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Conservative Lawmakers Warn Texas House Is Running Out of Time To Pass GOP Priorities
As the regular legislative session heads into its final weeks, conservative House members say leadership needs to move quickly to address Republican priorities.
Houston Approves $11.4M to Overhaul Failing Solid Waste Department
The funds will go toward new vehicles and equipment.
House Committee Prioritizes Controversial ‘HPV Plan’ Over National Security Measures in Higher Ed
A Republican-controlled committee is pushing a pro-Big Pharma proposal while a measure to better protect higher education from national security threats lacks key enforcement.
Camp Becomes 8th County in Texas To Outlaw Abortion & Abortion Trafficking
The ordinance passed unanimously.
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5 Ways Conservatives Won This Week
We have a speaker; it’s not who conservatives support, and it is who the Democrats chose, but this week has been a huge win for conservative Republicans.
Cruz Secures Promise from Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi to Investigate Missing Children
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General has promised to make every effort to investigate and find the 300,000 missing children who entered the country illegally at the southern border. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) posed the question to Pam Bondi...
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1/15/25 The Session Starts Slowly in Austin
- House Rules Debate Comes Late as GOP Seeks End to Democrat Chairs - Starr County Ranch Border Wall Completed - State Sen. Brandon Creighton Named President Pro Tempore as Session Begins
School Efficiency Laws Focus on Attendance, Ignore Poor Performances
Fewer than half of Texas students met state grade-level requirements in all subjects for 2022-23, and many national education rankings placed Texas 29th. Yet, Texas spends one-third of its budget on education, even though its constitution states, “[I]t shall be the...
McKinney P&Z Approves Airport Expansion ‘Soundly Rejected’ by Voters
McKinney took another step toward expanding its airport to accommodate commercial passenger service despite residents’ opposition. On Tuesday, Planning and Zoning Commission members unanimously approved a site plan for constructing a 45,000 square-foot commercial...
Houston ISD Spent Hundreds of Millions Without Receiving Board Approval
Houston Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles recently revealed that the district did not follow its procurement policies by failing to ask for board approval regarding cooperative purchasing agreements. Houston ISD Trustee Dani Hernandez described the...
Democrats Propel Burrows
Just hours after the new legislative session kicked off in Austin, State Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected to serve as speaker of the House, a move that has already sparked controversy among Texas Republicans.
Texas Completes 1.5-Mile Border Wall in Starr County
Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced the completion of a stretch of border wall along the Rio Grande on Wednesday. The 1.5-mile border wall paneling is located on a ranch in Starr County. The General Land Office acquired the 1,400-acre ranch in Starr County...
Darnella Wilkerson: A Grassroots Activist Crushed by the Texas Ethics Commission
Darnella Wilkerson is not the kind of person who comes to mind when people think of political corruption. A soft-spoken, older black woman, she sought to make a modest impact in Houston’s local politics by serving as treasurer of the African American Caucus (AAC), a...