by Erin Anderson | Jul. 25, 2022 | Central Texas, Local
When copies of the Fredericksburg Conservative hit mailboxes across Gillespie County last week emblazoned with a warning that inside the newspaper were “materials that may be considered offensive and inappropriate,” it was an eye-opener for Texas Hill Country...
by Katy Marshall | Jul. 25, 2022 | Federal
As Texas’ power grid struggles to keep up with record-breaking heat waves, the Biden Administration unveiled plans to build a 546,645 acre wind farm 24 miles off the coast of Galveston. President Joe Biden designated the massive acreage as a “Wind Energy Area” and...
by Emily Medeiros | Jul. 25, 2022 | State
As the wait continues for Texas Democrats to release their official party platform, their temporary platform previews extreme immigration policies. Illegal immigration is currently one of the biggest issues facing Texas. With the influx of drugs coming across the...
by Jacob Asmussen | Jul. 22, 2022 | Central Texas, Local
In the Central Texas town of Temple, taxpayers may soon be forced to pay a Chicago company to come survey and potentially instruct city employees to promote hazardous sexual behaviors, racial prejudice, and “transgenderism.” The Nova Collective is a self-titled...
by Emily Medeiros | Jul. 22, 2022 | State
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved on from attacking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to attacking Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. A full-page ad released Friday in the Houston Chronicle, Austin American-Statesman, and El Paso Times taking aim at Texas’s Heartbeat Act, while...
by Erin Anderson | Jul. 22, 2022 | Local, Metroplex
Another North Texas teacher caught in a sex-related scandal involving kids is no longer working with school students, thanks to exposure by a Dallas actor and comedian. On Wednesday, Cassady Campbell posted a video on his YouTube channel of a man arriving at a...
by Jacob Asmussen | Jul. 22, 2022 | State
AUSTIN — As Texans across the state struggle with record 9 percent inflation—a double whammy of less money in their pockets and higher prices at stores—state lawmakers are playing by a wildly different set of rules with taxpayer dollars. While Texans are currently...
by Brandon Waltens | Jul. 22, 2022 | State
With little fanfare on Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott renewed his emergency COVID declaration for another 30 days. Texas is one of only 21 states continuing to operate under COVID emergency orders. On March 13, 2020, Abbott announced declaration of a state of emergency over...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Jul. 22, 2022 | Commentary, Life
For far too long, we have allowed the foundation of faith to be relegated only to metaphysical “truth” rather than actual “facts.” Indeed, many shy away from talking about the facts of their faith, preferring instead the personally emotive,...
by Reflections on Life and Liberty | Jul. 22, 2022 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
In this week’s reflection, Michael Quinn Sullivan talks about the regular revelation of archeological and scientific studies that serve to verify the accounts of the Bible. “ For all who sincerely seek,” he says, “God makes evidence available so that their faith can...
by Erin Anderson | Jul. 21, 2022 | Local, Metroplex
A North Texas high school teacher whom kids called “Creepy Cooper” was allowed to resign last month after getting caught sending sexually suggestive messages to a student. Now parents worry the district may adopt curriculum that encourages similar encounters. Lovejoy...
by Brandon Waltens | Jul. 21, 2022 | State
Despite the Republican Party of Texas overwhelmingly opposing placing Democrats in leadership positions in the Texas Legislature, State Rep. Cole Hefner (R–Mt. Pleasant) is vigorously supporting the practice. In the March primary election, more than 80 percent of...
by Sebastian Castro | Jul. 21, 2022 | State
According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, 215 out of 254 Texas counties currently have burn bans in response to widespread drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor reports 99.18 percent of Texas’ land area experiencing some type of drought, with 36.27 percent of Texas...
by Jake Peterson | Jul. 21, 2022 | State
On June 27, 53 illegal migrants were found dead in a sweltering hot tractor-trailer abandoned near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio in what has been called the deadliest human smuggling incident ever reported in the United States. Now, two Texas men responsible...
by Emily Medeiros | Jul. 21, 2022 | State
Although the Texas Democrat Party didn’t pass their new platform last week, a drafted version passed by their temporary platform committee gives insight into the party’s continued leftward lunge ahead of the November election. Their latest target? Crisis...
by The Headline | Jul. 21, 2022 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
This week, Michael Quinn Sullivan stops by to talk about the $1 million donation liberal billionaire George Soros gave to Democrat gubernatorial candidate Robert “Beto” O’Rourke. Plus, the Texas House GOP Caucus is censuring their own members for supporting...
by Sydnie Henry | Jul. 21, 2022 | State
On 1,300 square miles of rough, rugged wilderness dotted with scrub brush and baked brown by the South Texas heat, Kinney County is a hotspot for smugglers and traffickers—and reveals just a glimpse of the shocking humanitarian crisis at the U.S. southern border. ...
by Erin Anderson | Jul. 20, 2022 | State
With home values skyrocketing, Texans must look to their local government officials for any hope of relief from punishing property taxes that are based in part on those values. Unfortunately, many local spending plans—which drive property taxes—are “wildly out of...
by Katy Marshall | Jul. 20, 2022 | Austin, Local
Earlier this week, the city of Georgetown, Texas, secured a $3.24 million deal with solar panel company GAF Energy. GAF Energy, an offshoot of Standard Industries, produces the world’s first nailable solar panel shingle. The company promises their product “protects...
by Texas Scorecard | Jul. 20, 2022 | Texas Scorecard Video
Explicit materials in schools. Out-of-control school boards. Parents being arrested for merely speaking up. A pattern of disarray is emerging in school districts across Texas. Located in Central Texas, Round Rock ISD might be the most shocking example of the insanity....
