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Fired Pflugerville School Employee Faces Felonies for Grooming Student
Administrative assistant Marissa Juarez is accused of sending an underage student sexually explicit messages via Snapchat and kissing the juvenile while on campus.

Abbott Pushes for School Choice, Teacher Pay Raises, and Tax Relief in State of the State Address
AUSTIN—Gov. Greg Abbott outlined seven emergency priorities in his State of the State address, giving...

EXCLUSIVE: Anti-ICE Protestors Delay Construction in Pflugerville
Individuals protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's deportation efforts under President Donald...

Texas Students’ Test Scores Shrink as Spending Grows
A new analysis comparing students’ standardized test scores to spending on education shows Texans are failing to get a quality return on their investment, with reading and math scores steadily declining as taxpayer-funded school spending increases. This week, the...

Texas Officials Criticize Proposed $500 Million in Corporate Welfare to Movie Industry
Texas officials are criticizing a half-billion-dollar handout in the Senate’s preliminary budget proposal for films, television shows, and commercial marketing. The Senate budget proposal includes $498 million to “revamp” current corporate welfare grants and tax...

Houston ISD To Cut 406 Uncertified Teachers Ahead of 2025–26 School Year
The teachers did not make the required progress towards their certifications.

House Approves Bill Restricting Hostile Foreign Land Ownership, But Not Without Controversy
Early on, members adopted a controversial amendment by State Rep. Matt Shaheen (R–Plano), narrowing the scope of who is actually banned from purchasing land.

Analysis: The Texas Lottery’s 100% Track Record of Corruption
Executive directors of the Texas Lottery: 1992 to present.

House Lawmakers Pass Onerous Regulations for PAC Treasurers
The measure would prevent most campaign treasurers from concurrently overseeing both a candidate’s and a political action committee’s finances.

Harris County Deputies Demand Higher Pay as Houston Police Set for Major Raises
Houston Mayor Whitmire recently proposed a plan that would pay first-year HPD officers $24,000 more than HCSO Deputies.

Texas House Lawmakers Take Aim at Red Flag Laws
Although Texas judges currently lack the framework to issue expansive “red flag” orders for firearms, a new measure would ensure it never develops.

Texas May Soon ID Noncitizens as Ineligible to Vote
A GOP-priority measure would require state-issued licenses to identify noncitizens as “not eligible to vote.”

Austin Elementary Teacher Busted for Child Porn Now Faces Federal Charges
If convicted, Carl Innmon faces 20 years in federal prison.

Fired Pflugerville School Employee Faces Felonies for Grooming Student
Administrative assistant Marissa Juarez is accused of sending an underage student sexually explicit messages via Snapchat and kissing the juvenile while on campus.

Abbott Pushes for School Choice, Teacher Pay Raises, and Tax Relief in State of the State Address
AUSTIN—Gov. Greg Abbott outlined seven emergency priorities in his State of the State address, giving...

EXCLUSIVE: Anti-ICE Protestors Delay Construction in Pflugerville
Individuals protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's deportation efforts under President Donald...

Texas Students’ Test Scores Shrink as Spending Grows
A new analysis comparing students’ standardized test scores to spending on education shows Texans are failing to get a quality return on their investment, with reading and math scores steadily declining as taxpayer-funded school spending increases. This week, the...

Texas Officials Criticize Proposed $500 Million in Corporate Welfare to Movie Industry
Texas officials are criticizing a half-billion-dollar handout in the Senate’s preliminary budget proposal for films, television shows, and commercial marketing. The Senate budget proposal includes $498 million to “revamp” current corporate welfare grants and tax...
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Season 5 Episode 4 – The Unlocked Door
Texas is facing an unprecedented open border crisis. As Mexican drug cartels smuggle indentured servants and drugs across the southern border, Texans are struggling to fend off the invasion. This episode of Exposed: Border Invasion unveils how illegal aliens are crossing the southern border—and heading north.

Only Fox News Could Break Their Bond With Their Audience
He is the host of the nationally syndicated Rob Carson Show. He is the host of “What in the World,” on...

The Gateway Pundit Visits The Salcedo Storm Podcast
Joe Hoft is an author and a contributor at The Gateway Pundit alongside his twin brother Jim Hoft, the...

Shackled To Low Expectations
We have too often adopted a participation-trophy mentality when it comes to political engagement.

2.12.2025: Tax relief advances in Senate.
Senate Committee Recommends $6 Billion in Property Tax Relief… Andy Hopper Wants to Abolish the Texas...

2/11/25 Should Prayer Be Brought Back to Schools?
-Lawmakers File Measures To Bring Ten Commandments, Prayer to Texas Schools -House Lawmaker Proposes...

Why I Say D.I.E and Not D.E.I
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: AJ Rice is the is the CEO of Publius Public relations. He is the...

DOGE & The Border Czar
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Congressman Jim Jordan represents the 4th Congressional District in the Great...