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Texas Senate Completes Gov. Abbott’s Agenda Items
Senators passed legislation on flood relief and congressional redistricting, but without a quorum in the House, the legislation will likely die there.
Texas A&M Faculty Senate Braces for Regents’ Decision
The body faces an uncertain future after a neighboring system’s board of regents discontinued their faculty senate.
‘Lock Him Up’: Paxton Says O’Rourke Flagrantly Violated Fundraising Ban
Given what Paxton calls O’Rourke’s “vulgar disdain for the rule of law and immense personal wealth,” the attorney general says imprisonment is “absolutely necessary to persuade him to obey the lawful restraining order.”
ICE Arrests Trump Burger Operator Amid Lawsuits and Eviction
Roland Beainy, whom federal officials say overstayed his visa and is facing deportation proceedings, is one of the Trump Burger operators.
The Archive
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds Protest Transparency, Border Security at State Capitol
Hundreds rallied at the Capitol on Monday to protest strong borders, federal spending transparency, and the Trump administration. Texas Scorecard reported live on the scene at two different protests that were held outside the Capitol back-to-back. The first was...
Dallas ‘Church’ Celebrates Drag, Performer Calls for Sacrificing Trump Supporters
A Dallas “church” hosted a service dedicated to celebrating drag performers and “transgender” individuals in defiance of the conservative Texas Legislature. A video shared by Texas Family Project on X captured glimpses of the event at the United Church of Christ...
US Rep. Hunt Calls Video Comparing Cy-Fair ISD GOP Board Members to Nazis ‘Disgusting’
U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt accused a local news station of comparing Republican school board members’ actions to those of the Nazis. The video by NBC affiliate KPRC 2 shows an on-air personality ripping pages from a book interspersed with old footage of Nazis burning books...
Texas Attorney General Sides Against State Agency in Free Speech Fight
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking the unusual step of siding against the Texas Ethics Commission in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Rather than defending the state agency, he has filed an amicus brief supporting Michael Quinn Sullivan, a conservative...
Perryton ISD Football Coach Gets 30 Years for Sexually Abusing 15-Year-Old Student
A high school football coach who admitted to sexually abusing a 15-year-old female student was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison but plans to appeal. During sentencing, the coach's younger sister revealed that he had also victimized her years earlier. Meanwhile,...
Central Texas, Local, West Texas
Female Teachers Get Probation After Admitting to Sex With Students
Two female teachers were sentenced to probation after admitting to sex crimes involving students. Neither woman will be required to register as a sex offender. Former Forsan Independent School District coach Kendall Jaye Phillips, 26, pleaded guilty to improper...
Gov. Abbott Demands Investigation Into Alleged Secret Transitioning of Student at Bellaire High School
Gov. Greg Abbott has demanded an investigation into Bellaire High School by the Texas Education Agency after Moms for Liberty spoke during a school board meeting about a concerned parent who claims her daughter was socially transitioned without her knowledge or...
Round Rock ISD Trustee Alleged to Have Received Illegal Payments From District
Round Rock Independent School District has been hit with yet another allegation of impropriety. According to a social media post by former Round Rock ISD Trustee Mary Bone, the embattled district paid tens of thousands of dollars to Trustee Tiffanie Harrison. At the...
School District Police Chief: Sex Abuse Investigation ‘Far From Done’
UPDATED February 16. The police chief of an Arlington charter school district says his investigation into sexual abuse of students, which has already resulted in three arrests, is “far from done.” During a press conference Thursday afternoon, Newman International...