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Harris County Officially Ends Failed Guaranteed Basic Income Program
The county never disbursed the funds to anyone, despite spending millions to administer the program.
Texas Teacher Faces New Sex Crime Charge After Arrest for Child Porn, Bestiality
Hillary Williams was a Wells ISD math teacher until her first arrest in February.
Trump DOJ Official Aaron Reitz Enters Race for Texas Attorney General
His campaign announcement included praise from Trump, who described Reitz as “a true MAGA attorney” and “a warrior for our Constitution.”
New STAAR Results Reveal Students ‘Not Where They Need To Be Academically’
The Texas Education Agency released high school End-of-Course assessments for Spring 2025.
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Grand Prairie Teacher Gets 15 Years in Prison for Sex Crimes Against Student
A now-former Texas teacher at an all-girls school in Grand Prairie was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sex crimes against a 16-year-old student. Matthew Ramos, 34, pleaded guilty in July to improper relationship between educator and student, a second-degree felony...
Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues Yelp Over Discrimination of Pregnancy Resource Centers
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the review website Yelp, alleging the company added “inaccurate and misleading language” to listings of pregnancy resource centers. The lawsuit states that Yelp added language to the pages of pregnancy resource centers—that...
The Ayes of Texas are Upon You: Better Keep Your Head on a Swivel
I must admit I’d never expected to be mesmerized by the grand waste of my money that was the Ken Paxton impeachment extravaganza. Furthermore, I’m not proud to say that I hadn’t really been paying that much attention to the ministrations of Texas politics recently,...
House District 2 Candidates on Whether They Support Dade Phelan
With a special election on the calendar in November, candidates for Texas House District 2 were asked to weigh in on whether they support keeping Dade Phelan as Speaker of the House. Phelan was first elected by members to lead the House in January of 2021. Since...
Biden Administration Funds Texas Planned Parenthood Chapters
The Biden administration has reportedly given Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas and Planned Parenthood of South Texas more than $1 million in taxpayer grants in response to the Texas Heartbeat Act. The Dallas Express reported that the Department of Health and Human...
Citizen Group Defends Keller ISD Against ACLU Attacks
A conservative citizen advocacy group is defending Keller Independent School District against the left-leaning American Civil Liberties Union’s claim that district policies acknowledging biological sex are “discriminatory.” Citizens Defending Freedom said the ACLU’s...
Libs of TikTok Calls Out Anti-School Choice Texas Lawmaker
Popular conservative social media account Libs of TikTok called Republican State Rep. Travis Clardy of Nacogdoches “the living definition of a hypocrite” in a new article. Libs of TikTok accused Clardy of opposing school choice legislation in the Texas House and...
Judge Deems Texas Law Restricting Drag Shows Targeting Children ‘Unconstitutional’
This week, a federal judge ruled in favor of allowing children to be exposed to sexual drag performances by declaring a new Texas law unconstitutional. Senate Bill 12 by State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R–Mineola) would have restricted sexually explicit performances on public...
LGBT Group Promoted Radical Books While Protesting BRAVE Books Story Hour
THE WOODLANDS—Local LGBT group “The Woodlands Pride” hosted a “Popsicles with Pride” event to collect “inclusive” books for the Montgomery County Public Library System during a BRAVE Books Story Hour. BRAVE Books, headquartered in Texas, publishes faith-based...