Texas Minute

Texas Democrat Slams Megadonors While Cashing Check From Casino Billionaire… Trump Declares ‘Total Endorsement’ of Burrows Dade Phelan Calls It Quits… Chip Roy Joins Race for Texas Attorney General… Lottery Winner Finally Receives Jackpot After Lawsuit… Senate Committee Advances House Redistricting Map

Texas House Passes Congressional Map Growing GOP Advantage… Abbott Adds Quorum-Break Punishments to Special Session Agenda… Paxton Moves to Block Mailed Abortion Drugs… Federal District Court Blocks Texas’ Ten Commandments Law… University of Houston Offering Classes Covering Queer Theory…

Trump Urges Swift Passage of 'One Big, Beautiful Congressional Map'… Activist Teachers Plot To Defy Texas’ New Ten Commandments Law… Houston Man Caught Smuggling Dozens of Illegals Across Texas Border… Texas A&M Seeks to Hide Records on Abortion Research Project…

House Regains Quorum as Democrats Return From Walkout… Texas A.G. Investigates AI Chatbot Companies… Harris County Jail 2025 Death Toll Climbs… UT-Austin Received $2.5 Million From Late-Term Abortion Group…

Second Special Session Starts Without a House Quorum… Audio Captures Gambling Exec Boasting About Rigged Texas Jackpot… Regents for UNT, Texas Tech Re-Constitute Faculty Senates… Texas Education Agency Releases School Accountability Ratings…

Special Session Ending, and Starting, Today… China Made Up 8% of Foreign Buyers in Texas' Real Estate Market… Fight To Safeguard Secret Ballot Continues in Harris County… Poll: Majority of Republican Primary Voters Support THC Ban…

Report: House Democrats Planning Return… Paxton Secures Commitment from Kellogg’s To Eliminate Artificial Dyes… Eli Lilly Sued for Bribery… Circumventing Texas' Online Sports Betting Ban…

Abbott Vows Immediate Second Special Session… Paxton Says O’Rourke Flagrantly Violated Fundraising Ban… Texas Senate Completes Gov. Abbott’s Agenda Items… Lawsuit Filed Against Man Accused of Murdering Unborn Daughter…

Houston Socialists Discuss Targeting ICE Operations… DPS Launches Tip Line To Track Down Quorum-Busting Democrats… Texas State University System Regents Abolish Faculty Senates… Senate Committee Approves Measure Targeting Abortion Drug Distribution…

Paxton Moves To Vacate Seats of Quorum-Busting Democrats… Court Halts ‘Beto Bribes’… Texas Senate to Consider Redistricting Plan... Sid Miller Announces New Lure To Combat a Flesh-Eating Parasite… Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Faces Removal Calls…

Paxton Launches Investigation Into Soros-Funded PAC… Texas Casino Interests Prepare Comeback Attempt… TCEQ Fights Order To Release Documents… Laptops in the Age of Cellphone Bans…

Paxton Investigating Beto O’Rourke PAC for Alleged Bribes to Runaway Democrats… Majority of Senate Democrats Leave Texas in Protest of Redistricting… Thirsty Data Centers are Challenging Texas' Water Infrastructure… Houston ISD Boasts Major Academic Gains…

Abbott Seeks to Remove Democrat Caucus Chair from Office… Paxton Threatens Fleeing Democrats with Court Action… Senate Set To Consider Republican Redistricting Map… Houston PD Pulls SIG Sauer P320… UT-Austin Paid Pro-Abortion Activist…

Gov. Abbott Orders Arrest of Fleeing Democrats… Texas Senate Moves Women’s Privacy Act Closer to Floor Vote… Texas Higher Ed Coordinating Board Seeks To Hide Abortion Research Records… Houston ISD Rolls Out Cell Phone Ban…

House Democrats Bust Quorum, Flee to Illinois… Judge Refuses To Expose Hidden Interests in Alleged Rigging of Texas Lottery… Antitrust Lawsuit Against BlackRock, State Street, & Vanguard Moves Forward… Republican Candidate Slammed for Donation to Democrat…

TxDOT Refuses To Return Land It No Longer Needs… University of North Texas Settles Free Speech Case… Double Murder Suspect Taught in Texas Elementary School… Despite Union Objection, Houston ISD's Pay-For-Performance Model Can Proceed…

Proposed Map Could Add 5 New GOP Congressional Seats… Senate Advances 3 Special Session Agenda Items… Trump Admin Halts Controversial Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge Expansion… Texas Father Files Suit Against California Doctor for Prescribing Abortion Drugs…

Democrats Fundraising for Another Quorum Break… Shipley Do-Nuts Sold to California Firm… Schools Implement Policies To Improve Parental Oversight… Parents Push Back on Schools’ New Phone-Free Policies… Houston-Area Planned Parenthood Clinics Announce Closure…

ICE Arrests More Than 200 Illegal Aliens Who Have Sexually Abused Children… Texas A&M Continues To Push DEI Statements… Paxton Files Legal Petition Against New York Clerk… Former Texas National Guardsman Convicted of Smuggling Aliens…

Lawmakers Sign New Pledge To Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying… State Rep. Faces Allegations of Long-Term Affair, Abortion Payments… Trump Signs Executive Order to Protect College Sports… Houston Officials Consider Electric Scooter Crackdown…

Lawmakers Eye $13B in Federal Refunds for Property Tax Relief… Patterson Accused of Recruiting Challengers to Fellow Republicans… Restoring the Alamo… Dallas Accused of Enforcing Ordinances Conflicting With Texas Constitution…

Texas National Guard Mobilizing To Assist ICE… Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban Advances in Texas Senate… Montgomery County Secures First Murder Conviction Under Fentanyl Law… Texas Lawmakers Tackle Growing Threat to Cattle and Hunting Industries From Flesh-Eating Parasite

UT Regents Name Permanent Finalists for Chancellor, UT-Austin President… Ban on THC Revived in Texas Senate After Abbott Veto… San Antonio Teacher Accused of Upskirting 7-Year-Old Student… Texas Republicans Ready to Redistrict Congressional Seats

Harris County Taxpayers Foot $1.1 Million Bill for Illegal Aliens' Legal Services… ICE Arrests Illegal Aliens Guilty of Heinous Crimes… Special Session Kicks off… Belton Teacher Faces Federal Child Porn Charges…

Will the Democrats Show Up?… A&M Provost Advises Aggies to Report ICE Sightings on Campus… US Rejects World Health Organization’s 2024 Regulations… Nearly $2 Million of Cocaine Seized at the Southern Border…