by Erin Anderson | Jan. 8, 2025 | Local, Metroplex
In a 5-2 vote, McKinney City Council passed a resolution Tuesday night supporting a controversial plan for expanding the city-owned airport. The resolution recommends that the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission approve a site plan for constructing a 48,000 square...
by Brandon Waltens | Jan. 8, 2025 | Decision Texas, State
State Rep. Dustin Burrows, who is currently attempting to execute a Democrat-powered bid for speaker of the House, may have some trouble at home. A new poll commissioned by Texans United for a Conservative Majority shows Burrows (R–Lubbock) is underwater with...
by Michael Wilson | Jan. 8, 2025 | Houston, Local
A captain in the Montgomery County Precinct 3 Constable’s Office told Texas Scorecard that a “child predator looks like everybody else.” Captain Adam Acosta’s comments follow the Montgomery County Constable Precinct 3 Office’s move to...
by Will Biagini | Jan. 8, 2025 | Federal
Attorney General Ken Paxton has officially blocked the Biden administration from auctioning off border wall sections ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s January 20 inauguration. A court order from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas seals...
by The Kambree Show | Jan. 8, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Video
New reports suggest that a local chapter of Catholic Charities is working with Fort Worth Independent School District to bring illegal aliens into the school district.
by Valerie Muñoz | Jan. 8, 2025 | State
Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to increase Texas Antiterrorism Task Force resources after a man from Houston committed a deadly terror attack in New Orleans. On New Year’s Day, Shamsud-Din Jabbar—a Houston resident—drove a vehicle...
by Emily Medeiros | Jan. 8, 2025 | Local, Metroplex
Grapevine City Council members approved a legislative agenda for the upcoming session of the Texas Legislature, which begins next week. According to Transparency USA, Grapevine spent more than $86,000 on taxpayer-funded lobbyists from January to December 2024....
by Emily Medeiros | Jan. 8, 2025 | State
Update: TMB confirmed on 1/9 that Bredt retired. Following outrage from citizens and lawmakers, an employee of Planned Parenthood is no longer a director at the Texas Medical Board. It was revealed last month that Robert Bredt has worked for Planned Parenthood of...
by Brandon Waltens | Jan. 8, 2025 | State
The speaker of the House could be limited to two terms if state lawmakers approve incoming State Rep. Mitch Little’s newly filed proposal. House Bill 1758, one of the shorter pieces of legislation filed this session, states that no speaker candidate would be...
by Luca Cacciatore | Jan. 8, 2025 | Federal
Attorney General Ken Paxton has revealed that three more major United States-based banks have withdrawn from the United Nations-led Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Launched in April 2021, the group comprises banks “committed to aligning their lending, investment and...
by Will Biagini | Jan. 8, 2025 | State
Texas House members are set to vote on their next speaker in one week—and Tarrant County GOP Chairman Bo French is pressing lawmakers to abide by caucus rules. On social media platform X, French noted that State Representatives Charlie Green (R-Fort Worth), Giovanni...
by Brandon Waltens | Jan. 8, 2025 | State
Helen Kerwin, who defeated incumbent DeWayne Burns in the Republican primary, is bringing her experience as a former mayor and county commissioner to the Texas House. Motivated by both local and statewide issues, Kerwin says her decision to run was rooted in a desire...
by The Salcedo Storm Podcast | Jan. 8, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Ed Henry, host of The Briefing on Newsmax 2.
by Texas Minute | Jan. 8, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Dan Patrick Warns of ‘Counterfeit Speaker’… Ken Paxton Calls for Republican Unity… Trump Pledges to Reverse Biden Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling… School Funding Would Be Wasted on ‘Ghost Students’…
by Daily Headlines | Jan. 7, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
– 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
by Brandon Waltens | Jan. 7, 2025 | State
It’s time for Republicans to lead the Texas House. That was the message delivered by Attorney General Ken Paxton to a packed room in Leander on Tuesday, as hundreds gathered to hear his remarks just one week before the Texas Legislature convenes. The race for speaker...
by Luca Cacciatore | Jan. 7, 2025 | State
Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Jimmy Blacklock as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas and James P. Sullivan as a justice on the court. Blacklock, a member of the Federalist Society, has served on the Texas Supreme Court since January 2018. Before that, he...
by Valerie Muñoz | Jan. 7, 2025 | Federal
President Joe Biden announced Monday that he would ban oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The executive action closed more than 625 million acres of the ocean. Biden invoked the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which allows presidents to...
by Emily Medeiros | Jan. 7, 2025 | Local, Metroplex
School choice was a hot topic during a Tarrant County GOP discussion of legislative priorities for the 2025 session, which starts next week. The debate Monday night, between education activist and local Fort Worth mom Hollie Plemons and the Texas Home School Coalition...
by Charles Blain | Jan. 7, 2025 | Houston, Local
Harris County’s sole Republican Commissioner Tom Ramsey has rolled out a new campaign called “Wasted Potential” to draw attention to just how much taxpayer money Harris County is spending on new programs and departments, largely driven by the Democrat...
