Texas Minute

Legislature To Examine Higher Ed Free Speech Issues… EXPOSED: University of Houston's Links to Chinese Military… Lawmaker Claims New Audio Proves TAMU President Knew Student Was ‘Threatened’… Elementary Teacher Charged With Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child…

Abbott Promotes Law He Says Will Ban ‘Sharia Compounds’… Patrick Slams Abbott’s THC Order… Federal Lawsuit Pending Against ‘Texas Foreign Land Ban’… Teacher Resigns Over ‘Incident’ With Students…

Patrick Questions Welsh’s Future at Texas A&M… School Trainer Accused of Sexually Assaulting Student Athlete… Texas State Terminates Professor Who Called for Overthrow of US Government… Harris County Officials Approve Property Tax Hike…

Abbott Executive Order Bans THC Sales to Texans Under 21… Texas State Professor Calls for Overthrow of US Government… Texas A&M Is Offering a ‘Race and Ethnicity’ Course This Fall… Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sexting 15-Year-Old Student…

Cruz, Abbott Slam Houston Imam’s Call for Boycotts… Pressure Builds for Ousting A&M President After LGBT Class Controversy… California Food Companies File Suit Against Texas’ Lab-Grown Meat Ban… Central Texas Teacher Arrested for Sex With Underage Boys…

UT Researchers Worked With Chinese Military-Linked Academics… Federal Investigation of Texas A&M Threatened Over LGBTQ Indoctrination… Texas GOP Sets Non-Binding Ballot Questions for 2026 Primary… Whitesboro Again Aims for Huge Property Tax Increase…

Texas GOP Sues State To Close Primaries… School Nurses Refusing to Provide Basic First Aid to Students… Lottery Commission Staff Still Runs the Texas Lottery and Bingo… Creighton Named Sole Finalist for Texas Tech Chancellor…

Abbott Directs DPS To Enforce English Fluency Requirements for Truckers… Texas Appeals Injunction Against 'Ten Commandments' in Classrooms… Chinese Shipment of Meth Precursors Intercepted on Way to Cartel… Inmate Death: Drugs, Restraint, and Irregular Heartbeat…

Texas Legislature Wraps Up Summer Special Sessions… Paxton Sues PowerSchool Over Massive Data Breach… Lawsuit Filed to Neutralize ‘Campus Protection Act’… Lockhart ISD Latest Hit With Sex Abuse Lawsuit…

Texas House Rejects Scaled-Back Property Tax Bill… UT's Risky Connections With China… Paxton Encourages School Districts to Put Prayer in the Classroom… Killeen School Employees On Leave Over ‘Inappropriate’ Conduct With Students

Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban Dying in House… Groups Sue Texas Over Ban on DEI, Gender Ideology in K-12 Schools… Creighton Positioned to Become Texas Tech Chancellor… Educators Arrested For Crimes Against Children…

Abbott Signs ‘Big Beautiful’ Texas Congressional Map Into Law… Harris County Approves Nearly $470K for Gay Softball World Series… Texas A&M Fights Records Request on New Civics Initiative… State Commission Reprimands Former Hays County Judge…

Women’s Privacy Act Overcomes Years of Resistance… Senate Moves To Ban Fundraising During Special Sessions… Plano ISD Under A.G. Investigation For Antisemitic Incidents… Lubbock County Commissioners Stop Property Tax Increase…

Chinese National Charged With Stealing Sensitive Data from UT-MD Anderson… House Advances Over-the-Counter Ivermectin Bill… Texas Moms Arrested for Running Choir Booster Club… Farmersville Proposes Double-Digit Tax Increase…

House Votes To Restore AG’s Election Fraud Powers… Houston Doctor Keeps Fighting Texas Medical Board Attacks… Schools Must Follow Ten Commandments Law… Marfa ISD Teacher Arrested For Sexual Misconduct With Student…

Republican Caucus Rejects Effort to Punish Democrat Quorum Breakers… Cruz, Paxton Back Rivals in GOP Primary for Attorney General… House Approves Stricter Cap on Local Property Tax Increases… Abbott Expands Special Session Agenda… Texas Teacher Arrested on Federal Charges…

Texas Senate Greenlights GOP Congressional Map… Rules Announced For Texas' First Statewide School Choice Program… Court of Criminal Appeals Reins in Texas Ethics Commission… School Officials Approve Tax Rate Election…

Texas Democrat Slams Megadonors While Cashing Check From Casino Billionaire… Trump Declares ‘Total Endorsement’ of Burrows Dade Phelan Calls It Quits… Chip Roy Joins Race for Texas Attorney General… Lottery Winner Finally Receives Jackpot After Lawsuit… Senate Committee Advances House Redistricting Map

Texas House Passes Congressional Map Growing GOP Advantage… Abbott Adds Quorum-Break Punishments to Special Session Agenda… Paxton Moves to Block Mailed Abortion Drugs… Federal District Court Blocks Texas’ Ten Commandments Law… University of Houston Offering Classes Covering Queer Theory…

Trump Urges Swift Passage of 'One Big, Beautiful Congressional Map'… Activist Teachers Plot To Defy Texas’ New Ten Commandments Law… Houston Man Caught Smuggling Dozens of Illegals Across Texas Border… Texas A&M Seeks to Hide Records on Abortion Research Project…

House Regains Quorum as Democrats Return From Walkout… Texas A.G. Investigates AI Chatbot Companies… Harris County Jail 2025 Death Toll Climbs… UT-Austin Received $2.5 Million From Late-Term Abortion Group…

Second Special Session Starts Without a House Quorum… Audio Captures Gambling Exec Boasting About Rigged Texas Jackpot… Regents for UNT, Texas Tech Re-Constitute Faculty Senates… Texas Education Agency Releases School Accountability Ratings…

Special Session Ending, and Starting, Today… China Made Up 8% of Foreign Buyers in Texas' Real Estate Market… Fight To Safeguard Secret Ballot Continues in Harris County… Poll: Majority of Republican Primary Voters Support THC Ban…

Report: House Democrats Planning Return… Paxton Secures Commitment from Kellogg’s To Eliminate Artificial Dyes… Eli Lilly Sued for Bribery… Circumventing Texas' Online Sports Betting Ban…

Abbott Vows Immediate Second Special Session… Paxton Says O’Rourke Flagrantly Violated Fundraising Ban… Texas Senate Completes Gov. Abbott’s Agenda Items… Lawsuit Filed Against Man Accused of Murdering Unborn Daughter…