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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.
Texas Renews Call for Convention of States To Curb Federal Power
Texas originally made a similar application in 2017, but that resolution was set to expire after eight years.
House Approves Bill Restricting Hostile Foreign Land Ownership, But Not Without Controversy
Early on, members adopted a controversial amendment by State Rep. Matt Shaheen (R–Plano), narrowing the scope of who is actually banned from purchasing land.
Analysis: The Texas Lottery’s 100% Track Record of Corruption
Executive directors of the Texas Lottery: 1992 to present.
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Texas Lawmakers Assess State’s Response to Border Crisis
A joint hearing between the Texas House Committees on Homeland Security & Public Safety and Defense & Veterans' Affairs considered the following legislative charge regarding the Texas-Mexico border: Monitor the activities of the Texas State Guard and the Texas...
Leftist-aligned Labor Union Endorses George P. Bush for Texas Attorney General
As Texans prepare for next month’s primary runoff elections, a new endorsement for state attorney general candidate George P. Bush is raising eyebrows. https://twitter.com/georgepbush/status/1518958665881071616 While Bush may hope to hide behind platitudes, the Austin...
Texas Library Association Hosts Critical Race Theory Speaker
The Texas Library Association kicked off its annual conference Monday with drag queens and continued this morning with “Critical Race Theory’s Chief Marketing Officer,” Ibram X. Kendi. Kendi, director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, also...
Proposed School Bonds Increase Texans’ Property Tax Burdens by Billions
UDATED April 29 to include a link to local districts' academic performance reports. Dozens of school districts across Texas are asking voters to approve big bond packages that will impose significant new burdens onto local property taxpayers. Yet many claim the...
Federal Court Deals ‘Huge Win’ for Texas’ New Life-Saving Law
As a massacre unfolds in the state (more than 53,000 Texans were killed through abortions in 2020), the new life-saving Heartbeat Act has survived recent legal challenges and remains in effect to protect children in Texas. On Tuesday, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of...
Texans Can Fight Their Property Tax Bills by Protesting Appraisals
This month, appraisal districts across the state began notifying Texans of their home’s updated yearly appraisal value. Now, in addition to battling rising grocery costs and high gas prices, Texas residents face continually skyrocketing property tax bills. Every year,...
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden Administration From Removing COVID-era Immigration Rule
As a politician-created humanitarian crisis continues on the U.S.-Mexico border, federal Judge Robert Summerhays announced a temporary restraining order against President Joe Biden’s administration. On Monday, Judge Summerhays stopped Biden from discarding Title 42, a...
Central Texas Kindergarten Teacher Endorses ‘Transgender’ Mutilation Surgeries for Youth
Austin-area taxpayer-funded teacher Lisa Pilgrim is only the latest public school official to promote hazardous LGBT sexual behaviors—and mutilation experiments—to young Texans. Pilgrim, a kindergarten deaf education teacher in the already scandal-plagued Round Rock...
In Their Own Words: Runoff Candidates on Pornographic Books in Children’s School Libraries
As parents across the state speak out against sexually explicit materials in school libraries, Texas Scorecard reached out to all of the Republican candidates in the runoff election for the Texas Legislature to ask whether they would support closing the legal...