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Recording: ‘A Lot’ of Convicted Felons Employed by School Districts
Specialist calls for the end of the “two-tiered” justice system in education.
Report: CCP Infiltration of Texas Cities
State Sen. Bob Hall recommends any ban on agreements between Texas and Chinese cities needs to be enforced.
Report: Chinese Drones Threaten Texas
State lawmakers recommend banning any more purchases of DJI drones by first responders.
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Report: Security Needed at Texas Universities
Expert suggests universities need to button down in the areas of research, travel, and foreign gifts and contracts.
Investigations Archive
Red Threat: Corrupting Investments
Mirroring the flow of illegal immigrants crossing America’s porous southern border, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) investment in American social and political structures continues. Texas Scorecard previously reported on the CCP’s intrusions into Texas education,...
Red Threat: Beijing Special Interests
Chinese Communist Party groups are lobbying Americans' and Texans' public servants for policy outcomes that benefit the CCP. Most Americans are aware of special interest lobbyists. Few know that the Chinese Communist Party is behind many such lobbying efforts and...
Red Threat: Big Brother Beijing
Chinese are under threat in Texas. China's repressive surveillance arm stretches into the Lone Star State, threatening Texans and Chinese alike. Nearly all Texans are aware of the crisis that has been unfolding at the southern border for the past several years. An...
Red Threat: China Invading Government Education
Many may recognize Communist China as an imposing threat on the world stage, but fewer realize its imminent threat in Texas and just how far its influence and repression reach. This infiltration is deeper than previously thought. Practically all Texans—and all...
Minors in State Care Went ‘Missing,’ Became Sex Slaves
More than 210 minors in the care of the state became sex slavery victims after they went “missing." How is it that an agency in the essential chain of receiving reports of predators employed by government schools has failed hundreds of children? In May 2023, Texas...
School Districts Make It Easy for Predators to Prey on Kids
Students in Texas public schools are sitting ducks for sexual predators, according to an attorney linked to a statewide citizen network. Located in Collin County, parents in the Prosper Independent School District (ISD) were alarmed when a lawsuit was filed in August...
2 Texases: Taxpayers Funding Opponents in Education
Editor's Note: This article has been updated after a former Pflugerville ISD employee said the salary listed in a record from the school district was incorrect. The district confirmed this but has yet to provide the correct salary amount. Struggling taxpayers are...
2 Texases: Wealthy Bureaucrats and Struggling Taxpayers
Multiple bureaucrats at the state and local levels are paid very well, despite scandals and incompetence. To put it bluntly, there are two Texases: one for those in government and one for citizens. At the 2004 Democrat National Convention, disgraced vice presidential...
Destroying Souls: Cultural Rot Breeds Sex Slavery
A worsening culture is feeding sex slavery in America and Texas. It’s a major reason why this vampiric enterprise is plaguing the Lone Star State. Throughout this investigative series, Texas Scorecard has examined the craterous damage sex slavery leaves on its...