Daily Headlines

- TEA Directs Districts To Strike References to and Reverence of Cesar Chavez - Barbers Hill ISD Appears Set To Collect Three Times Market Rate in Building Lease - University of North Texas To Cut Women’s & Gender Studies Minor

-Texas AG Advises Collin County to Reject EPIC Development -SpaceX City to Cancel Election After No Challengers Emerge -LGBT Organization Must Produce Documents, Texas Supreme Court Rules

-Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Removed From Rodeo Concert -Katy Teacher Continues Suit Against Principal Who Prohibited Her Prayer -Austin ISD Hides Specifics of Planned LGBT Celebration

-Abbott Presses Lawmakers To Back Property Tax Relief Plan -School Choice Account Applications Surpass 174,000 -Scandal-Plagued Superintendent Retiring From Prosper ISD

-Court Strikes Down Biden-era Energy Requirement -ExxonMobil Plans to Redomicile in Texas -Documents Confirm Causes for Collinsville ISD Coach’s Firing

-When Must Texas Runoff Candidates Decide Whether to Drop Out? -Austin ISD Under Investigation for Violating Women’s Privacy -Abbott Orders Review of Chinese-Made Medical Devices Over Cybersecurity Concerns

-Texas Senate Primary, Already Record-Breaking, Heads to Cornyn / Paxton Runoff -Dallas Democrats Decide To Let DA Creuzot Go -Barbers Hill Foundation Gave 3 Percent of $89 Million to School District

-Republican Voters Overwhelmingly Back Ban on Sharia Law  -Cornyn, Paxton Headed to Runoff in Texas Senate GOP Primary -Two House Chairs Defeated by Challengers

-An Election Day Preview -SXSW Educators Conference Promotes DEI and LGBT Instruction -Parent’s Challenge to Ten Commandments Displays Fails in Spring Branch ISD

-Paxton Opinion Targets Therapists Behind Child ‘Psychological Transitioning’ -Trump Endorses Huffines for Comptroller, Miller for Re-Election -McKinney ISD, Athletic Trainer Sued for Alleged Sexual Abuse

- Texas Can Ban Sexually Explicit Shows for Minors, Appellate Court Rules - Texas Dismantles DEI-Oriented HUB Network - Houston ISD Board Approves 12 School Closures After Heated Public Opposition

- TEA Investigating Barbers Hill School District - Vanguard Settles With Texas in ESG Antitrust Case - Resident Appeals Abilene ISD’s Decision To Keep Sexually Explicit Books

-Meta-Backed PAC Pumps Over $1.2 Million Into Texas Republican Primaries -Casino-Backed PAC Dumps Millions Into Final Stretch of Texas GOP Primaries -Paxton Sues Radical Abortion Pill Network Shipping Illegal Drugs Across Texas

-Report Reveals Alleged Explicit Messages Between Rep. Tony Gonzales and Staffer -Mayor Among Dozens Charged in Hitchcock Game Room Raids -Bookkeeper Alleges Nonprofit Power Grab After Founder’s ‘Meme’ Arrest

- Paxton Sues Shein for Poisoning Consumers, Exposing Texans’ Data to the CCP - Dallas Judge Declares Mistrial in Tren de Aragua Capital Murder Case - Trustees in Scandal-Plagued Schools Withdraw From May Election

- Casino-Backed PAC Launches TV Blitz To Defend Ken King - Texas Sues Temu for Deceptive Marketing and CCP‑Linked Data Harvesting - UT System Regents Adopt Standards for ‘Teaching Controversial Topics’

-Texas Sues Firm Accused of Selling CCP-Linked “Trojan Horse” Drones -Report Alleges Affair Between Rep. Tony Gonzales and Former Aide -Authorities Allege Nearly 200 Fraudulent Transactions at Harris County Tax Office

-Hunt Files Police Report Against Senior Cornyn Advisor -Texas Sues TP-Link for Allowing China Access to Americans’ Devices -Harris County Approves More Than $2 Million for New Jail Studies Amid Ongoing Noncompliance

- Texas School Choice Program Surpasses 100,000 Applications - Paxton Investigating Three More School Districts Over Anti-ICE Protests - UT-Austin to Consolidate, Review Race and Gender Programming, in Liberal Arts College

-Houston ISD Announces Closure of 12 Schools Amid Enrollment Decline -Paxton Sues Dallas Officials for Defying Voter’s Police Funding Mandate -Texas State University System Curriculum Review Remains Ongoing

-Paxton Intervenes To Void Texas Medical Board Reprimand of Dr. Bowden -U.S. Rep. Jackson Files Federal Legislation To Fight Screwworm -Former Kress Official Charged With Stealing City Funds

-Chip Roy, Don Huffines, Sid Miller Lead GOP Primary Field in New Poll -Texas Sues Snapchat for Allegedly Misleading Parents About App Safety -FAA Lifts El Paso Airspace Closure, Says No Threat to Commercial Aviation

-Colony Ridge Must Verify Buyers’ Legal Status In Settlement with DOJ and Texas -Kaufman County Development Investigated Over ‘Sharia City’ Concerns -Humble Police Chief Resigns Following Months-Long Investigation

-Texas GOP Chair Says House, Senate Redistricting ‘Should Definitely Happen’ -Houston Doctor Indicted Over Alleged Falsification of Transplant Records -Aldine ISD Teacher Charged With Injury to a Child After School Fight

-TEA Investigating Collinsville ISD Admins Tied to Coach’s Misconduct -Texas DPS Reveals Plans To Combat Homeland Security Threats -Texas’ Handgun Trespass Signs Challenged in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals