Daily Headlines

-City Officials Across Texas Promise Order on Saturday Ahead of Nationwide Protests -AG Paxton Files Suit Against Genetic Testing Company Over Privacy Concerns -Harris County Officially Ends Failed Guaranteed Basic Income Program

-New STAAR Results Reveal Students ‘Not Where They Need To Be Academically’ -Trump DOJ Official Aaron Reitz Enters Race for Texas Attorney General -FBI Dallas Announces 109 Children Rescued, 244 Offenders Arrested in Child Exploitation Investigation

-Abbott to Deploy Texas National Guard Amid Nationwide Protests, Riots -President Trump Vows To Restore Fort Hood Name -Texas Man Arrested After Allegedly Giving Girlfriend Abortion-Inducing Drug

-New Laws Protecting Citizens’ Gun Rights Set To Take Effect This Year -After Judges Drop Asylum Cases, ICE Makes Arrests at Houston Courthouse -US Supreme Court Shoots Down Mexico’s Lawsuit Against American Gun Companies

-Soros-Backed Group Relaunches Effort to Turn Texas Blue with Multimillion-Dollar Push -Texas A&M Political Science Textbook Attacks Trump -Judge: Texas Lottery Commissioners Must Protect Disputed $83.5M Jackpot

- Republicans Urge Abbott to Veto ‘Biden-Style’ Loan Repayments for School Counselors - Banking Lobbyists Reportedly Urging Gov. Abbott to Veto Transactional Gold Legislation - SAVE Data Helps Texas Nab Potential Noncitizen Voters

- Gov. Abbott Signs Historic Bail Reform Laws to Combat the Release of Violent Offenders - TEA Extends Control of Houston ISD Until 2027, Appoints New Board Members - Lawsuit Accusing Lotto Ticket Reseller Service of Fraud Dropped

- Texas Lawmakers Vote To Increase Judicial Pay and Their Own Pensions in Last-Minute Deal - Conflict of Interest? House Republicans Urge Abbott to Veto Appraisal Board Bill - Legislation Prohibiting Soda and Candy Purchases Using SNAP Benefits Heads to Governor’s Desk

- Legislature Adjourns—Now the Governor Has the Last Word - Parental Rights Bill Banning DEI, Social Transitioning, and ‘Sex Clubs’ in Schools Heads to Governor - Effort to Restore AG’s Authority to Prosecute Election Fraud Killed as Deadline Passes

- Texas Legislature Sends Foreign Land Ownership Ban to Governor - House Rejects Paxton’s Call on Election Integrity Measure - Harris County Bureaucrats Among America’s Highest-Paid Government Employees

- With Democrats Holding Out, Bail Reform Push Collapses in Texas House - Legislation to Make Vaccine Manufacturers Liable Passes Senate - Houston Ends Traffic Stop Quotas in Unanimous Vote

- Legislation to Bar Funding for Libraries who Host Drag Shows Dies in House  - Illegally in U.S. And Released, Now Tied to Deadly Jet Ski Crash - ‘Trey’s Law’ Means Nondisclosures No Longer Protect Sexual Predators

- ‘Jocelyn’s Law’ Stalled in Texas House as Democrats Withhold Support - Sources: Kelly Hancock Angling for Appointment as Comptroller - House Greenlights $1.5 Billion in Film Subsidies 

- House Passes Legislation Prohibiting Purchase of Soda With SNAP Benefits - Lawmakers Look to Slash School Superintendents’ Severance Pay - House Members Push to Pass Abortion Pill Ban Before Time Runs Out

- Texas House Approves Crackdown on THC Products Following Push from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick - Texas House Advances Legislation to Block Local Abortion Travel Funding - Harris County Sheriff’s Office Plans Return of Outsourced Inmates

- First Charter Flight From Houston Returns Self-Deporting Illegals - Shaheen Claims Error, Then Doubles Down on Foreign Land Ban Loophole - Texas House Committee Advances Bill To Abolish Lottery Commission and Overhaul State Lottery

- Texas House Approves Property Tax Relief Package, Rejects Effort to Expand Relief Further - Attorney General Paxton Announces Investigation Into US Masters Swimming - Legal Battle Over Harris County Commissioner Seat Heads To Appeals Court

- Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Requests $23K for Trip to France - East Texas Judge Accused of Making Death Threat To Secure Plea Deal - Houston Man Out on Bond After Sister’s Death Now Faces New Charges

- Texas Senate Unanimously Moves to Eliminate Lottery Commission - Hundreds of Bills Die as Texas House Hits Major Deadline - Gov. Abbott Requests Waiver to Ban Unhealthy SNAP Purchases in Texas

- Texas Lawmakers Pass Constitutional Amendment Enshrining Parental Rights - Texas Moves Closer To Abolishing Public Schools’ Immunity in Sex Abuse Cases - Texas Lawmakers Join Push to Cement Trump’s Agenda in Law

 - ICE Arrests 422 in Houston Sweep, Including Murder and Arson Suspects - Blue Ridge Disannexes Muslim-owned Properties - House Committee Kills Anti-ESG Effort in Late Vote

- With Clock Ticking, Texas House Faces Pileup of Legislation After Slow Start - Texas House Rejects Mexican Guest Worker Program - Taxpayer-Funded Entities Sponsor LGBT Agenda in Houston

- AG Paxton Secures Record $1.375B Data Privacy Settlement With Google - Texas House Moves To Restore AG’s Power To Prosecute Election Crimes - Detransition Coverage Bill Clears Texas House, Heads to Governor’s Desk

- DOJ Joins Paxton, Abbott in Probing Controversial Islamic Compound - House Approves Bill Restricting Hostile Foreign Land Ownership - Texas Renews Call for Convention of States To Curb Federal Power

- Texas House to Vote on Mexican Guest Worker Plan While Immigration Priorities Sit Idle - Texas May Soon ID Noncitizens as Ineligible to Vote - AG Paxton Nabs Frio County Officials & Election Workers in Vote-Harvest Ring