Texas Minute

In One Month, Illegal Aliens Cost Taxpayers $121.8 Million in Hospital Fees… Jilted Lottery Ticket Reseller Sues the State Over Ban… Senate Blocks 'Guaranteed Basic Income' Programs… South Texas Teacher Allowed to Resign After Arrest for Sex Crimes Against Student…

Texas Senator Would Tie Occupational Licenses to Registry Managed by Speech Police… Lawmakers Consider Advantaging Entities Seeking to Silence Citizens… Texas Education Agency (Finally) Releases 2023 School Report Cards… High-Ranking Tren de Aragua Member Indicted in Houston…

Senators Unanimously Pass Impeachment Reform… E-Verify Takes Step Forward in Senate… Education Committee Hears Homeschool Protection… Health Bill Amended to Prohibit Social Transitioning of Minors… Texas Scratch Tickets Have Been Gamed Before…

New Chairman Pledges Texas Tech 'Never Will Be' Woke… House Leadership Yanks Abortion Abolition Bill Hours Before Hearing… Houston Mayor’s GOP Outreach Sparks Democrat Party Revolt…
Activist Wants Increased Parental Oversight in School Libraries…

Lottery Chief Resigns After Agency Defunded by Texas House… Lawmaker Would Allow Phones at Polling Places… Lawmakers Consider Over-the-Counter Access to Ivermectin… A&M ‘Queer Theory’ Class Promotes Radical Gender Ideology…

Paxton Sues Dallas for Banning Guns on Public Property… House Leadership Retreats From Honoring Planned Parenthood President… TAMU Law Application Emphasizes ‘Racial,’ ‘Gender Identity’ Grievances… Stratford ISD Confirms Educator Misconduct ‘Rumors’…

Texas House Passes School Choice… Cruz Wants to Give American Victims of Terrorism the Power to Sue International Orgs… Senate Acts to Reform University Faculty Groups… As School District Shrinks, Lubbock ISD Asks Voters To Grow Bond Debt…

Trump Admin Derails Train Grant, Saving Taxpayers Millions… Senate Bans Local Government Funding of Abortion Travel… House Set to Honor Planned Parenthood President… Mayes Middleton Enters Race for Texas Attorney General… Fort Bend ISD Approves Policy That Affirms Students’ Biological Sex…

School Choice Showdown Set for Wednesday in Texas House… Officials Continue Investigations Into North Texas Islamic ‘City’… Senators Approve Increasing Public Participation in Judicial Oversight… ‘Climate Justice’ Plan Proposes Using NGOs To Work Around State Law…

Perennial Playoff Failures, Dallas Cowboys Focus on Profiting off the Texas Lottery… Senator Wants a State Watchdog for Foreign Land Purchases… More Than 700 Houston City Workers Accept Retirement Incentive… Celina ISD Seeks $2.29 Billion in School Bond Debt…

Texas House Advances Largest Budget in State History… Dan Patrick Uses Board Game to Make Case for Homestead Exemption… Texas Tech Class Pushes Radical Feminism… Mall Investigation Uncovers Massive US Theft Syndicate Tied to Cartel…

Texas Teachers’ Retirement System Funded Chinese Firms… Proposal Would Require Healthcare Providers To Report Vaccine Side Effects… 900 People Charged With Murder Are Free on Bond in Houston… Texas House Rejects Motion To Remove Speaker Burrows…

Paxton Announces Challenge to Cornyn for Senate Seat… Lawmakers Move To Slash Funding for Universities Promoting DEI… Abbott Sets Date for Special Congressional Election… Navasota ISD Teacher Sentenced to 5 Years for Possessing Child Porn…

Ahead of Budget Debate, House Members Move to Slash Lottery Spending…Texas Taxpayers Funded Anti-Border Security, Pro-Islam Show…TAMU President Vetoes LGBT Class in Core Curriculum…San Antonio Sued For Funding Out-of-State Abortion Travel

Congressman Pushes To Revoke Endangered Species Listings… Criminal Aliens Deported From Texas… State Defense Attorney System for Illegals to End… THIRD Huntsville ISD Teacher Arrested for Sex Crime in Three Weeks…

Questions Swirl Around Location of Former Lottery Director… EPIC City Developers Hire High-Profile Defense Attorney… House Education Committee Advances School Choice Legislation… Dozens of Suspected Tren de Aragua Members Arrested Outside Austin…

Lawmaker’s Real Estate Ties Raise Eyebrows in Texas House Deal… DOJ Charges Canadian National for Texas GOP Website Hack… Attorney General Alleges Houston ISD Engaged in Electioneering… Texas Lottery Vendor IGT Fined for Contract Violations…

MAHA Effort to End Taxpayer-Funded Junk Food Moves Forward… Lawmaker Proposes Sending Illegal Alien Inmates to El Salvador Prison… Paxton Supports Trump’s Border Security Orders… Islamic Compound Lacks Construction Permits… Residents Reject Planned Islamic ‘City’…

University of North Texas System To ‘Pause’ Drag Shows on Campus…Americans Value Energy Independence More Than Fighting Climate Change…Abbott Deploys Texas Rangers To Investigate Islamic Center…Buckingham Calls for Federal Action to Secure Border Islands

Most Texas House Members Skipped Work… Superintendent Salaries Continue to Climb as Schools Claim They’re Underfunded… Congressional Subcommittee To Question Prosecutor of Hospital Whistleblower… Houston’s Efficiency Project Expanded…

UT Austin's Interim President Sides with Woke Faculty, Promises to Defend Status Quo… Lawmakers Slam Medicaid Provider for Spying on Patients and Legislators… Islamic Center Under Securities Investigation Amid Growing Scrutiny… Texas Senate Passes Ban on Red Flag Gun Laws…

State Issues Cease-and-Desist to Islamic Group Over Funeral Violations… State Rep. Calls for End to UT Gender Studies Department Following ‘Transgender Conference’… GOP County Chairs Urge Support for Closed Primary Legislation… Troy Nehls Calls For End of Taxpayer Funding at NPR, PBS…

Paxton Investigates EPIC Developer for Violations of State Law … Texas Senators Unanimously Approve Biennial Budget… Campaign To Save the Texas Lottery Linked to Abbott Advisor… Brian Harrison Slams House ‘Gaslighting’ Texas… Tarleton Prof Admits To Stealing Nearly $1 Million…

Federal Judge Blocks Voter ID Requirement for Texas Mail Ballots… Federal Judge Orders Texas A&M to Host Drag Show… Texas Senators Tackle Squatter Problem… LGBTQIA+ Commission Sets Date for ‘Banned Book’ Fair…

Audit Shows Price Tag for Failed Paxton Impeachment… Republican Lawmaker’s Mic Cut by Democrat Chair… Court Blocks Biden-era Rule on Foster Care Providers… Houston ISD Board Votes for New ‘Teacher Excellence System’…