by Texas Tomorrow | Feb. 27, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
We often hear that sports stadiums generate economic activity and are a good use of public dollars, but are they?
by Texas Minute | Feb. 27, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
House Majority Backs School Choice Bill…Texas House Suspends Rules to Honor Group Opposing Voter ID…State Rep. Targets Free Speech in Texas…Paxton Investigates Texas Lottery Over Suspicious Wins
by Daily Headlines | Feb. 26, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
-Paxton Investigates Texas Lottery Over Suspicious Wins -Texas House Suspends Rules to Honor Group Opposing Voter ID -Mass Arrests in Colony Ridge: Authorities Target Criminal Aliens
by Robert Montoya | Feb. 26, 2025 | State
In his State of the Judiciary address, Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock declared the Supreme Court of Texas’ commitment to the rule of law and reforms to improve the state courts. He also asked lawmakers to protect families, raise judges salaries, and reminded them of...
by Joseph Trimmer | Feb. 26, 2025 | Houston, Local
Houston METRO’s board is set to approve the allocation of $10 million towards the city’s new homeless initiative at its Thursday meeting. METRO deferred to city officials as to how the money would be spent calling them the “professionals.” Last year, Mayor John...
by Luca Cacciatore | Feb. 26, 2025 | State
Texas senators have passed a measure to raise public teacher salaries based on tenure and expand a program to increase some bonuses based on performance. On Wednesday, senators voted unanimously to approve a committee substitute for Senate Bill 26 by State Sen....
by Erin Anderson | Feb. 26, 2025 | Local, Metroplex
A custodian at a North Texas middle school was arrested after attempting to solicit an underage girl during an online sex trafficking sting. Jason James Giuliani, 47, was arrested Monday and charged with online solicitation of a minor, a felony. According to a...
by John Ensor | Feb. 26, 2025 | Commentary
For the umpteenth time, abortion defenders have had to vote down the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. How can we get past the idea that we should treat infants who survive abortion as human beings with human rights? There are several good proposals out...
by The Kambree Show | Feb. 26, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Video
Federal and state authorities have arrested more than 100 illegal aliens in the controversial Colony Ridge development north of Houston.
by Brandon Waltens | Feb. 26, 2025 | State
A school choice proposal in the Texas House has reached a historic milestone, with a majority of members signing on as coauthors. House Bill 3, filed by State Rep. Brad Buckley (R–Salado), would establish an education savings account program, providing around $10,000...
by Daniel Greer | Feb. 26, 2025 | Analysis, State
A new proposal in the Texas Legislature is causing significant concern among free speech advocates and legal experts. House Bill 2988, introduced by State Rep. Mano DeAyala (R-Houston), threatens to undermine the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), the...
by Brandon Waltens | Feb. 26, 2025 | State
Just days after a series of Republican-backed resolutions faced roadblocks, the Texas House on Tuesday swiftly suspended the rules to pass a resolution recognizing the League of Women Voters of Collin County—a group with a history of opposing voter integrity measures...
by Brandon Waltens | Feb. 26, 2025 | State
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating the state’s lottery system, citing suspicious and possibly unlawful lottery “winnings” involving bulk ticket purchases and third-party couriers. The move comes just days after Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas...
by David Hamilton | Feb. 26, 2025 | Commentary
David Hamilton does not speak for either Fort Bend ISD or the FBISD Board of Trustees. He writes here only on his own behalf. It is likely that your school district has sent administrators and school board members to Austin this month telling legislators that public...
by The Salcedo Storm Podcast | Feb. 26, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Lt. Colonel Tony Shaffer, who is retired, is a Newsmax contributor. And he’s the President of Project Sentinel. AND Brigadier General Blaine Holt is a Newsmax contributor, Air Force veteran, C-17 commander, tech entrepreneur, and...
by Texas Minute | Feb. 26, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Mass Arrests in Colony Ridge… Democrat Lawmaker Pockets Pay from Taxpayer-Funded Lobby… Proposed Law Would Allow Ivermectin to be Sold OTC in Texas… Senator Wants to End Faculty Power in University Decision-Making…
by Brandon Waltens | Feb. 25, 2025 | State
Few issues in the Texas Legislature have generated as much discussion as school choice, even among conservative circles. With education savings accounts at the center of the debate, Texas Scorecard hosted a conversation featuring Corey DeAngelis, a national advocate...
by Daily Headlines | Feb. 25, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
-Gov. Abbott: Feds, State Target Criminal Aliens for Arrest in Colony Ridge -$113K Funneled Into Legislator’s Pocket Via Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Payouts? -House Lawmaker Files Measure to Allow Over-the-counter Ivermectin
by Joseph Trimmer | Feb. 25, 2025 | Houston, Local
Federal and state authorities have arrested more than 100 illegal aliens in the controversial Colony Ridge development north of Houston. On Monday, President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, told Fox News that approximately 90 illegal aliens were arrested in the...
by Will Biagini | Feb. 25, 2025 | State
As lawmakers seek to end taxpayer-funded lobbying this session, recently-surfaced information suggests that a Democrat legislator is pocketing a six-figure salary from an organization that receives money from taxpayer-funded lobbying group Texas Association of School...
