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5/12/25 Google to Pay Texas $1.4 Billion
- AG Paxton Secures Record $1.375B Data Privacy Settlement With Google - Texas House Moves To Restore AG’s...
Texas Senators Approve Measure Strengthening Right to Self-Defense
While Texas is already a castle doctrine state, individuals whom a grand jury declines to prosecute may still face civil action after exercising self-defense.
Grassroots Uproar Pushes Democrat To Pull ‘HPV Plan’ Legislation
The proposal from the self-proclaimed “reigning queen of the tyranny squad” could still re-emerge as an amendment before the end of the session.
Taxpayer-Funded Entities Sponsor LGBT Agenda in Houston
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Harris County Constable Alan Rosen, and METRO are sponsoring a Houston LGBT parade.
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Texas Parents Push Lawmakers To Deliver Public Education Reforms
While school choice captured much of the attention during the first half of the legislative session, a parent-driven advocacy group has been laser-focused on reforming the existing government education system, which will continue to receive the vast majority of Texas’...
Texas A&M Faculty Senate Approves “Climate Ethics” Course
A new course approved by the Texas A&M Faculty Senate highlights the challenges posed by the so-called “shared governance” model of higher education. According to a Texas A&M memo obtained by The Battalion, on December 9, 2024, the faculty senate approved a...
Conservative Lawmakers Warn Texas House Is Running Out of Time To Pass GOP Priorities
With just over a month remaining in the 2025 legislative session, a group of conservative Texas House members gathered for a press conference to issue a stark warning to their leadership: time is almost up to deliver on Republican priorities. “Today is day 107 of our...
Houston Approves $11.4M to Overhaul Failing Solid Waste Department
The city of Houston approved $11.4 million to replace aging, broken-down garbage trucks and modernize its long-neglected solid waste department. City council members voted Tuesday to allocate $11.4 million to upgrade the department with new vehicles and equipment....
House Committee Prioritizes Controversial ‘HPV Plan’ Over National Security Measures in Higher Ed
Lawmakers in a Texas House committee put national security in the backseat and put a controversial STD proposal upfront. The Republican-controlled House Higher Education Committee passed State Rep. Donna Howard’s (D–Austin) controversial proposal that would require...
Camp Becomes 8th County in Texas To Outlaw Abortion & Abortion Trafficking
Abortion and abortion trafficking have been outlawed in Camp County (pop. 13,039). The ordinance was passed in a unanimous 5-0 vote by Judge A.J. Mason and County Commissioners Jed Hefner, Tommy Rozell, Perry Weeks, and Steve Lindley. The passage of the measure made...
Laughing At The Left…It Helps
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Tim Young is a very talented comedian, pundit, and writer. Tim Young is a Media Fellow for Strategic Communications at The Heritage Foundation.
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Are Local Officials Distracted by Corruption?
Should local administrators represent us as they face corruption charges?
5.1.2025: ‘Antisemitic’ resolution draws fire
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’ Resolution House Approves Former Speaker Dade Phelan’s Meme Regulation...