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Texas Water Development Board Declares Interregional Water Conflict
The Texas Water Development Board has declared an interregional conflict between water Region C and Region D over the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir.
Texas To Become ‘Bitcoin Sanctuary’
Cryptocurrency advocates rejoice as Texas invests in Bitcoin.
Texas Agency Orders Universities To Disclose Illegal Alien Students
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s directive follows a June 4 ruling that illegal aliens cannot receive in-state tuition in Texas.
Texas Education Board Proposes New Standards for School Trustee Training
If adopted, the revised Framework for School Board Development will represent a fundamental shift in public school governance.
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AG Paxton Defeats San Antonio in Sanctuary City Lawsuit
After filing a $150 million lawsuit against the City of San Antonio in 2018, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement in his favor this week. Paxton initiated the lawsuit after San Antonio Chief of Police William McManus released 12 illegal aliens...
Could Texas Suspend the State Gas Tax?
As Georgia and Maryland suspend their state gas taxes and provide relief for citizens, many have been suggesting a similar suspension in Texas. According to the Texas comptroller, the state gas tax is 20 cents per gallon. Today’s average price per gallon in Texas is...
A Gimmick? Abbott Proposal to Bus Illegal Aliens to DC is ‘Voluntary’
On Wednesday afternoon in the South Texas town of Weslaco, Gov. Greg Abbott announced his latest response to the influx of illegal immigration across the state’s southern border. It was immediately derided as a gimmick. The most attention-grabbing proposal? A plan to...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is Done Funding Woke Corporations
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is signaling the Lone Star State could join the fight against woke corporations, like Walt Disney. Following the release of the Texas State Senate’s 84 interim charges—topics for Senate committees to study in the interim before the 88th...
Democrat Powell Drops Re-election Bid
Faced with long odds at gaining re-election in a seat drawn to elect a Republican, one-term Democrat State Sen. Beverly Powell of Burleson announced today she is removing her name from the 2022 general election ballot. The Republican nominee for the seat, State Rep....
Operation Lone Star Funding Running Out
Testifying for the Texas Senate Committee on Border Security today, newly inaugurated Adjutant General Thomas Suelzer told State Sens. Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury), Chuy Hinojosa (D-McAllen), and Bob Hall (R-Edgewood) that at the current operational pace, funding for...
Texas Senate to Study Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying in Preparation for 2023 Session
The Texas Senate’s interim charges were released by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick yesterday and included taxpayer-funded lobbying. Interim charges are issues and policies that the Senate’s committees are directed to study in preparation for the next legislative session....
How the Texas House Speaker Is Chosen
When reading stories about the Texas Legislature, one position is repeatedly mentioned: the speaker of the House. Indeed, the speaker of the House wields a great amount of power and influence over which legislation gets enacted and which is thrown to the wayside. But...
In Their Own Words: Runoff Candidates on Property Taxes
As Texans across the state are taxed out of their homes due to exorbitant property taxes, Texas Scorecard reached out to all of the Republican candidates in the runoff election for the state Legislature to ask how they plan to lower property taxes. In 2019, the Texas...