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Hays CISD Is Asking Residents for Nearly $2 Billion in May Bond Election
School district leaders claim the hefty price tag is aimed at accommodating the 1,000 kids per year they expect to gain over the next decade.
Texas A&M ‘Queer Theory’ Class Promotes Radical Gender Ideology
A student wishing to enroll in the class must have 6 hours of prerequisite Women’s and Gender Studies coursework already completed.
Republican Chair Considers Democrat Lawmaker’s Bill for ‘HPV Plan’
Critics worry it will turn the state into “the de facto marketing arm of Merck.”
State Representatives Consider Allowing Phones at Polling Locations
The proposal by State Rep. Hillary Hickland would strike current language that prohibits all use of wireless devices 100 feet from voting booths.
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Texas GOP Calls for ‘Derelict Democrats’ to Be Removed From House Leadership Positions
The Republican Party of Texas is doubling down on its calls to penalize Democrat lawmakers who fled Austin for Washington, D.C., to break quorum and freeze the legislative process this summer—even as leadership in the Texas House appears unwilling to do so. On...
Sex Trafficking in Texas: How to Fight Back
Citizens, and the state and local officials they elect, can and should act against sex traffickers and their enablers while also helping the victims and those who rescue them. In June, Texas Scorecard interviewed Pastor Heather Schott of The Justice Reform, a...
Major Election Integrity Bill Passes Texas House
For a second time this year, the Texas House passed comprehensive election reform legislation—a top Republican priority Democrats spent months working to block. On Friday, House members voted 80-41 to approve Senate Bill 1, the major election integrity measure passed...
Texas Legislature Prioritizes Property Tax Relief That Picks Winners and Losers
On Friday, the Texas House of Representatives gave final approval to legislation purporting to provide property tax relief for Texans. Notably, they did so while another bill filed in their own chamber that would actually provide lasting relief continues to languish...
House GOP Leadership Prioritizes Proposal That Wouldn’t Punish Democrats Who Fled
During the initial deliberations on the election integrity bill in the Texas House of Representatives on Thursday, a proposed resolution was filed by Republican State Rep. Drew Darby (San Angelo) seeking to change the House Rules to penalize absent House lawmakers...
State Officials Still Silent on Child Mutilation
AUSTIN — Amid a nationally known child abuse case in Texas, and a years-long fight to protect children, Texans are wondering why state officials continue to allow medical professionals to disfigure minors across the state. As of Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott, the...
Republicans Advance Texas Election Integrity Bill
On Thursday, the Texas House gave preliminary approval to Republicans’ top-priority election reform legislation, despite continuing opposition from Democrats. House members voted 79-37 to advance Senate Bill 1, the major election integrity measure passed by the Senate...
Gov. Abbott Refuses to Address Employer Vaccine Mandates
On Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on a previous executive order aimed at preventing governmental entities in Texas from requiring COVID-19 vaccines. Despite the order, however, numerous large employers have ramped up their plans to require employees to...
Liberal Lawmakers Form New ‘Progressive Caucus’
In what they call a “response to increasingly radical, right-wing laws that hurt Texans, coupled with a rapidly growing progressive movement in Texas,” 20 House Democrat lawmakers created the new Texas House Progressive Caucus on Thursday. “It’s time for us to get to...