Daily Headlines

- 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

- Report: Divest From America’s Enemies - Houston ISD Budgeted $2 Million for Bond Election Prep - Grand Prairie ISD Approves Secret Separation Settlement With Fired Superintendent

- After Girls’ Sports Investigation, Irving ISD Faces Legal Threat Over Censorship - AG Paxton Signs Immigration Enforcement Agreement With Trump Administration - Ted Cruz Moves To Put Biden-era Water Heater Mandate on Ice

-Abbott Pushes for School Choice, Teacher Pay Raises, and Tax Relief in State of the State Address -Texas Students’ Test Scores Shrink as Spending Grows -Texas Officials Criticize Proposed $500 Million in Corporate Welfare to Movie Industry

- New Order from Abbott Seeks to End DEI in State Agencies - Abbott Bans Chinese AI and Social Media Apps on Texas Government Devices - Texas, Mexico Designate Facilities for Deportation Operations

- Lt. Gov. Patrick Reveals His First 25 Priorities for the Senate - Trump to Cancel Student Visas of pro-Hamas Protesters - Texas Tech Class Encourages Critical Race Theory in Human Resources Departments

-Gov. Abbott Issues Executive Orders to Back Trump’s Border Crackdown -Austin To Consider Increase to Vagrancy Budget -Corsicana Councilman Proposes DOGE-Style City Committee

- Speaker Burrows Confirms House Rules Were Written by Democrat Lawyer - Burrows Blocks Amendments on House Staff Citizenship, Pronouns, and Restrooms - Texas Education Commissioner Cites ‘Progress’ Despite Students’ Declining Scores

- Texas Military Deployed to Secure Border Alongside Federal Agents - Gov. Abbott Sets Early State of the State Address To Accelerate Legislative Action - Harris County Taxpayers Pay Millions To Defend Illegal Aliens From Deportation

- House Uses ‘Nuclear Option’ To Force Through Rules Empowering Democrats - Texas Senate Moves Swiftly on School Choice, Sets Committee Hearing - Texas State Bar Drops Long-Running Case Against Attorney General Ken Paxton

- Gov. Abbott Demands Federal Reimbursement for Texas Border Security Costs - Trump DOJ Orders Local and State Governments to Comply With Immigration Initiatives - US Sen. Ted Cruz Introduces Legislation Promoting School Choice

- U.S. Rep. Babin Reintroduces Birthright Citizenship Legislation - Ethics Complaint Dropped Against Texas GOP Chair - Senate Legislation Would Create Database for School Bonds, Taxes, and Bond Projects

- President Trump Issues Key Border Security Executive Actions - Department of Homeland Security Repeals Mayorkas Restrictions on ICE Agents - Texas Challenges Biden’s Parting Ban on Offshore Oil Leases