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US Senate Rejects Proposal Deterring States From Regulating AI
The provision removed from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” could have undone measures passed in Texas intended to safeguard against the potential harms of AI.
Texas Officially Phases Out Temporary Paper License Plates
Officials for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles say the change will make it easier to prevent crimes involving counterfeit license plates.
Lawmakers Ask Abbott To Put Library Limits on Special Session Agenda
A parent-backed plan to keep kids from accessing adult content in public libraries previously passed the Texas House but failed to get a vote in the Senate.
Texas A&M System Joins Fellow Republican-led State Universities in New Accreditation Agency
The new agency is intended to be a counterbalance to left-wing ideological capture.
State Archive
Illegal Alien on Terror Watchlist Attempted to Cross Texas-Mexico Border
Although the number of encounters with illegal crossers has dropped significantly at the southwest border, an individual on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s terror watchlist was apprehended. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection sources, 40-year-old...
Republican Nominees Facing off Against Democrats in November House Races
The Republican primary election saw the victories of at least 11 new nominees who will be facing off against Democrats in the November general election. These new nominees won the primary races in solidly Republican districts and are projected to win their districts...
Analysis, Decision Texas, State
School Choice Wins Big on Super Tuesday
The 2024 primary election was a major success for school choice advocates in Texas. Several opponents of education reform lost outright, others went to runoffs, and still more were electorally weakened. Corey DeAngelis, a school choice advocate and head of the...
Potential Speaker Candidate Hired by Bank with Ties to Bonnen and Phelan
A lawmaker rumored to be eyeing the speakership in the Texas House is employed by a bank that has connections to current House Speaker Dade Phelan and disgraced former Speaker Dennis Bonnen. State Rep. Cody Harris, a Republican from Palestine, was first elected to...
AG Paxton’s Criminal Appeals Court Picks Unseat Incumbents
All three challengers for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals backed by Attorney General Ken Paxton have come out victorious. Lawyer Gina Parker knocked off incumbent Judge Barbara Hervey in Place 7—covering most of the panhandle—taking 66 percent of the vote to her...
Multiple House and Senate Races Head to Runoff Election
Results from the Republican primary show several races are headed to the runoff election in May. As of publication, here is a list of races headed to a runoff: House District 1 - Incumbent Gary VanDeaver of New Boston will face challenger Chris Spencer House District...
Speaker Dade Phelan Fails to Get Majority Support in GOP Primary, Forced Into Runoff
The Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan will be heading to a runoff, after failing to receive the support of a majority of Republican voters in his district. Phelan, who was first elected to the House in 2014 and has been speaker since 2021, will face off against...
H-E-B Chair, Teachers’ Union Back Anti-School Choice Republicans
The prospect of school choice next legislative session has led two groups that typically back Democrats to weigh in on the March 5 Republican primary. One of those groups is the main political operation of billionaire H-E-B Chairman Charles C. Butt, the Charles Butt...
Texas Judge Blocks AG Paxton From Investigating Transgender Advocacy Group
A state judge has blocked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from gathering information from a transgender advocacy group that could show how some practitioners are skirting a state law that protect children from being prescribed cross-sex hormones and receiving...