Texas Minute

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…

Perennial Playoff Failures, Dallas Cowboys Focus on Profiting off the Texas Lottery…Senator Wants a State Watchdog for Foreign Land Purchases…More Than 700 Houston City Workers Accept Retirement Incentive…Celina ISD Seeks $2.29 Billion in School Bond Debt…

Texas House Advances Largest Budget in State History…Dan Patrick Uses Board Game to Make Case for Homestead Exemption…Texas Tech Class Pushes Radical Feminism…Mall Investigation Uncovers Massive US Theft Syndicate Tied to Cartel…

Texas Teachers’ Retirement System Funded Chinese Firms…Proposal Would Require Healthcare Providers To Report Vaccine Side Effects…900 People Charged With Murder Are Free on Bond in Houston…Texas House Rejects Motion To Remove Speaker Burrows…

Paxton Announces Challenge to Cornyn for Senate Seat…Lawmakers Move To Slash Funding for Universities Promoting DEI…Abbott Sets Date for Special Congressional Election…Navasota ISD Teacher Sentenced to 5 Years for Possessing Child Porn…

Ahead of Budget Debate, House Members Move to Slash Lottery Spending…Texas Taxpayers Funded Anti-Border Security, Pro-Islam Show…TAMU President Vetoes LGBT Class in Core Curriculum…San Antonio Sued For Funding Out-of-State Abortion Travel

Congressman Pushes To Revoke Endangered Species Listings…Criminal Aliens Deported From Texas…State Defense Attorney System for Illegals to End…THIRD Huntsville ISD Teacher Arrested for Sex Crime in Three Weeks…

Questions Swirl Around Location of Former Lottery Director…EPIC City Developers Hire High-Profile Defense Attorney…House Education Committee Advances School Choice Legislation…Dozens of Suspected Tren de Aragua Members Arrested Outside Austin…

Lawmaker’s Real Estate Ties Raise Eyebrows in Texas House Deal…DOJ Charges Canadian National for Texas GOP Website Hack…Attorney General Alleges Houston ISD Engaged in Electioneering…Texas Lottery Vendor IGT Fined for Contract Violations…

MAHA Effort to End Taxpayer-Funded Junk Food Moves Forward…Lawmaker Proposes Sending Illegal Alien Inmates to El Salvador Prison…Paxton Supports Trump’s Border Security Orders…Islamic Compound Lacks Construction Permits…Residents Reject Planned Islamic ‘City’…

University of North Texas System To ‘Pause’ Drag Shows on Campus…Americans Value Energy Independence More Than Fighting Climate Change…Abbott Deploys Texas Rangers To Investigate Islamic Center…Buckingham Calls for Federal Action to Secure Border Islands

Most Texas House Members Skipped Work…Superintendent Salaries Continue to Climb as Schools Claim They’re Underfunded…Congressional Subcommittee To Question Prosecutor of Hospital Whistleblower…Houston’s Efficiency Project Expanded…