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How a Perennial Playoff Failure Is Profiting off the Texas Lottery
Are the Cowboys more focused on winning tax-funded contracts than football games?
Dallas ISD Agrees To Enforce Ban on Boys in Girls’ Sports
Attorney General Ken Paxton said biological males have no place in girls’ sports.
Texas Senator’s Measure Creates State Watchdog for Foreign Land Purchases
The proposal seeks to accommodate potential federal and state jurisdictional concerns over limitations on foreign land purchases.
Texas Could Abolish Public Schools’ Immunity in Sex Abuse Cases
Proposed legislation would remove governmental immunity from school districts and their employees for acts of intentional sexual abuse, which are on the rise.
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Texas Senators Approve $3 Billion Dementia Research Institute
Texas senators have approved a proposed constitutional amendment and companion measure establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, to the tune of $3 billion. On Wednesday, senators voted 30-1 on Senate Joint Resolution 3 and Senate Bill 5....
Senators Advance Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Texas Children From Sexual Predators
After hearing from parents, advocates, and law enforcement about the vulnerability of minors to sexual predators, state senators advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting Texas children from online exploitation. The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice heard...
Texas’ Most Wanted Illegal Alien Captured in San Antonio
An illegal alien designated by the Texas Department of Public Safety as one of the top ten most wanted in the state has been apprehended in San Antonio. Clarence Enyi Mfor, 37, was apprehended on charges of sexual assault, violent assault of a family member, and...
Responding to Parents’ Concerns, Senators Tackle ‘Obscenity Exemptions’
Responding to parents' long-standing concerns, state senators advanced Republican-priority legislation aimed at protecting Texas children from sexually explicit content at school by repealing "obscenity exemptions." Current law contains exemptions that let schools...
Texas House Keeps Democrat Adviser Hugh Brady on Payroll at $233K
Newly obtained records from the Texas House Business Office confirm that Hugh Brady, the former parliamentarian of the Texas House, continues to receive the same six-figure taxpayer-funded salary he earned in his previous role despite not being reappointed this...
Trump Renames Texas Wildlife Refuge in Honor of Murdered 12-Year-Old Jocelyn Nungaray
During his first Joint Address to Congress since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas in honor of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was tragically murdered in 2024. The...
Multiple Texas A&M Courses Centered on Gender Ideology
Texas A&M University-College Station offers several courses focused on gender ideology. However, these courses may need to be re-examined in light of a presidential order and a recent decision from the university's board of regents. Last week, the regents of the...
Senators Consider Measures Placing Prayer, Ten Commandments in Schools
In the Senate K-16 Education Committee, lawmakers considered measures to place the Ten Commandments in classrooms and encourage prayer in government schools. Senate Bill 10 by State Sen. Phil King (R-Weatherford) would require “a public elementary or secondary...
Texas Lottery Commissioners Keep Executive Director, Move Forward Courier Ban
Texas Lottery commissioners have decided to keep their embattled executive director and move forward with a ban on courier services, only several weeks after telling senators they had no authority to do so. Ryan Mindell has been the primary target of lawmakers the...