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Plano ISD Trustees Split on Vote To Restrict Public Comments
Trustees voted 5-2 to eliminate public comments on non-agenda items during school board meetings.
Special Session Ending, and Starting, Today
Even though the 30-day clock is not set to expire until Tuesday, the House and Senate are expected to...
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 increased by nine percent in 2025. Mexico accounted for 30 percent of the buyers, while Canada and China made up eight percent each. The Texas Realtors report...
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...
Montgomery County Law Enforcement Arrests 71 Wanted Offenders
The weeklong operation included 10 arrests for possession of child pornography.
University of Houston Offering Classes Covering Queer Theory
The courses are taught by a professor who has been in lockdown since 2020.
Texas Senate Moves Quickly To Pass Majority of Special Session Items
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick indicated that the remaining priorities will originate in the House.
Trump Urges Swift Passage of Texas Redistricting Plan
A two-week quorum break by House Democrats during the first special session temporarily stalled action on the new maps.
FDA Granted Emergency Powers To Combat New World Screwworm Threat
This is yet another step taken by agriculture officials to combat the flesh-eating parasite that threatens U.S. livestock.
Rockwall ISD Calls Tax Increase Election
Voters will decide in November whether to approve a 4-cent property tax rate hike.
Federal Appeals Court Rules West Texas A&M Cannot Enforce Drag Show Ban
The case will return to the district court for a full trial.
Texas A&M Seeks to Hide Records on Abortion Research Project
Both a university system and a state agency are concealing research records.
Plano ISD Trustees Split on Vote To Restrict Public Comments
Trustees voted 5-2 to eliminate public comments on non-agenda items during school board meetings.
Special Session Ending, and Starting, Today
Even though the 30-day clock is not set to expire until Tuesday, the House and Senate are expected to...
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 increased by nine percent in 2025. Mexico accounted for 30 percent of the buyers, while Canada and China made up eight percent each. The Texas Realtors report...
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...
VIDEOS AND PODCASTS
Texas House Rejects Election Integrity Measure
The proposal would return power to the attorney general to prosecute election crimes.
Destroying History
Those whose geopolitical aspirations are based on rewriting history are building on a shaky foundation of lies.
7.11.2025: Trump endorses Texas Republicans.
Trump Endorses Texas Lawmakers Who Backed School Choice… Lawmakers Set to Redraw Racially Gerrymandered...
7/10/25 Donald Trump Rolls Out Endorsements in Texas
- Trump Endorses Texas Lawmakers Who Backed School Choice, Despite Party Pushback - Houston Research Centers...
Democrat’s Collusion With China Must Not Go Unpunished
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Gordon Chang is one of the leading experts on communist China. He’s the...
Will Democrats Be Punished?
Today, we discuss Ken Paxton suing Big Pharma, conservative policies that might be added to the next special...
8/13/25 Are Democrats Coming Back?
- Report: House Democrats Planning Return to Texas Capitol - Senators Pass Legislation To Eliminate the...
It’s Time America Stopped Government-Sponsored Racism
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Congressman Tom Tiffany grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. He currently...
Reckoning for O’Rourke?
Abbott Vows Immediate Second Special Session… Paxton Says O’Rourke Flagrantly Violated Fundraising Ban…...