Enforce Ban on Erotic Drag Shows for Kids…

Houston Police Union Recruits New York Cops…Voters OK Billions in School Property Tax Increases…Austin Voters Reject City Tax Hike…Judge Reprimanded for Telling Juveniles She Hopes ‘Big Black Men’ Assault Them…Another Celina Teacher Charged With Child Endangerment…

All 17 Constitutional Propositions Pass…Casino Cash Fails to Sway Voters in Senate District 9 Special Election…Texas A&M To Pay Former President $3.5 Million…Two Lovejoy ISD Teachers on Leave Over Alleged Misconduct...

Democrat Shutdown Hits Texas Airports…ICE Agents Arrest Fleeing Illegal Alien Stuck on Sign…Another Celina ISD Coach Placed On Leave…Federal Appeals Court To Take Up Texas’ Ten Commandments Law…

Secretary of State Moves to Keep GOP Primary Open…Dallas Sued for Enforcing Ordinances in Violation of Texas Constitution…Houston City Council Pushes Through $16 Million Homeless Hub…More Lawsuits Filed Over School Locker Room Recordings…

- Comptroller Halts HUB Certifications Pending Review of Constitutionality…- SCOTX: Judges Can Refuse to Officiate Same-Sex Weddings…- Experts Criticize Unauthorized State Energy Project…- Charter School Teacher Under Investigation for Sexual Misconduct…

AG Probes Security Camera Company’s Ties to Chinese Communist Party…Lawmaker Calls for Transparency in School Sexual Abuse Scandal…Federal Court Rules Against Tarrant County DEMs…Texas Reports Record Honeybee Losses…

-Texas Sues Big Pharma for Deceptively Marketing Pain Relievers to Pregnant Mothers… - ICE Raid in Pasadena Draws Protests…- Federal Appeals Court to Reconsider Drag Show Ban…

- State Commission Reprimands Judge for Lying to Help Death Row Inmate…- University of Houston Removes ‘Oppression & Injustice’ Class…- North Texas Doctor Surrenders Medical License…- Feds Bust South Texas ISD Teacher…

Alamo Trust CEO Resigns After ‘Misaligned’ Messaging…Federal Judge Declares Book Vendor Rating Requirements Unconstitutional…New Law Protecting Texas Wildlife From Wind Projects Sits Idle…Abbott Appoints Kyle Hawkins to Texas Supreme Court…

Death Row Inmate Appeals Sentence, Claims Prosecution Fat-Shamed Her…Victims of Locker Room Recording Scandal Sue School For Cover-up…Superintendent Arrested for Failing To Report Sexual Misconduct…State Begins Takeover of Fort Worth ISD…

Higher Ed Rule Will (Finally) Ban In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens…UT-Austin Outranks Texas A&M in Conservative College Rankings…Trump Nominates State Sen. Brian Birdwell to Defense Role…Illegal Aliens Detained by A.G.'s Criminal Investigative Division…

Texas Finds Noncitizens Registered to Vote…Federal Lawsuit Challenges Texas’ New App Store Age Checks…DEI Advocate Dismissed From UT-Austin Leadership…Texas Medical Board Updates Standards for Alternative Treatments…

Harris County Officials Send $1.3 Million to Groups Defending Illegal Aliens…Paxton Leads Multi-State Coalition For Rule Requiring Proof of Citizenship for Voter Registration…Protesters Arrested When Blocking Crews Removing Rainbow Crosswalk…Austin Advances Water Project Despite Community Pleas…

Holding Mexico Accountable for Water Treaty Obligation…SCOTUS Could Remove Requirement for Racial Discrimination in Redistricting…Austin Voters to Consider Tax Increase..Dr. Mary Talley Bowden To Appeal Reprimand From Medical Board…

Abbott Deploys National Guard Ahead of Anti-Trump Protests…Head of Texas Racing Commission Steps Down…Court Orders Immediate Halt to Loving County ‘Takeover’ Scheme…Houston Delays Homeless ‘Super Hub’ Vote Amid Resident Backlash…

Land Commissioner Calls for Accountability Over ‘Woke’ Alamo Messaging…Austin Democrat Gina Hinojosa Launches Campaign for Governor…TAMU College of Medicine Injected LGBT Ideology Into Curriculum…Feds Sentence Grapevine Coach to 40 Years for CSAM…

Paxton Finds Securities Violations in EPIC City Project…Texas A&M Names DEI Proponent To Accreditation Agency Board…Texas State Formalizes Termination of Professor…Republicans Redraw Fort Bend County Lines…

Indiana Man Sued Over Scheme To ‘Take Over’ Loving County…UT-Austin Students Protest Trump Initiative …A.G. Demands Answers on COVID Vax Mandate for Organ Transplants…Data Center Water Use Shrouded in Uncertainty…

Texas GOP Approves Censures of Five House Republicans…Three-judge Federal Panel Begins Map Deliberation…UT-Austin To Host Teaching Seminar on Horrors of Communism…A&M Regents Appoint DEI Advocate as Victoria Campus President…

Paxton Backs Texas GOP in Lawsuit To Close Primaries…Discord Investigation Expanded…UPDATE: Houston METRO Will Remove Rainbow Crosswalks…Catholic School Coach Charged With Secretly Recording Students…

Abbott Cracks Down on Political Messages on Texas Streets…New Braunfels LGBT Org to Host ‘All Ages’ Drag Show…DEI Advocates Placed on A&M's Presidential Search Committee…UT-Austin Requires ‘Anti-Racism’ Training for Social Work Majors…

Paxton Launches Investigation Into Leftist Terror Groups…Nikki's Murder…Mapmaker Takes Stand in El Paso…Houston Announces Homeless ‘Super Hub’…

Abbott Approves National Guard Deployment to Blue States…Paxton Accuses TMA of Undermining New COVID Vaccine Guidance…Wesley Hunt Enters US Senate Race Against Cornyn and Paxton…UPDATE: Plano ISD Closes Moldy Murphy Middle School…

- Houston ISD Ties Deportation Crackdowns to School Closure…- Redistricting Trial Continues in El Paso…- UT-Austin Invited to Join Major Trump Initiative…- A&M Regents Name Former State Senator as Interim President…

Democrats' Testimony Undermines Democrats' Case…Paxton Orders Cities To Halt Tax Hikes…Texas Universities Are Auditing Curricula…UT-Austin College of Education Dean To Step Down…

Federal Judge Delays Effort to Close Texas Republican Primary…Union Advises Texas A&M Faculty to ‘Resist’ Reform and Accountability…Federal Trial Begins on New Congressional Map…FDA Announces Approval for Drug To Combat Flesh-Eating Screwworm…

Abbott Directs DPS To Step Up Security at Texas Churches…NRG Energy Awarded $562 Million From Texas Energy Fund…Texas Halts CDLs for Refugees, Asylees, and DACA Recipients…Whitesboro Officials Approve Huge Property Tax Increase…

Court Orders Texas State University To Reinstate Fired Professor…UNT Police Agree To Protect Conservative Student…Texas Inconsistent with Federal Commercial Driver’s License Requirements…Deadly Shooting at Eagle Pass Casino

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…