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Texas House Approves Former Speaker Dade Phelan’s Meme Regulation Bill
Punishment under the legislation could result in up to a year in jail.
Will Senators Revive Proposed Ban on Lawmakers’ Children Benefiting From School Choice Funds?
While the Texas Senate’s version of the school choice program originally included the prohibition, House lawmakers took it out.
A Russian Businessman’s Connections to the Texas Lottery
The indictment was unsealed mere days before Gov. Abbott pushed DPS off the sidelines.
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden’s Social Media Use Under Scrutiny in Hearing
The Texas Medical Board highlighted Dr. Bowden’s use of social media in a hearing before state administrative law judges.
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CPS Targets Family Rights Advocates in New Rules
After a Texas advocacy group fought to bring a family back together, a state agency is now working to block them from helping again. In 2019, Texas Child Protective Services illegally removed Daniel and Ashley Pardo’s son, Drake—who has been plagued with...
Texas Attorney General Investigating Pharmaceutical Companies Amid Child Mutilation Saga
AUSTIN — The latest chapter in the years-long fight to protect Texas children from mutilation operations took place at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office this week. “Paxton is investigating Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and AbbVie Inc. under the Texas Deceptive...
Texas Republicans ‘Doubling Down’ on Local Elections
Recognizing that local elections matter now more than ever, the Republican Party of Texas says it's “doubling down” on helping conservatives win key city and school board elections that are nominally nonpartisan. “Unfortunately, too many Texans believe because they...
Off to the Races: Texas Candidate Filing Deadline Concludes
Updated 12/13/21 at 9:00 p.m. to reflect candidate filings that were made publicly available after publication of original article. The stage is now set for candidates seeking their party’s nomination for elected positions up and down the ballot in the March 1 primary...
Viola Garcia: The Texan Fighting Against Parents at the National School Boards Association
Following the National School Boards Association’s letter comparing parents protesting school policies to “domestic terrorism,” multiple state school board associations withdrew their membership or their dues from the NSBA. However, the Texas Association of School...
Texas Lawmakers Respond to Texas Military Forced Vaccinations
Despite both an executive order issued by Gov. Greg Abbott and judicial action purporting to halt the vaccine mandates issued by the federal government, Texans are still having to choose between losing their livelihoods or getting the COVID-19 vaccination. This...
Lawmakers Let Liberal School Boards Lobby Against Texans on Taxpayers’ Dime
As more and more Texans join the backlash against the National School Boards Association for comparing parents fighting harmful school district policies to “domestic terrorism,” they’re reminded that their lawmakers failed to defund the NSBA’s Texas affiliate—despite...
Not So Hot? Abbott’s COVID Line Rings Hollow
“Thank you for calling the Texas Workforce Commission. For English, press one.” Those are the first words greeting Texans attempting to call the “hotline” Gov. Greg Abbott said he set up to report employers implementing COVID vaccine mandates in defiance of an...
Abbott’s Primary Challengers Respond to Problems in Texas Military Department
In March, Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star and deployed the Texas National Guard to the border following a surge in illegal immigration. Now, problems are plaguing the Texas Military Department, and Abbott’s inconsistency is leaving the Guard floundering....