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End your day with Daily Headlines from Texas Scorecard. Join Brandon Waltens as he recaps the biggest stories of the day and why they matter.

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8/25/25 Will Democrats Be Punished? 25.08.2025 4:07

- House Republicans Split on Punishing Democrat Quorum Breakers - Texas Senate Greenlights GOP Congressional District Shake-Up - Cruz, Paxton Back Rivals in Heated GOP Primary for Attorney General

8/22/25 Trump’s Endorsement in Texas 22.08.2025 4:31

- Trump Declares ‘Complete and Total Endorsement’ of Dustin Burrows - University of Houston Regents Change Faculty Senate Policy To Comply With New Law - South Texas Judge Suspended After Indictment for Cattle Theft

8/21/25 Goodbye Dade Phelan 21.08.2025 4:30

-Dade Phelan Calls it Quits After Speakership Collapse Last Year - Chip Roy Joins Race for Texas Attorney General - Texas Lottery Winner Finally Receives Jackpot After Lawsuit

8/20/25 New Congressional Maps Approved 20.08.2025 4:57

- Texas House Approves New Congressional Map After Quorum Break Ends - Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban Faces Uncertain Future in Texas House - Montgomery County Law Enforcement Arrests 71 Wanted Offenders

8/18/25 The Ten Commandments in Classrooms 19.08.2025 4:44

- Do Not Comply: Activist Teachers Plot to Defy Texas’ New Ten Commandments Law - Trump Urges Swift Passage of Texas Redistricting Plan - Houston Man Caught Smuggling Dozens of Illegals Across Texas Border

8/18/25 Texas Democrats Return 18.08.2025 5:08

- Texas House Regains Quorum as Democrats Return From Walkout - Pro-Late Term Abortion Organization Gave UT-Austin Nearly $2.5 Million - Court Rejects ‘Qualified Immunity’ for Lorena ISD Admin in Sex Abuse Lawsuit

8/15/25 Second Special Session Begins 15.08.2025 4:21

-Abbott Launches Second Special Session as Democrats Signal End to Walkout -Texas Education Agency Releases School Accountability Ratings for 2025 & 2024 -Prosecutors: Fort Bend County Judge Used Campaign Funds for Personal Bills

8/14/25 The Fight to Maintain Secret Ballots 14.08.2025 4:06

- Fight To Safeguard Secret Ballot Continues in Harris County - Houston Halts Payout to Firm Tied to Public Works Corruption - Navarro ISD Bus Driver Busted for Child Porn Gets 30 Years in Prison

8/13/25 Are Democrats Coming Back? 13.08.2025 4:44

- Report: House Democrats Planning Return to Texas Capitol - Senators Pass Legislation To Eliminate the STAAR Test - AG Paxton Secures Commitment from Kellogg’s To Eliminate Artificial Dyes

8/12/25 Locking Up Beto O’Rourke 12.08.2025 5:06

-Paxton Says O’Rourke Flagrantly Violated Fundraising Ban -Abbott Vows Immediate Second Special Session as Democrat Quorum Break Drags On -Lawsuit Filed Against Man Accused of Murdering Unborn Daughter by Slipping Mother Abortion Pill

8/11/25 Have You Seen the Missing Democrats? 11.08.2025 4:41

-DPS Launches Tip Line to Track Down Missing Democrat Lawmakers -Court Halts ‘Beto Bribes’ After Paxton Lawsuit -Texas State Regents Abolish Faculty Senates

8/8/25 Democrats Sued for Abandoning Jobs 08.08.2025 5:27

- Paxton Moves to Vacate Seats of Quorum-Breaking Democrats - Texas Republicans’ Redistricting Plan Heads to Senate for Approval - Commissioner Ramsey Seeks Removal of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Following Historic Censure Vote

8/7/25 Casino Lobby Prepares for 2026 Elections 07.08.2025 5:11

- Texas Casino Interests Prepare Comeback Attempt - Texas Senators Pass Women’s Privacy Act - Paxton Investigating Beto O’Rourke’s Group for Alleged Bribes to Runaway Democrats

8/6/25 Senate Democrats Didn’t Show Up Today 06.08.2025 5:29

- Majority of Texas Senate Democrats Abandon State in Protest of Redistricting - Travis County Judge Refuses Motion To Change Venue in Daniel Perry Case - Houston ISD Boasts Major Academic Gains Ahead of TEA Report

8/5/25 Day 2 and Democrats Are Still Gone 05.08.2025 4:59

-Paxton Threatens Court Action To Vacate Seats of Fleeing Democrats as House Still Lacks Quorum -Texas Senate Committee Moves Women's Privacy Act Closer to Floor Vote -Texas Can Require Voter ID on Mail Ballots, Federal Court Rules

8/4/25 Could Texas Democrats Be ARRESTED? 04.08.2025 5:21

- Abbott Orders Arrest of Fleeing Democrats After House Fails to Reach Quorum - Houston ISD Rolls Out Cell Phone Ban Amid New State Mandate - Montgomery County Arrests School Employee for Soliciting a Minor Online

8/1/25 Budget Cuts Hit Austin Pride Event 01.08.2025 4:16

- Austin Pride Reports Future Changes Due to ‘Current Political Climate’ - Newsom, Schatzline Spar as Texas GOP Unveils Redistricting Map - House Candidate Slammed for Donation to Sheila Jackson Lee

7/31/2025 Battling Election Crimes 31.07.2025 5:24

-Senate Moves To Restore Attorney General’s Power To Prosecute Election Crimes -University of North Texas Settles Free Speech Case -Trump Administration Halts Controversial Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge Expansion

7/30/2025 THC Ban Passes Senate…Again 30.07.2025 5:57

-Patrick-Backed THC Ban Clears Senate -Two Houston-Area Planned Parenthood Clinics Announce September Closure -Houston Polling Signals Tight Races Amid Voter Concerns on Crime, Taxes

7/29/2025 Cocaine Bust at the Border 29.07.2025 5:25

- CBP Officers Seize Over $1 Million of Cocaine in South Texas - Report: Texas Democrats Fundraising for Another Quorum Break - Glazed and Confused: Shipley Do-Nuts Sold to California Firm

7/28/2025 A Former National Guardsman Smuggled Illegal Aliens 28.07.2025 4:54

- Former Texas National Guardsman Convicted of Smuggling Aliens - ICE Arrests Over 200 Illegal Alien Child Sex Offenders in Houston Area - Allen ISD Adopts New ‘No Cell Phone’ Policy

7/25/25 Major Allegations Against a Texas Lawmaker 25.07.2025 4:46

- Giovanni Capriglione Faces Allegations of Long-Term Affair, Abortion Payments - Illegal Alien Arrested on Charges of Kidnapping in Houston - Houston Officials Weigh Electric Scooter Crackdown Amid Rising Park Violence

7/24/25 Will Texans Get More Property Tax Relief? 24.07.2025 4:29

- Lawmakers Eye $13B in Federal Funds for Property Tax Cuts - Jared Patterson Accused of Recruiting Primary Challengers to Fellow Republicans - Despite Local Pleas, Southwest Texas Judge Hasn’t Removed Scandal-Plagued Auditor

7/23/25 Mass Deportations Coming to Texas? 23.07.2025 4:47

- Texas National Guard Mobilizing To Assist ICE - Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban Advances in Texas Senate - Montgomery County Secures First Murder Conviction Under Texas Fentanyl Law

7/22/25 What is Happening in Texas Universities? 22.07.2025 5:11

- Texas State University Course Promoted LGBT Ideology - UT Regents Name Permanent Finalists for Chancellor, UT-Austin President - Ban on THC Revived in Texas Senate after Abbott Veto