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Houston Middle School Teacher Gets Probation for Indecency With a Child
Dale Vanwright pleaded guilty and was sentenced to deferred adjudication with 10 years of probation.
Texas Senators Consider Requiring Some Local Law Enforcement To Assist in Deportations
State Sen. Charles Schwertner’s measure would mandate over 40 Texas counties join an ICE program.
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Readers offer their insights and experiences.
AG Paxton: District Courts Cannot Order Changes of Biological Sex on Driver’s Licenses
Attorney General Paxton’s order says that state agencies should correct driver’s licenses or birth certificates “unlawfully” altered to conform with a person’s self-identified gender.
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Collin County Patriots Host Runoff Candidate Forum
With less than a week before early voting begins in Texas’ primary runoff elections, voters in conservative Collin County got one more chance to hear from candidates in the lone Republican race on the July 14 ballot before heading to the polls. Collin County Patriots...
Tarrant County Enacts Mask Mandate
UPDATE 6/25/20 6:18 PM: David McClelland, chief of staff for Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn, tells Texas Scorecard that enforcing Tarrant commissioners' mask mandate is "a low priority for us because it's not going to affect the majority of what we do." UPDATE...
Court Dismisses Democrats’ Bid to Salvage Straight-Party Voting
Democrats lost another attempt to change Texas voting laws by using lawsuits instead of the legislature. On Tuesday, a federal district court dismissed a suit filed by the Texas Democrat Party and other Democrats that sought to block a new state law eliminating...
Austin: Call 911 on Unmasked, ‘Noncompliant’ Customers
While Austin officials are funneling hundreds of thousands of citizens’ dollars toward killing babies, they are now acting decisively to “save lives”—by fining businesses $1,000 per day for not mandating face cloths, and sending police to potentially jail citizens who...
Commentary: Bryan and College Station, A Tale of Two Cities
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” At least that’s how I felt watching my local government this month. College Station demonstrated a good start to addressing the virus’ effect on local revenue through budget mitigation strategies that saved the...
Tarrant Coronavirus Deaths “Trending Down,” No Mask Mandate
UPDATE 6/25/20: Thursday morning County Judge Glen Whitley—spokesman for the Tarrant County Commissioners—issued a mask mandate, taking effect June 26 at 6 pm until August 3 at 6 am. While cases of the Chinese coronavirus are rising, Tarrant County’s public health...
School District Seeks More Debt for Democrat Policies
UPDATE 6/26/20 11:43 AM: Dallas ISD third-grade teacher Brittnay Connor contacted Texas Scorecard regarding her quote in this article and clarified her stance as strongly supporting the use of taxpayer-backed school debt for supporting the LGBTQ agenda. This...
No Mask Mandate for Denton County
Officials in one North Texas county are saying “no” to face mask mandates for now, but caution that “community-wide interventions” are possible if local conditions worsen due to the spread of the Chinese coronavirus. After reviewing the latest local case data, the...
‘SafeHorns’: Austin City Council is Endangering University Students
As the Austin City Council continues considering more upheaval of the local police department, a coalition of parents and citizens are warning city hall of the heightened safety risks and consequences for university students. Recently, amid nationwide riots and...