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Granbury ISD Puts $300 Million Bond on May Ballot
Local citizens are speaking out against the tax increase.
Sugar Land to Ban Smoke Shops
The City Council is considering amending the development code to remove “tobacco, hookah, and vapor retail store” as a permitted use, effectively banning any new stores, lounges, or bars that primarily sell tobacco-related products from opening.
Pastors, Residents Speak Out Against Sexually Explicit Books at Fort Bend ISD Board Meeting
Books like What Girls Are Made Of by Elena K. Arnold feature sexual imagery as well as jokes about abortion.
McKinney Airport Expansion PAC Violated Campaign Ethics Laws
The Texas Ethics Commission fined McKinney Above the Rest PAC $2,500 for “substantial” unreported financial activity.
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University of North Texas Dissolves DEI Department
In preparation for a new state law banning diversity, equity, and inclusion departments from public universities in January, the University of North Texas' president, Neal Smatresk, has announced his plans to dissolve the DEI department. Senate Bill 17 was signed into...
Gov. Greg Abbott Responds to Austin Street Takeovers
AUSTIN — The City of Austin has arrested at least one man in response to multiple “street takeovers.” On Saturday, between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 1:00 a.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to four street takeover incidents at the following ...
North Texas School District to Provide Elementary Schools With Armed Security Officers
In accordance with a new Texas law, a North Texas school district has approved a plan to put armed guards on every school campus to ensure students' safety. Earlier this week, the Allen Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously voted to provide every...
McKinney ISD Trustee Fights Against School District’s Sexualization of Students
Outspoken parental rights champion Chad Green has been under fire since his election to the McKinney Independent School District’s board of trustees in 2021. At a special board meeting on Monday, Green was once again the target of complaints intended to silence his...
University of Texas Refuses to Remove Chief Historian Despite Texas Senator’s Criticism
AUSTIN — The University of Texas has refused to cut ties with the chief historian of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) after State Sen. Mayes Middleton of Galveston asked the university to not extend his contract with the TSHA. Chief Historian Walter L....
Harris County Detention Officer Assaulted By Inmate
HOUSTON — Harris County Detention Officer J. Valdiviez was ambushed and severely beaten by an inmate while working an understaffed shift on the Harris County Jail “double lockdown” floor—a floor for housing high-risk, violent criminals. Christian Dillard, the inmate...
3 Houston Mayoral Candidates Violated Campaign Finance Laws
Three Houston mayoral candidates—U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, State Sen. John Whitmire, and local attorney Lee Kaplan—illicitly accepted campaign funds during a period prohibited by city law. Houston campaign finance law dictates that after the city awards a...
Texas Christian School Teachers Fired for Attending Drag Show
BAYTOWN — Two Texas private school teachers, Kristi Maris and her unnamed coworker, recently attended a drag show at Hamburger Mary’s, a self-described “open-air bar and grille for open-minded people” that hosts sexual drag shows as part of their “flamboyant dining...
Biology Professor Accuses San Antonio College of Religious Discrimination
A federal religious discrimination complaint has been filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against a taxpayer-funded community college in San Antonio, after the school allegedly fired a biology professor for teaching that sex is based on X and Y...