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General Mills Will Remove Artificial Dyes After Paxton Investigation
The company announced this week that it would discontinue use of harmful color additives in school lunches by summer 2026, expanding the ban to all of its products by 2027.
A Decade Later, State Charges Against Ken Paxton Officially Dismissed
The dismissal marks a formal end to one of the most high-profile and politically charged prosecutions in Texas history.
Texas GOP: Legislature Must Finish Work on Key Conservative Reforms
The Republican Party of Texas is calling for a special session of the state legislature on a series of unaddressed priorities.
Texas Wins Lawsuit Against Biden Rule Requiring Foster Care Adhere to Radical Gender Ideology
The ruling has officially ended the legal battle that began back in September 2024.
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State Court Says Attorney General Lacks Authority to Prosecute Election Cases
A ruling from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday took the power to prosecute election fraud out of the state attorney general’s hands, holding that under the Texas Constitution, district and county attorneys have exclusive authority to prosecute criminal...
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...