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Robstown High School Coach Arrested After Admitting to Sex With Student
Girls basketball coach Austin Barron admitted to police he had sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student.
Texas Takes Action To Keep Out Nuclear Waste
Federal law requires spent nuclear fuel to be stored underground in Nevada.
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Analysis: Property Tax Rates Drop While Values Surge in Washington County
Increasing appraisals frequently zero out any benefit property owners receive from a decreased or held-in-check rate.
Exclusive: Texas Aggie Democrats Host ‘Day of Drag’ Protest
This comes after the university board of regents banned on-campus drag shows.
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Democrat House Chairman Poncho Nevarez Busted With Cocaine
A Democrat chairman in the Texas House, appointed by Speaker Dennis Bonnen, suddenly announced last week that he would not seek re-election. New information reveals the reason why. According to an affidavit obtained by watchdog group Direct Action Texas, on September...
Congressional Candidate Chris Ekstrom Releases TV Ad, Conservative Endorsement
As congressional campaigns continue to heat up across Texas, a major contest is forming in what is considered by many to be the most conservative district in the nation. Beginning in the Texas Panhandle and running southeast along the Red River to the border of the...
LGBTQ Activists Attack Salvation Army
A British singer scheduled to perform at the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game threatened to cancel her halftime show promoting The Salvation Army’s biggest charitable fundraiser after some fans attacked the Christian charity as “anti-LGBTQ.” Just days after...
Texas Democrats Challenge Their Own Election Law as “Unfair”
Democrats in Texas and across the country are pleading with courts to give them a competitive edge in 2020 by suing to make state election processes more favorable to their party’s candidates. In their latest lawsuit, the Texas Democrat Party and three national...
CLAIM: Pro-Life Groups Didn’t Support Pro-Life Bills
In a tweet responding to a pro-life activist in his district, Republican State Rep. Mike Lang of Granbury implied pro-life legislation did not move because it wasn’t supported by Texas’ pro-life groups. He also criticized the Senate for not even filing one measure....
Constitutional Carry Now Legal in Oklahoma, Still Illegal in Texas
Just across the Red River, law-abiding citizens will soon no longer need a permission slip from their state government to carry a handgun openly or concealed. Beginning November 1, House Bill 2597, which passed the Oklahoma Legislature with bipartisan support, takes...
Texas Attorney General Allows Water District Cover-Up
A legal exemption has allowed a North Texas water district—which has been mired in a slew of scandals estimated to cost over a billion dollars—to keep contracts related to a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign hidden from taxpayers until, at least, January 2020. In...
Commentary: The Texas Gun-Control Roadshow Must End
Can someone explain why Texas Republicans are still talking about gun control? Everywhere but Texas, the tide has turned in favor of gun rights. Amidst Beto’s gun confiscation threat and Democratic impeachment efforts, President Trump and congressional Republicans...
Commentary: UNT Student Government Demands Indoctrination, Quotas, and Taxpayer Dollars
In the latest round of "the outraged mob's cancel culture," the assistant counsel for the University of North Texas, Caitlin Sewell, resigned effective immediately after she used the “n-word” during a panel on free speech. Those crying “foul!” should be happy about...