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Houston Expands Civility Ordinance to 24 Hours in Downtown Areas
The ordinance will prohibit the homeless from camping on downtown Houston sidewalks.
Hemp-derived THC Classification Battle Reaches Texas Supreme Court
While Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Patrick battle over the ban, a THC ruling is looming.
Texas AG Investigates Mars Company for Deceptive Practices Over Artificial Dyes
Ken Paxton is encouraging Mars to “fulfill its 2016 pledge to get rid of these toxic ingredients.”
Texas City ISD Teacher Arrested for Online Solicitation of a Minor
John Derrick Taylor has been employed by the school district since 2018.
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Texas Removed 1K Confirmed Non-US Citizens From Voter Rolls Since 2019
The Secretary of State’s office recently claimed that “Texas Leads the Way Against Noncitizen Voting;” however, its cancellation trend reports from January 2019 to July 2024 reveal 1,023 non-U.S. citizens removed from voter rolls. Since January 2022, the SOS reports...
State Loophole Lets Harris County Raise Property Taxes
Harris County officials are taking advantage of a loophole in state law that allows them to exceed the 3.5 percent state-imposed property tax cap without voter approval. Instead, they have approved an 8 percent increase. Under state law, since the county has had a...
Northwest ISD Trustees Call for Tax Increase
Trustees in Northwest Independent School District have called for a VATRE—Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election—in order to help dig them out of a budget deficit. The district claims that the increase is needed to provide teachers and staff with raises, protect class size...
Judge Ends Hood County Republicans’ Battle Over District Clerk Candidate
A fight over who should be the Republican nominee for Hood County’s district clerk in November ended up in court Wednesday, after interim District Clerk Roberta Zamarron sued the party for choosing Melanie Graft as their candidate instead of her. Zamarron wanted a...
Analysis: Mary Talley Bowden Keeps Up The Pressure for Medical Freedom
Elected officials, bureaucrats, and big pharma-backed special interests probably thought the backlash to their authoritarian lockdowns and medical interventions would have been resolved by now. It hasn’t. Nearing four years since their lab-grown virus power grab, the...
Abbott Calls Court’s Election Fraud Ruling ‘Nonsensical’ and ‘Bizarre’
As Attorney General Ken Paxton intensifies his investigations into election-related activities, Gov. Greg Abbott sharply criticized a ruling from the state’s highest criminal court that stripped the attorney general's office of its authority to independently prosecute...
DPS Chief ‘Temporarily’ Blocks Outside Groups During Voter Registration Investigation
Amidst an investigation into noncitizens being registered to vote outside the agency's offices around the state, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety told his staff last night he was "temporarily" prohibiting such activities. Sources inside DPS told...
New Policy Stops Gender-confused Individuals From Changing Sex on Driver’s License
The Department of Public Safety has rolled out a new policy that stops gender-confused individuals from changing the sex on their driver’s license. Texas Family Project President Brady Gray told Texas Scorecard the new policy "is a huge win for Texas and for truth."...
Illegal Alien Charged With Assault Arrested in Boston, Repeatedly Crossed Through Texas
An illegal alien originally from Guatemala has been arrested in Lynn, Massachusetts by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston. Darvin Joel Mendez-Lopez, 27, has been charged with both assaulting a Massachusetts resident and illegally re-entering the country...