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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick releases full list of legislative priorities
AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick released the full list of…
Greg Abbott cites debunked ‘furries’ claim in latest school voucher push
The governor’s remarks seemed to call back unfounded rumors that public schools across…
Transgender congresswoman called ‘Mr.’ by Texas lawmaker. This was her response
A U.S. House Foreign Affairs committee meeting came to a sudden halt Tuesday after an…
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick releases full list of legislative priorities
AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick released the full list of…
Texas AG Ken Paxton launches probe into Dallas’ handling of immigration enforcement
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at…
Texas House bill would weaken renters’ rights, advocates say
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A Republican effort to set deadlines to plug orphan wells in Texas hits resistance
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Public pushes back on Texas school voucher bill in daylong hearing
During a marathon meeting at the Texas Capitol, public education advocates picked apart House Bill 3,…
Texas bill would charge transgender people with ‘fraud’
Transgender Texans could be charged with fraud under state legislation filed this month that seeks to…
Rafael Cruz, father of Ted Cruz, wants Texas to require school lessons about “evil” of communism
TEXAS (KXXV) — Rafael Cruz, the right-wing pastor and father of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz,…
In Texas, a Years-Long ESA Push Nears the Finish Line
Explore Future of High School Artificial Intelligence STEM science of reading Support The 74 and…
Texas GOP lawmaker refuses to say school vouchers should be off limits to richest families
Voucher bill author Brad Buckley wouldn’t say whether families earning $500,000-plus should be ineligible for help…
Texas lawmakers considering bill to ban gender changes on birth certificates
Lawmakers in the Texas legislature are considering a bill that would prohibit people in the…
Texas Republican bill would make simply being transgender a felony
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Bill would ban gender changes on Texas birth certificates
DALLAS – The Texas Senate is debating a bill that would restrict people from changing…
Helping Texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities must be a priority
Group homes, which provide residential support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, play an…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott touts a new ally in his school voucher push
For the first time in years, Abbott and a Texas House speaker are aligned, at least…
Pro-voucher billionaire and top Abbott donor called to testify before Texas House committee
Jeff Yass donated at least $12 million to Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign over the past year,…
The late US Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas to lie in state in Houston
Mourners in Houston paid tribute to the late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas as…
Texas Senate panel sends message to Trump: Get our water from Mexico
McALLEN — Texas senators advanced a resolution Monday that calls on the U.S. State Department…
Texas lawmaker introduces bill to criminalize identifying as transgender
Republican’s proposal unlikely to pass.
If passed, Texas bill could charge transgender people with ‘gender identity fraud’
If passed, Tom Oliverson’s House Bill 3817 would allow transgender people to be charged with “gender…
Bills filed to expand healthcare access and strengthen price transparency
(The Center Square) – Companion bills in the Texas House and Senate have been filed…
Surprising new report shows Texas has enormous advantage over other states in critical area: ‘Spread the good news’
As the saying goes, everything’s bigger in Texas. Among other things, this phrase applies to…
Will lawmakers let Texas’ maternal mortality committee review abortio…
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Embattled Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn defies Trump (finally) by defending CHIPS Act
Trump want to reverse the Biden-era act, which has created 15,000 jobs and fostered $4.7…
Craddick, Huffines enter Texas Comptroller’s race as Hegar heads to A&M
Conservative Republicans Christi Craddick and Don Huffines announced their candidacies for Texas Comptroller on Friday…
Texas Republicans divided: Conservative factions battle for House speaker role
As the Texas Legislature prepares to return in January, the battle between two Republicans for…
Why Elon Musk has DOGE targeting a faith-based charity in Texas
Family Endeavors in San Antonio had a federal contract to shelter up to 3,000 migrant…
Texas’ DOGE committee takes inspiration from Elon Musk’s federal operation
A few weeks after Elon Musk waved a chainsaw at a conservative gathering touting the…
Texas voucher proposals won’t solve education woes
Neither of the two “school choice” bills making their way through the halls of the…
Abbott’s border surge
Operation Lone Star has unleashed a windfall for private contractors cashing in on a four-year-long…
Texas Senate panel advances bill requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms
The committee also gave initial approval to a bill that would allow prayer in schools.…
Texas tech boom: Silicon Valley’s southern outpost rises
Held every year in the capital of conservative-leaning Texas, the South by Southwest festival increasingly…
Texas tech boom: Silicon Valley’s southern outpost rises
Held every year in the capital of conservative-leaning Texas, the South by Southwest festival increasingly…
Texas tech boom: Silicon Valley’s southern outpost rises
Held every year in the capital of conservative-leaning Texas, the South by Southwest festival increasingly…
How property taxes and school funding are linked in Texas
This legislative session, Texas lawmakers are hoping to lower property taxes and increase funding for…
How property taxes and school funding are linked in Texas
This legislative session, Texas lawmakers are hoping to lower property taxes and increase funding for…
Renewables Set New Records In Texas
Renewables in Texas are setting new records on a monthly or even weekly basis, No…
New poll shows most Texans oppose school vouchers, even if described as ‘school choice’
The new survey comes as the Texas House prepares to hear public testimony on its…
Texas countywide voting bill would allow fewer polling sites
Senate Bill 985 would revise a 2023 law that raised the minimum number of voting…
Texas Senate sends message to Trump: Get our water from Mexico
Farmers and elected officials told a Senate committee Monday that the lack of water is…
Texas DOGE seeks state efficiency
A few weeks after Elon Musk waved a chainsaw at a conservative gathering touting the…
Texas Mennonite pastor: Love thy neighbor by giving your kid a measles shot
Who are the Mennonites? A San Antonio pastor answers common questions amid the outbreak…
Texas Bill Seeks to Increase Power of Government Over Universities
In recent years, the Republican leadership of Texashas waged a sort of war of wordsagainst public…
Texas lawmakers want to cut your property taxes — here’s how they might do it.
The Texas Senate wants to focus on homeowners, while the Texas House proposal would…
Texas’ DOGE committee takes inspiration from Elon Musk’s federal oper…
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Amid Texas Measles Outbreak, Conservatives Double Down on Anti-Vax Crusade
Spread of the virus is due to low immunization rates in certain communities.
Texas A&M Board of Regents names Glenn Hegar as university system’s n…
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How property taxes and school funding are linked in Texas
Texas lawmakers are in the midst of their 89th legislative session, and lowering property taxes…
Texas countywide voting bill would allow fewer polling sites
By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune What happened? Texas state senators Thursday held a…
Texas Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick to run for state comptroller
The Railroad Commission, regulator of the state’s oil and gas industry, has faced…
Texas A&M Board of Regents names Glenn Hegar as university system’s next leader
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar speaks with Texas Tribune Editor-in-Chief Matthew Watkins at Studio 919 in…
New York strip steak would be renamed after Texas in move that could…
Texas may officially rename New York strip steak after in a slap to the “liberal”…
Texas Legislature proposes $400M cut to higher ed as Dan Patrick threatens university budgets over DEI
At a public event last week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said higher ed would get less…
Brazos Valley representative gives latest update on the 89th Texas legislative session
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – The 89th Texas legislative session continues, with the deadline for filing…
Texas Republican suggests renaming ‘New York strip’ to ‘Texas strip’ – as measles outbreak rages
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‘Draggieland’ No Longer Welcome At Texas A&M
March 3, 2025 – The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents passed a resolution…
Texas transgender suspect plotted ‘mass casualty attack’ targeting police: FBI
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Who are the Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading?
The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of…
DOGE says Texas nonprofit with former Biden transition member reaped millions operating empty facility
The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated a contract with a nonprofit that…
Texas says this doctor illegally treated trans youth. He says he followed the law
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Fixing Texas child care is an economic imperative
Carla Wright (center) helps her students work through a sticker worksheet at Journeys Child Development…
‘Rats!’ Review: Keep Texas Weird
This gross-out action-comedy, which sees an emo teenager sucked into a deranged conspiracy plot, lays…
Who are the Mennonites? Texas measles outbreak raises questions on community vaccinations
An outbreak of measles in West Texas that has led to more than 100 cases and…
Texas Legislature proposes $400M cut to higher ed as Dan Patrick threatens university budgets over DEI
Days before the start of the legislative session, Texas A&M University administrators were already bracing…
Who are the Mennonites? Texas measles outbreak impacts community
The measles outbreak in West Texas is significantly impacting the region’s Mennonite community. Gaines County,…
The Texas Attorney General Wants to Sex-Screen All NCAA Athletes Now
Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as…
POLITICO Pro: Texas and Florida rocket toward faceoff over NASA HQ
The agency’s search for a new home after its Washington lease expires in 2028 sets the…
Texas and Florida rocket toward faceoff over NASA HQ
The agency’s search for a new home after its Washington lease expires in 2028 sets the…
Hundreds Brave Cold to Support Public School Funding
Save Texas Schools rally fills two rooms of local church
Texas budget proposal could slash $423M from higher education
The Texas State Senate and House unveiled their proposed 2026-2027 state budgets on Wednesday, neither…
Republican senators threaten not to boost Texas public universities’ funding over DEI ban
Republican state senators are threatening not to increase state funding for public universities over accusations…
Texas A&M System bans drag shows from its universities
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Texas A&M System bans drag shows from its universities
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Texas A&M System bans drag shows from its universities
Drag queens Hanna Santanna and Lily Adonis Kline during a lip-sync battle to the song…
This Texas County Voted Republican for the First Time in a Century. They Like What They See.
There’s little sign of buyer’s remorse among Donald Trump’s political converts in Texas’s heavily Latino Starr…
Texas House bill proposes to ban DEI in required university curriculum
House Bill 2548 would limit mention of race, gender or sexuality in modern life in required…
How the Supreme Court of the United States and federal courts work and affect Texans
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New Texas Supreme Court chief justice calls for judicial raises, changes to bail laws
By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune In his first address to the Texas Legislature, Texas Supreme…
Texas Standard for Feb. 26, 2025: What’s affecting El Paso’s air quality?
So far in 2025, daily particulate matter pollution is the highest it’s been for this time…
Today on Texas Standard: What’s affecting El Paso’s air quality?
So far in 2025, daily particulate matter pollution is the highest it’s been for this time…
How the Supreme Court of the United States and federal courts work an…
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Bexar County hires veteran election official pushed out of previous j…
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Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw threatens ‘to kill’ Tucker Carlson during hot mic moment
A British journalist asked the conservative Republican about his longtime nemesis as their microphones were…
‘I’ll (expletive) kill him’: Did Dan Crenshaw threaten Tucker Carlson?
Elon Musk and Marjorie Taylor Greene had some words for the Republican Texas congressman…
‘Indoctrination on steroids’: Why some conservative Christians oppose school vouchers in Texas
Conservative Christian donors have helped the campaign to create a school voucher-like education savings account…
Texas to investigate lottery jackpots as questions swirl about online ticketing firms
(CNN) — Texas’ governor has directed state law enforcement to investigate two controversial lottery jackpots…
Texas House unveils plan to cut property taxes, setting up fight with Senate
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Texas lawmakers aren’t medical doctors. The should stop trying to act like them.
Austin American-Statesman Letters to the Editor, Feb. 23, 2025.
Young Democratic social media star, frustrated by campaigns, sees ano…
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Where is Colony Ridge? Texas community targeted in ‘immigration operation’
Where is Colony Ridge? Texas community targeted in ‘immigration operation’ ByVaishnavi Vaidyanathan Feb 25, 2025…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says Colony Ridge community target of immigration enforcement
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File A row of mobile homes is shown in the Colony…
Feds to target ‘criminals and illegal immigrants’ in Texas development, Abbott says
Abbott said in a social media post that he had worked with President Donald Trump’s…
Texas Gov. Abbott wages immigration operation in community targeted by conservatives
Texas state police and local law enforcement converged on a predominantly Latino community near Houston…
Feds to target “criminals and illegal immigrants” in Houston-area dev…
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3 high-impact issues have risen to the top in the Texas Legislature’s early going
House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, shakes hands with Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Allen, after defeating Rep.…
The Texas Legislature wants to stamp out reproductive health funds
In a state where abortion is illegal under almost all circumstances, San Antonio was among…
Under Texas House bill, value of education savings accounts would be …
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Texas Lottery ticket sales to third-party services fuel controversy a…
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Texas lawmakers either embrace or mock Trump and Musk’s DOGE strategies, employees react to mass firings
Local News By Jack Fink, February 23, 2025 / 5:00 AM CST / CBS Texas…
Texas troops busy with smuggling, stash houses as illegal crossings decrease
EDINBURG, Texas — As federal forces bolster their presence at the U.S.-Mexico border, Texas agencies…
Texas House unveils its private school voucher bill
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Overhaul of schools’ STAAR test proposed by Texas House bill
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Texas Senate panel OKs bill to raise teacher pay based on experience, performance
A roughly $5 billion proposal to deliver teacher pay raises through a permanent allotment for teacher…
Texas Lottery ticket sales to third-party services fuel controversy
by Ayden Runnels and Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune Fri, February 21st 2025 at 8:47…
Texas DPS Director: federal government will take over the buoy barrier
AUSTIN, Texas – In a meeting with the agency’s oversight board, Texas Department of Public…
Overhaul of schools’ STAAR test proposed by Texas House bill
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Tomlinson: A Bitcoin Reserve would enrich crypto bros, cost taxpayers
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick plans to put taxpayer dollars in a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to…
Texas girl dies by suicide after bullies’ ICE threats against family, mother says
GAINESVILLE, Texas (TNND) — An 11-year-old girl from Texas tragically took her own life after…
Republican proposals to cut Medicaid could be politically fraught
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, (center), flanked by Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., the…
Texas House unveils school voucher, $8B school finance bills: ‘One size does not fit all’
The Texas House on Thursday filed a sweep of education bills including public school finance and…
Texas schools are still grappling with chronic absenteeism post-pandemic
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — As in-person learning rebounds following the pandemic, Texas schools are still…
Dan Patrick gives Speaker Burrows a vote of confidence at conservative gathering
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks to the Senate at the Texas Capitol in Austin on…
Texas House unveils its private school voucher bill
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Open House with Blue Skies of Texas!
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