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New York Clerk Refuses To Enforce Texas’ Penalty Against Abortionist
A New York-based doctor provided a Texas woman with abortion-inducing drugs, killing the unborn child and hospitalizing the mother.
Will Democrats Walk Out Again? Special Session Agenda Revives Quorum-Busting Talk
There were virtually no consequences when Democrats fled in 2021.
Texas Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Potential Noncitizen Voters
More than 100 potential cases of illegal voting are under investigation.
Texas Supreme Court Overturns $90 Million Lawsuit in Favor of Trucking Company
Before it was decided, the case inspired calls to reform trucking law.
State Archive
Texas’ #1 Most Wanted Illegal Alien Captured
Following Gov. Greg Abbott’s release of a list of the top ten most wanted illegal aliens in Texas, another man from the list has been captured. Department of Public Safety special agents from the Criminal Investigations Division arrested Victor Hugo Chox Gonzalez...
Is a Mystery Algorithm Revealing Texans’ Voting Choices?
When Texans vote, they expect transparent elections will not extend to violating the secrecy of their ballots. However, recent developments have brought this into question. During a Texas House Elections Committee hearing this week, lawmakers probed the Secretary of...
House Leadership’s New Pledge Ignores a Ban on Democrat Chairs
A group of House Republicans are attempting to steer the conversation away from ending Democrat chairmanships by instead signing onto a series of priorities that conspicuously omits a ban on the practice. This comes after 46 current and incoming members recently...
ICE Arrests 5 Illegal Alien Fugitives Wanted for Murder in 2-Week Span
Within a period of two weeks, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from the Enforcement and Removal Operations units in Houston and Waco apprehended five illegal alien fugitives wanted for murder or homicide in the United States and Mexico. “The quick...
Texas Universities Publicly Support LGBT ‘Pride Month’
With June nearly half over, LGBT activists are continuing “Pride Month” celebrations—with numerous universities and sports teams taking part in supporting homosexuality and gender confusion. “Love is love, y'all,” the Texas Longhorns posted on X yesterday. The post...
MS-13 Gang Leader Arrested in Texas
A leader in the transnational criminal gang MS-13 has been arrested in Texas after being on the run for more than three years. Cesar Humberto Lopez-Larios—a high-ranking leader in the MS-13 gang—was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security...
Analysis: The Gamblers’ Primary Wipeout
The Texas runoff elections were not kind to out-of-state gambling interests hoping to turn Texas into a pockmarked fluorescent wasteland. This result suggests that cash alone won’t be enough to overcome sound opposition to expanded gambling and, more broadly, that...
Scare Tactics Say Mass Deportation Is Too Expensive
Over the past several years, the left has promulgated the theory that a mass deportation effort would result in taxpayers being forced to shoulder an exorbitant financial burden. The question of whether or not deporting all illegal aliens in the country is too costly...
Texas Blocks Biden’s ATF Rule Restricting Gun Sales
Texas has successfully blocked new restrictions on private gun sales imposed by the Biden administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that halts enforcement of the regulations in...