Texas Minute

Veto of THC Ban Sparks Fierce Response From Patrick…How Texas' Law Enforcement Officials Are Shielding Illegal Aliens…Abbott (Again) Vetoes Proposal Letting Teachers on Appraisal Boards…Parents Praise Passage of Protections From Sexual Predators in Schools…

Gov. Greg Abbott Announces July 21 Special Session…Texas Lottery Operator Rebrands Amid Scandals…San Antonio’s Abortion Travel Funding on Hold While Case Continues…Former US Soldier Sentenced for Smuggling Illegals Into Texas

Hancock Leaves Senate, With Appointment Set to Upset Comptroller Race…Shake Up for TLR After Political Stunts Led to Disastrous Session…Austin ISD To Reduce Headquarters Staff by Over 20 Percent…High School Coach Arrested for Sexual Relationship With Student…

Paxton Demands Austin End Contracts With Anti-Gun Companies…General Mills Will Remove Artificial Dyes After Texas Investigation…Supreme Court Blocks Texas Lawsuit Over Nuclear Waste Site…East Texas School Board President Faces Felony Child Porn Charge…

Left-Wing Groups Fight Against Termination of In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens…Paxton Opens Investigation Into Allegations of Noncitizens Voting…Texas GOP Wants Abbott to Call Special Session on Priorities…Education Agency Calls New Test Results for Grades 3-8 ‘Encouraging’…

Texas GOP Moves Forward With Closed Primaries in 2026…Gov. Abbott Hints at Potential Special Session…Illegal Alien Receives Death Penalty for Murder of Harris County Deputy…Texas A&M Class Uses Radical Gender and Sexuality Materials…

‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Includes Reimbursement for Texas’ Border Spending…Anti-Trump Protests Kick Off Across Texas…New Law Assists Property Owners in Removing Squatters…Houston ISD Extends Superintendent's Contract After Test Gains…

Attorney General Sues 23andMe Over Privacy Violations…New Results Reveal Students ‘Not Where They Need To Be Academically’…Trump DOJ Official Enters Race for Texas Attorney General…Harris County Officially Ends Failed Guaranteed Basic Income Program…

Abbott to Deploy Texas National Guard Amid Nationwide Protests ...City Officials Across Texas Promise Order…Collin County Votes for Switch to Hand-Marked Ballots…FBI Dallas Announces 109 Children Rescued…

Trump to Re-rename Central Texas Army Installation…Texas Man Arrested After Allegedly Giving Girlfriend Abortion-Inducing Drug…After Judges Drop Asylum Cases, ICE Makes Arrests at Houston Courthouse…Texas to Launch Nation’s Largest School Choice Program…

Soros-Backed Group Relaunches Effort To Turn Texas Blue…Organized Protesters Rally for Illegal Aliens, Against ICE…Supreme Court Shoots Down Mexico’s Lawsuit Against American Gun Companies…Texas A&M Political Science Textbook Attacks Trump…

Banking Lobbyists Reportedly Urging Abbott to Veto Transactional Gold…Judge Orders Lottery To Protect a Disputed $83.5 Million Jackpot…Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Costs Millions as House Failed to Act…New Police Training Center Will Not Require Taxpayer Funding…

Republicans Urge Abbott to Veto ‘Biden-Style’ Loan Repayments…Why Didn't Lawmakers Just Abolish the Lottery?…UT-Austin Picks national Security Scholar as Provost Finalist…Dallas Police Pause Enforcement of Prostitution Ordinance…

Trump DOJ Forces Texas to End In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens…ICE Houston Deports 142 Criminal Aliens to Mexico…Lottery Commission Begins Transfer Process to Department of Licensing & Regulation…Tarrant County Approves Republican Redistricting Plan…

Abbott Signs Historic Bail Reform Laws…House Republicans Urge Veto of Appraisal Board Bill…Medical Liberty Legislation Awaits Gov. Abbott’s Approval…Legislature Pushes Higher Education Reform…

Texas Supreme Court To Decide if State Judges Have Freedom of Religion…Legislature Adjourns—Now the Governor Has the Last Word…Lawmakers Reach Deal on Immigration Enforcement…TEA Extends Control of Houston ISD Until 2027…

SCOTX Clears Path for A.G. To Investigate Illegal Alien Shelter…Texas Legislature Approves Record-High State Budget…Lawmakers Send Ban on Foreign Land Ownership to Governor…Measure Eliminating Lottery Commission Goes to the Governor…

Connections to Conflicted Vendor Run Deep at Texas Lottery…House Rejects Paxton's Call on Election Integrity Measure…Harris County Bureaucrats Best-paid in America…Prosper ISD JROTC Teacher Charged With Sex Crime Against Student…Stockdale ISD Teacher Indicted for Student Sex Crimes…Little Elm ISD Custodian Jailed for Abusing Elementary Student…

Patrick Says THC Ban Is a Fight To Save a Generation…Illegal Aliens Tied to Deadly Memorial Day Jet Ski Crash…House Approves Senate Ban on Most Firearm Red Flag Laws…Houston Faces Lawsuit Over Continued Membership in Regional Planning Council…

College Sports Faces 'Rapid Destruction’…Predators Will No Longer Be Allowed To Hide Behind Agreements…Sources: Kelly Hancock Angling for Appointment as Comptroller…More Indictments in Frio County Vote Harvesting Ring…

‘Jocelyn’s Law’ Stalled in Texas House as Democrats Withhold Support…House Greenlights $1.5 Billion in Film Subsidies…Entities at UT-Austin Promote Abortion… Texas Faces Educator Sexual Misconduct ‘Crisis’…

Both Chambers Act to Abolish Texas Lottery Commission…Legislation Mandates Texas' Sheriffs Cooperate with ICE…Lawmakers Look to Slash School Superintendents’ Severance Pay…Harris County Taxpayer-Funded Entities Spend Millions on Lobbying…

Time Running Out for Senate To Pass Bill Ending In-State Tuition for Illegals…House Approves Crackdown on THC Products Following Push From Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick…Lawmakers Want to Prohibit Soda Sales with SNAP Cash…Leading the SEC, Texas A&M Paid $27.5M in 2024 Coaching Buyout…

House Approves Creation of Texas Grid Security Commission…Legislation to Block Abortion Travel Funding Advances Out of House…Harris County Sheriff’s Office Plans Return of Outsourced Inmates…School Board Censures Trustee Busted in Prostitution Sting…

First Charter Flight From Houston Sends Self-Deporting Illegals Home…House Committee Advances Senate Bill To Abolish Lottery Commission…State Rep. Now Claims He Voted For His Own Bad Amendment by Accident...Senators Consider Bipartisan Bill Requiring Schools To Regulate Cell Phone Use…

House Votes To Crack Down on Bail for Violent Criminals…Paxton Announces Investigation Into US Masters Swimming…Houston Man Out on Bond After Sister’s Death Now Faces New Charges… East Texas Judge Accused of Making Death Threat to Secure Plea Deal…

Texas Senate Unanimously Moves To Eliminate Lottery CommissionHarris County Democrat Wants $23K for Taxpayer-funded Junket to France…Senators Consider House Measure Protecting Children From Sexual Content in Public Libraries…Criminal Justice Teacher Arrested for Sexual Relationship With Student…Harlingen High's Head Soccer Coach Accused of Sending Porn to Child…

Gov. Abbott Requests Waiver to Ban Unhealthy SNAP Purchases in Texas…Hundreds of Bills Die as Texas House Hits Deadline…Texas Alliance for Life Accused of Sabotaging Pro-Life Bill…University of Houston Pivots Research Focus Amid Federal Funding Cuts…

Legislation Would Abolish Public Schools’ Immunity in Sex Abuse Cases…Texans in D.C. Join Push to Cement Trump’s Agenda in Law…Texas Lawmakers Pass Constitutional Amendment Enshrining Parental Rights…City Disannexes Muslim-owned Properties…

ICE Arrests 422 in Houston Sweep, Including Murder and Arson Suspects…Highest Criminal Court Considers a Dog's Nose in the Window…Plan To Protect Kids From Sexual Content in Public Libraries Passes House…Texas House Faces Pileup of Legislation After Slow Start…

Paxton Secures Record $1.375B Data Privacy Settlement With Google…Senators Approve Measure Strengthening Right to Self-Defense…House Beats Back 'Guest Worker Program’…Taxpayer-Funded Entities Sponsor LGBT Agenda in Houston…

Lawmakers Move To Restore AG’s Power To Prosecute Election Crimes…Cruz and Gill Target Universities’ Foreign Funding…Democrat Judge Temporarily Limits Lottery’s Ban on Ticket Resellers…DOJ Joins Paxton, Abbott in Probing Controversial Islamic Compound…

Texas House to Vote Today on Mexican Guest Worker Program…House Advances Weakened Prohibition on Land Purchases by Individuals from Hostile Foreign Countries…State May Soon ID Noncitizens as Ineligible to Vote…Cruz Introduces Bill to Defend Troops’ Constitutional Right to Religious Freedom…

Abbott Presses Lawmakers for Bail Reform…College Professors Argue Against Higher Education Reform…Paxton Nabs Frio County Officials & Election Workers in Vote-Harvest Ring…Houston To Continue Race-Based City Contracting Program…

Texas Lottery Commission Calls in FBI Amid Explosive Allegations…Speaker Burrows Fires Senior Staffer…Attorney General Ken Paxton Targets Chinese Companies…Texas Rangers Arrest Tax Assessor-Collector…

House, Senate Close In on Property Tax Relief Agreement…Paxton Launches Investigation Into Austin ISD…State Senator Proposes Abolition of the Texas Lottery…Utility District Reports $8.2 Million in Fraudulent Transfers…Irving Voters Add Casino Opponents to City Council…

Legislation Targeting Explicit Library Materials in Schools Clears House and Senate…Waco ISD Teachers Arrested for Abusing Special Needs Children…‘Gulf of America’ Law Heads to Texas House…Was the Rigging of a $95M Jackpot Legal? No…

Lawmakers Warn House Is Running Out of Time…Parents Push For Public Education Reforms…Texas A&M Faculty Senate Approves “Climate Ethics” Course…Houston Approves $11.4M to Overhaul Failing Department…

Abbott Pushes Bail Reform in Houston…Central Texas Teacher Accused of Using Student Photos To Create Child Porn…San Marcos’ Funding Threatened if Officials Pass ‘Antisemitic’ ResolutionHouse Approves Former Speaker Dade Phelan’s Meme Regulation Bill…

Republican Lawmakers Challenge Speaker Burrows Over Stalled Party Priorities…TAMU President Promotes DEI-Defending Academic to Lead Civics Initiative…Lottery Commissioners Finalize Ban on Ticket Resellers…Harris County Sues Trump Administration Over Federal Workforce Cuts…

Lawmaker Wants DNA Testing at Southern Border to Prevent Child Trafficking…USDA Secures Water Delivery Agreement with Mexico…Three-Time Loser Beto O’Rourke Hints at Another Run…School Employee Jailed on 5 Counts of Sexually Assaulting Student…

In One Month, Illegal Aliens Cost Taxpayers $121.8 Million in Hospital Fees…Jilted Lottery Ticket Reseller Sues the State Over Ban…Senate Blocks 'Guaranteed Basic Income' Programs…South Texas Teacher Allowed to Resign After Arrest for Sex Crimes Against Student…

Texas Senator Would Tie Occupational Licenses to Registry Managed by Speech Police…Lawmakers Consider Advantaging Entities Seeking to Silence Citizens…Texas Education Agency (Finally) Releases 2023 School Report Cards…High-Ranking Tren de Aragua Member Indicted in Houston…

Senators Unanimously Pass Impeachment Reform…E-Verify Takes Step Forward in Senate…Education Committee Hears Homeschool Protection…Health Bill Amended to Prohibit Social Transitioning of Minors…Texas Scratch Tickets Have Been Gamed Before…

New Chairman Pledges Texas Tech 'Never Will Be' Woke…House Leadership Yanks Abortion Abolition Bill Hours Before Hearing…Houston Mayor’s GOP Outreach Sparks Democrat Party Revolt… Activist Wants Increased Parental Oversight in School Libraries…

Lottery Chief Resigns After Agency Defunded by Texas House…Lawmaker Would Allow Phones at Polling Places…Lawmakers Consider Over-the-Counter Access to Ivermectin…A&M ‘Queer Theory’ Class Promotes Radical Gender Ideology…

Paxton Sues Dallas for Banning Guns on Public Property…House Leadership Retreats From Honoring Planned Parenthood President…TAMU Law Application Emphasizes ‘Racial,’ ‘Gender Identity’ Grievances…Stratford ISD Confirms Educator Misconduct ‘Rumors’…

Texas House Passes School Choice…Cruz Wants to Give American Victims of Terrorism the Power to Sue International Orgs…Senate Acts to Reform University Faculty Groups…As School District Shrinks, Lubbock ISD Asks Voters To Grow Bond Debt…

Trump Admin Derails Train Grant, Saving Taxpayers Millions…Senate Bans Local Government Funding of Abortion Travel…House Set to Honor Planned Parenthood President…Mayes Middleton Enters Race for Texas Attorney General…Fort Bend ISD Approves Policy That Affirms Students’ Biological Sex…

School Choice Showdown Set for Wednesday in Texas House…Officials Continue Investigations Into North Texas Islamic ‘City’…Senators Approve Increasing Public Participation in Judicial Oversight…‘Climate Justice’ Plan Proposes Using NGOs To Work Around State Law…