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Hemp-derived THC Classification Battle Reaches Texas Supreme Court
While Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Patrick battle over the ban, a THC ruling is looming.
The Years-Long Shattering of a Mother’s Rights by a Harris County Judge
A tyrannical judge who handcuffed attorneys to chairs had a disturbing track record of stripping parental rights.
Texas Teachers’ Retirement System Funded Chinese Firms
State agency hides how much it has indirectly invested in Chinese businesses.
Report: Texas Must Secure ‘Critical Infrastructure’
Texans face a rapidly changing battlespace.
Investigations Archive
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...
Report: Thousands From Hostile Nations Detained in Texas
As criminal activity remains a key concern at the border, more than 10,000 individuals from hostile nations have been detained at the Texas border since 2021. The amount of illegal aliens from hostile nations that have escaped capture at the Texas border remains...
Investigations, Raider Scorecard, State
Critical Race Theory Books in Texas Tech Architecture Library
Texas Tech’s architecture library collection houses books that espouse critical race theory in a section called “Social Justice and the Built Environment.” The diversity, equity, and inclusion push in university library collections could be attributed to a 2022...
Specialist: Georgetown ISD Case Part of Disturbing Trend Among Youth
A Central Texas school’s report concluded a boy sexually harassed a girl on school grounds. An education specialist sounded a statewide call to action, warning this isn’t an isolated incident but an exploding problem in schools. Specialist Aileen Blachowski of Texas...
Investigations, Longhorn Scorecard, State
UT Enforces DEI Ban: Mandates Staff Training
To ensure compliance with the statewide ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion, University of Texas staff are now mandated to undergo regular training. An internal review found thousands of “DEI-related terms” on UT websites. Rejection of DEI ideology has picked up...
Investigations, Longhorn Scorecard, State
UT-Austin Course Promotes ‘LGBT’ Agenda
The University of Texas at Austin is offering an “Introduction to LGBT Studies” course this fall. A required course textbook promotes the sexualization of minors. The class syllabus revealed the political bent of the course offered this fall 2024 semester. A “land...
Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
TAMU Class Explores ‘Systemic Racism’ in American Politics
Syllabi from a fall 2024 Texas A&M course revealed divisive and far-left messages taught to students. The class, titled “Race and Politics in the United States,” is a political science course. TAMU’s political science department is within Texas A&M’s Bush...
Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
Texas A&M Film Class Advances LGBT Ideology Through Horror
A Texas A&M film class is examining horror movies as LGBT analogies. “Gender and Genre” is a graduate course for this fall. It is taught in the College of Arts & Sciences’ Liberal Arts and Arts & Humanities Building. The fall 2024 syllabus provided more...
Investigations, Longhorn Scorecard, State
McKinsey Fights Release of Information on Contracts With UT
McKinsey & Company, a global consulting firm, is fighting the release of information contained in its contracts and agreements with the University of Texas System. McKinsey counts itself among the “big three” management consulting firms in the United States,...