Daily Headlines

- Dustin Burrows Faces Scrutiny Over 'Speaker-Elect' Designation - Border County Judge Joins Republican Party - UT-Austin Course Promotes ‘LGBT’ Agenda

- Speaker Race Update - Constitutional Amendment Proposed to Let Attorney General Prosecute Election Crimes - Reports Suggest Migrants Encamped in Mexico Will Go Home After Trump Inauguration

- Phelan Withdraws from Speaker Race After Tumultuous Tenure - Texas Builds 4,500 Feet of Border Wall in South Texas - AG Paxton Celebrates Federal Judge Blocking Burdensome Law on Small Businesses

- Gene Wu Takes Over Democrat Caucus Amid Leadership Shake-Up - Trent Ashby Endorses David Cook for Speaker - DOJ Attempts to Silence Texas Children’s Hospital Whistleblower

- DEI Quotas No Longer Flying at Southwest Airlines - Platform Administering China’s Lottery Has Ties to Texas Lottery - Will Texas Bus Illegal Aliens Directly to ICE Facilities?

- Legislation Proposed to Block Universities From Accepting Donations From China, Russia - Texas DPS Captures Child Smuggler in Del Rio - Lawmakers File Legislation to Protect Female-Only Spaces

- Another Phelan Ally Defects, Backs Cook for Speaker - Texas Parents Back Plans for Public Education Inspector General - Lawmaker Files Measure to Prohibit Double Toll Tax on Some Highways

- Paxton Takes on Investment Giants in Coal Market Lawsuit - Multiple State Legislators File Anti-Second Amendment Bills - Criminal Out on Bond in Houston Charged With Murder After Road Rage Incident

-Dawn Buckingham Announces ‘Jocelyn Initiative’ to Help Trump Secure the Border -Houston Doctor Encourages Patients to Skip Citizenship Question on Intake Forms -Texas DPS Encounters More Than 200 Illegal Aliens in Maverick County

- Scott Turner, Brooke Rollins Among Texans Joining Trump’s Team - McKinsey Fights Release of Information on Contracts With UT - Valentine ISD Employee Admits Stealing $300K From School District

- UT System Regents Approve Free Tuition for Families Making $100K or Less - Report Reveals Deep Flaws in Texas Ethics Commission - Houston Mayor Whitmire Proposes New Plan to Combat Homelessness

- Abbott Directs State Funds Away from China - Paxton Sues Dallas over Marijuana Measure - State Board of Education Votes to Keep Biblical References in New Educational Materials

- Gov. Abbott Announces Executive Order to Protect Texas’ Infrastructure From China - Fraudulent Texts Spark Controversy in Speaker Race - Gov. Abbott Accepts Mexico’s Offer to Send Water to Rio Grande Valley

- Measure to Create Texas Border Law Enforcement Agency Filed in Texas Senate - Gov. Abbott Issues Executive Order to Safeguard Texas from Foreign Threats - Houston Man Indicted for Attempting to Aid ISIS

-Gov. Abbott Targets Chinese Communist Party Harassment with New Executive Order -Rick Perry Doubles Down in Support of Democrat Chairs Under Dade Phelan -Proposal Would Require Federal Government to Pay Texas for Educating Illegal Aliens

- House Committee Can’t Stop Child Murderer’s Execution - Andy Hopper Proposes Constitutional Right to Vaccine Choice - Rep. Leo Wilson Files Legislation to Require DNA Testing of Illegal Aliens

-New Legislation Proposes Checks on Texas Executive Power During Emergencies -Will Texas Finally End Taxpayer-funded Lobbying? -Gov. Abbott Tells Universities to Freeze Tuition

-John Cornyn Loses Race for Senate Majority Leader to John Thune -Texas Lawmaker Files Bill to Eliminate In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens -El Paso ISD Asks Students For Their Gender Identities and Sexual Orientations

-Texans Applaud Trump’s Announcement of New ‘Border Czar’ -A Second Democrat Enters the Speaker Race -Texas A&M’s DEI-Based Educational Classes

-Tarrant County GOP Rejects Cornyn as Senate Majority Leader -Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Says His Top Priority is School Choice -Paxton’s 100th Lawsuit

-Texas Democrat Party Chair to Resign After Major Electoral Losses -Texas Court Halts Biden-Harris Administration ‘Parole in Place’ Scheme -Dallas City Council Members Use Taxpayer Money on Japan Visit 

-Texas A&M Board of Regents End ‘LGBTQ Minor,’ Other ‘Low Performing’ Programs -Trump Wins Big with Hispanics, Flipping South Texas Counties -Mexican National Wanted for Aggravated Murder Apprehended at Texas Border

-The Battle for Texas House Speaker: Can Phelan Hold On? -Election Results -Sports Betting Increases Strain on Vulnerable Households

-Voting Today in Texas -DOJ Agrees to No Election Monitors Inside Texas Polling Centers -Cruz Campaign Continues Hitting Allred’s Support for Men in Women’s Sports

-Over Nine Million Texans Cast Early Ballots Ahead of Election Day -Texas Tells Biden-Harris Admin ‘No’ to Federal Polling Place Monitors -Texas Braces For Potential Border Surge After Election