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Senators Advance Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Texas Children From Sexual Predators
The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice approved measures to curtail AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Texas’ Most Wanted Illegal Alien Captured in San Antonio
This comes as illegal border crossings around the state continue to drop.
Responding to Parents’ Concerns, Senators Tackle ‘Obscenity Exemptions’
The Senate Criminal Justice Committee approved eliminating “loopholes” that let Texas schools expose students to harmful material.
Texas House Keeps Democrat Adviser Hugh Brady on Payroll at $233K
Records obtained by Texas Scorecard confirm that Brady is continuing to receive a $233,730 salary—more than the governor’s.
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Three Republicans Challenge Radical Central Texas Democrat State Lawmaker
Three Republicans and even one Democrat are seeking to defeat a radical Central Texas Democrat state representative. The fight for battleground Texas House District 45, an area which includes Hays and Blanco counties, is now fully underway; the candidate filing...
Commentary: Texas is a Less Business-Friendly Environment Than You Might Think. It’s Time to Fix That.
Texas is the largest and perhaps the nation’s most iconic conservative state. Cowboy culture, gun-totin’ ranchers, top-notch barbecue, evangelical megachurches—in the minds of many Americans outside the Lone Star State, this is what the thought of Texas conjures up in...
Commentary: Congress is Giving Taxpayers a 2,000-Page, $1.4 Trillion Spending Bill for Christmas
In a month full of holiday traditions, Washington is in the midst of its favorite: intentionally waiting to pass major spending legislation until the very end of the year, creating a false panic, and then dumping a 2,000-page, trillion-dollar behemoth onto...
Fort Worth Taxpayers Bailing Out Granger’s Panther Island?
This week, the board of a North Texas water district voted to saddle local taxpayers with more debt to keep afloat a nearly bankrupt redevelopment boondoggle run by the son of a congresswoman. Panther Island is a massive taxpayer-funded government project conceived in...
Lawmakers Call on Abbott for Special Session to Save Baby Tinslee’s Life
As the life of 9-month-old baby Tinslee Lewis hangs in the balance while Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth fights in court to remove her ventilator despite objections from her mother, a bipartisan group of Texas legislators is calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to...
State Law: Cost is No Concern for Texas School Bonds
A North Texas school district’s citizen bond committee recently revealed a state law that may surprise you: local governments aren’t allowed to consider cost when choosing contractors for their taxpayer-funded projects. Recently, voters in Keller Independent School...
Patrick: Alamo Comments from Bush “Offensive and Inaccurate”
This article has been updated with Commissioner George P. Bush's response. After Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush released a string of Twitter posts last week, in which he characterized those that were skeptical of plans to “reimagine” the Alamo as “racist,” Lt....
Questionable Actions Taint Midland Bond Election
On Monday, Midland elections officials finally found 836 “missing” ballots from the November election after opening a “mystery box” that was discovered just last week. Hanging in the balance is a close Midland school bond election included on those ballots. During a...
Retiring Cedar Park Principal Takes Parting Shots at Trump
A few days ago, the homepage of the Cedar Park Middle School website featured information on upcoming events, news, and announcements—and the principal’s Twitter feed filled with anti-Trump messages. Cedar Park Middle School Principal Sandra Stewart, who will retire...