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North Texas High School Coach Investigated for Misconduct Is ‘No Longer Employed’
Tye Adams had coached in Springtown ISD since 2004.
Impossible Foods Targets Small Texas Business in Lawsuit
Impossible LLC, a small Austin‑based performance lifestyle company, is locked in a years‑long trademark...
Report: China Made Up 8% of Foreign Buyers in Texas Real Estate Market In 2024
According to a new report by Texas Realtors, the purchase of residential properties by international buyers...
Houston Halts Payout to Firm Tied to Public Works Corruption
Houston’s mayor has blocked an $8.3 million payout to a construction firm whose owner pleaded guilty in the city’s public works bribery scandal. In January, Joseph Nerie—charged in the city’s public works scandal with felony bribery and tampering with a government...
Navarro ISD Bus Driver Busted for Child Porn Gets 30 Years in Prison
A longtime Texas school bus driver was sentenced to 30 years in prison after he confessed to downloading thousands of images of child sexual abuse material showing victims as young as infants. Michael Paul Morrish, 78, pleaded guilty to possessing more than 500 visual...
Texas A&M Recruiting ‘Latinx Environmental History’ Professor
The position is being funded by the Mellon Foundation.
Belton ISD Teacher Arrested Again for Child Sex Crimes
Pietro Giustino, arrested in July on federal child porn charges, was picked up on state felony charges for invasive recordings of female students.
Additional Texas School Districts Sued Over Display of Ten Commandments
The latest suit comes after a similar lawsuit filed in July has blocked the display of the Ten Commandments in 11 Texas school districts.
Tarrant County Cuts Property Taxes for Third Year in a Row
Republican commissioners approved the tax cuts in a 3-1 vote.
Shrinking Resources Cast New Doubt on Operation Lone Star Prosecutions
Smaller border counties are actively working to resolve the issues.
Illegal Aliens Escape ICE Custody, Attack Border Patrol Agent Near Houston
Two illegal aliens briefly escaped ICE custody yesterday before being recaptured near Conroe.
Gov. Abbott Signs Women’s Privacy Act Into Law
After having been introduced multiple times since 2017, legislation to protect women’s private spaces has finally been signed into law.
Texas A&M’s New Acting President James Hallmark Defended DEI
Hallmark argued Aggieland’s DEI initiatives were about “student success.”
North Texas High School Coach Investigated for Misconduct Is ‘No Longer Employed’
Tye Adams had coached in Springtown ISD since 2004.
Impossible Foods Targets Small Texas Business in Lawsuit
Impossible LLC, a small Austin‑based performance lifestyle company, is locked in a years‑long trademark...
Report: China Made Up 8% of Foreign Buyers in Texas Real Estate Market In 2024
According to a new report by Texas Realtors, the purchase of residential properties by international buyers...
Houston Halts Payout to Firm Tied to Public Works Corruption
Houston’s mayor has blocked an $8.3 million payout to a construction firm whose owner pleaded guilty in the city’s public works bribery scandal. In January, Joseph Nerie—charged in the city’s public works scandal with felony bribery and tampering with a government...
Navarro ISD Bus Driver Busted for Child Porn Gets 30 Years in Prison
A longtime Texas school bus driver was sentenced to 30 years in prison after he confessed to downloading thousands of images of child sexual abuse material showing victims as young as infants. Michael Paul Morrish, 78, pleaded guilty to possessing more than 500 visual...
VIDEOS AND PODCASTS
Unbelievable: Human Smuggler Caught With 27 People
Get ready to hear two unbelievable stories! In one, a human smuggler was caught trying to transport 27 illegal aliens in a hidden compartment of a horse trailer. The driver, Jose Guadalupe Salinas, thought he could get away with it, but the authorities had other plans.
Are Your Local Government Wages Going Up?
Employee pay and benefits drive local budgets. Do you understand how that's affecting your city?
1.23.2025: Redefining birthright citizenship.
Brian Babin Seeks to Block Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Aliens… Texas House, Senate...
Dan Patrick Sets The Tone
Our Lieutenant Governor is setting a strong tone to start off our session. We also take time today to break...
1/22/25 No More Anchor Babies!
- U.S. Rep. Babin Reintroduces Birthright Citizenship Legislation - Ethics Complaint Dropped Against 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’...
8/18/25 The Ten Commandments in Classrooms
- Do Not Comply: Activist Teachers Plot to Defy Texas’ New Ten Commandments Law - Trump Urges Swift Passage...
The Economy Is Poised To Take Off, If The Fed Gets Out Of The Way
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Stephen Moore is a prominent free-market economist and a distinguished...
8.19.2025: DEMs return.
House Regains Quorum as Democrats Return From Walkout… Texas A.G. Investigates AI Chatbot Companies… Harris...