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Former Barbers Hill ISD Teacher Arrested a Year After Indictment for Sex With Student
Molly Colleen Spears was indicted in February 2024 for having sexual intercourse with a male student at Barbers Hill High School.

Texas Among 29 States With Known Terrorist Cases
According to a new report by the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, foreign jihadist networks and...

TAMU-Commerce Offers DEI Certificate Under Different Title
Texas A&M-Commerce is offering an undergraduate justice, equity, diversity and inclusion certificate in...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Deletes Post After Sen. Bettencourt Alleges Electioneering
State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) has accused Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo of violating the Texas Election Code with her official X account. Bettencourt posted images from the @HarrisCoJudge account showing a video with Hidalgo promoting voter registration...

Video: Unaccompanied Minors Released to Strangers
Unaccompanied illegal alien children released by the federal government to in-country sponsors often do not know who the sponsors are, per a new exposé. A video published by Muckraker features children of foreign nationals being transported to an airport from the...

Texas Senate Committee Approves $6 Billion in Property Tax Relief
The proposed relief would be split between a homestead exemption increase and school district tax rate compression.

House Lawmaker Proposes Abolishing State Education Bureaucracy, Transferring Power To Elected Board
The TEA, created in 1949, currently oversees more than 1,200 independent school districts and numerous charter schools.

Another Bartlett ISD Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct With Student
A different district teacher was arrested in January for sexually assaulting a student.

State Rep. Proposes ‘Save James Act’ to Stop Social Transition of Kids
Freshman State Rep. David Lowe said the law is designed to “put the final nail in the coffin of the child gender transition industry in Texas.”

160 Texas Teachers Under Investigation for Cheating on Certification Exam
Five Houston-area educators have been charged for their roles in the cheating scandal.

Report: Property Taxes Consist of Nearly Half of All State-Local Tax Revenue in 2023
Although the number of property-taxing units is rising, school districts still impose the largest property tax burden.

New Measure Could End Taxpayer Funding to the American Library Association
The ALA has faced criticism for its opposition to restrictions on inappropriate materials in children’s libraries.

Lawmakers File Measures To Bring Ten Commandments, Prayer to Texas Schools
Both efforts were endorsed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and were listed among his top 25 priorities for the legislative session.

Former Barbers Hill ISD Teacher Arrested a Year After Indictment for Sex With Student
Molly Colleen Spears was indicted in February 2024 for having sexual intercourse with a male student at Barbers Hill High School.

Texas Among 29 States With Known Terrorist Cases
According to a new report by the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, foreign jihadist networks and...

TAMU-Commerce Offers DEI Certificate Under Different Title
Texas A&M-Commerce is offering an undergraduate justice, equity, diversity and inclusion certificate in...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Deletes Post After Sen. Bettencourt Alleges Electioneering
State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) has accused Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo of violating the Texas Election Code with her official X account. Bettencourt posted images from the @HarrisCoJudge account showing a video with Hidalgo promoting voter registration...

Video: Unaccompanied Minors Released to Strangers
Unaccompanied illegal alien children released by the federal government to in-country sponsors often do not know who the sponsors are, per a new exposé. A video published by Muckraker features children of foreign nationals being transported to an airport from the...
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Getting Around to Priorities
Election integrity, constitutional carry, religious liberty, and taxpayer-funded lobbying have their day.

Embracing Our Responsibility
As a self-governing people, we cannot delegate the preservation of our republic to others. The work belongs to us.

Energy, Property, and God with Robert Murphy
The Texas blackouts and look at the role renewable energy played in turning the lights off in Texas.

Patrick Battles Abbott & Hefner Pushes Himself
“There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he does not mind who gets the credit.”

Season 8 Episode 3: A Zone of Chaos
Traditionally threats to Texas' power grid haven't been top of mind for citizens, but that's changing. Tune...

10.7.2024: SCOTUS going nuclear.
Suspects in Jocelyn Nungaray’s Murder May Be Tied to Venezuelan Gang… Supreme Court to Consider Storage of...

10/4/24 Suing Big Tech and Big Pharma
-Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues TikTok for Breaching Parental Consent Law -Poll: Texas Voters Believe...

FIGHT Lawfare, FIGHT For Fair Flections, FIGHT Democrats
On the Salcedo Storm Podcast: Jared Woodfill served as Harris County Republican Party Chairman from...