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Gov. Abbott Signs Billions in Homeowner, Business Property Tax Relief
The tax relief measures were signed by the governor in Denton.
Key Election Security Efforts Met Resistance in the Texas House
While some legislation to better secure Texas elections passed, activists were disappointed to see several key bills fail.
Democrat Elected Officials Share Pictures With Violent Protest Sign
Houston City Councilmembers Abbie Kamin and Mario Castillo and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia shared the threatening image on their social media pages.
Texas Democrats Elect Socialist Vice-Chair
A self-described “pansexual,” Kolby Duhon uses they/he pronouns.
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Tucker Carlson Slams Gov. Abbott for Failing to Secure the Border
During a speech at an event in Michigan, former Fox News Host Tucker Carlson blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for failing to properly utilize the National Guard to secure the southern border. While National Guard troops have been used as part of Operation Lone Star,...
Predators in Government Schools: Students Under Siege
Multiple alarms about sexual abuse in Texas government schools have gone unheeded. This problem has been with us for years. The long list of victims continues to grow. Texas’ government schools have become a hostile learning environment. One specialist said the...
Y’All Answered: What to do About Border Buoy Barriers?
A federal judge has ordered Texas to remove the buoy barriers from the Rio Grande, but the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily halted that order. Yesterday, we asked readers what they thought Gov. Abbott should do if that "stay" is lifted and federal judges...
Paxton ‘Whistleblower’ Says Investigating FBI Would Be ‘Insane’
As the Senate’s impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton continues this week, the “whistleblowers” trust of the FBI and refusal to investigate the agency has taken center stage. Five of those who have testified in the trial so far are among a group of former...
Foreign Homebuyers Purchase More Than $4 Billion in Texas Real Estate
A new report from the Texas Realtors shows that foreign homebuyers spent more than $4 billion purchasing Texas land from April 2022 to March 2023. The report showed that international buyers purchased 10,000 homes in Texas during that time, making up 2.8 percent of...
Huffines Accuses Gov. Abbott of Touting ‘Misleading Tax Cuts’
Former State Sen. Don Huffines of the Huffines Liberty Foundation recently accused Gov. Greg Abbott of misleading Texans regarding property tax cuts. When the Texas Legislature finally passed a property tax relief package this summer, Abbott claimed it was the...
Court Sides with Porn Industry Against Texas Age Verification Law
A federal judge agreed with porn industry claims that a Texas law to protect minors from viewing online pornography likely violates the First Amendment. U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra granted a request by Pornhub and others to temporarily stop the state from...
AAF: Texas A&M Professor Decries Regents’ ‘Texan Whiteness’
In a discovery revealed exclusively to Texas Scorecard, the American Accountability Foundation (a non-partisan watchdog group) has uncovered a shocking email sent by a Texas A&M professor. The email was found as part of an open records request from UT-Austin. AAF...
Predators in Government Schools: Danger and Corruption
EDITOR'S NOTE: "A previous version of this article misidentified San Antonio ISD. It has been updated." Texas’ government schools are a hostile learning environment. Children are regularly being sexually assaulted within them. For years, predators in the government...