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Dr. Mary Talley Bowden Notches Win

In a victory for Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, the Texas Medical Board recently dismissed a case against her. A Walgreens pharmacist reported Bowden to the TMB after she prescribed Ivermectin in late 2023. Dr. Bowden announced the outcome of the case on X, expressing...

Parents Beware: Sex Ed Is Now ‘Opt Out’

UPDATED August 2 with new TEA guidance. Texas schools no longer require parents’ approval before teachers expose their children to sex education. A state law requiring parents to “opt in” for students to participate in sex ed at school expires on August 1. Instead,...

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Analysis: This is Where the Speaker Race is Now

With eyes focused on the national election in November, there’s another race quietly unfolding in the background: the race to lead the Texas House in the next legislative session. Currently, that seat is held by Dade Phelan, but sources indicate his tenure may be...

Will Texans See Relief After $1.4 Billion Settlement with Meta?

After Meta, formerly known as Facebook, agreed to settle a privacy lawsuit with Texas for $1.4 billion, Texans are wondering: what happens to that money? The settlement, the largest ever obtained by a single state, concerns the unauthorized collection of biometric...

School Board Members Instructed to Weaponize Pay Increases

School board members were recently told in a conference to utilize teacher pay raises to apply political pressure on the state legislature over the issue of school choice.  At a conference hosted by the Texas Association of School Boards, Buck Gilcrease—CEO of...

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