by Sam Samson | Aug. 12, 2019 | Federal
The Texas Democrat Presidential Primary is seven months away, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the most contentious in recent memory. Spurred on by hatred for President Donald Trump, the Democrat field has swelled to over 20 candidates, with everyone from...
by Brandon Waltens | Aug. 12, 2019 | State, Uncategorized
In the spotlight of a new investigation by the Texas Rangers Public Integrity Unit, a spokesperson for Speaker Dennis Bonnen appears to be defending his behavior as just “politics as usual.” On Monday morning, the Texas House General Investigating...
by Erin Anderson | Aug. 12, 2019 | Local
McKinney residents got their first look at the city’s spending plans for the coming year at a city council budget workshop held Friday morning. During the meeting, it was revealed the city’s administrative expenses would grow faster than any other spending category....
by Brandon Waltens | Aug. 12, 2019 | State, Uncategorized
After a Texas House committee officially referred the case, state investigators with the Texas Rangers will begin investigating the backroom offer given by Speaker Dennis Bonnen and State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock) to Empower Texans CEO Michael Quinn Sullivan....
by Cary Cheshire | Aug. 12, 2019 | State, Uncategorized
A candidate for Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas has called on Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen to resign following revelations he tried to entice Empower Texans CEO Michael Quinn Sullivan into targeting Republican lawmakers in primary elections in exchange...
by Sam Samson | Aug. 12, 2019 | Local
The transgender debate, one of the most hotly contested issues in politics today, has recently come to a head in Austin in the form of “drag queen story hours.” These events, which are held at some of Austin’s public libraries, feature men dressed in heavy makeup and...
by Jordan Clements | Aug. 11, 2019 | State
It is no secret that Texas’ Democrat Party wants to take back their former stronghold. If Texas had gone blue in 2016, Donald Trump would have lost and Hillary Clinton would have become president. Trump carried Texas by nine points in 2016, but with Ted Cruz...
by Owen Stroud | Aug. 9, 2019 | Sports
After what Liberty Hill High head football coach Jeff Walker called a “successful” 2018 season, the Panthers go into 2019 with a tougher than expected road back to AT&T Stadium in Arlington.Walker told Texas Scorecard that Liberty Hill accomplished so...
by Owen Stroud | Aug. 9, 2019 | Sports
San Angelo Lake View High head football coach Hector Guevara believes opposing offensive coordinators who advise their quarterbacks to throw away from Chiefs senior cornerback Johnny Espinosa are giving him a compliment.Those coaches may have the right idea since the...
by Owen Stroud | Aug. 9, 2019 | Sports
Rockwall High will head into the 2019 season with one of the best wide receivers in the state and the nation in tow.Senior Jaxon Smith-Njigba enters his fourth and final season at Rockwall with an outstanding 186 catches for 3,232 yards and 29 touchdowns in his career...
by Owen Stroud | Aug. 9, 2019 | Sports
Austin St. Dominic Savio Catholic High pitcher Joshua Stewart will not have to travel a great distance to further his baseball career. He recently verbally committed to the University of Texas. The rising junior right-hander became the third Class of 2021 commitment...
by Owen Stroud | Aug. 9, 2019 | Sports
Brayden Rudd, a Seven Lakes High School alumnus and current Southern Methodist University swimmer, recently earned a U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time at an event in California, SMU’s website reported.Competing in the Phillips 66 National Championships on Aug....
by Owen Stroud | Aug. 9, 2019 | Sports
Dominique James continues to make history for the University of North Texas women’s soccer program.James, a Keller Central graduate, has become the first player in program history to be on the watch list for the Women’s MAC Hermann Trophy, UNT’s...
by Robert Montoya | Aug. 9, 2019 | Local
In the wake of the tragic murders in El Paso and Dayton, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price has joined other mayors and elected local politicians in calling for stricter gun control measures on law-abiding Americans. “I join Mayor of El Paso – Dee Margo,...
by Jordan Clements | Aug. 9, 2019 | Local
Despite rampant homelessness and likely one of the worst traffic situations in the nation, the City of Austin decided a different issue takes top priority: the climate. “We’re basically saying this is an emergency, and we need to treat it like an emergency and take...
by Robert Montoya | Aug. 9, 2019 | Local
Dozens of teachers were given grants from a nonprofit to buy supplies for their classrooms, even though financial documents show the school district took in over $228 million in revenues in Fiscal Year 2018. The average homeowner’s property tax bill paid to the...
by Owen Stroud | Aug. 8, 2019 | Sports
Myles Turner of the Indiana Pacers, a former basketball standout at Euless Trinity and the University of Texas, was invited to the national men’s team’s World Cup training camp, texassports.com reported.Practices were set for Aug. 5-9 in Las Vegas, with...
by Owen Stroud | Aug. 8, 2019 | Sports
Allen High School graduate and Texas State star soccer player Kaylee Davis has been named to the watch list for this year’s Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy, Texas State’s website recently reported.Davis is the first Bobcat to be considered for the...
by Owen Stroud | Aug. 8, 2019 | Sports
Tristen Bayless, a former star pitcher at Hutto High School and current University of Houston Cougar, shined in summer league play.Bayless was named the Valley Baseball League Pitcher of the Year while playing for the Woodstock (Virginia) River Bandits, UH’s...
by Owen Stroud | Aug. 8, 2019 | Sports
At 6-foot 4-inches, 207 pounds, Tomball Memorial High’s Logan Kyle is not a prototypical wide receiver.Kyle, a three-year letterman heading into the 2019 season, uses his height, wingspan, and speed to snag passes. Those assigned to cover the 2020 Vanderbilt commit...
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