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Texas Tech Medical School Commits to Race-Neutral Admissions in Legal Settlement
An America First Legal lawsuit prompted the school to pledge to ignore race in admissions.
Taxpayers Are Funding Illegals’ Defense Attorneys
The state’s ongoing border security efforts come at a cost.
House Committee Considers Bipartisan Ban on Smartphones in Classrooms
A majority of House members support the proposed law to keep smart devices out of students’ hands during school hours.
Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Weakened in Texas Senate
7 Republicans joined Democrats in amending the legislation to allow taxpayer-funded lobbying organizations to continue hiring full-time lobbyists.
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Previously Jailed Salon Owner Shelley Luther Lights Up Laredo
“Don’t ever apologize for working.” That was the rallying cry in Laredo as Shelley Luther, the Dallas salon owner recently arrested for reopening her business over objections from state and local authorities, addressed a crowd of Texans at the Open Texas Rally for...
Nelson Announces Zero-Based Budgeting for All Texas Agencies
A leading lawmaker has announced the state budget process will require every agency to utilize zero-based budgeting in the wake of a projected shortfall due to the Chinese coronavirus and government-ordered shutdowns that have devastated the Texas economy. “As I meet...
AG Paxton Pushes Back Against ‘Unlawful’ and ‘Orwellian’ Local Orders
As some local officials in Texas continue to run roughshod over citizens' rights in response to the Chinese coronavirus, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is sending a big warning. In letters addressed to the leaders of three Texas counties (Dallas, Bexar, and Travis)...
Will Teacher Retirement System Be Able to Offload Lavish Lease?
A victory for Texas teachers and taxpayers could be in jeopardy due to the economic effects of the Chinese coronavirus. Established in 1937, the Texas Retirement System provides retirement and related benefits for more than 1.6 million Texas teachers, college...
Commentary: Same Song, Different Verse; Liberal Assault on Texas Elections
In 2016, with the aid of a willing media, the left pushed one Russian-boogie-man trope after another to mislead the masses and manipulate the election. Then, following their defeat, they retread the narrative to thwart the will of the electorate. Only this week,...
Runoff Review: Francis Fights to Keep District in Conservative Hands
Perhaps the most hotly contested runoff race in the state is being held in between the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and West Texas, where conservatives are fighting to keep a Texas House seat from falling back into establishment hands. Encompassing eight counties...
Runoff Review: Sheffield Faces Uphill Battle in Runoff with Slawson
A runoff election rarely bodes well for an incumbent lawmaker, the logic being that once someone has held office, if they can’t get more than 50 percent of the vote during a primary race, they likely won’t win the ensuing runoff. That could ultimately end up being the...
Texas Supreme Court Orders Release of Dallas Salon Owner Shelley Luther
After spending two nights in a Dallas jail, salon owner Shelley Luther was ordered to be released by the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday. Since April 24, Luther’s business—Salon A La Mode in Dallas County—has been open, despite shelter-in-place orders from Texas Gov....
Runoff Review: Fleck and Berry Compete for Austin-Area District
Situated in western Travis County, House District 47 was the lone Republican seat in a county otherwise dominated by Democrats from the "People’s Republic of Austin." Was being the operative word. HD 47 fell into Democrat hands in 2018 as part of the strong Democrat...