Texas Minute

SCOTX Clears Path for A.G. To Investigate Illegal Alien Shelter… Texas Legislature Approves Record-High State Budget… Lawmakers Send Ban on Foreign Land Ownership to Governor… Measure Eliminating Lottery Commission Goes to the Governor…

Connections to Conflicted Vendor Run Deep at Texas Lottery… House Rejects Paxton's Call on Election Integrity Measure… Harris County Bureaucrats Best-paid in America… Prosper ISD JROTC Teacher Charged With Sex Crime Against Student… Stockdale ISD Teacher Indicted for Student Sex Crimes… Little Elm ISD Custodian Jailed for Abusing Elementary Student…

Patrick Says THC Ban Is a Fight To Save a Generation… Illegal Aliens Tied to Deadly Memorial Day Jet Ski Crash… House Approves Senate Ban on Most Firearm Red Flag Laws… Houston Faces Lawsuit Over Continued Membership in Regional Planning Council…

College Sports Faces 'Rapid Destruction’… Predators Will No Longer Be Allowed To Hide Behind Agreements… Sources: Kelly Hancock Angling for Appointment as Comptroller… More Indictments in Frio County Vote Harvesting Ring…

‘Jocelyn’s Law’ Stalled in Texas House as Democrats Withhold Support… House Greenlights $1.5 Billion in Film Subsidies… Entities at UT-Austin Promote Abortion…
Texas Faces Educator Sexual Misconduct ‘Crisis’…

Both Chambers Act to Abolish Texas Lottery Commission… Legislation Mandates Texas' Sheriffs Cooperate with ICE… Lawmakers Look to Slash School Superintendents’ Severance Pay… Harris County Taxpayer-Funded Entities Spend Millions on Lobbying…

Time Running Out for Senate To Pass Bill Ending In-State Tuition for Illegals… House Approves Crackdown on THC Products Following Push From Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick… Lawmakers Want to Prohibit Soda Sales with SNAP Cash… Leading the SEC, Texas A&M Paid $27.5M in 2024 Coaching Buyout…

House Approves Creation of  Texas Grid Security Commission… Legislation to Block Abortion Travel Funding Advances Out of House… Harris County Sheriff’s Office Plans Return of Outsourced Inmates… School Board Censures Trustee Busted in Prostitution Sting…

First Charter Flight From Houston Sends Self-Deporting Illegals Home… House Committee Advances Senate Bill To Abolish Lottery Commission… State Rep. Now Claims He Voted For His Own Bad Amendment by Accident... Senators Consider Bipartisan Bill Requiring Schools To Regulate Cell Phone Use…

House Votes To Crack Down on Bail for Violent Criminals… Paxton Announces Investigation Into US Masters Swimming… Houston Man Out on Bond After Sister’s Death Now Faces New Charges…
East Texas Judge Accused of Making Death Threat to Secure Plea Deal…

Texas Senate Unanimously Moves To Eliminate Lottery Commission Harris County Democrat Wants $23K for Taxpayer-funded Junket to France… Senators Consider House Measure Protecting Children From Sexual Content in Public Libraries… Criminal Justice Teacher Arrested for Sexual Relationship With Student… Harlingen High's Head Soccer Coach Accused of Sending Porn to Child…

Gov. Abbott Requests Waiver to Ban Unhealthy SNAP Purchases in Texas… Hundreds of Bills Die as Texas House Hits Deadline… Texas Alliance for Life Accused of Sabotaging Pro-Life Bill… University of Houston Pivots Research Focus Amid Federal Funding Cuts…

Legislation Would Abolish Public Schools’ Immunity in Sex Abuse Cases… Texans in D.C. Join Push to Cement Trump’s Agenda in Law… Texas Lawmakers Pass Constitutional Amendment Enshrining Parental Rights… City Disannexes Muslim-owned Properties…

ICE Arrests 422 in Houston Sweep, Including Murder and Arson Suspects… Highest Criminal Court Considers a Dog's Nose in the Window… Plan To Protect Kids From Sexual Content in Public Libraries Passes House… Texas House Faces Pileup of Legislation After Slow Start…

Paxton Secures Record $1.375B Data Privacy Settlement With Google… Senators Approve Measure Strengthening Right to Self-Defense… House Beats Back 'Guest Worker Program’… Taxpayer-Funded Entities Sponsor LGBT Agenda in Houston…

Lawmakers Move To Restore AG’s Power To Prosecute Election Crimes… Cruz and Gill Target Universities’ Foreign Funding… Democrat Judge Temporarily Limits Lottery’s Ban on Ticket Resellers… DOJ Joins Paxton, Abbott in Probing Controversial Islamic Compound…

Texas House to Vote Today on Mexican Guest Worker Program… House Advances Weakened Prohibition on Land Purchases by Individuals from Hostile Foreign Countries… State May Soon ID Noncitizens as Ineligible to Vote… Cruz Introduces Bill to Defend Troops’ Constitutional Right to Religious Freedom…

Abbott Presses Lawmakers for Bail Reform… College Professors Argue Against Higher Education Reform… Paxton Nabs Frio County Officials & Election Workers in Vote-Harvest Ring… Houston To Continue Race-Based City Contracting Program…

Texas Lottery Commission Calls in FBI Amid Explosive Allegations… Speaker Burrows Fires Senior Staffer… Attorney General Ken Paxton Targets Chinese Companies… Texas Rangers Arrest Tax Assessor-Collector…

House, Senate Close In on Property Tax Relief Agreement… Paxton Launches Investigation Into Austin ISD… State Senator Proposes Abolition of the Texas Lottery… Utility District Reports $8.2 Million in Fraudulent Transfers… Irving Voters Add Casino Opponents to City Council…

Legislation Targeting Explicit Library Materials in Schools Clears House and Senate… Waco ISD Teachers Arrested for Abusing Special Needs Children… ‘Gulf of America’ Law Heads to Texas House… Was the Rigging of a $95M Jackpot Legal? No…

Lawmakers Warn House Is Running Out of Time… Parents Push For Public Education Reforms… Texas A&M Faculty Senate Approves “Climate Ethics” Course… Houston Approves $11.4M to Overhaul Failing Department…

Abbott Pushes Bail Reform in Houston… Central Texas Teacher Accused of Using Student Photos To Create Child Porn… San Marcos’ Funding Threatened if Officials Pass ‘Antisemitic’ Resolution House Approves Former Speaker Dade Phelan’s Meme Regulation Bill…

Republican Lawmakers Challenge Speaker Burrows Over Stalled Party Priorities… TAMU President Promotes DEI-Defending Academic to Lead Civics Initiative… Lottery Commissioners Finalize Ban on Ticket Resellers… Harris County Sues Trump Administration Over Federal Workforce Cuts…

Lawmaker Wants DNA Testing at Southern Border to Prevent Child Trafficking… USDA Secures Water Delivery Agreement with Mexico… Three-Time Loser Beto O’Rourke Hints at Another Run… School Employee Jailed on 5 Counts of Sexually Assaulting Student…