The lawsuit alleges that employees at the organization, which operates shelters in Texas for unaccompanied minors, engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with the children.
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Jackson to Defund Teachers Unions
Teachers unions would lose access to federal funds in proposal by a Texas congressman.
Trump Announces ‘Comeback’
Reactions from Texas Republicans were mostly muted Tuesday night.
US Rep. Ronny Jackson: Texas Republicans Will Get Aggressive Over Border Invasion
With more than 2 million encounters and 342 million lethal doses of fentanyl seized at the border, Texas Republicans are preparing to get aggressive on federal border policy.
Texas Federal Judge Halts Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
“We are not ruled by an all-powerful executive with a pen and a phone.”
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Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors Threatens Nuclear Security
Although Biden’s vaccine mandate has been halted following further court action, if it’s not officially overturned, critical nuclear plant employees could face termination.
Federal Court Blocks Texas Law Prohibiting Social Media Viewpoint Discrimination
The legislation, signed into law in September, was set to go into effect on Thursday.
Rice University Mandates Employee COVID-19 Vaccinations
Adhering to the Biden administration’s executive order mandating vaccines for all federal contractors, Rice University is requiring all employees to vaccinate or request a medical or religious exemption.
Texas Association of School Boards Supports Control Over Board Members’ Speech
In an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Association of School Boards supports censoring board members’ free speech.
Supreme Court Taking Time on Texas Heartbeat Act Decision
Although numerous media outlets speculated the Court would issue a decision regarding the controversial Texas law on Monday, they did not.
Biden’s Department of Education Investigating a Texas School District Fighting Critical Race Theory
Southlake’s Carroll ISD has been embroiled in the fight against CRT in schools since 2020 and is now under investigation for possible civil rights violations.
9 Texas Congressmen Press Texas Association of School Boards to Leave National Organization
The Texas Association of School Boards maintains its membership in the National School Board Association, which called parents “domestic terrorists” in September.
Federal Agency Halts Vaccine Mandate Implementation Amid Court Proceedings
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard mandating vaccinations. OSHA has suspended mandate activities.
Van Taylor Draws GOP Primary Challengers
Two Republican rivals are courting conservative voters who say Taylor changed after going to Washington.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Files Motion to Halt President Biden’s Contractor Vaccine Mandate
Paxton requests a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to stop Biden’s “unlawful vaccine mandate against federal contractors.”
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Tax Equity
More than two dozen members of the Texas Legislature are calling on Congress to maintain the sales tax deduction for Texans on our federal income taxes. Unless Congress acts, we’ll again lose this important protection.
No Headline: Conservatives Press For Sanity
Seventeen members of the Texas House have sent a letter to Texas’ delegation to the U.S. Congress, urging them to sustain the President’s veto of the massive expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Don’t expect the letter to make the newspapers — they only write about socialists endorsing big government.
Cornyn Among Few Senators to Vote Against Pork for Bike Paths, Montana Ballpark, and “Peace Garden”
Texas Senator John Cornyn was one of a handful of U.S. Senators to vote against three separate servings of pork.
Grow Government Today, Pay For It Later
Bad ideas are running rampant in Beantown. I've come to Boston for the National Conference of State Legislators. It should be called the National Conference for Growing Government. By and large, NCSL is a cheerleading session for those legislators, bureaucrats, rent-seekers and assorted hangers-on looking to grow the size and scope of government.
The first panel discussion I attended was illustrative: it was called "Financing State Government in a No New Taxes World."
Tearing Down Walls, Advancing Liberty
It was 20 years ago today, on June 12, 1987, that Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate, in West Berlin, and uttered perhaps the most important words of the 20th Century.
He said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! … Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.