by Reflections on Life and Liberty | May. 9, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
I’ve never needed someone with a Ph.D. in Gender Studies; urgently or otherwise. Yet we’ve all had moments when we were willing to pay a king’s ransom to get an honest plumber or roofer to the house. In the cultural economy of the 21st century, we celebrate the...
by Texas Minute | May. 9, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Texas House to Vote Today on Mexican Guest Worker Program… House Advances Weakened Prohibition on Land Purchases by Individuals from Hostile Foreign Countries… State May Soon ID Noncitizens as Ineligible to Vote… Cruz Introduces Bill to Defend Troops’ Constitutional...
by Brandon Waltens | May. 8, 2025 | State
The Texas House passed Senate Bill 17, legislation aimed at restricting land purchases by foreign adversaries. While protecting Texas land is a legislative priority of the Republican Party of Texas, some activists have taken issue with the legislation as passed out...
by Daily Headlines | May. 8, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
– Texas House to Vote on Mexican Guest Worker Plan While Immigration Priorities Sit Idle – Texas May Soon ID Noncitizens as Ineligible to Vote – AG Paxton Nabs Frio County Officials & Election Workers in Vote-Harvest Ring
by Daniel Greer | May. 8, 2025 | Analysis, State
When he died two years into his tenure as executive director of the Texas Lottery, Anthony Sadberry became the exception that proves the rule: corruption is a constant at the Texas Lottery Commission. Aside from Sadberry, all of the Texas Lottery’s leaders have...
by Luca Cacciatore | May. 8, 2025 | State
Lawmakers in the Texas House have passed a measure creating burdensome new regulations for campaign treasurers. House Bill 5111, filed by State Rep. Drew Darby (R–San Angelo), would largely prohibit campaign treasurers from simultaneously overseeing the finances of...
by Joseph Trimmer | May. 8, 2025 | Houston, Local
This article has been updated since publication. A growing pay gap between Harris County Sheriff’s deputies and Houston Police Department officers has sparked frustration within the county’s law enforcement ranks. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies warn that...
by Luca Cacciatore | May. 8, 2025 | State
Texas House lawmakers are considering legislation that would clamp down on most firearms-related red flag laws and establish penalties for violators. Around the country, certain state courts have discretion to issue extreme risk protective orders, also known as “red...
by Erin Anderson | May. 8, 2025 | State
A Republican-priority measure to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting in Texas elections moved closer to passage this week. Senate Bill 964 by State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R–Mineola) would require drivers’ licenses and identification cards issued to noncitizens by...
by Erin Anderson | May. 8, 2025 | Central Texas, Local
An Austin elementary school teacher arrested twice for possessing hundreds of thousands of child sexual abuse images now faces federal charges. Carl David Innmon, 50, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of possession of child pornography and one count of...
by Debra McClure | May. 8, 2025 | Federal
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas introduced legislation requiring the Department of Defense to create a Special Review Board to audit the service-wide handling of religious accommodation requests related to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The Reaffirming Every...
by Brandon Waltens | May. 8, 2025 | State
The Texas House is set to vote Friday on legislation to create a temporary guest worker program for laborers from Mexico, just as several bills aimed at curbing illegal immigration continue to languish without a vote. House Bill 2858, authored by Democrat State Rep....
by Anthony Holm | May. 8, 2025 | Commentary
There is a theme in the Texas Legislature of late: stopping conservative values from entering Texas’ courts, and it’s wrong-headed. I’ve often agreed with Texans for Lawsuit Reform, a lobbying organization supported in part by insurance companies. This session,...
by Michael Wilson | May. 8, 2025 | Houston, Local
A Houston father is facing murder and sexual assault charges after allegedly supplying his daughter and her friend with fentanyl on Thanksgiving Day, resulting in his daughter’s death. Joshua Youngblood, 45, has been charged with murder and sexual assault, authorities...
by The Salcedo Storm Podcast | May. 8, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Jon Bouche is the Vice Chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Party. He’s a longtime grassroots activist in Montgomery County which is the “Reddest” large county in Texas.
by Texas Tomorrow | May. 8, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
Are districts reverting back to their old ways, or is it time for voters to wake up?
by Texas Minute | May. 8, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Abbott Presses Lawmakers for Bail Reform… College Professors Argue Against Higher Education Reform… Paxton Nabs Frio County Officials & Election Workers in Vote-Harvest Ring… Houston To Continue Race-Based City Contracting Program…
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