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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.
Democrat Nathan Johnson Launches Bid for Attorney General
Democrats have not won a statewide election in Texas since 1994.
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Gov. Greg Abbott Appoints Judges to New Appeals Court Overseeing State Suits
Gov. Greg Abbott has announced his inaugural appointments to the state’s new Fifteenth Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over lawsuits involving the state. The court was created last year to ease the burden on the other appeals courts and has intermediate...
Texas Tech Pledges Greater Oversight Following Drag Queen Seminar
In early June, a Cornell lecturer, dressed as a drag queen, hosted a seminar on “Queering Agriculture” for Texas Tech students. He told attendees to “sneak” queer examples and books into early education and encouraged the use of opposite sex restrooms. The event was...
Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Rule Forcing Doctors to Perform Gender Mutilation Procedures
The state of Texas has sued the Biden administration to stop a new rule forcing doctors to perform gender mutilation procedures from going into effect. Specifically, Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with the state of Montana, filed the lawsuit against the U.S....
AG Paxton Secures Injunction Halting Biden Administration’s Title IX Rewrite
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced today that a federal court has vacated the controversial Title IX guidance nationwide. The ruling included a permanent injunction against its enforcement against Texas and its schools. The Biden administration’s 1,500-page...
Former Teacher Admits to Downloading Child Abuse Pornography Since 1995
A former teacher has reportedly agreed to plead guilty to downloading pornographic content showing the sexual abuse of children. Corey Westbrook, 69, a former teacher, was arrested in Morton, Texas for allegedly downloading child abuse pornography. According to court...
House GOP Caucus Censures Four Members for Supporting Conservative Challengers
Four lawmakers have been officially censured by the House Republican Caucus for campaigning for conservative challengers against incumbents during the recent primary elections. Caucus rules prohibit members from endorsing against incumbents in what has been referred...
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden’s Fight to Stop Bureaucratic Abuse
A congressional hearing last week exposed multiple misapplications of science and medicine in 2020 and 2021. It appears that most measures aimed at limiting the spread of the lab leaked collaborative coronavirus created by Fauci and the CCP weren’t based on science...
DPS Apprehends First of Texas’ Top 10 Most Wanted Illegal Aliens
Just one day after Gov. Greg Abbott unveiled a list of the top ten most wanted illegal aliens in Texas, DPS apprehended one of them. Servando Trejo Duran Jr. is an illegal alien from Mexico who has a long history of criminal activity including homicide, burglary, and...
Phelan Evicts Local GOP from Headquarters
After narrowly avoiding defeat in the Texas GOP primary runoff, Speaker Dade Phelan of Beaumont is evicting the Orange County Republican Party from its offices. In a letter first noted by Kevin Steele of 1813 News, Phelan Investments told his local GOP they must be...