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House Committee Considers Legislation Creating Penalties for Distributing Abortion Pills
Texas Right to Life estimates that abortion pills are being used to end thousands of pregnancies each year.
Lawmakers Consider Measures to Ensure Only US Citizens Vote in Texas Elections
Proposed proof-of-citizenship requirements align with provisions of the federal SAVE Act, which awaits Senate approval.
Jilted Lottery Ticket Reseller Sues the Texas Lottery Over Ban
Claims leveled in the suit burn former directors Gary Grief and Ryan Mindell, validating watchdog claims.
Texas Senate Moves to Block Guaranteed Basic Income Programs
Uplift Harris, a county program to pay $500 per month to some residents, was previously blocked by the Texas Supreme Court.
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Dickson: San Angelo Citizens Begin Process to Force Public Vote on Outlawing Abortion
On Thursday, a group of citizens from San Angelo banded together to form an initiating committee and filed an ordinance with the City of San Angelo (population 101,612), beginning the initiative and referendum process to see abortion outlawed within their city limits....
Patrick Files For Re-election
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick will seek a third term in office. “America is at a crossroads and Texas is ground-zero in the fight. The radicals on the left are focused on destroying the greatest nation on Earth,” said Patrick in a statement issued by his...
Texas Leaders Applaud Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse
On Friday afternoon, after 25 hours of deliberations, the jury in the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse ruled the defendant not guilty on all five criminal charges brought against him. It has been more than a year since Kyle Rittenhouse, armed with an AR-15 and med...
New Secretary of State Updates Texans on 2020 Election Audit
Texas’ newly appointed chief election official provided voters in Collin County with a progress report this week on the state’s ongoing partial audit of the November 2020 election—efforts bolstered by $4 million in funding announced today for a new Election Audit...
Tarrant County Hospital District Mandates Vaccinations
A taxpayer-funded hospital district in Tarrant County is mandating COVID-19 vaccines for its employees, despite an executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott seeking to ban such mandates. After orders from President Joe Biden, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Abbott Agency Backtracks From CRT Course
Employees at the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services will no longer be required to take the “Knowing Who You Are” critical race theory courses after the program was exposed two weeks ago by Republican gubernatorial candidate Don Huffines. Up until now,...
Jay Kleberg of King Ranch Now Running for Texas Land Commissioner as a Democrat
The proverbial game of musical chairs continues in the State of Texas as more candidates join the crowded statewide elections for soon-to-be-vacant positions. Current Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced his campaign against Ken Paxton for Texas Attorney...
Democrat State Sen. John Whitmire to Run for Houston Mayor in 2023
The longest-serving member of the Texas Senate, Democrat State Sen. John Whitmire (Houston), announced that he is running for mayor of the City of Houston in 2023 while at a campaign event for his re-election to the Senate on Wednesday. “I’m no longer considering it;...
Despite New State Law, Abortion Pill Business Says They’ll Keep Killing Texas Babies
As a nationwide conflict continues over Texas’ new pro-life laws, one out-of-state abortion company claims a new ban won’t stop them from shipping drugs into the state to exterminate Texas children. At issue are “pill-induced” abortions, where businesses mail women...