Read Texas News
Read the latest news in the State of Texas from Texas Scorecard
The Latest
Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
Texas A&M Film Class Advances LGBT Ideology Through Horror
Course contradicts TAMU’s conservative reputation.
Will Texas Bus Illegal Aliens Directly to ICE Facilities?
The proposal aims to disincentivize illegal border crossings.
State Senator Files Legislation Mandating Utilization of E-Verify in Texas
The upcoming Texas legislative session begins January 14.
Lone Star State Leads US in Net Domestic Migration Census Bureau Estimates Show
California, New York, and Florida were among the top states from which those moving to Texas hailed.
The Archive
Democrat Enablers Cry Foul on Conservative Criticism
After being caught suspending the rules in order to help Democrats, many Republicans are in hot water with their constituents. Taking to social media, many of them have sought to obfuscate their actions by “fact-checking” their critics and accompanying it with a...
Montgomery County GOP Officials Tried to Thwart Property Tax Vote
The Texas Senate’s push for property tax reform has garnered unusual allies, received typical opposition, and has even caused intra-party drama. Shortly after the all-Republican Montgomery County Commissioners Court voted to support tax reform, that same county’s...
Senators Propose Pre-Empting Local Governments on Ridesharing
In mid-March, the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce heard testimony on legislation that would eliminate the patchwork quilt of regulations concerning ridesharing and set a universal standard across the state for transportation network companies, drivers, and...
Montgomery County Commissioner to Testify Against Fellow Indicted Court Members
In an interesting turn of events for the criminal case against half of Montgomery County’s commissioners court, one of the defendants has made a deal with the prosecution to testify against the other indicted members of the court ahead of their upcoming trial. Three...
Texas Voter ID Update Unanimously Passes Senate Committee
A bill updating Texas’ photo voter ID law passed unanimously out of committee following its first public hearing on Monday and is now headed to the Senate floor. SB 5, authored by State Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Southside Place) and the entire Senate Republican caucus, was...
House Trying to Extort Conservatives and Tap Rainy Day Fund
Texas House leadership is doubling down on their plan to raid the Rainy Day Fund in order to fill in deficiencies in the budget—literally. A consequence of Texas’ part-time legislature and biennial budgeting process, lawmakers routinely need to fix differences in...
Stopping A Rail Boondoggle Before It Starts
A rider attached to the Texas Senate’s version of the 2018-2019 state budget would prohibit the Texas Department of Transportation from subsidizing high-speed rail. Property owners in a corridor from Houston to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex have expressed concerns...
Privacy Act Passes Texas Senate
Though debate dragged on through the afternoon, the Texas Senate voted 21-10 to pass legislation to bar biological men from entering women’s bathrooms, showers, and locker rooms. Passed with unanimous support from Senate Republicans and Democrat Eddie Lucio of...
San Antonio’s Debt-Doubling Duplicity
In addition to every city council seat and the mayor’s office, voters this May will also decide on over a billion dollars in added debt to spend on various infrastructural projects around the city. Earlier this year, San Antonio City Council voted to add approximately...