by Daily Headlines | Nov. 5, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
– Texas Voters OK Billions in School Property Tax Increases – Casino Cash Fails to Sway North Texas Voters in Senate District 9 Special Election – Houston Officials Push Hiring and Oversight Tools To Curb Department Overtime Costs
by Addie Hovland | Nov. 5, 2025 | Houston, Local
Soon after Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election on Tuesday night, the Houston Police Officers’ Union began encouraging New York City police officers to move to the Lone Star State. Following the projection of Mamdani’s win, the union began highlighting work for the...
by Robert Montoya | Nov. 5, 2025 | Aggie Scorecard, State
Two of the Texas A&M University System’s professors who advised the Commission for Public Higher Education have academic records positioning them on the political left—despite the commission’s intention to counterbalance left-wing ideology in higher...
by Erin Anderson | Nov. 5, 2025 | Local, Metroplex
For the second time in two weeks, a teacher in scandal-plagued Celina Independent School District is accused of endangering students by being intoxicated in the classroom. Micheale Barber “Shelley” Clark, 46, was arrested and charged with endangering a disabled...
by The Kambree Show | Nov. 5, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Video
ICE Houston nabbed an illegal alien and suspected MS-13 gang member after a failed escape left him stuck on a business sign.
by Michael Wilson | Nov. 5, 2025 | Houston, Local
Houston officials have sounded the alarm over ballooning overtime spending in key departments—including police, fire, and solid waste—that has already driven costs far beyond what was budgeted for the year. At a Houston City Council budget meeting on Tuesday,...
by Erin Anderson | Nov. 5, 2025 | East Texas, Local
A former Texas teacher’s aide pleaded guilty to felony sexual misconduct with a student but won’t serve any time for her crime. Kayla Nicole O’Dell, 34, was arrested in February and charged with improper relationship between educator and student, a second-degree...
by Erin Anderson | Nov. 5, 2025 | Decision Texas, State
Most Texas voters skipped Tuesday’s elections, but those who voted in their local school district contests collectively approved billions in new bond debt and permanent property tax rate increases. More than 2.5 million Texans voted statewide on constitutional...
by Texas Minute | Nov. 5, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
All 17 Constitutional Propositions Pass… Casino Cash Fails to Sway Voters in Senate District 9 Special Election… Texas A&M To Pay Former President $3.5 Million… Two Lovejoy ISD Teachers on Leave Over Alleged Misconduct…
by Brandon Waltens | Nov. 4, 2025 | Decision Texas, State
Republican activist Leigh Wambsganss and Democrat union leader Taylor Rehmet are advancing to a runoff in the special election for Texas Senate District 9. Former Southlake Mayor John Huffman finished a distant third. The race was held to fill the remainder of the...
by Sydnie Henry | Nov. 4, 2025 | Austin, Local
Voters in the City of Austin declined to approve a record property tax hike. Mayor Kirk Watson acknowledged the loss Tuesday evening and noted that voters “prioritized affordability.” Proposition Q would have raised nearly $110 million for homelessness...
by Brandon Waltens | Nov. 4, 2025 | Decision Texas, State
Texas voters approved all 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution in Tuesday’s election, enacting a broad package of tax cuts, spending programs, and policy changes advanced by the legislature earlier this year. The measures required a two-thirds vote by the...
by Daily Headlines | Nov. 4, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
– Texas A&M To Pay Former President Mark Welsh $3.5 Million in Settlement – Federal Appeals Court To Take Up Texas’ Ten Commandments Law – Two Lovejoy ISD Teachers on Leave Over Alleged Misconduct
by Adam Cahn | Nov. 4, 2025 | Longhorn Scorecard, State
The University of Texas at Austin picked a previously controversial social conservative to help draft a new “statement on academic integrity” as part of its plan to restore public trust in higher education. Professor Mark Regnerus authored a paper in 2012 that argued...
by Travis Morgan | Nov. 4, 2025 | Local, West Texas
Jennifer Eggen, a retired Hereford Municipal Court judge in Deaf Smith County, has been publicly reprimanded for berating and demeaning juveniles and their parents in her courtroom. According to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct (SCJC), which is responsible for...
by Robert Montoya | Nov. 4, 2025 | Aggie Scorecard, State
Regents of the Texas A&M University System agreed to pay Mark Welsh, former president of Texas A&M–College Station, a settlement worth more than $3.5 million. The settlement agreement reportedly includes assurances that the Texas A&M University System will...
by Addie Hovland | Nov. 4, 2025 | State
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden of Houston has joined a lawsuit accusing the Federation of State Medical Boards of conspiring to punish and silence doctors who expressed dissenting opinions on vaccine mandates and COVID-19 treatments. The lawsuit accuses the Federation of...
by Travis Morgan | Nov. 4, 2025 | State
Texas’ Supreme Court has signaled that the Texas Medical Board may not have the right to police campaign speech. The case is being sent back to the trial court, which will rule on the merits. The case was brought by Rey Gonzalez Jr., a Republican candidate from...
by Erin Anderson | Nov. 4, 2025 | Local, Metroplex
Two Lovejoy High School teachers are on leave over separate allegations of misconduct involving students. On Monday, Lovejoy Independent School District officials notified families that Sean McMurry and Michael Rodriguez had been placed on administrative leave “out of...
by The Salcedo Storm Podcast | Nov. 4, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Congressman Chip Roy is the effective conservative who represents the 21st congressional district in the great state of Texas. He serves on the House Judiciary, Rules, and Budget Committees and is the Policy Chair of the House Freedom...
