Daily Headlines

- Texas GOP Sues State To Close Primaries - Abbott Endorses Burrows for Another Term as Speaker - Gov. Abbott Directs DPS To Enforce English Fluency Requirements for Truckers

9/4/25 What Got Done in Austin? -Texas Legislature Wraps Up Summer Special Sessions -Texas Appeals Injunction Prohibiting Ten Commandments in Classrooms -US Officials Intercept Chinese Shipment of Meth Precursors Headed to Cartel

- Legislature Reverses Course on Same-Day Voter Registration Changes - House Votes To Prohibit Fundraising During A Quorum Break - Harris County Sergeant Charged After Allegedly Harassing Teenage Girl

- Texas House Rejects Scaled-Back Property Tax Bill - Left-Wing Groups Sue Texas Over Ban on DEI, Gender Ideology in K-12 Schools - Killeen ISD Employees On Leave Over ‘Inappropriate’ Conduct With Students

- Harris County Approves Nearly $470K for Gay Softball World Series - Texas House Moves to Shut Down Mail-Order Abortion Pill Pipeline - Women’s Privacy Act Overcomes Years of Resistance, Wins Passage in Texas House

- Senate Moves to Ban Fundraising During Special Sessions After Quorum Break - Paxton Slams Texas Judicial System After ‘Insane Decision’ To Help Beto O’Rourke - Llano ISD Removes Inappropriate Books, Shuts Down Library’s ‘Adult Section’

- House Advances Over-the-Counter Ivermectin Bill - Chinese National Charged With Stealing Sensitive Data from UT-MD Anderson - Moms Arrested for Running North Texas Choir Booster Club

- After Regular Session Defeat, House Votes to Restore AG’s Election Fraud Powers - Gov. Abbott Adds Election and Public Safety Legislation To Special Session Agenda - Paxton Instructs Texas School Districts To Follow State’s Ten Commandments Law

- 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

- 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

-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

- 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

- 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

- 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

 -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

- 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

- 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

-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

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

- 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

- 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

- 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

-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

- 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

- 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