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Trump Endorses Texas Lawmakers Who Backed School Choice, Despite Party Pushback
A flurry of endorsements for incumbents has come from President Donald Trump’s PAC.
Texas to Redraw Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Districts During Special Session
Four “coalition” districts identified by the DOJ as unconstitutional are targeted for redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Ken and Angela Paxton Announce Divorce After 38 Years
Ken has been Attorney General since 2015, with Angela joining the Texas Senate in 2019.
Texas Increases Artificial Intelligence Funding & Regulations
These regulations seek to tame the wild west of emerging technologies while increasing innovation and development.
State Archive
In Their Own Words: House Runoff Candidates on the Speaker
With the primary runoff election mere weeks away, Texas Scorecard reached out to all runoff candidates for state representative to ask what they are looking for in a speaker candidate. The Speaker of the Texas House is elected by fellow House members and wields...
Illegal Border Crossings Increase In Maverick County
Over the past several days, the Texas Department of Safety has reportedly made more than 70 arrests of illegal aliens for criminal trespass on border properties. On Monday, Texas DPS apprehended 32 illegal aliens in Normandy, Maverick County. The group consisted of 16...
Phelan Scrambles to Create a Study Committee on Chinese Land Ownership Ban
With just over three weeks left until his runoff election, embattled House Speaker Dade Phelan has thrown together a legislative committee to study a potential ban on Chinese ownership of Texas land despite having killed proposals to do so last year. “Today I created...
Texas A&M to Implement Biden’s Controversial Title IX Rewrite
Despite Gov. Greg Abbott saying Texas would ignore changes to Title IX that would threaten female students and athletes, Texas A&M University is reportedly “scrambling” to comply. Last month, the Biden administration rolled out a nearly 1,500-page rewrite of Title...
School Bonds Fail as ‘Vote No’ Campaigns Succeed
Voters in Granbury and Big Spring Independent School Districts defeated school bonds on their May 4 ballots after local residents organized “Vote No” campaigns against the property tax-backed debt proposals. Granbury ISD’s single $161 million bond proposition ($315...
Houston, Investigations, State
How One School District Disobeyed a Mother, Encouraged a Trans Delusion
Her mother could not have been clearer with the school district: her daughter should be called by her given name, and she should be treated like all the other girls. These instructions were ignored, a reality her mother didn’t know until she read her daughter’s name...
Father Seeks Legal Recompense For Aborted Child
UPDATED: This article has been updated to include comment from John Seago. Collin Davis, the ex-boyfriend of an unnamed woman who fled to Colorado from Texas to abort their child, has turned to the courts for redress. After his ex-girlfriend reportedly traveled out of...
State Rep. Toth Calls for Governor’s Intervention in Dr. Mary Talley Bowden Hearing
State Rep. Steve Toth (R-Conroe) has urged Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton to intervene in the Texas Medical Board's proceedings against Dr. Mary Talley Bowden. In an open letter posted on X earlier this week, Toth called TMB’s investigation and legal...
Attempts to Illegally Cross Border Continue As Traffic Slows
Despite the decrease in overall border traffic in Texas, illegal aliens continue to come into the country. According to the Washington Post, illegal border crossings have fallen by as much as 50 percent since December 2023. It closed with a record-breaking tally of...