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- F.U.R.R.I.E.S. Act Would Ban Animal Behavior in Class - Letter Highlights Challenges for Gambling Lobby Amid Lottery Scandal - Texas Senators Tackle MAHA Agenda

- Phelan Doubles Down on Meme Regulation Bill Despite First Amendment Concerns - School Choice Battle Intensifies as Texas House Committee Hears Testimony - US Rep. Cloud Introduces Legislation to Block Federal Gun Control During Emergencies

- Trump Administration Converts CBP One App to Self-Deportation App - Texas Senators Consider Proposal to Align State IDs with Biological Sex - Major ICE Operation Nets 646 Illegal Alien Arrests in Houston, Including Gang Members

- Dade Phelan's Bill Would Criminalize Political Memes - Measure Filed to End Higher Ed Instruction on Radical Gender Pronoun Use - Texas A&M Regents Name Comptroller Glenn Hegar As Sole Finalist for Chancellor

- Texas’ Most Wanted Illegal Alien Captured in San Antonio - Abbott on Texas Lottery: Investigation Will Determine Next Steps - House Committee Weighs Education Spending Bill as School Choice Fight Looms

- Texas House Keeps Democrat Adviser Hugh Brady on Payroll at $233K - Senators Consider Measures Placing Prayer, Ten Commandments in Schools - Trump Renames Texas Wildlife Refuge in Honor of Murdered 12-Year-Old Jocelyn Nungaray

- Trump Invites Texans to Highly-Anticipated Joint Address - Trump on the $100 Bill? New Bill Aims to Make It Happen - Texas Senators Consider Measure to Ban All THC Products

- Texas A&M Regents Ban On-Campus Drag Shows - House Committee Considers Property Tax Relief in the Form of Tax Rate Compression - Lone Star State Looks To Carve Out a New Name for a Classic Steak

- Harris County Bonds Out Man Charged in Murder of Deputy Sheriff - Could Fourth Time Be the Charm for Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban? - Senate Records Reveal Lawmakers’ Taxpayer-Funded News Sources

- Libraries Could Lose Funding for Hosting Drag Queen Story Hours Under Senate Proposal - Amid Concerns Surrounding Texas Lottery, Senators Approve Courier Ban - TEA Takes Over Another Texas School District After ‘Decades of Dysfunction’

-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

-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

- Abbott Says ‘Sharia Cities’ Are Not Allowed in Texas - Dan Patrick: If We Can’t Trust the Texas Lottery, the Senate Will End It - UT Austin Cancels Federal Grant Agreement With Planned Parenthood of Illinois

- House Chairman Blocks Resolution Honoring Late Conservative Activist Jill Glover - Attorney General Paxton Seeks Injunction Against NCAA To Protect Women’s Sports - House Records Reveal Lawmakers’ Taxpayer-Funded News Sources

- Lawmakers Propose Limits on School Superintendent Salaries - Texas Senators Approve Constitutional Amendment Restricting Bail for Human Trafficking Suspects - New Poll Shows Strong Support for School Choice as Texas House Files Bill

- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Exposes Illicit Lottery Ticket Reseller After $83M Jackpot Win - Dallas County GOP Censures 2 Lawmakers Over House Speaker Vote - ‘The Man Behind the Curtain’: Democrat Obama Lawyer Retains Power in Texas House

- House Committee Unilaterally Raises Office Budgets, Gives Democrat Vice Chairs $3.6M in New Pay - Trump’s USDA Exploring Federal Solution to Stop China from Buying U.S. Farmland - Texas Joins Coalition Lawsuit Against New York's Climate Change Superfund Act

- Attorney General Paxton Launches Investigation Into Chinese AI App - Lawmaker Proposes Security Council for Top-Tier Research Universities - Harris County DA Drops Charges Against 8 Former Officers in Harding Street Raid Case

- Texas Senate Passes Billions in New Property Tax Relief - State Sen. Paxton Files Measure to Expand Protections Against Explicit Books in Schools - New York Stock Exchange Announces Expansion Into Texas

- House Committee Assignments Keep Democrats in Power - SpaceX’s Home Could Soon Become an Official City - Brooke Rollins Confirmed as US Secretary of Agriculture

- Tulsi Gabbard Confirmed as Director of National Intelligence - Lawmaker Seeks to End Public University, School Contracts With Foreign Adversaries - Tren de Aragua Gang Member Captured by ICE in San Antonio

-Lawmakers File Measures To Bring Ten Commandments, Prayer to Texas Schools -House Lawmaker Proposes Abolishing State Education Bureaucracy, Transferring Power To Elected Board -160 Texas Teachers Under Investigation for Cheating on Certification Exam

- New Legislation Would Cut Off Tax Dollars to Media Outlets in Texas - Burrows Promises Trump: Texas House Will Pass School Choice - Cruz Files Constitutional Amendment To Prevent Democrats From Packing SCOTUS

- UT-Austin Offers Core Math Classes Focused on ‘Racial Inequality’ - Now-former Hutto ISD Official Advised How To Allow Boys in Girls’ Sports - Texas Tax Dollars Funded Politico, Other ‘News’ Websites

- Texas A&M Professor Criticizes USAID Shutdown in Taxpayer-funded Publication - New Legislation Would Compel Texas Law Enforcement to Aid ICE Operations - Water Leak Leads to Destruction of Crucial Evidence in Missouri City Police Department Cases