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Central Texas Teacher, Coach Sentenced to 4 Years for Sex With Student
While teaching at Comfort High School, Tye Rexrode had sex with a 17-year-old girl and groomed underage students via Snapchat.
Organized Protesters Rally in Houston for Illegal Aliens, Chant ‘Abolish ICE’
Among the crowd, far-left activists recruited people to join a network designed to quickly respond to ICE operations in Houston.
Soros-Backed Group Relaunches Effort To Turn Texas Blue With Multimillion-Dollar Push
Past efforts like Battleground Texas—formed over a decade ago with similar ambitions—have largely failed.
Texas A&M Political Science Textbook Attacks Trump
TAMU’s Bush School houses the university’s political science department.
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Dan Patrick’s New Counsel Has ‘Close Relationship’ With Those Pushing Paxton Impeachment
With the Senate impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton just weeks away, campaign finance records reveal a relationship between House investigators, impeachment prosecutors, and the Senate’s newly-appointed counsel. In a rushed proceeding on Memorial Day...
Conroe ISD Teacher Tells School Board ‘Don’t Make Me Choose Bullets’
A teacher at Conroe ISD is under fire for threatening language used during a recent school board meeting. The main topic of discussion was a comment made by school board member Melissa Dungan about a poster she says displayed the tenets of DEI, or diversity, equity,...
School District Trustee Flees Meeting After Motion to Request Her Resignation
Located outside of Austin, Round Rock Independent School District has faced multiple scandals in the past few years due to its treatment of parents and taxpayers. A federal judge ruled this week to permit a lawsuit against RRISD officials alleging First and Fourteenth...
Decision Awaited in Trial Challenging Texas’ Gender Mutilation Ban
A hearing to determine whether children can access cross-sex hormones and gender mutilation surgeries has ended in a Travis County Court, with many awaiting the judge’s ruling. Following Gov. Greg Abbott signing a measure to protect minors from gender mutilation...
Race ‘Not a Factor’ in Galveston County Redistricting Maps
Race was not a factor in redrawing Galveston County’s commissioners court precincts in 2021, according to testimony from the professional demographer who drew the new district maps for the county. Thomas Bryan, a redistricting expert hired by the county to create...
Collin County Proposes Property Tax Increase
Collin County Commissioners Court gave preliminary approval to a $270 million budget that will increase property taxes for a second consecutive year, after years of keeping residents’ tax bills flat. The proposed general fund budget is based on the near-maximum tax...
Texas State Library to Cut Ties with Controversial American Library Association
After revelations that the American Library Association’s newest president is an outspoken Marxist, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission is reportedly ending their contract with the group. This comes after State Rep. Brian Harrison (R–Midlothian) called on...
18 Texas Republicans Voted to End The Death Penalty for Mass Murderers
One thing that happened this past legislative session was that the Texas House continued its march against the death penalty. The first step was taken by Speaker Dade Phelan, when he awarded the powerful Criminal Jurisprudence chairmanship to liberal Democrat State...
Red Threat: Corrupting Investments
Mirroring the flow of illegal immigrants crossing America’s porous southern border, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) investment in American social and political structures continues. Texas Scorecard previously reported on the CCP’s intrusions into Texas education,...