Investigations
Texas Tech Class Encourages Critical Race Theory in Human Resources Departments
The class includes assignments based on readings that peddle critical theories surrounding race, gender, disability, and religion.
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.
Investigations Archive
The Chinese Threat to Texas’ Power Grid
Communist China is a growing threat to the United States. The nation also threatens Texas’ power grid. John Ratcliffe, former U.S. Director of National Intelligence, warned about the threat of China. “They are both an adversary and a competitor, but they should be...
Foreign Threats to Texas’ Power Supply
Texas’ electrical grid is vulnerable to attack. It can be protected, but public servants haven’t done so yet. This investigative series has been viewed from the lens of Miriah Sachs and her family of four’s plight during the February 2021 blackout. Five days without...
Texans Electric Bills Are Rising
Miriah Sachs and her family of four moved to Cypress, Texas from Nebraska in 2020. Months later they endured something they didn’t expect: the February 2021 winter blackout. They, like millions of other Texans, found themselves without power. For the Sachs, it was...
Is Nationalizing the Power Grid the Answer?
Miriah Sachs and her family of four endured five freezing, powerless days during the February 2021 blackouts. Those five days resulted in nine days without water. When the water came back on, it busted their pipes. That gave them nine weeks without a kitchen...
Days of Freezing: One Family’s Trial With Unreliable Energy in Texas
Even before the statewide blackout in February 2021, life has not been easy for Miriah Sachs. She has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic condition that has compromised her bones and joints. “I actually broke my pelvis when I was pregnant with my last baby. So walking...
Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
Karl Rove’s Pro-gambling Wife on Texas A&M PAC Board
Texas A&M University System, a supposedly conservative institution, has a gambling lobbyist on the board of their political action committee. Rachel Horton, a member of the State Republican Executive Committee, posted to X about Texas A&M’s political action...
Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
Texas A&M Textbook Supports “Transgender” Bathrooms
A political science textbook published by Texas A&M promotes the LGBT ideology around allowing males into female spaces. In the fall of 2019, Texas A&M published “Comparing the States and Communities: A STEM Approach to Politics, Government and Policy in the...
Investigations, State, West Texas
College at Texas Tech Offers ‘Diversity’ and ‘Inclusion’ Agriculture Course
Texas Tech’s Agricultural College is offering a course full of “Diversity” and “Inclusion” in the 2024-2025 academic year. This comes after university leadership made it clear that their mandate is for the entire university to follow the letter and the spirit of the...
Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
Chinese Infiltration of American Higher Education Reaches Texas A&M
American universities, including Texas A&M, are not fully shielded from Chinese government infiltration. Records show the Aggie institution has allowed China to infiltrate its Engineering Experiment Station, which works on multiple high-profile projects, including...