Texas Minute

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…

Catholic Charities of Fort Worth Sues Over Federal Funding Pause… Multiple Texas A&M Courses Center on Gender Ideology… Texas Lottery Commissioners Keep Executive Director, Begin Work on a Courier 'Ban’… Trump on the $100 Bill…

Officials at Taxpayer-funded TASB Receive Massive Salaries… Senators Consider Stronger Safeguards Against Sexually Explicit Books in Schools… House Committee Considers Property Tax Relief… Harris County Approves Nearly $900k in Legal Reimbursements for County Judge & Staff…

Texas A&M Regents Ban On-Campus Drag Shows… State Senators Threaten to Freeze Funding for Universities… State Vendor IGT Violated Its Contract With the Texas Lottery Commission… Democrat House Chair Melts Down as Republican Confronts State Agency on DEI… Senate Records Reveal Taxpayer-Funded News Sources…

A&M Geography Course: Gender Is 'Social Construct’… Amid Lottery Controversies, Senators Approve 'Courier' Ban… Libraries Could Lose Funding for Hosting Drag Queen Story Hours… Houston Business Owners Challenge Minority Contracting Requirements…

House Majority Backs School Choice Bill…Texas House Suspends Rules to Honor Group Opposing Voter ID…State Rep. Targets Free Speech in Texas…Paxton Investigates Texas Lottery Over Suspicious Wins

Mass Arrests in Colony Ridge… Democrat Lawmaker Pockets Pay from Taxpayer-Funded Lobby… Proposed Law Would Allow Ivermectin to be Sold OTC in Texas… Senator Wants to End Faculty Power in University Decision-Making…

If We Can’t Trust the Texas Lottery, the Senate Will End It... Apple To Open Major Manufacturing Facility in Houston… Abbott Says ‘Sharia Cities’ Are Not Allowed in Texas… Amarillo Police Chief Allowed To Retire After Supporting Sex-Abuser School Coach

Paxton Seeks Injunction Against NCAA… Legislation Filed to Safeguard Texas Land From Foreign Enemies… Senate Education Committee Advances Teacher Pay Raise Bill… Teacher Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Relationship With Student…