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2/5/25 Time to Divest from China
- Report: Divest From America’s Enemies - Houston ISD Budgeted $2 Million for Bond Election Prep - Grand...

‘Qualified Immunity’ Arguments On Trial in Lorena ISD Sex Abuse Case
At the Fifth Circuit, defense counsel argued that Principal April Jewell should not be liable for a teacher under her direction who victimized a 5-year-old student.

Pay Them to Go Away: A TEC Cautionary Tale of Katy Christian Magazine vs The Link Letter
Without meaningful reform, the Texas Ethics Commission will continue to target those least able to fight back while letting well-connected actors off the hook.
Paxton Backs Deportation
Attorney General Ken Paxton has become the first Texas law enforcement official to sign an agreement with...
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Abbott Appoints Blacklock as Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, Sullivan as Justice
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...
Trump Pledges to Reverse Biden Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling
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...
School Choice Proponent, Opponent Debate Whether Educational Freedom Helps Texans
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...
Harris County Commissioner Launches ‘Wasted Potential’ Campaign
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 supermajority....
Experts Warn Enrollment-based School Funding Would Be Wasted on ‘Ghost Students’
While some Texas school districts are advocating for a new system of funding based on student enrollment, public policy experts say the process would force taxpayers to pay for “ghost students.” A ghost student is a student who appears on a school’s roster but has...
Dan Patrick Warns Against ‘Counterfeit Speaker’ in Texas House Race
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has issued a strongly worded statement ahead of the Texas House speaker election, urging Republicans to support the party’s caucus nominee, State Rep. David Cook, and reject what he called a “counterfeit Speaker” scenario where a Republican is...
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The Battle for Your Texas House
Texans spoke loudly about how they wanted their government to run. The establishment is throwing a fit.
Report: Texas Land Still Vulnerable to Ownership by Hostile Nations
Specialists state Texans remain vulnerable to hostile powers buying land in their state. The road to addressing this may not be easy. Concern about hostile powers buying up land in Texas has escalated for the past few years. It started when it was widely reported that...
Meet the Freshmen: Katrina Pierson
Katrina Pierson, former spokesperson for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, is preparing to take a seat in the Texas House after defeating incumbent Justin Holland in the Republican primary. A veteran of the Tea Party movement, Pierson says her campaign was...