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How a Perennial Playoff Failure Is Profiting off the Texas Lottery
Are the Cowboys more focused on winning tax-funded contracts than football games?
Dallas ISD Agrees To Enforce Ban on Boys in Girls’ Sports
Attorney General Ken Paxton said biological males have no place in girls’ sports.
Texas Senator’s Measure Creates State Watchdog for Foreign Land Purchases
The proposal seeks to accommodate potential federal and state jurisdictional concerns over limitations on foreign land purchases.
Texas Could Abolish Public Schools’ Immunity in Sex Abuse Cases
Proposed legislation would remove governmental immunity from school districts and their employees for acts of intentional sexual abuse, which are on the rise.
State Archive
Abbott Exercises His Veto Powers
Sunday marked the last day that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott could consider bills passed by the state Legislature during the regular 87th Legislative Session. In total, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed 20 bills. He also signed 1,034 bills and allowed 105 bills to pass into law...
Texas Home School Coalition Reflects on the Session
During this legislative session, legislators heard from citizens and delivered two key homeschooling reforms: allowing equal access to the school resources that families pay taxes for, and protections for an alternative to public school. However, the Legislature...
Texans to Vote on Constitutional Amendments
As they do each odd-numbered year, Texas voters will decide whether to amend the state constitution in a variety of ways proposed by the Legislature. This year, eight constitutional amendments are slated to be on November’s statewide ballot. In Texas, only the...
Abbott Signs Budget, Vetoes Funding of Legislature
Late Friday afternoon, Gov. Greg Abbott signed the $248.5 billion biennial budget for 2022-2023. Abbott took to Twitter to call the budget “fiscally conservative”, touting its inclusion of “no new taxes.”...
Democrats Threaten to Flee Texas to Avoid Voting on Election Reform
Following their walkout last month to avoid voting on a comprehensive election reform bill in the final hours of the regular legislative session, Texas House Democrats say they are willing to flee the state to block election integrity legislation during a special...
87th Session Autopsy Reports, State
Autopsy Report: Constitutional Carry Finally Passes Finish Line
Legislation removing the requirement for Texas gun owners to hold a permit from the state in order to carry their firearms has finally been signed into law. The bill’s passage was one of a few conservative victories during the most recent session. But the fight began...
Conflicting Messages as Abbott Signs Bill on Critical Race Theory
A stronger ban on critical race theory is one of the items Texas lawmakers will be tasked with when they return for a special session later this year. On Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill purporting to ban the use of critical race theory in public schools....
87th Session Autopsy Reports, State
Autopsy Report: Taxpayers to Reluctantly Continue to Fund Lobbyists
The 87th legislative session has reached its conclusion and though several bills were filed to ban the practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying, ultimately none of them made it through the entirety of the legislative process. As the session began, it appeared there might...
After Legislature Leaves, Abbott Announces Plan for Texas Border Wall
After hinting at an upcoming announcement last week amid the growing border crisis, Gov. Greg Abbott officially announced a plan for the state of Texas to build its own southern border wall. “The problems that people are experiencing on the border just continue to get...