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Plano ISD Downplays Involvement in Booster Club Dispute
Receipts suggest otherwise.
Texas Investigates AI Chatbot Companies for Deceptive Mental Health Service Aimed at Children
Texas is investigating AI chatbot platforms Meta AI Studio and Character AI for deceptively marketing...
Harris County Jail 2025 Death Toll Climbs to 12 as Funding Changes Announced
Harris County Jail hit its 12th in-custody death of 2025 just as officials are preparing to redirect funding...
Pro-Late Term Abortion Organization Gave UT-Austin $2.5 Million
A UT-Austin research project on “self-managed medication abortions” received funding from an abortion advocacy group. The payments, discovered via an open records request, span from late 2018 through 2025 and were made from the Society of Family Planning Research Fund...
Court Rejects ‘Qualified Immunity’ for Lorena ISD Admin in Sex Abuse Lawsuit
An appeals court rejected a Lorena Primary School principal’s claim that she is immune from liability in a civil lawsuit for failing to protect a pre-K student from a teacher’s sexual abuse. On Friday, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Principal April...
Cruz, Abbott Slam Houston Imam’s Call for Boycotts Over Pork and Alcohol
Calls for Muslim businesses in Houston to comply with Sharia law have drawn sharp rebukes from Texas officials, including Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott.
California Food Companies File Suit Against Texas’ Lab-Grown Meat Ban
The suit argues that the law violates the U.S. Constitution.
James Talarico Launches Democrat Bid for U.S. Senate
Talarico has positioned himself as one of the more left-wing voices in the Texas Legislature.
Central Texas Teacher, Coach Arrested for Sex With Underage Boys
Shelby Lashombe was reported for misconduct while at West ISD before joining Valley Mills ISD, but her victims reportedly were not students where she taught.
Campbell Pushes Back on Student Athlete Compensation Claims
Several Texas lawmakers echoed the Texas Tech regent chair.
Potential Federal Investigation of Texas A&M Over Transgender Indoctrination
Brian Harrison shared audio he says is of TAMU president Mark Welsh defending teaching transgenderism.
Whitesboro Again Aims for Huge Property Tax Increase
The city’s proposed tax rate would increase average homeowners’ property tax bills by 61 percent.
Open or Closed? The Future of Texas Primary Elections
The Republican Party of Texas is challenging Texas’ open primary system.
Plano ISD Downplays Involvement in Booster Club Dispute
Receipts suggest otherwise.
Texas Investigates AI Chatbot Companies for Deceptive Mental Health Service Aimed at Children
Texas is investigating AI chatbot platforms Meta AI Studio and Character AI for deceptively marketing...
Harris County Jail 2025 Death Toll Climbs to 12 as Funding Changes Announced
Harris County Jail hit its 12th in-custody death of 2025 just as officials are preparing to redirect funding...
Pro-Late Term Abortion Organization Gave UT-Austin $2.5 Million
A UT-Austin research project on “self-managed medication abortions” received funding from an abortion advocacy group. The payments, discovered via an open records request, span from late 2018 through 2025 and were made from the Society of Family Planning Research Fund...
Court Rejects ‘Qualified Immunity’ for Lorena ISD Admin in Sex Abuse Lawsuit
An appeals court rejected a Lorena Primary School principal’s claim that she is immune from liability in a civil lawsuit for failing to protect a pre-K student from a teacher’s sexual abuse. On Friday, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Principal April...
VIDEOS AND PODCASTS
CBS Lies About Texas
Recently, 60 Minutes did a feature on abortion policies in Texas, hoping to make a case that abortion laws are scaring doctors and jeopardizing the well-being of pregnant women in Texas.
4.23.2025: A Texas university rejects woke philosophy.
New Chairman Pledges Texas Tech 'Never Will Be' Woke… House Leadership Yanks Abortion Abolition Bill Hours...
4/22/25 Lottery Head Abruptly Resigns
- Texas Lottery Commission Director Resigns Amid Scrutiny and Investigations - House Leadership Yanks...
The Texas House’s SHOCKING Plan to Honor Abortion Icon Unravels!
The Republican-led Texas House just tried to honor the life of Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood...
Stopping The Rogue Judiciary & Judicial Tyranny
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Todd Bensman is a two-time National Press Club award winner, and former...
Texas Teachers Ripping Up 10 Commandments
Redistricting maps are passing today, censure continues to be an important discussion in the Texas GOP, and...
8/20/25 New Congressional Maps Approved
- Texas House Approves New Congressional Map After Quorum Break Ends - Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban Faces...
As Democrats Return, We Look Back At What They Did To Texas
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: as Democrats return, we look back at what they did to Texas
8.20.2025: A&M hiding abortion documents
Trump Urges Swift Passage of 'One Big, Beautiful Congressional Map'… Activist Teachers Plot To Defy Texas’...