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Texas Sues Johnson & Johnson, Kenvue for Deceptively Marketing Tylenol to Pregnant Mothers

Sydnie Henry | October 28, 2025

Tylenol is under scrutiny for potentially increasing the risks of neurodevelopmental disorders in children when taken by mothers during pregnancy.

Federal Judge Declares Texas’ Book Vendor Rating Requirements Unconstitutional

Travis Morgan | October 22, 2025

U.S. District Judge Alan D. Albright declared certain provisions of Texas’ READER Act unconstitutional and...

Texas’ Data Center Boom—and the Local Backlash

Paige Feild | October 22, 2025

Data centers are surging in number around Texas—oftentimes to opposition from local residents. State...

Texas Teacher Gets Life Sentence for Sexually Abusing Students

Erin Anderson | October 22, 2025

A Texas elementary school teacher who sexually abused multiple students during his 20-year career will spend the rest of his life in prison. Andrew Hanson Palmore, 53, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole—the maximum punishment allowed by...

Taxpayer-Backed NRG Power Plant Awarded Additional Tax Break

Paige Feild | October 22, 2025

Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that a 456 megawatt natural gas power plant being built in Harris County by NRG Energy will be given a school property tax break from Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. The Texas Energy Fund has already given NRG Energy Inc....

Feds Bust South Texas ISD Teacher for Child Sex Abuse Material

Roel Flores Jr. is charged with receipt and distribution of “severe” child pornography.

Celina ISD Faces State Criminal Inquiry Over Claimed Coverup of Coach Preying on Boys

AG Ken Paxton said his office will investigate the district’s alleged coverup of Coach Caleb Elliott’s sexual misconduct after State Rep. Jeff Leach asked him to intervene.

Anti-Accountability Professors’ Union Holding Higher Education Summit

College professors are set to attend a secret meeting to organize a response to national and state academic accountability reforms.

North Texas Doctor Sued for Prescribing Cross-Sex Hormones to Minors Surrenders Medical License  

The lawsuit filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton against Dr. May Lau for violating Texas law is still ongoing.  

Hondo ISD Teacher Charged With Sex Crimes Against Student

Thomas Hill taught at Hondo High School.

AG Paxton Probes ‘Scheme’ by Nonprofit and PAC To Raise Austin Property Taxes

Proposition Q on Austin’s November ballot would raise property tax bills by 20 percent.

Abbott Appoints Kyle Hawkins to Texas Supreme Court

Hawkins is the former state solicitor general.

Lawmaker Calls for State To Investigate Celina ISD Scandal

State Rep. Jeff Leach asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to conduct a criminal investigation of district officials’ actions ahead of Coach Caleb Elliott’s locker room recordings.

Texas Sues Johnson & Johnson, Kenvue for Deceptively Marketing Tylenol to Pregnant Mothers

Sydnie Henry | October 28, 2025

Tylenol is under scrutiny for potentially increasing the risks of neurodevelopmental disorders in children when taken by mothers during pregnancy.

State

Federal Judge Declares Texas’ Book Vendor Rating Requirements Unconstitutional

U.S. District Judge Alan D. Albright declared certain provisions of Texas’ READER Act unconstitutional and...

State

Texas’ Data Center Boom—and the Local Backlash

Data centers are surging in number around Texas—oftentimes to opposition from local residents. State...

Central Texas, Local

Texas Teacher Gets Life Sentence for Sexually Abusing Students

A Texas elementary school teacher who sexually abused multiple students during his 20-year career will spend the rest of his life in prison. Andrew Hanson Palmore, 53, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole—the maximum punishment allowed by...

State

Taxpayer-Backed NRG Power Plant Awarded Additional Tax Break

Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that a 456 megawatt natural gas power plant being built in Harris County by NRG Energy will be given a school property tax break from Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. The Texas Energy Fund has already given NRG Energy Inc....

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