Texas Minute

Big Questions Ahead of Special Legislative Session… Deadly Floods Rip Through Central Texas… Paxton Says State Will Continue Defense of Border Security Law… Gunman Opens Fire at McAllen Border Patrol Building… Texas Schools Implementing New Regs on Students' Phone Use…

Wave of Retirements and Campaign Launches Reshaping Texas Senate… Texas Joins Other States in Banning Lab-Grown 'Meat’… Ex ICE Officer Arrested for Shielding Criminal Aliens From Deportation… School Superintendent Faces Investigation for Failure To Report Alleged Sex Crime…

Congressional Redistricting in 2025?… Universities Warned to Comply With Federal Ruling on Tuition For Illegal Aliens… HHS Halts Gender Ideology Funding… Space Shuttle Discovery Moves to Houston Under Senate's OBBB…

FBI Arrests Chinese National in Houston for Spying on US Navy… Abbott Asked To Put Library Limits on Special Session Agenda… Democrat Allred Launches Another Senate Bid After 2024 Defeat… US Senate Rejects Limit on States AI Regulations…

A&M System Joins State Universities to Form New Accreditation Agency… New Texas Laws Protect Parental Rights… Taxpayer-Sponsored LGBT Parade Featured Sexualized Performances Near Children… Amid Budget Shortfalls, Austin ISD Considers School Consolidation…

SCOTUS Upholds Texas Age-Verification Law for Online Porn Sites… Texas Set to become ‘Bitcoin Sanctuary’… Lawmakers Want Conservative Priorities on Special Session Agenda… TWDB Declares Interregional Water Conflict…

GOP Chairman Warns Trump Against Backing ‘Fake Republicans’… State Universities Ordered to Identify Illegal Alien Students… Education Board Proposes New Standards for School Trustee Training… Houston to Ban Homeless Outdoor Sleeping…

DOJ Drops Investigation Into EPIC; State Probes Continue… FBI Offers Reward for Venezuelan Gang Leader as ICE Arrests Two Iranians Illegally in Houston… Legal Challenge Brought Against 10 Commandments… 17 Proposed Amendments Head to Voters in November…

Insurance Must Now Cover 'Detransition' Care… Higher Ed Reforms Receive Gov. Abbott’s Approval… Counties Making Switch to Hand-Marked Ballots… Pro-Life Coalition Wants Abortion Pill Ban in Special Session…

Veto of THC Ban Sparks Fierce Response From Patrick… How Texas' Law Enforcement Officials Are Shielding Illegal Aliens… Abbott (Again) Vetoes Proposal Letting Teachers on Appraisal Boards… Parents Praise Passage of Protections From Sexual Predators in Schools…

Gov. Greg Abbott Announces July 21 Special Session… Texas Lottery Operator Rebrands Amid Scandals… San Antonio’s Abortion Travel Funding on Hold While Case Continues… Former US Soldier Sentenced for Smuggling Illegals Into Texas

Hancock Leaves Senate, With Appointment Set to Upset Comptroller Race… Shake Up for TLR After Political Stunts Led to Disastrous Session… Austin ISD To Reduce Headquarters Staff by Over 20 Percent… High School Coach Arrested for Sexual Relationship With Student…

Paxton Demands Austin End Contracts With Anti-Gun Companies… General Mills Will Remove Artificial Dyes After Texas Investigation… Supreme Court Blocks Texas Lawsuit Over Nuclear Waste Site… East Texas School Board President Faces Felony Child Porn Charge…

Left-Wing Groups Fight Against Termination of In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens… Paxton Opens Investigation Into Allegations of Noncitizens Voting… Texas GOP Wants Abbott to Call Special Session on Priorities… Education Agency Calls New Test Results for Grades 3-8 ‘Encouraging’…

Texas GOP Moves Forward With Closed Primaries in 2026… Gov. Abbott Hints at Potential Special Session… Illegal Alien Receives Death Penalty for Murder of Harris County Deputy… Texas A&M Class Uses Radical Gender and Sexuality Materials…

‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Includes Reimbursement for Texas’ Border Spending… Anti-Trump Protests Kick Off Across Texas… New Law Assists Property Owners in Removing Squatters… Houston ISD Extends Superintendent's Contract After Test Gains…

Attorney General Sues 23andMe Over Privacy Violations… New Results Reveal Students ‘Not Where They Need To Be Academically’… Trump DOJ Official Enters Race for Texas Attorney General… Harris County Officially Ends Failed Guaranteed Basic Income Program…

Abbott to Deploy Texas National Guard Amid Nationwide Protests ... City Officials Across Texas Promise Order… Collin County Votes for Switch to Hand-Marked Ballots… FBI Dallas Announces 109 Children Rescued…

Trump to Re-rename Central Texas Army Installation… Texas Man Arrested After Allegedly Giving Girlfriend Abortion-Inducing Drug… After Judges Drop Asylum Cases, ICE Makes Arrests at Houston Courthouse… Texas to Launch Nation’s Largest School Choice Program…

Soros-Backed Group Relaunches Effort To Turn Texas Blue… Organized Protesters Rally for Illegal Aliens, Against ICE… Supreme Court Shoots Down Mexico’s Lawsuit Against American Gun Companies… Texas A&M Political Science Textbook Attacks Trump…

Banking Lobbyists Reportedly Urging Abbott to Veto Transactional Gold… Judge Orders Lottery To Protect a Disputed $83.5 Million Jackpot… Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Costs Millions as House Failed to Act… New Police Training Center Will Not Require Taxpayer Funding…

Republicans Urge Abbott to Veto ‘Biden-Style’ Loan Repayments… Why Didn't Lawmakers Just Abolish the Lottery?… UT-Austin Picks national Security Scholar as Provost Finalist… Dallas Police Pause Enforcement of Prostitution Ordinance…

Trump DOJ Forces Texas to End In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens… ICE Houston Deports 142 Criminal Aliens to Mexico… Lottery Commission Begins Transfer Process to Department of Licensing & Regulation… Tarrant County Approves Republican Redistricting Plan…

Abbott Signs Historic Bail Reform Laws… House Republicans Urge Veto of Appraisal Board Bill… Medical Liberty Legislation Awaits Gov. Abbott’s Approval… Legislature Pushes Higher Education Reform…

Texas Supreme Court To Decide if State Judges Have Freedom of Religion… Legislature Adjourns—Now the Governor Has the Last Word… Lawmakers Reach Deal on Immigration Enforcement… TEA Extends Control of Houston ISD Until 2027…