State
Texas Senators Consider Measure to Ban All THC Products
The proposal aims to close loopholes permitting consumable THC products created by a 2019 law legalizing industrial hemp.
House Lawmaker Proposes Measure To Protect From Warrantless Game Warden Searches
The Texas Constitution does not protect open land from government search and seizure.
Texas Senators Weigh Religious Protections for Public School Employees in Committee
The measures would include protections allowing public school teachers to use students’ biological pronouns and to pray in school.
House Committee Considers Property Tax Relief in the Form of Tax Rate Compression
The House’s plan differs from the Senate’s, which prioritizes raising the homestead exemption over additional compression.
State Archive
House Rules Debate Comes Late as GOP Seeks End to Democrat Chairs
After being installed as speaker by Democrats and a minority of Republicans, Dustin Burrows is leading the Texas House off to an unhurried start, with the rules debate being scheduled over a week into the session. The House rules are one of the first orders of...
Meet the Freshmen: Keresa Richardson
Keresa Richardson, a longtime grassroots activist, has just been sworn in to represent House District 61 in the Texas House after unseating incumbent Frederick Frazier in the Republican primary. Motivated by the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton and concerns...
Democrat Coalition Propels Dustin Burrows to Speaker of the Texas House
Just hours after the new legislative session kicked off in Austin, State Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected to serve as speaker of the House, a move that has already sparked controversy among Texas Republicans. Burrows (R-Lubbock) secured the gavel despite significant...
State Sen. Brandon Creighton Named President Pro Tempore as Session Begins
The Texas Senate unanimously elected Republican State Sen. Brandon Creighton of Conroe as president pro tempore during the first day of the legislative session. While largely an honorary position, the president pro tempore assumes the role of lieutenant governor “in...
Grassroots Activists Charter Buses to State Capitol to Champion Ban of Democrat Chairs
An estimated 700 grassroots conservatives from at least 22 counties in North and Central Texas awoke as early as 3 a.m. to board charter buses to the state Capitol. Their reason: to Ban Democrat Chairs. Brandon Burden, a grassroots activist, pastor, and author of...
Dallas ISD Admin Claims ‘Loopholes’ Let Boys Play in Girls’ Sports
A Dallas Independent School District administrator has been exposed for coaching parents on how they can allow boys to play in girls’ sports by circumventing current state laws. Mahoganie Gaston works as the support services LGBTQ youth coordinator at Dallas ISD....
Texas A&M President Backtracks on Sponsoring DEI Conference After Gov. Pressure
After Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to fire Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh over the university's involvement in a conference enforcing racial exclusions, Welsh announced that Texas A&M had withdrawn its participation. The PhD Project Conference in...
Investigations, Longhorn Scorecard, State
Specialist Warns University Research Vulnerable To Hostile Powers
A specialist argues higher education research in Texas remains vulnerable to infiltration. Hostile powers, including China’s Communist Party, are trying to steal critical technology gestating in American higher education. Espionage doesn’t typically come to mind when...
Gov. Abbott Threatens to Fire Texas A&M President Over Sponsorship of DEI Conference
Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a stark warning to Texas A&M University, threatening to fire President Mark Welsh if the institution continues to sponsor student travel to a conference that enforces racial exclusions. The PhD Project Conference in Chicago, which...