Texas Minute

Paxton Announces Challenge to Cornyn for Senate Seat… Lawmakers Move To Slash Funding for Universities Promoting DEI… Abbott Sets Date for Special Congressional Election… Navasota ISD Teacher Sentenced to 5 Years for Possessing Child Porn…

Ahead of Budget Debate, House Members Move to Slash Lottery Spending…Texas Taxpayers Funded Anti-Border Security, Pro-Islam Show…TAMU President Vetoes LGBT Class in Core Curriculum…San Antonio Sued For Funding Out-of-State Abortion Travel

Congressman Pushes To Revoke Endangered Species Listings… Criminal Aliens Deported From Texas… State Defense Attorney System for Illegals to End… THIRD Huntsville ISD Teacher Arrested for Sex Crime in Three Weeks…

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 Austin…

Lawmaker’s Real Estate Ties Raise Eyebrows in Texas House Deal… DOJ Charges Canadian National for Texas GOP Website Hack… Attorney General Alleges Houston ISD Engaged in Electioneering… Texas Lottery Vendor IGT Fined for Contract Violations…

MAHA Effort to End Taxpayer-Funded Junk Food Moves Forward… Lawmaker Proposes Sending Illegal Alien Inmates to El Salvador Prison… Paxton Supports Trump’s Border Security Orders… Islamic Compound Lacks Construction Permits… Residents Reject Planned Islamic ‘City’…

University of North Texas System To ‘Pause’ Drag Shows on Campus…Americans Value Energy Independence More Than Fighting Climate Change…Abbott Deploys Texas Rangers To Investigate Islamic Center…Buckingham Calls for Federal Action to Secure Border Islands

Most Texas House Members Skipped Work… Superintendent Salaries Continue to Climb as Schools Claim They’re Underfunded… Congressional Subcommittee To Question Prosecutor of Hospital Whistleblower… Houston’s Efficiency Project Expanded…

UT Austin's Interim President Sides with Woke Faculty, Promises to Defend Status Quo… Lawmakers Slam Medicaid Provider for Spying on Patients and Legislators… Islamic Center Under Securities Investigation Amid Growing Scrutiny… Texas Senate Passes Ban on Red Flag Gun Laws…

State Issues Cease-and-Desist to Islamic Group Over Funeral Violations… State Rep. Calls for End to UT Gender Studies Department Following ‘Transgender Conference’… GOP County Chairs Urge Support for Closed Primary Legislation… Troy Nehls Calls For End of Taxpayer Funding at NPR, PBS…

Paxton Investigates EPIC Developer for Violations of State Law … Texas Senators Unanimously Approve Biennial Budget… Campaign To Save the Texas Lottery Linked to Abbott Advisor… Brian Harrison Slams House ‘Gaslighting’ Texas… Tarleton Prof Admits To Stealing Nearly $1 Million…

Federal Judge Blocks Voter ID Requirement for Texas Mail Ballots… Federal Judge Orders Texas A&M to Host Drag Show… Texas Senators Tackle Squatter Problem… LGBTQIA+ Commission Sets Date for ‘Banned Book’ Fair…

Audit Shows Price Tag for Failed Paxton Impeachment… Republican Lawmaker’s Mic Cut by Democrat Chair… Court Blocks Biden-era Rule on Foster Care Providers… Houston ISD Board Votes for New ‘Teacher Excellence System’…

Senators Pass a Weakened Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying… Texas Tech Medical School Commits to Race-Neutral Admissions… House Committee Considers Ban on Smartphones in Classrooms… Houston ISD Operates 51 Schools Under 50 Percent Capacity…

Dan Patrick Vows to Shut Down THC Shops in Texas… UT Austin Education School Dominated by Critical Race Theory… Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Coppell ISD Over Critical Race Theory… Texans Advocate for Stronger Protections From Civil Suits in Self-defense Cases… Harris County GOP Names County Attorney Preference…

Allegation: House Stalling Ban on Social Transitioning… University of Texas Bans Drag Shows on Campus… Irving Residents Say ‘No’ to Las Vegas Sands’ Casino Plan… Houston-area Arrests Made From Investigation Into Illegal Abortion Clinics…

Paxton Challenges Power of District Courts to Order Gender-Swaps on Documents… University of North Texas Under Federal Investigation for Race-Exclusionary Practices… Harris County Attorney Announces Run for Empty Congressional Seat… Belton ISD Identifies Another Teacher Arrested for Sex Crime Against Student…

Texas Congressman Proposes Ban on Foreign Adversaries Buying US Farmland… Senator Proposes Sweeping Higher Education Reforms… Texas Legislative Session Passes Milestone… Science Teacher Arrested for Solicitation of a Minor… Elementary Teacher Jailed for Child Sex Abuse Material…

Abbott Calls on Pastors to Counter ‘Education Monopolists’ in Texas… Senators Consider Restoring Authority of Attorney General to Prosecute Election Crimes… Paxton Investigates Dallas Over Potential Sanctuary City Policies… US House Members Push Ban on Student Visas for Chinese Nationals…

Dade Phelan Doubles Down on Meme Regulation… Senators Pass Measures Clamping Down on AI-Generated Porn… Lawmakers Challenge Gambling Lobby Amid Lottery Scandal… Texas Congressman Wants to Block Federal Gun Control During Emergencies… Lawmaker Grills TASB…

School Choice Fight Heats Up in Texas House… ICE Operation Nets 646 Illegal Alien Arrests in Houston… Senators Approve Constitutional Amendment Protecting Parental Rights… UNT Students Remove Art Exhibit After Lawmakers Decry Antisemitism…

Dade Phelan Wants to Criminalize Political Memes… Trump Administration Converts CBP One App to Self-Deportation App… Senators Consider Proposal to Align State IDs with Biological Sex… Houstonian Charged Under Texas’ New Terrorism Law…

Texas A&M Regents Tap Hegar for Chancellor… Texas Has Five ‘Sinkhole Cities’… Legislation Would End Higher Ed Instruction on Radical Gender Pronoun Use… High School Coach Arrested After Admitting to Sex With Student…

Speaker Burrows Turns Over House Records for Audit of Impeachment Expenses… House Considers $8 Billion Bump for Government Schools… Legislator Wants to Codify Ban on Race-based Scholarships… ICE Makes Arrests in Houston-Area Sweep…

Texas House Keeps Democrat Adviser on Payroll at $233K… Senators Tackle Public School ‘Obscenity Exemptions’… Two More State Reps. Censured by Local GOP… 'Most Wanted' Illegal Alien Captured in San Antonio…