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Texas Supreme Court Clears Path for Paxton To Investigate Illegal Alien Shelter
Paxton accused the El Paso-based Catholic non-profit of harboring illegal aliens in February 2024.
A&M Regents Likely To Eliminate More ‘Low-Performing’ Programs
Dozens of programs are potentially on the chopping block.
Texas Legislature Sends Foreign Land Ownership Ban to Governor
The law would mark one of the most sweeping state-level efforts in the nation to restrict foreign land ownership tied to national security threats.
House Rejects Paxton’s Call on Election Integrity Measure
While both House and Senate lawmakers have already passed a measure returning the attorney general’s power to prosecute election crimes, the two versions differ.
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Bill Includes Fining Parents for Publishing Recordings of CPS
A bill mandating parents be informed of their right to record when Child Protective Services investigators interview them has passed out of committee and awaits the lieutenant governor scheduling it for a floor vote. However, the bill also levies a fine if that...
Priority House Bills Die as Clock Strikes Midnight
The self-imposed deadline in the Texas House has come and gone, precluding them from considering any additional House bills or House joint resolutions. This deadline marks the first of several over the next few weeks that all culminate at the end of the 87th...
School Boards Intimidating Parents
School districts across the state are dealing with something that may have been absent for some time: parents involving themselves with school boards. In Dripping Springs Independent School District near Austin, parents are facing a school board that doesn't appear...
Next Step for Constitutional Carry in Texas
Both chambers of the Texas Legislature have now appointed lawmakers to a conference committee to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions of House Bill 1927, or constitutional carry. Late Wednesday evening, State Rep. Matt Schaefer (R–Tyler),...
House Passes Bill to Stop Corporate Gun Boycotts
On Thursday, the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill that would prohibit the state from contracting with companies that discriminate against firearm or ammunition companies. It passed by a vote of 86-60. The bill was originally authored by State Sen. Charles...
Texas Senate Passes GOP-Priority Election Reform With Bipartisan Support
A bipartisan group of Texas senators voted to approve a Republican-priority election integrity bill from the House. On Wednesday, House Bill 574 by State Rep. Greg Bonnen (R–Friendswood) passed the Senate by a vote of 21-9. HB 574 makes it a second-degree felony to...
Democrat State Lawmaker Calls Churches ‘Super Spreader Events’
AUSTIN — As state representatives considered a proposed law to protect churches from discriminatory forced closures, Democrat State Rep. Rhetta Bowers (Rowlett) objected to safeguarding the “super spreader events.” On Wednesday, the Texas House of Representatives...
House Approves ‘Tim Tebow Bill’
Legislation to offer homeschooled students access to University Interscholastic League (UIL) public school activities, including sports, was approved in the Texas House on Wednesday. House Bill 547 by State Rep. James Frank (R–Wichita Falls), which is called the “Tim...
House Adjourned Early, While Legislative Priorities Are Left in Limbo
The Texas House of Representatives convened at 10 a.m. on Tuesday after adjourning at 1:28 a.m. that same morning due to a lengthy debate over a bill seeking to ban critical race theory. To the surprise of many onlookers, House Speaker Dade Phelan abruptly announced...