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South Texas Judge Suspended After Indictment for Cattle Theft
Men used to be hanged for such things.
University of Houston Regents Change Faculty Senate Policy To Comply With New Law
Texas’ university systems are taking different approaches to implementing the new law.
Court of Criminal Appeals Reins in Texas Ethics Commission’s Prosecution Power
The Court found the commission lacks exclusive authority over election crimes.
Senate Committee Advances House Republicans’ Redistricting Map
The Texas Senate’s Congressional Redistricting Committee voted on party lines to advance the House-approved plan.
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Harris County Jail 2025 Death Toll Climbs to 12 as Funding Changes Announced
Harris County Jail hit its 12th in-custody death of 2025 just as officials are preparing to redirect funding to confront chronic understaffing and overcrowding issues. Last week, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards announced that the death of 32-year-old inmate...
Pro-Late Term Abortion Organization Gave UT-Austin $2.5 Million
A UT-Austin research project on “self-managed medication abortions” received funding from an abortion advocacy group. The payments, discovered via an open records request, span from late 2018 through 2025 and were made from the Society of Family Planning Research Fund...
Court Rejects ‘Qualified Immunity’ for Lorena ISD Admin in Sex Abuse Lawsuit
An appeals court rejected a Lorena Primary School principal’s claim that she is immune from liability in a civil lawsuit for failing to protect a pre-K student from a teacher’s sexual abuse. On Friday, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Principal April...
South Texas Judge Rebuffs Records Request About Scandal-Plagued Auditor
In the face of public calls for an auditor’s firing, a South Texas judge responsible for hiring the auditor has rebuffed a records request. A statement from the auditor shows she may be under investigation. On August 7, Texas Scorecard sent Judge Roland Andrade of the...
Paxton Seeks To Shut Down Beto O’Rourke’s Political Organization
Attorney General Ken Paxton has escalated his legal fight against Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke, filing an amended petition to strip the corporate charter of his group Powered by People. Paxton says the organization been deceptively fundraising and doling out “Beto...
Gov. Abbott, Secretary Rollins Announce Major Actions To Combat Flesh-Eating Parasite
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, alongside Gov. Greg Abbott, announced the USDA’s plans to invest $750 million to build a sterile fly production facility in response to the New World screwworm, a pest that officials warn is a threat to Texas’...
UNT Regents Change Rules To Comply With New State Laws
Following an overhaul of higher education governance during the regular legislative session, the University of North Texas System Board of Regents amended its rules to reconstitute faculty senates across the system’s campuses and to adjust on-campus free speech...
New Subpoenas in Perryton ISD Sex Abuse Lawsuit Seek Amarillo Records
New documents have been filed in the lawsuit over a shocking case of in-school sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl by a popular Perryton coach that sent the child predator to prison for 30 years and ended the career of Amarillo’s police chief. On Thursday, the abuse...
Texas Tech Regents Re-Constitute Faculty Senates To Comply With State Law
LUBBOCK—Regents of the Texas Tech University System voted to maintain faculty senates while curtailing their authority consistent with a new state law. The rule change came at the board’s quarterly meeting, held August 14 and 15 in Lubbock. The move was necessary due...