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Texas Lottery Littered With Scandals This Year
Texas Lottery stakeholders helped craft the new law banning lottery ticket resellers.
Houston ISD Teacher’s Assistant Removed After 4-Year-Old’s Sexual Assault Allegation
A teacher’s assistant in the Houston Independent School District has been removed from their position after...
UT-Austin College of Education Dean To Step Down
The Dean of the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education will leave the position at the end of...
Texas Universities Are Auditing Curricula
This article has been updated since publication. More university systems in Texas are initiating audits of classes and curricula in order to comply with a new state law. This follows Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and the University of Texas-Austin announcing that they...
Leftwing Groups Argue Texas’ New Congressional Map Is Racially Discriminatory
EL PASO—A panel of three federal judges is weighing arguments in a lawsuit challenging Texas' new congressional districts, with a coalition of left-wing advocacy groups contending the maps are racially discriminatory. The new districts include five GOP-opportunity...
Jonestown-area LGBT Group To Host ‘All Ages’ Drag Event
The Lake Travis LGBT group is promoting the drag show as an all-ages event with activities specifically for children.
Houston METRO To Comply With Gov. Abbott’s Order To Remove Rainbow Crosswalks
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the removal of politically themed road markings across Texas, prompting Houston’s Metro agency to once again repaint the city’s rainbow crosswalks in Montrose.
Paxton Expands Investigation Into Discord After Platform Linked to Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
The attorney general had previously announced an investigation to determine whether Discord is effectively safeguarding children online.
Court of Criminal Appeals Delays Execution of Convicted Child Killer Robert Roberson
Roberson was slated to be executed on October 16 for the murder of two-year-old Nikki Curtis.
Eight More Arrested in Houston Illegal Abortion Network
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced eight more people have been arrested in connection with a Houston-area abortion network.
Texas Redistricting Trial Day 7: State Witnesses Challenge Claims of Racial Bias
Witnesses called by the State affirmed that the map was driven by partisan factors, not racial ones.
DEI Advocates on Texas A&M Presidential Search Committee
The former speaker of the faculty senate is also on the committee.
New Braunfels LGBT Org To Host ‘All Ages’ Drag Show
Texas’ law prohibiting sexualized performances in front of minors is currently enjoined by the courts.
Texas Lottery Littered With Scandals This Year
Texas Lottery stakeholders helped craft the new law banning lottery ticket resellers.
Houston ISD Teacher’s Assistant Removed After 4-Year-Old’s Sexual Assault Allegation
A teacher’s assistant in the Houston Independent School District has been removed from their position after...
UT-Austin College of Education Dean To Step Down
The Dean of the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education will leave the position at the end of...
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Texas Universities Are Auditing Curricula
This article has been updated since publication. More university systems in Texas are initiating audits of classes and curricula in order to comply with a new state law. This follows Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and the University of Texas-Austin announcing that they...
Leftwing Groups Argue Texas’ New Congressional Map Is Racially Discriminatory
EL PASO—A panel of three federal judges is weighing arguments in a lawsuit challenging Texas' new congressional districts, with a coalition of left-wing advocacy groups contending the maps are racially discriminatory. The new districts include five GOP-opportunity...
VIDEOS AND PODCASTS
Houston’s LGBT Parade Featured Sexualized Performances Near Children
Despite promotional claims of being “family-friendly,” the Houston Pride Festival and Parade included open drug use and sexualized displays—all occurring in shared public spaces where children were present.
Texas Teachers Ripping Up 10 Commandments
Redistricting maps are passing today, censure continues to be an important discussion in the Texas GOP, and...
8/20/25 New Congressional Maps Approved
- Texas House Approves New Congressional Map After Quorum Break Ends - Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban Faces...
As Democrats Return, We Look Back At What They Did To Texas
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: as Democrats return, we look back at what they did to 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’...
10.2.2025: Closing the GOP Primary?
Federal Judge Delays Effort to Close Texas Republican Primary… Union Advises Texas A&M Faculty to...
Who’s To Blame For Broken County Jails?
No one wants to take the blame for broken county jails in Texas, but you’re left holding the bag.
Why Conservatives Need to Care About the SBOE
The State Board of Education is one of the most important elected bodies in Texas, and today, we will...
10/01/25 Will Texas’ New Republican Congressional Districts Pass Judicial Muster?
- Federal Judges To Decide Texas Redistricting Case - UT Austin Announces New Faculty Advisory Structure -...