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Majority of Texas Senate Democrats Abandon State in Protest of Redistricting

Brandon Waltens | August 6, 2025

With a slim quorum, the Senate has continued work on legislation.

IRS Moves To Allow Pastors To Endorse Political Candidates

Travis Morgan | July 8, 2025

A proposed order to a federal court would allow pastors and churches to make political endorsements without...

Court Rules Texas Can Release 2024 School Accountability Ratings

Erin Anderson | July 8, 2025

An appeals court has freed the Texas Education Agency to release its 2024 school accountability ratings,...

Trump Administration To Revoke Legal Status of Over 70,000 Hondurans, Nicaraguans

Luca Cacciatore | July 8, 2025

More than 70,000 Honduran and Nicaraguan nationals residing in the United States will soon have their temporary legal status revoked, including several thousand living in Texas. In notices published Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stated that it is...

Feds Arrest 10 for Ambush Attack on ICE Agents in Texas

Joseph Trimmer | July 8, 2025

Federal officials announced Tuesday the arrest of 10 people in connection with an attack on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. In the past week, federal law enforcement officers in Texas have been targeted in two violent ambushes. On July 4, a group of...

Texas Senate Set To Consider Republican Redistricting Map

House action on the new congressional map is stalled due to Democrats breaking quorum.

USDA Approves Texas’ SNAP Waiver Request  

Texas’ new law prohibiting the purchase of soda and candy using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits cannot take effect without the waiver.

Abbott Confirms DPS Actively Searching for Democrats Still in Texas

He also noted that DPS is working with authorities outside of Texas as well.

Texas Can Require Voter ID on Mail Ballots, Federal Court Rules

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had “no difficulty concluding” the state’s ID requirement “fully complies” with federal law.

Houston PD Pulls SIG Sauer P320 Following Unintended Discharge Lawsuit

Under the new directive, officers have until the end of September to make the switch.

Paxton Threatens Court Action To Vacate Seats of Fleeing Democrats as House Still Lacks Quorum

The Democrat quorum bust hits its second day.

Records Confirm UT-Austin’s Payment to Pro-Abortion Activist

Texas Right to Life has called the activist’s organization an “illegal abortion cartel.”

Harris Health Proposes $420M Trauma Tower on Hermann Park Land

The plan to expand Ben Taub Hospital could take nine acres from Houston’s Hermann Park.

Majority of Texas Senate Democrats Abandon State in Protest of Redistricting

Brandon Waltens | August 6, 2025

With a slim quorum, the Senate has continued work on legislation.

Federal

IRS Moves To Allow Pastors To Endorse Political Candidates

A proposed order to a federal court would allow pastors and churches to make political endorsements without...

State

Court Rules Texas Can Release 2024 School Accountability Ratings

An appeals court has freed the Texas Education Agency to release its 2024 school accountability ratings,...

Federal

Trump Administration To Revoke Legal Status of Over 70,000 Hondurans, Nicaraguans

More than 70,000 Honduran and Nicaraguan nationals residing in the United States will soon have their temporary legal status revoked, including several thousand living in Texas. In notices published Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stated that it is...

State

Feds Arrest 10 for Ambush Attack on ICE Agents in Texas

Federal officials announced Tuesday the arrest of 10 people in connection with an attack on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. In the past week, federal law enforcement officers in Texas have been targeted in two violent ambushes. On July 4, a group of...

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