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Texas’ Criminal Court Upholds Taylor Rene Parker’s Death Sentence
Her defense had been claiming she was “fat shamed” during trial.
Patrick Pledges $1 Million To Put Turning Point USA Chapters in Every Texas School
More than 135,000 requests have been submitted to start new chapters since Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Mississippi Inmate Housing Contract Canceled as Harris County Jail Addresses Compliance
After years of overcrowding and out-of-compliance warnings, the Harris County Jail is taking steps to bring hundreds of inmates back from out-of-state facilities.
Texas State University Seeks To Replace Advocacy With Education
The university has issued ‘value neutral instruction’ guidelines.
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Casino Cash Fails to Sway North Texas Voters in Senate District 9 Special Election
Republican activist Leigh Wambsganss and Democrat union leader Taylor Rehmet are advancing to a runoff in the special election for Texas Senate District 9. Former Southlake Mayor John Huffman finished a distant third. The race was held to fill the remainder of the...
Austin’s Record Tax Increase Proposal Fails at Ballot Box
Voters in the City of Austin declined to approve a record property tax hike. Mayor Kirk Watson acknowledged the loss Tuesday evening and noted that voters "prioritized affordability." Proposition Q would have raised nearly $110 million for homelessness programs,...
All 17 Texas Constitutional Amendments Approved by Voters
Texas voters approved all 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution in Tuesday’s election, enacting a broad package of tax cuts, spending programs, and policy changes advanced by the legislature earlier this year. The measures required a two-thirds vote by the...
UT-Austin Invited Conservative To Help Draft Academic Integrity Statement
The University of Texas at Austin picked a previously controversial social conservative to help draft a new “statement on academic integrity” as part of its plan to restore public trust in higher education. Professor Mark Regnerus authored a paper in 2012 that argued...
Retired Judge Reprimanded for Telling Juveniles She Hopes ‘Big Black Men’ Use Them as ‘Sex Toys’
Jennifer Eggen, a retired Hereford Municipal Court judge in Deaf Smith County, has been publicly reprimanded for berating and demeaning juveniles and their parents in her courtroom. According to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct (SCJC), which is responsible for...
Texas A&M To Pay Former President Mark Welsh $3.5 Million
Regents of the Texas A&M University System agreed to pay Mark Welsh, former president of Texas A&M–College Station, a settlement worth more than $3.5 million. The settlement agreement reportedly includes assurances that the Texas A&M University System will...
Houston Doctor Joins Lawsuit Against the Federation of State Medical Boards
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden of Houston has joined a lawsuit accusing the Federation of State Medical Boards of conspiring to punish and silence doctors who expressed dissenting opinions on vaccine mandates and COVID-19 treatments. The lawsuit accuses the Federation of...
Can the Texas Medical Board Police Campaign Speech?
Texas’ Supreme Court has signaled that the Texas Medical Board may not have the right to police campaign speech. The case is being sent back to the trial court, which will rule on the merits. The case was brought by Rey Gonzalez Jr., a Republican candidate from...
Two Lovejoy ISD Teachers on Leave Over Alleged Misconduct
Two Lovejoy High School teachers are on leave over separate allegations of misconduct involving students. On Monday, Lovejoy Independent School District officials notified families that Sean McMurry and Michael Rodriguez had been placed on administrative leave “out of...