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UT-Austin Seeks To Hide Faculty Emails
Requested records include a professor’s emails related to core curriculum.
Texas Legislature Wraps Up Summer Special Sessions
The special sessions were marked by a two-week quorum break by Democrats, as well as a slew of new laws.
Texas House Cracks Down on Quorum-Busting With New Rules
The new punishments, however, are not binding on future legislative sessions.
STAAR Test Replacement Heads to Governor’s Desk
The new accountability system increases overall testing in public schools throughout the year.
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Texas Wins Lawsuit Forcing Biden-Harris Admin to Continue Border Wall Construction
Texas has won a major lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration, forcing them to continue constructing the wall on the southern border. In a Thursday press release, the attorney general's office revealed the court found on Monday that the White House unlawfully...
New York Judge Rules Against NYC Mayor’s Challenge to Texas’ Illegal Alien Busing
New York Supreme Court Justice Mary V. Rosado ruled against New York City’s efforts to block bus companies from transporting illegal aliens into the city from Texas. In her deliberations, Rosado concluded that the case was “essentially identical” to one that the U.S....
Keller ISD Backs Down, Allows Students with Pro-Trump Parking Spot Art to Repaint
Two Keller ISD high school students who were asked to remove art on their parking spaces depicting former president Donald Trump are now being allowed to repaint them. Keller High School administration had allegedly ordered the students to erase the artwork because it...
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,...
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...
Sex Abuse Victim’s Mom Scorches Lorena ISD School Board
A mother whose child was recently revealed as a third victim of a Lorena pre-K teacher's sexual abuse spoke publicly about the scandal for the first time, accusing embattled Lorena Primary School Principal April Jewell of ignoring her warnings as she brandished...
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...
‘Nonpartisan’ Voter Registration Organization Securing Taxpayer Funds is a Democrat Front
Official records reveal that Civic Government Solutions, whose founder has claimed repeatedly that it’s nonpartisan, is a front group for Democrat voter registration organization Civitech. CGS is now acquiring contracts with various local governments in Texas to...