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McKinney ISD Employee Arrested for Indecency With a Child
Andrew Hansen worked in the school district’s Technology Department and had access to all campuses.
School Resource Officer Accused of Past Relationship With Student
Carrollton Police Officer Cole Langston, assigned as an SRO in Lewisville ISD, is on leave pending investigation of allegations tied to a former Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD student.
University of Houston Pivots Research Focus Amid Federal Funding Cuts
Officials expressed optimism that research funding can be regained by aligning with the Trump administration’s new policy guidelines.
Humble ISD Trustee Seat Contested After Winner’s Eligibility Is Challenged
Tracy Shannon says that her opponent was ineligible to run due to residency requirements.
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RPT Chairman James Dickey Announces Bid for Re-Election
Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey announced today he would be seeking re-election at the party’s convention in June. In an email sent out to his supporters this morning, Dickey highlighted his success in strengthening the party’s infrastructure statewide...
By Narrow Margin, Seliger Secures Another Term
“Every vote counts” can often sound like a cliché, but the nail-biting, three-way race for West Texas’s Senate District 31 proved otherwise. With 80,636 total votes cast in the Republican primary race, about 340 votes made the difference between a single-candidate...
Grassroots Conservative Wave Sweeps Montgomery County
The decades long rule of Montgomery County’s “good old boys” club came crashing down in the March 6 primary, with voters sending a clear message that they are fed up with the county’s crony politics. State Rep. Mark Keough (R-The Woodlands) handily...
Ryan Beats Villalba in GOP Primary
Republican primary voters in Dallas have booted their abrasive, liberal-voting State Rep. Jason Villalba in favor of conservative businesswoman Lisa Luby Ryan. Ryan won Tuesday’s GOP primary in Texas House District 114 with 53 percent of the vote, defeating insider...
Fallon Defeats Estes in Senate Race
After a months-long campaign, State Rep. Pat Fallon (Prosper) defeated longtime incumbent State Sen. Craig Estes (Wichita Falls) in the Republican primary to represent Senate District 30. A long-time obstacle to conservative reforms in the Senate, Estes earned a...
Freedom Caucus Victorious in Primary Challenges
The Texas House Freedom Caucus will go unscathed, as the four members opposed in the Republican primary election have sailed through to victory Tuesday night. Formed in the first weeks of the legislative session last year, the caucus, which consists of twelve...
Toth Wins Race in Return to the Legislature
Steve Toth will be returning to the Texas Legislature after triumphing in his election for House District 15, defeating Jackie Waters in the Republican primary election. Toth served in the Texas House in 2012, before giving up his seat to run for the Texas Senate in...
Non-Citizens Are Voting in Texas Elections, Officials Tell Lawmakers
Non-citizens are registering and voting in Texas elections, and current procedures are inadequate to prevent it, state and local officials told lawmakers in a special committee hearing. The Senate Select Committee on Election Security heard testimony last month about...
Texas Rangers Investigating La Joya ISD and Agua SUD
A former water supply corporation, placed in receivership by the government in 2005, has found itself once again entangled in corruption allegations currently being investigated by the Texas Rangers. In 2005, La Joya Water Supply Corp. was shut down by the government...