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UT-Austin To Host Teaching Seminar on ‘Communism and Dissent’
The School for Civic Leadership and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation put together the event.
Texas Lottery Littered With Scandals This Year
Texas Lottery stakeholders helped craft the new law banning lottery ticket resellers.
EXCLUSIVE: Paxton Backs Texas GOP, Opposes Secretary of State in Lawsuit To Close Primaries
The attorney general called on Secretary of State Jane Nelson to stop opposing the case.
Redistricting Trial Day 8: Texas Lawmakers Defend Process, Intent
The case is set to determine whether Texas’ new congressional boundaries may be used in the 2026 elections.
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TAMU President Vetoes LGBT Class in Core Curriculum
Texas A&M President Mark Welsh vetoed the faculty senate’s request to include an LGBT class in the university’s core curriculum for social and behavioral sciences. The authors of the class textbook honor rather than condemn same-sex pederast relationships. A...
Exclusive: Club for Growth Launches Another Six-Figure Ad Buy Supporting School Choice
Club for Growth has launched its latest six-figure ad campaign to rally support for school choice in Austin. The ad, titled “New Era,” began airing today and will run through the week. “For too many years Texas kids languished in schools that weren't right for them,...
Exclusive: State Defense Attorney System for Illegals to End May 1
As caseloads crater, a spokesperson announced that Texas Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Blacklock will be ending the state-run program providing illegal aliens with defense attorneys. In August 2021, five months into Operation Lone Star, the Texas Supreme Court issued an...
Texas Senators Consider Reforms to the Impeachment Process
Texas senators have taken up two pieces of legislation that would reform the impeachment process for elected officials. During a Thursday hearing before the Senate Committee on State Affairs, lawmakers considered Senate Joint Resolution 68 and Senate Bill 2051, both...
174 Criminal Aliens Deported From Texas
According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 174 criminal illegal aliens have been deported from Texas. The illegal aliens were deported to Mexico by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division in the Houston field office. The deportations took place...
House Education Committee Advances School Choice Legislation
The House Public Education Committee voted 9-6 to advance school choice legislation on Thursday. The proposal is a key priority for Gov. Greg Abbott, who made school choice a central issue in last year’s Republican primaries, backing challengers against incumbent...
Lt. Gov. Patrick Announces Tax Relief Deal for Seniors, Gives Update on Senate Progress
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has announced he is working on a deal with House Speaker Dustin Burrows to give senior citizens significant property tax relief. The announcement was made on Thursday during a press conference reviewing senators’ progress this session, where he...
Dozens of Suspected Tren de Aragua Gang Members Arrested Outside Austin
Texas Department of Public Safety officers arrested over three dozen individuals—including suspected members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua—near Dripping Springs, a small town a half-hour west of Austin. Law enforcement also seized narcotics during the Tuesday...
Texas Senators Move to End State DEI Programs and Enforce Biological Sex Designations
Republicans in the Texas Senate approved two measures on Thursday that seek to combat woke ideology in state government. Senate Bill 689 by State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) prohibits state agencies from establishing and staffing taxpayer-funded diversity, equity,...