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Wesley Hunt Enters US Senate Race Against Cornyn and Paxton
The announcement comes as Cornyn and Paxton have spent months trading public shots.
FDA Announces Approval for Drug To Combat Flesh-Eating Screwworm
The injectable drug will treat and prevent screwworm infestation in cattle.
Federal Judges To Decide Texas Redistricting Case
Left-wing advocacy groups are challenging the constitutionality of Texas’ new congressional map, which creates five new Republican-opportunity districts.
Audit: Texas Inconsistent with Federal Commercial Driver’s License Requirements
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy shared findings from a recent audit.
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Republicans Redraw Fort Bend County Lines After Years of Democrat Advantage
During a special session of the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court on Monday, commissioners voted 3–2 along party lines to adopt a new mid-decade redistricting map that divides the county’s political landscape more evenly between Republicans and Democrats. The prior...
Texas A&M Sent DEI Proponent to New Accreditation Agency
Texas A&M’s representative on the board of directors of a new higher education accreditation agency intended to counterbalance left-wing ideological capture has his own history of promoting such endeavors. Another member of the seven-person board also has a...
Paxton Finds Securities Violations in EPIC City Project, Seeks Referral for Lawsuit
Attorney General Ken Paxton has informed the Texas State Securities Board that his office has uncovered evidence showing entities connected to the East Plano Islamic Center and its controversial proposed EPIC City land development project violated both federal and...
Ken Paxton, Defending Us From Leftists. Cornyn Can’t Say The Same!
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General.
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10.14.2025: COVID Vax Mandate?
Indiana Man Sued Over Scheme To ‘Take Over’ Loving County… UT-Austin Students Protest Trump Initiative … A.G. Demands Answers on COVID Vax Mandate for Organ Transplants… Data Center Water Use Shrouded in Uncertainty…
Analysis: Expectations Following Texas’ Redistricting Hearings
A federal three-judge panel is now considering whether to grant a preliminary injunction that would block Texas’ newly drawn 2025 congressional map ahead of the 2026 primary elections. Plaintiffs allege Texas' latest map constitutes both racial gerrymandering—a...
UT-Austin Students Protest Trump Initiative
AUSTIN—University of Texas students staged a protest on Monday in opposition to university participation in the Trump administration’s new higher education reform initiative, the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. The rally, organized under slogans...
Data Center Water Use Shrouded in Uncertainty
Texas does not know how much water data centers are using. The Texas Water Development Board uses self-reported data from surveys submitted by data centers to forecast future water usage and to draft water demand projections for the regional and state water supply...
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10/13/25 The ‘Takeover’ in Texas’s Smallest County
- Paxton Sues Over Scheme To ‘Take Over’ Loving County - Paxton Demands Answers from Houston Methodist on Vaccine Mandate for Organ Transplants - Texas GOP Approves Censures of Five House Republicans, Stops Short of Ballot Ban