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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.

City of Austin and Police Association Reach Tentative Contract
The City of Austin and the Austin Police Association have finally reached tentative accords to combat rising...

Report: Panama Institutes Effort to Cut Off Illegal Migration to the US-Mexico Border
Jose Raul Mulino, who took office as Panama’s president in July, ordered the country’s military to close the...

City of Fort Worth Creates New LGBT Advisory Committee
City of Fort Worth officials have created a new committee to advise the city council and the city manager on issues related to the LGBT community. According to the Director of the city’s Diversity and Inclusion Department, Christina Brooks, the new committee will...

Poll Reveals Rising Minority Support for Trump in Texas
According to a poll released this week, support for Donald Trump among Hispanic voters in Texas has grown since 2020, and the same is true of black voters. The Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation polled 1,200 likely voters in mid-September and found a continued theme of...

Harris County Attorney Announces Run for Empty Congressional Seat
Democrat Christian Menefee is seeking the seat left vacant by the death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner.

Exclusive: Club for Growth Launches Six-Figure Ad Buy in Texas To Promote School Choice
The effort is part of a nearly $1 million push from Club for Growth to advance educational savings accounts.

Belton ISD Identifies Another Teacher Arrested for Sex Crime Against Student
Tarver Elementary School’s Estevan Banda is the second Belton ISD teacher charged in one week for sexual misconduct.

Texas Legislative Session Hits Filing Deadline, House Yet To Pass a Bill
All filed legislation is now eligible for debate and votes.

State Sen. Creighton Introduces Sweeping Higher Education Reform Bill
The proposal, a priority of Lt. Gov. Patrick, would ensure the state’s universities are overseen by the duly appointed regents and not faculty senates.

Austin Elementary Teacher Jailed for Possessing ‘Large Quantity’ of Child Sex Abuse Material
Carl Innmon taught sign language at Baranoff Elementary School in Austin ISD.

New Legislation Would Block School Library Books Deemed Too Explicit for Prisons
According to the recently drafted proposal, those books deemed to explicit for Texas prisons would also be inaccessible to children in public schools.

Election Judge Cautions Against Letting Kids Cast Ballots for Parents
State Rep. Ryan Guillen’s measure would allow children under 16 years old to mark ballots at the direction of their parents.

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.

City of Austin and Police Association Reach Tentative Contract
The City of Austin and the Austin Police Association have finally reached tentative accords to combat rising...

Report: Panama Institutes Effort to Cut Off Illegal Migration to the US-Mexico Border
Jose Raul Mulino, who took office as Panama’s president in July, ordered the country’s military to close the...

City of Fort Worth Creates New LGBT Advisory Committee
City of Fort Worth officials have created a new committee to advise the city council and the city manager on issues related to the LGBT community. According to the Director of the city’s Diversity and Inclusion Department, Christina Brooks, the new committee will...

Poll Reveals Rising Minority Support for Trump in Texas
According to a poll released this week, support for Donald Trump among Hispanic voters in Texas has grown since 2020, and the same is true of black voters. The Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation polled 1,200 likely voters in mid-September and found a continued theme of...
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Can We End the Civil War?
Texas Republicans have been at odds more than ever recently, but there is a clear path to coming together....

10/2/24 ‘Special-Interest Aliens’ Enter Texas
-Texas Troopers Encounter Dozens of ‘Special-Interest Aliens’ -Ken Paxton Urges Action on Non-Citizen Voter...

Shouldn’t We Stop Letting Government Punish Us Through Taxes?
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Stephen Redden is a serial entrepreneur. He is the founder of Now Tax USA a...

10.2.2024: Come and take it!
Illegal Immigration Top Issue for Voters… Houston Mayor Joins Picket Line in Longshoremen’s Strike… Paxton...