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Texas House Committee Advances Bill To Abolish Lottery Commission and Overhaul State Lottery
A last chance for the lottery appears poised to pass.
Senators Hear Bipartisan Bill Requiring Schools To Regulate Cell Phone Use
The House-passed measure requires school districts to adopt policies restricting students’ cell phone use “from bell to bell.”
House Lawmakers Pass Measure Creating Database for School Bond Projects
The proposal would require the Texas Education Agency to publish information on tax increases caused by new school bond projects across the state.
Texas House Approves Property Tax Relief Package, Rejects Effort To Expand Relief Further
If approved by voters, the package would increase the homestead exemption to $140,000 for most homeowners.
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Majority of Republican Primary Voters Want to Repeal In-state Tuition for Illegal Aliens
The latest polling commissioned by the Defend Texas Liberty PAC asked Republican primary voters if “Texas should repeal the law that gives illegal aliens discounted tuition to Texas public colleges and universities.” This has been a topic of discussion for years, as...
Poll: Texas Republicans Want Teachers Held Accountable for Explicit Materials
As parents across the state fight against pornographic books, critical race theory, and poor educational outcomes in their children’s public schools, a new statewide poll shows Texans are increasingly interested in holding teachers accountable for exposing children to...
More Texas Counties Ask Abbott to Declare Invasion on Southern Border
A previous version of this article incorrectly named Rockwall as having declared an invasion. They have not done so. As President Joe Biden’s open border crisis continues flooding the country with illegal aliens and enough fentanyl to kill every Texan roughly 150...
Texas Rancher Moves Family Out of Texas in Search of Safety
As the crisis at the southern border continues, Texan ranchers are still greatly affected by the rise in illegal border crossing and drug smuggling. According to new data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, there were 199,976 encounters and more than 20,000...
Texas Education Agency Replaces Failing School Grades With ‘Not Rated’
UPDATED August 17 with comments from the Texas Education Agency. Failure is literally not an option this year for Texas school districts and campuses. New 2022 “A-F accountability ratings” released Monday by the Texas Education Agency only include grades of A-C, while...
New Poll Finds Both Democrats and Republicans Want School Choice
As parents and children prepare for a new school year, the discussion about school choice continues to be a hot topic. A new poll by the Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler asked more than 1,000 registered Texas voters about their opinion on...
National Guardsman Tells Horrific Stories of Open Border Policies Impacting Children
Amid President Joe Biden’s border crisis, a national guardsman serving in Roma, Texas, sat down with journalist Savanah Hernandez to discuss the open border and subsequent humanitarian crisis. https://rumble.com/embed/v1cvyyz/?pub=4 Notably, Border Patrol is well on...
Texas GOP Chair: FBI is ‘Corrupt to the Core’
Republican Party of Texas Chairman Matt Rinaldi sat down with Texas Scorecard last week on The Headline to discuss the unprecedented Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate. Earlier this month, the FBI executed a...
True Texas Project: ‘It’s Time for Paxton to Feel Some Heat’ for Opposing Taxpayers
Conservative leader Julie McCarty says it’s time for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to “feel some heat” after his office has indicated they will fight a lawsuit brought by several grassroots organizations challenging “deceptive” ballot language on a constitutional...