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Center ISD Athletic Trainer Accused of Sexual Misconduct With Student
Christopher Lemoine has since resigned from the East Texas school district.
Texas’ Data Center Boom—and the Local Backlash
Data centers are surging in number around Texas—oftentimes to opposition from local residents. State...
Texas Teacher Gets Life Sentence for Sexually Abusing Students
A Texas elementary school teacher who sexually abused multiple students during his 20-year career will spend...
Taxpayer-Backed NRG Power Plant Awarded Additional Tax Break
Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that a 456 megawatt natural gas power plant being built in Harris County by NRG Energy will be given a school property tax break from Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. The Texas Energy Fund has already given NRG Energy Inc....
35 Illegal Aliens Detained Under Paxton’s Federal Immigration Enforcement Partnership
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his Criminal Investigative Division has detained and turned over for deportation 35 illegal aliens. According to the attorney general’s office, the arrests were carried out under the framework of a Section 287(g) agreement...
Mesquite Academy Teacher Jailed for Child Sex Abuse Material
Chad Beery is being held in the Rockwall County Jail. Bond is set at $750,000.
ICE Disputes Houston Church’s Story About Detained Priest
Federal immigration authorities and the Episcopal Diocese of Texas are offering conflicting accounts after a Kenyan priest was detained by ICE last month.
Houston Police Union Invites NYC Police Officers to Texas Following Mayoral Election
The invitation highlights the lower cost of living and support for law enforcement officers from state officials.
Texas A&M Sends Left-Wing Professors To Advise Accreditation Agency
The Commission for Public Higher Education is intended to counterbalance left-wing ideological capture.
Second Celina ISD Teacher Charged With Child Endangerment
Special education aide Micheale “Shelley” Clark is accused of being impaired in the classroom.
Houston Officials Push Hiring and Oversight Tools To Curb Department Overtime Costs
Houston officials are once again confronting runaway costs as departments report spending nearly half their overtime budgets just months into the new fiscal year.
Kilgore Teacher Gets No Prison Time for Student Sex Crime
Kayla O’Dell pleaded guilty to an “improper relationship” with a Kilgore High School student but received deferred adjudication.
Texas Voters OK Billions in School Property Tax Increases
More than a hundred school districts put bond propositions and permanent tax rate increases on the November 4 ballot.
Center ISD Athletic Trainer Accused of Sexual Misconduct With Student
Christopher Lemoine has since resigned from the East Texas school district.
Texas’ Data Center Boom—and the Local Backlash
Data centers are surging in number around Texas—oftentimes to opposition from local residents. State...
Texas Teacher Gets Life Sentence for Sexually Abusing Students
A Texas elementary school teacher who sexually abused multiple students during his 20-year career will spend...
Taxpayer-Backed NRG Power Plant Awarded Additional Tax Break
Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that a 456 megawatt natural gas power plant being built in Harris County by NRG Energy will be given a school property tax break from Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. The Texas Energy Fund has already given NRG Energy Inc....
35 Illegal Aliens Detained Under Paxton’s Federal Immigration Enforcement Partnership
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his Criminal Investigative Division has detained and turned over for deportation 35 illegal aliens. According to the attorney general’s office, the arrests were carried out under the framework of a Section 287(g) agreement...
VIDEOS AND PODCASTS
Texas House Running Out of Time for GOP Priorities
There's less than a month left in the legislative session, and numerous conservative bills are awaiting action by lawmakers.
7/31/2025 Battling Election Crimes
-Senate Moves To Restore Attorney General’s Power To Prosecute Election Crimes -University of North Texas...
Their Own Documents Indict Obama’s Cabal of Criminal Communists
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Dr. Robert Malone, is a bioethicist who is an internationally recognized...
Should We Have a Public or Private Police Force?
Public safety is increasingly being outsourced and privatized in Texas neighborhoods due to a crumbling...
7.31.2025: Adding GOP seats.
Proposed Map Could Add 5 New GOP Congressional Seats… Senate Advances 3 Special Session Agenda Items… Trump...
Dominoes Are Falling
Let’s talk about all the political dominoes that are falling, the implications of that, and what the...
Manly Men, Doing manly Things…A Visit With Eric Bolling
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: He is the host of Bolling. The host of “The Edge,’ With Eric Bolling. He is...
10.23.2025: Illegals lose in-state tuition
Higher Ed Rule Will (Finally) Ban In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens… UT-Austin Outranks Texas A&M in...
Public-Private Partnerships, Innovation, or Growing Problem?
P3s are popular across the state and are billed as innovative solutions to public projects, but do they...