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AG Paxton Secures Record $1.375B Data Privacy Settlement With Google
The settlement follows a Texas lawsuit accusing the tech giant of violating state privacy laws.
Texas House Moves To Restore AG’s Power To Prosecute Election Crimes
The bill comes in response to a 2021 decision by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Democrat Judge Temporarily Limits Texas Lottery’s Ban on Ticket Resellers
The judge ruled Lotto.com was exempt from the Lottery Commission’s new rule that shutters ticket resellers in the state as litigation continues.
UT-Austin Officials Announce $100M Investment in Classical and Civic Education
Officials aim to make the School for Civic Leadership the nation’s top institution for classical education.
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House Lawmakers File Legislation to Halt Child Gender Mutilation in Texas
As prefiling for the 88th Legislative Session started Monday, State Reps. Steve Toth (R–The Woodlands) and Bryan Slaton (R–Royse City) immediately filed House Bill 41 and House Bill 42, respectively, to ban the child gender mutilation procedures wreaking havoc on...
Texas Lawmaker Is Fighting for Vaccine Freedom
Monday marked the beginning of bill prefiling in the Texas Legislature for the 88th Legislative Session. The opening of bill prefiling kicked off with hundreds of bills being filed within the first few hours, and even more followed. One of the major bills was State...
We Are Taking This Vote to the Floor
In 2017, I was one of five state representatives who participated in writing a rule that established a process for the Texas Republican Caucus to select the speaker of the House prior to the first day of session. This was an effort led by conservatives in order to end...
Texas GOP Voters Don’t Want Democrats in Charge
A new poll of Texas Republican primary voters shows a majority would be less likely to support Republican legislators who vote to allow Democrats to be put in leadership positions in the state Legislature. The poll, which was commissioned by the Republican Party of...
The Texas House’s 17 Incoming Republican Freshman
A previous version of this article said there are 15 incoming Republican freshman. There are 17, with Charles Cunningham winning HD 127, and Carl Tepper winning automatically in HD 84. As Republicans maintain a majority in the Texas House of 86-64—and after a...
Voters Approve More Than $12 Billion in School Bonds
On Tuesday, voters in 38 school districts across Texas approved more than $12 billion in school bonds, bringing the state’s school debt to $125.4 billion. These amounts don’t include the interest school districts must pay until the bonds are retired. Background Across...
Pro-parent Momentum Slows in Texas School Board Races
Texans counting on May’s pro-parent momentum to carry conservative school board candidates to a second wave of wins in November were mostly disappointed on Election Day. During the May local elections, school board candidates backed by powerful parent movements saw...
Border Crisis Produces Disturbing Trend in Texas
More than 13,000 Romanian nationals have entered the United States since Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Last month, Texas Scorecard reported on a 13-year-old boy from Romania forced to sell flowers on busy intersections in El...
State Board of Education Members Attend Critical Race Theory Conference
As school districts across the state come under fire for sending employees to education conferences pushing Drag Queen Story Hour and “porn literacy” for minors, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) sent members to an event promoting “equity and excellence" last...