by Michael Wilson | Apr. 4, 2025 | Houston, Local
A Klein Independent School District nurse has been terminated and is now facing a criminal investigation for allegedly replacing students’ prescription medications with over-the-counter medications. The investigation began after a routine audit on Monday revealed that...
by The Kambree Show | Apr. 4, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Video
Residents are concerned that the new development will strain the infrastructure and change local culture.
by Erin Anderson | Apr. 4, 2025 | Local, South Texas
A high school coach in Uvalde has been accused of having an “inappropriate relationship” with a student. Alberto Joseph “AJ” Martinez, 30, was arrested Thursday on a charge of improper relationship between educator and student, a second-degree felony punishable by 2...
by Will Biagini | Apr. 4, 2025 | State
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...
by Michael Wilson | Apr. 4, 2025 | Houston, Local
A years-long operation to bust a Houston gambling ring has culminated in the arrest of 16 individuals, the seizure of $22 million worth of assets, and the detention of 31 illegal aliens. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced Thursday...
by Erin Anderson | Apr. 4, 2025 | Houston, Local
Another teacher in the Huntsville Independent School District has been charged with a sex crime involving a student. Lauren Ashley Rudolph, 33, was arrested Thursday by the Huntsville Police Department and charged with improper relationship between educator and...
by Riley Edwards | Apr. 4, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Erin Anderson is a Senior Journalist for Texas Scorecard. She’s based in DFW but reports on local and state issues across Texas.
by Reflections on Life and Liberty | Apr. 4, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Liberty does not happen by accident. While we have an inalienable right to liberty, history demonstrates that securing it—and then holding on to it—are different matters entirely. It would be nice to think “liberty” is the norm of the human experience and “tyranny”...
by Texas Minute | Apr. 4, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Questions Swirl Around Location of Former Lottery Director… EPIC City Developers Hire High-Profile Defense Attorney… House Education Committee Advances School Choice Legislation… Dozens of Suspected Tren de Aragua Members Arrested Outside...
by Sydnie Henry | Apr. 3, 2025 | State
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...
by Luca Cacciatore | Apr. 3, 2025 | State
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...
by Daily Headlines | Apr. 3, 2025 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
– Attorney General Alleges Houston ISD Engaged in Electioneering – DOJ Charges Canadian Man in the 2021 Texas GOP Website Hack – Texas House Committee Considers Limiting Foreign Land Ownership
by Joseph Trimmer | Apr. 3, 2025 | Houston, Local
Houston Mayor John Whitmire and City Controller Chris Hollins clashed over $72 million of taxpayer dollars in projected overtime spending for the police, fire, and solid waste departments. None of this was budgeted, and Hollins is promising future audits. Hollins...
by Ian Camacho | Apr. 3, 2025 | State
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...
by Erin Anderson | Apr. 3, 2025 | Local, Metroplex
Developers of a controversial master-planned Muslim community in North Texas—known as EPIC City—have hired high-profile defense attorney Dan Cogdell to represent them against multiple state investigations. Thursday’s announcement by the East Plano Islamic Center...
by Sydnie Henry | Apr. 3, 2025 | State
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,...
by Debra McClure | Apr. 3, 2025 | Federal
Republican U.S. Rep. August Pfluger of Texas is urging Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to remove the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard and the Lesser Prairie Chicken from the threatened and endangered species list. “Former President Biden spent four years fulfilling his...
by Brandon Waltens | Apr. 3, 2025 | State
(This article has been updated since first being published.) Gary Grief, longtime former executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission, is reportedly missing, with sources telling Texas Scorecard that authorities have been unable to locate him. His lawyer claims...
by Brandon Waltens | Apr. 3, 2025 | State
Legislation aiming to ban hostile foreign actors from owning land in Texas was heard in a marathon hearing Wednesday night, with lawmakers on the House Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee listening to hours of testimony—most of it in opposition—until...
by Erin Anderson | Apr. 3, 2025 | Local, West Texas
A top administrator of a private Christian school in West Texas is accused of sexually grooming his 16-year-old stepdaughter. Rory James Waide, 55, was arrested and charged with child grooming, a third-degree felony punishable by 2 to 10 years in prison. Waide is the...
