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KP George Switches Parties as Legal Troubles Mount in Fort Bend County
George has switched to the Republican Party, shifting the balance of power on the county commissioners court.
19 GOP County Chairs Urge Support for Closed Primary Legislation
GOP chairs from 19 counties have sent a joint letter to the Texas legislature, urging lawmakers to support...
State Issues Cease-and-Desist to Islamic Group Over Funeral Violations
Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the state has ordered the East Plano Islamic Center to immediately stop what...
Groups Warn Texas Ethics Commission Is Chilling Citizen Speech
Two more legal organizations—the Institute for Free Speech and the Institute for Justice—have filed amicus briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Michael Quinn Sullivan’s challenge to Texas’ lobbying law, arguing that the state’s enforcement violates core...
Former Houston ISD Official on Trial for Corruption
The trial for former Houston Independent School District Chief Operating Officer Brian Busby and former district vendor Anthony Hutchison began this week, marking the start of a long-awaited legal battle over charges ranging from bribery to tax fraud. After years of...
Houston Oil Service Firm Loses Injection Permit Amid West Texas Earthquakes
Texas regulators have permanently revoked Blackbuck Resources’ wastewater injection permit after a series of West Texas earthquakes.
South Texas School Board President Faces Felony Child Porn Charge
Boling ISD Board President Jerry Svatek is accused of possessing child sexual abuse material showing victims under 10 years old.
A Decade Later, State Charges Against Ken Paxton Officially Dismissed
The dismissal marks a formal end to one of the most high-profile and politically charged prosecutions in Texas history.
Supreme Court Blocks Texas Lawsuit Over Nuclear Waste Site
In a 6-3 ruling, the Court declined to weigh in on whether the federal government has the authority to authorize nuclear storage projects.
Texas GOP: Legislature Must Finish Work on Key Conservative Reforms
The Republican Party of Texas is calling for a special session of the state legislature on a series of unaddressed priorities.
Texas Wins Lawsuit Against Biden Rule Requiring Foster Care Adhere to Radical Gender Ideology
The ruling has officially ended the legal battle that began back in September 2024.
Report Card: How Did Texas Lawmakers Do Supporting Medical Liberty?
Texans for Vaccine Choice has released ratings of how state lawmakers voted on medical freedom legislation.
Reform Advocate Says Texas’ New Laws Are Improving Child Protective Services
Carrie Wilcoxson, a former investigator for the Department of Family and Protective Services, highlighted two new measures that passed this session.
KP George Switches Parties as Legal Troubles Mount in Fort Bend County
George has switched to the Republican Party, shifting the balance of power on the county commissioners court.
19 GOP County Chairs Urge Support for Closed Primary Legislation
GOP chairs from 19 counties have sent a joint letter to the Texas legislature, urging lawmakers to support...
State Issues Cease-and-Desist to Islamic Group Over Funeral Violations
Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the state has ordered the East Plano Islamic Center to immediately stop what...
Groups Warn Texas Ethics Commission Is Chilling Citizen Speech
Two more legal organizations—the Institute for Free Speech and the Institute for Justice—have filed amicus briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Michael Quinn Sullivan’s challenge to Texas’ lobbying law, arguing that the state’s enforcement violates core...
Former Houston ISD Official on Trial for Corruption
The trial for former Houston Independent School District Chief Operating Officer Brian Busby and former district vendor Anthony Hutchison began this week, marking the start of a long-awaited legal battle over charges ranging from bribery to tax fraud. After years of...
VIDEOS AND PODCASTS
The Hypocrisy of the Border Invasion
As President Joe Biden’s open border policies continue incentivizing illegal border crossings—with 2.1 million illegal aliens crossing the southwest border this federal fiscal year—Texas counties continue declaring invasions and calling upon Gov. Greg Abbott and the State of Texas to secure the southern border. Texans have been sounding the alarm for over a year now regarding the devastation to property, livelihoods, and human life as Venezuela sends Texas their criminals and Texas...
Remembering to be Thankful
Every generation must shrug the vestiges of socialism if we are truly thankful for liberty.
Episode 153: Texas’ School Choice Fiasco
Last Friday, the Texas House of Representatives killed an effort to bring school choice to Texans. On this...
11/21/23 Would You Participate in a Gun Buyback?
https://youtu.be/PZYpX1Jfu6o -Impeachment leader announces he wont seek re-election -Harris County hosts...
How Dade Phelan Will Try to Co-opt the School Choice Movement
The field is now set and we know that 21 Republicans are willing to vote with their Democrat partners to...
4/8/25 A Texas City is Funding Abortion Travel
- San Antonio Sued for Funding Out-of-State Abortion Travel - State Reps. Move To Slash Funding for...
Texas Taxpayers ROBBED! We’ve Been Paying HOW MUCH For Illegals to Lawyer Up?!
This week on Come & Take It, Sara goes through three new updates on illegal immigration in Texas, one of...
Astroturf Terrorism
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne represent the 24th Congressional district in the...
Judicial Tyranny Explained
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Mike O’Neill is the Vice-President of legal affairs Landmark Legal...