Senate Won’t Accept House’s ‘Take It Or Leave It’ Tax Plan Congress Votes to Raise Debt Ceiling Carrollton Church to Host Pride Event Targeting Children and Teens TEA Names New Houston Superintendent

Excerpt: Local Republican Party Condemns Attorney General Paxton’s Impeachment Abbott Names Interim Attorney General Head of Dallas Gender Mutilation Youth Clinic Heads to California Lawmaker Promises to Refile COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Ban

House and Senate At Odds on Property Tax Relief Advocates Ask Abbott to Widen His Special Session Call for Border Security More Sexually Explicit Material Found in Schools Special Election Date Set in Vacant House Seat

Lawmakers Leave with Unfinished Priorities Phelan's Popularity Plummets Following Lackluster Session Trump Says Abbott is ‘Missing in Action’ UT Austin Labels Conservative Media Outlets as ‘Disinformation'

House Approves Illegal Impeachment of AG Ken Paxton Texas Legislature Massively Increases State Spending Harris County Dems Threaten to Sue over Election Integrity Legislation Texas Legislative Session to End with Unfinished Business

House Committee Recommends Impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton… Texas House and Senate Spar Over School Choice… Ron DeSantis Announces Presidential Bid… Fort Worth Mayor Encourages Kids to Read ‘LGBTQ+’ Books…

House Committee Prepares Potential Case Against Attorney General Ken Paxton…
DPS Investigating Women Who Complained About Man in Capitol Restroom… Democrats Block Amendment Requiring Texas Voters to be US Citizens… Texas Passes Parent-backed Plan to Keep Sexually Explicit Books Out of Schools…

AG Paxton Calls on Speaker Phelan to Resign, Accuses Him of ‘Debilitating Intoxication’… Texas Public School Administrators Admit to Ignoring Critical Race Theory Ban… House Lawmakers Reject Ban on College Faculty Tenure… Texas Adds Consequences for Educators Who Expose Kids to ‘Harmful’ Material…

Senate Attempts Final ‘Hail Mary’ Effort on School Choice Drag Queen-themed Burger Joint to Open Second Texas Location 0 Percent of Texas Voters Support US Sen. Tim Scott for President Destroying Souls: Sex Slavery in Texas

U.S. Rep. Roy Blasts Air Force for LGBTQ Celebration… Texas A.G. to Investigate Children’s Hospital Over Child Gender Mutilation Accusations… Schools and Big Business Lobby Senate Committee for New Corporate Welfare Program… Austin Pre-K Teacher Busted for Possessing Child Porn…

ACLU-Texas Threatens to Sue… Senate Committee Strengthens House Border Security Measures… Documents Reveal State Rep. Frazier’s Sign Shenanigans Violated Dallas Police Rules… Tenure Proposal Delayed in House as Deadline Looms…

Texas House Would Put $16B Toward Property Tax Relief… Hospital Restarts Child Gender Mutilation Procedures… Texas House Lawmakers Approve ‘Save Women’s Sports’ Measure… Florida and Idaho Respond to Gov. Abbott’s Request for Border Assistance…

E-Verify Stuck in Senate… Police Deem Allen Mall Shooting Witness’ Accounts as ‘Not Credible’… GOP Lawmaker Scuttles His Own Legislation…. San Antonio Teacher & Coach Arrested for ‘Improper’ Sex With Student…

Greg Abbott Again Buses Illegal Aliens to VP Kamala Harris’ House… Ken Paxton Challenges Biden Administration’s Destructive Border Policy… Dan Patrick Says Senate Won’t Waste Time on Sports Gambling Legislation… Teacher Arrested for Sex With Student, Sending ‘Daily Nude Images’…

Abbott Threatens Veto for Weak School Choice Proposal… Texas House Gives Approval to Ban on Child Gender Mutilation… Attorney General Settles With Google Over False Advertising Claim… Texas Teacher Allowed to Resign After Arrest for Soliciting Sex With a Minor…

School Choice Hits Another Roadblock The Border Invasion Gets Worse Legislation to Combat Child Trafficking Heads to Governor Texas A&M Pushes DEI

As Trump-era Border Policy Ends, Invasion Gets Worse... ...But Don't Count on the Texas House to Stop It Army Sgt. Daniel Perry Sentenced to 25 Years Tarrant County Judge Seeks to Protect Children

Texas May See Rolling Blackouts This Summer… Texas Republicans Avoid Fox News Following Tucker Carlson’s Dismissal… GOP Priority Legislation to Protect Elections ‘At Risk’… House Unanimously Expels Slaton for ‘Predatory Behavior’… Drag Show Targeting Children to Take Place in Sherman…

House Committee Moves Gun Control Legislation Following Shooting… House Continues to Support More Corporate Welfare… School Choice Legislation Awaits Action in House… Speaker Dade Phelan Attempts to Shut Down Anti-grooming Ad… Slaton Resigns Ahead of Expulsion Vote…

Slaton Faces Expulsion After Findings Show ‘Inappropriate Sexual Conduct’… Republicans Join Democrats Pushing Mileage Tax for Texas Drivers House Vote on Child Gender Mutilation Ban Delayed—Again… Paxton Investigates Austin Children’s Hospital… Parents Demand Answers for Alleged Sexual Assault of 6-year-old…

New TV Ad Calls on Speaker Phelan to Move Legislation… Analysis: Zombie Bills Haunt the Texas Legislature… Athletics Director Arrested for ‘Improper Relationship’ With Student…

Biden to Send Troops to Border to Help Process Illegal Aliens… Democrat Says Displaying 10 Commandments in Schools is ‘Arrogant’… Woke Congressman Kicks off Attempt for Ted Cruz’ Senate Seat… Travis County Officials Refuse to Prosecute Leftist Protestors…

Unruly Leftist Mob Tossed From House as Child Gender Mutilation Ban Postponed… House Delays Vote on New Corporate Welfare… Chicago Mayor Complains About Illegal Aliens Bussed Into the City…. Election Security Legislation Stalls in Texas House…

El Paso Prepares for Thousands of Illegal Aliens… Paxton Launches Investigation Into COVID Vaccine Manufacturers… School District Promoted LGBTQ Chatrooms on Its Website…

Trump Blasts ‘California Dade’ Phelan’s Property Tax Plan… Dan Patrick: ‘Nothing Wrong’ With a Special Session… House Moves Measure to ‘Rein In Rogue Prosecutors’… Senate Approves Limited ‘Guardrails’ Against COVID Mandates…

Texas Democrat Wants to Give Illegal Aliens Driver’s Licenses… Texas House Makes Illegal Voting a Felony Again… Texas Lawmakers Slow to Act on Child Gender Mutilation Ban… UT Arlington Charges Conservative Students $26,000 to Host Event… Corrupting Texas Education…

Texas Ag Commissioner Requires Employees to Dress According to Biological Gender… Texas House Members Move to Increase Their Own Pensions… AG Paxton Joins 22 States in Protecting Women’s Sports… Will Texas Pass Border Security Measures?… Leander ISD Proposes $763 Million in Bond Spending…

Poll: Trump Leads Biden Among Texas Hispanic Voters… North Texas Church Leader Urges Congregation to Vote in Local Elections… Texas’ Republican House Speaker Wants a Vacation… Deadly Accident Depletes a Month’s Resources in Kinney County…

Majority of House Members Indicate Support for More Corporate Welfare Handouts… Lawmakers Consider Prohibiting State Universities From Investing in Energy Boycotts… Legislation Bringing Prayer Back to Schools Passes the Senate… Fort Bend ISD’s Billion-dollar Bond Doubles District’s Debt…

Parents Back Opt-in Requirement for Schools to Psychologically Survey Students… Patrick Lauds Senate’s Efforts to End ‘Woke Policies’ in Higher Education… Lawmaker Calls for the Texas Legislature to ‘Properly Resolve’ Child Gender Mutilation… North Texas Teacher, Wrestling Coach Arrested for ‘Improper Relationship’ With Student… Lewisville ISD Teacher Faces 99 Years for Sexual Assault of 10-year-old Student…

Senators Discuss Building a Border Wall… NY DEM Applauds Texan Opposing Border Security… Texas Senate Advances DEI Ban in State Universities… San Antonio May Decriminalize Abortion And Other Crimes… Psychologist Pushes Radical Gender Theory in Texas School Without Parental Consent…

House Tackles Sexually Explicit Books in School Libraries… School Districts Load Local Ballots With $25 Billion in Bond Debt… Committee Considers Banning Red-flag Laws… Proposal to Repeal ‘Patchwork’ of Local Ordinances… iVoterGuide Publishes 2023 School Board Candidate Evaluations…

Liberal Billionaire George Soros Funds Movement to Rid El Paso of Reliable Energy… Dan Patrick Says He Can ‘Create’ Special Session if Priorities Are Killed in House… Texas Lawmakers Push for Weaker School Bond Ballot Transparency Thousands of Illegal Aliens Attempt to Evade Border Patrol in March… COVID-19 Vaccine Freedom Act Approved by Senate…

Phelan Blocks Effort To Protect Children… Substitute Teacher Encouraged Students to Fight in Class… University Sued for First Amendment Violations… Senate Passes More Measures to Improve Elections…

Lt. Gov. Patrick ‘Concerned’ GOP Priorities Won’t Pass the House… Library Returns Explicit Books to Shelves… Lawmaker Wants to Ensure Students Learn About Pregnancy… Democrat Wants Ranchers to Pay When Illegal Aliens Damage Property… Rally Planned for Border Action…

Patrick Fires Shots at House Over Property Tax Relief Proposals… Ban on Critical Race Theory in Higher Education Heads to Texas House… Senate Criminalizes Child Grooming… Brewery Will Feature Explicit Performers at 'Family Friendly' Drag Show…

LGBTQ Activists Slur Lawmakers for Trying to Protect Texas Kids… American Citizens Arrested for Smuggling Illegal Aliens… SCOTX Conservative Draws Primary Challenge… Venue Won’t Host ‘All-ages’ Drag Shows… Understanding the costs of gambling…

While Biden Ends COVID Emergency, Texas Holds Out… Lawmakers May Implement Age Restrictions for Online Pornography… Election Security Measures Move Through Texas Senate… University of Texas Regent Is a Big Democrat Donor…

City of El Paso May Outlaw Fossil Fuels… GOP Lawmaker Pushes for Government Control of Private Property… Texas Judge Blocks FDA From Approving an Abortion-inducing Drug… Elgin ISD Fires Bus Driver Accused of ‘Grooming’ After Public Pressure From Moms…

Border Patrol Discovers More Than 140 Illegal Aliens in Stash Houses… Texas Abortion Groups Restart Funding for Out-of-state Abortions… Second Sex Crime Charge Filed Against Mansfield ISD Educator… ‘Reflections’ book now published…

House Republicans Join Democrats to Vote Against School Choice in State Budget… Texas Senate Approves School Choice… Texas Senate Votes to Ban Taxpayer-funded Lobbying… Libs of TikTok Blasts Dallas School District Over Sexually Explicit Books…

Senate Bans Drag Shows Targeting Children… Nikki Haley Touts Censured Rep. Tony Gonzales as the ‘Border King’… Medical Board Reinstates Doctor Who Defied Mask Mandates… Houston Teacher Caught Smuggling Illegal Aliens… Dallas Teacher Arrested for Improper Relationship With Student… Judge Says Operation Lone Star Cases Will Be ‘Cleaned Up’…

Trump’s Support Among Texas Republicans Surges Amid Indictment… Texas Republican Attempts to Block School Choice Funding… Senate Blocks Medical Mandates, Future Shutdowns… Texas Senate Approves Legislation to Rein in Radical District Attorneys… ANALYSIS: ‘Education Freedom’ Faces House Test…

Senate Removes ‘Grandfather Clause’ to Child Gender Mutilation Ban Officials Call on More Districts to Leave TASB TASB Threatens to Sue School Districts Citizens Support Protecting Children From Pornography West Texas A&M Students Defy University President and Host ‘All-ages’ Drag Show

Texas School Superintendent Salaries Continue to Soar… Feds Bust Texas Teacher for Distributing Child Porn… Kinney County: Human Smuggling Round-up… Ban Considered on Controversial Ranked-choice Voting…

Democrat’s Senior Staff Resigns… Ted Cruz Blasts US Homeland Security Secretary… Texas GOP Chairman Says House is ‘Adversarial’ to Republican Voters… Lawmaker Hopes to Protect Texas Electric Grid From EMP Attack… Democrats Leave House Committee Before Detransitioner Can Testify…

Democrats in Texas House Succeed in Pushing Anti-death Penalty Bill… Senate Adds ‘Grandfather Clause’ to Proposed Child Gender Mutilation Ban… Middleton Measure Protecting Women’s Sports Passes Senate… Journalist Denied Entry to ‘All-ages’ Drag Show… Huffines Border Security Plan Calls on Texas to End Invasion…

Democrat Lawmaker Condemns Explicit Books in School Libraries… Texas Medical Board Suspends License After Doctor Defied Mask Mandates… House Prioritizes Bill to Abolish Death Penalty for ‘the Most Heinous Crimes’… Texas Senate Tackles Perpetual Emergency Orders…

Black Lawmaker Resigns From Texas Legislative Black Caucus Over ‘Stank Leadership’… House Proposal Would Help End Patchwork of Local Regulations… Sheila Jackson Lee Enters Race for Houston Mayor… Mansfield ISD […]

Senate Approves Plan for Property Tax Relief… North Texas ISD Would Be First to Ditch ‘Divisive’ School Board Association… 4 Texas Republicans Vote to Support Federal Education Bureaucracy… Libs of TikTok Exposes Woke Texas Pastors Group…

‘Trump Train’ Defendants Ask Court to Dismiss Attack on Free Speech… Lawmakers Consider Legislation to Stop Activist District Attorneys… House to Finally Vote On Legislation, But No GOP Priorities… Parents Support Plan to Keep Sexually Explicit Books Out of School Libraries… Texas House Committee Hears Testimony on Banning TikTok…

Will House Border Security Legislation Negate an Invasion?… Senator Calls Out ‘Anti-parent’ Texas Association of School Boards… West Texas A&M President Bans Drag Show on Campus… Dallas Bar Cancels All-ages Drag Event…

Texas School Psychologists Pushes Critical Race Theory… School Pushes LGBTQ Celebration Week… Attorney General Ken Paxton: School Choice Is Legal… Lawmakers Consider Ban On COVID-19 Mandates…

Ronny Jackson Wants To End Taxpayer-Funded ‘Fake News’… Texas House Committee Prioritizes Gambling Expansion Over GOP Priorities… ‘Texas Millstone Act’ Would Prohibit Gender Mutilation Procedures for People Under 26… Texas Education Conference Promotes Drag Queen Story Hour…

Texas Mom Sends Lawmakers Dozens of ‘Filthy Books’ Found in School Libraries… Trump could be arrested ahead of Waco rally… Lawmaker Files Wrongful Death Protection Act… Texas Senate Passes Bill to Charge Fentanyl Distributors With Murder… Legislation Banning Child Gender Modification Gets Hearing…

Border Patrol Chief Admits US Lacks Operational Control of the Border… Pro-LGBTQ Resolution Pulled From House Calendar Following Pressure… Poll: Texas GOP Voters Want to Defund DEI-friendly Universities… Legislation Filed in Texas to Allow for Recalling US Senators…

Texas Lawmakers Answer the Question ‘What Is a Woman?’… House Prioritizes Removing Rogue Prosecutors… Biden Pushes Red-flag Laws… TEA Announces Takeover of Houston Schools…

Texas House Unveils Border Security Package… Another Grand Prairie Teacher Arrested for ‘Improper Relationship’… Legislation to Protect Women’s Sports Gets Hearing in Texas Senate… Texas House to Vote on Honoring LGBTQ Activists, Again…

Spies in State Government… Senate Passes ‘Fix’ to Restore Felony Penalty for Illegal Voting… Illegal Aliens Rush El Paso Border, Force Shutdown of Border Bridges… Patrick Reveals Senate’s Plan for School Choice…

Lawmaker Seeks to Block School Districts from Paying Groups that Employ Lobbyists… Russo Says: Finish Trump’s Border Wall… Texas Lawmakers File Thousands of Bills...
 Frisco ISD Trustees to Squelch Conservative Voices…

Protecting Businesses From Vaccine Mandates… Legislation Bans Drag Shows Targeting Children… Parents Advocate for Education Reforms at Texas Capitol… Special Ed Teacher Arrested for ‘Inappropriate Contact’…

Taxpayers Fund Condoms in Columbia…
Surge of Illegal Aliens Costs Texas Taxpayers $13.4 Billion Annually… Proposals Place Age Restrictions for Online Porn… Texas House Votes to Honor LGBT Advocacy Groups…

Comptroller Investigating Plano Bar for Hosting ‘All-ages’ Drag Show… Texas Tech Suspends Coach After Quoting Scripture… Senator Files Resolution to Declare an Invasion at Border… Legislation Protects Landowners’ Use of Force…

Senate Advances 'Fix' To Restore Felony Penalty For Illegal Voting… Ban on Taxpayer-funded Lobbying Filed in the Texas House… Gonzales Earns First Opponent Following Texas GOP Censure… Slaton Spearheads New TEXIT Bill…

Patrick and Phelan Put Conflict On Display Trade at Policy Summit… Texas Teachers Split on School Choice… Jackson, Roy Push Ban on DoD Abortion Fund… Texas GOP Censures US Rep. Tony Gonzales for Violating Principles Leftwing propaganda takes center stage at education conference…

DEM Chair Won't Allow 'Illegal Immigrant' To Be Used In Committee… Two teachers arrested for having sex with students… Legislation gives property tax credit to families with children…

Lawmakers seeking to protect women’s sports… Disgraced former lawmaker opens lobbying firm… Legislation would remove city officials convicted of crimes… Two teachers arrested for sex with students… And it is 187 years of Texas Independence!

Property tax plans won’t help renters… Abbott campaigns for school choice push… Phelan announces more priorities… Teacher arrest in Crowley.. Texas Supreme Court clears pro-life activist…

Ron DeSantis pushes crackdown on illegal immigration… Texas Medical Board threatens a doctor over Ivermectin … Tyler educator arrested for sexual assault of a child… Voter fraud in Laredo…

Tarrant County Appraisal District chair resigns ahead of recall… Amarillo voters face crowded May ballot… Border security group wants to end giving special benefits to illegal aliens… Greg Abbott cozies up to casino gambling…

Abbott pushes for return of 313 tax abatements… Texas A&M students feel unwelcome in Aggieland… Rural district pushes its largest debt package ever… Dade Phelan announces his priorities…

Sen. Kolkhorst Files Legislation to End COVID Mandates… A Democrat is in charge of Natural Resources in the House… Texas mom finds ‘absolute arrogance’ from public schools… Texas Scorecard offers paid fellowships…

Twitter debunks a Democrat caught lying about an activist… Deputies Save Dying Child During Human Trafficking Bust… Democrats now oversee Texas’ business regs… Legislators give themselves a second 5-day weekend in a row.

Paxton sues Biden for signing an unconstitutional spending measure… A woke judge faces impeachment… Child-porn ring is busted in the metroplex… House committee on juvenile justice will be led by a soft-on-crime Democrat…

A new series will explain D.E.I…. activists are shocked by the governor’s silence on mutilating children… schools say they are lying about CRT… a former school teacher explains how radical ideologies are being pushed in schools.

Greg Abbott declares his priorities and extends the state’s COVID emergency, while Texas’ A.G. is fighting yet another Biden open-borders policy.

House members are taking a 5-day weekend… Activists rally ahead of chemical abortion trial… Democrat quorum-breaker rewarded with a chairmanship… and a preview of Abbott’s State of the State address.

Texans are hoping Georgia will help combat illegal immigration… Nikki Haley is running but Texans don’t care… Dallas has declared itself a sanctuary city for abortion… and a teacher is arrested after sending nude photos of herself to a student.

Taxpayers’ will pay for Paxton’s apology, another Texas teacher is busted, Chinese nationals are crossing into the U.S. illegally, and the Senate’s priorities are unveiled.

A Texan is now banned from Russia… guess who is heading criminal justice in the House… food is a national security issue… and illegal aliens could be getting driver’s licenses in Texas.

Seven school administrators arrested, Tarrant County takes on voter fraud, Harris County is worse than thought, and Gonzales has been censured.

Prosper gets worse, DEI is discrimination, and illegal aliens are getting some big benefits.

Abortion pills, education if , bureaucratic overreach, and a late State of the Union.

There’s a plan to ban TikTok, property taxes could be eliminated, the power grid isn’t fixed, and the House is just standing around for now.

A school board rejects CRT, a defense lawyer has gone MIA on the public dime, and a legislator is using the session to stay out of jail. Literally.

Abbott’s ESA push, DeSantis fundraises in Texas, and a corrupt tax scheme could be making a comeback.

Renewable energy fails, activists offer Abbott suggestions, a joyriding administers flies free, and CRT could be banned.

Texas now has a border czar, a school district has dumped its controversial sex ed materials, and lawmakers are calling on school districts to abandoned the Texas Association of School boards.

Will the power stay on this week? Will Big Tech be forced to pay for censorship? Will Biden reimburse Texas?

A north Texas school official was arrested for indecency with a child, illegal border crossings are at an all-time high, an Austin teacher is accused of forcing kids to simulate sex, and a legislator wants to stop state bureaucrats from making more than the governor.

Texans are afraid they are going to lose their homes. That story, and more, in the Texas Minute for Friday, January 27, 2023.

Drag shows, school choice, rogue prosecutors… and a border lawsuit. All that and more in the Texas Minute for January 26, 2023.