Daily Headlines

-Senate Moves To Restore Attorney General’s Power To Prosecute Election Crimes -University of North Texas Settles Free Speech Case -Trump Administration Halts Controversial Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge Expansion

-Patrick-Backed THC Ban Clears Senate -Two Houston-Area Planned Parenthood Clinics Announce September Closure -Houston Polling Signals Tight Races Amid Voter Concerns on Crime, Taxes

- CBP Officers Seize Over $1 Million of Cocaine in South Texas - Report: Texas Democrats Fundraising for Another Quorum Break - Glazed and Confused: Shipley Do-Nuts Sold to California Firm

- Former Texas National Guardsman Convicted of Smuggling Aliens - ICE Arrests Over 200 Illegal Alien Child Sex Offenders in Houston Area - Allen ISD Adopts New ‘No Cell Phone’ Policy

- Giovanni Capriglione Faces Allegations of Long-Term Affair, Abortion Payments - Illegal Alien Arrested on Charges of Kidnapping in Houston - Houston Officials Weigh Electric Scooter Crackdown Amid Rising Park Violence

- Lawmakers Eye $13B in Federal Funds for Property Tax Cuts - Jared Patterson Accused of Recruiting Primary Challengers to Fellow Republicans - Despite Local Pleas, Southwest Texas Judge Hasn’t Removed Scandal-Plagued Auditor

- Texas National Guard Mobilizing To Assist ICE - Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban Advances in Texas Senate - Montgomery County Secures First Murder Conviction Under Texas Fentanyl Law

- Texas State University Course Promoted LGBT Ideology - UT Regents Name Permanent Finalists for Chancellor, UT-Austin President - Ban on THC Revived in Texas Senate after Abbott Veto

- Special Session Kicks Off With Redistricting Fight Looming and Billions on the Table - UT-Austin Received $6000 Invoice From Pro-Abortion Activist - Harris County Taxpayers Foot $1.1 Million Bill for Illegal Alien Legal Defense

- Texas House Democrats Threaten Quorum Break Over Redistricting - Internal Texas A&M Immigration Email Triggers Backlash - AG Ken Paxton Sues US Masters Swimming for Allowing Men To Compete in Women’s Sports

- Man Charged in Attack on North Texas ICE Detention Center, Previously Arrested in Austin Protests - Houston Expands Civility Ordinance to 24 Hours in Downtown Areas - Texans for Fiscal Responsibility Releases Index

- New Execution Date Set for Convicted Child Killer After Lawmakers’ Delay Attempt - Texas AG Investigates Mars Company For Deceptive Practices Over Artificial Dyes - City of Austin Unveils Another Record-Setting Budget

- Will Democrats Walk Out Again? Special Session Agenda Revives Quorum-Busting Talk - Texas Counties Have Exploited a ‘Disaster Loophole’ to Hike Taxes - Democrat Nathan Johnson Launches Bid for Attorney General

- Bills Begin To Be Filed as Lawmakers Prepare for Special Session - ICE Arrests 1,361 Criminal Aliens in Houston-Area Operations in June - South Texas School Board President Sentenced to 12 Years for Drug Trafficking

- HHS Bars Illegal Aliens From Taxpayer-Funded Health Programs - Texas to Redraw Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Districts During Special Session - Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Pushes for Taxpayer-Funded International Trips

- Trump Endorses Texas Lawmakers Who Backed School Choice, Despite Party Pushback - Houston Research Centers Among Targets in Chinese COVID-19 Espionage Scheme - Harris County Jail Hit With Third Noncompliance Notice of 2025

- Special Session Agenda Released: Abbott Targets Property Taxes, Redistricting, Abortion Drugs, and More - Baylor University to Return 'LGBTQIA+ Inclusion' Grant Following Backlash - IRS Moves To Allow Pastors To Endorse Political Candidates

- Feds Arrest 10 for Ambush Attack on ICE Agents in Texas - Attorney General Paxton Says State Will Continue Defending Border Security Law After Setback - Conroe ISD Poised To Reject UIL Access for Homeschoolers Under New State Law

- Deadly Floods Devastate Central Texas, President Trump Planning Visit  - Questions Remain Ahead of Texas Special Legislative Session - New State Law Limits School Superintendents’ Severance Pay

- Wave of Retirements and Campaign Launches Reshape Texas Senate - University of North Texas Initiative Promotes ‘Diversity’ - HHS Halts Gender Ideology Funding in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

- FBI Houston Arrests Chinese National for Spying on US Navy - Legislators Warn Universities to Comply With Federal Ruling on Discounted Tuition for Illegals - Texas Officially Phases Out Temporary Paper License Plate

-Colin Allred Launches Another Senate Bid After 2024 Defeat -Lawmakers Ask Abbott To Put Library Limits on Special Session Agenda -Austin ISD Considers Consolidating Schools Amid Budget Shortfalls

- Houston Parents Sue HISD Over Daughter’s Secret Social Gender Transition - Texas Education Board Delays Vote on New Standards for Trustee Training - Allen ISD Elementary Teacher Indicted for Sexual Contact With Students

- US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Verification Law for Online Porn Sites - Texas Agency Orders Universities To Disclose Illegal Alien Students - Texas To Become ‘Bitcoin Sanctuary’

- US Justice Department Drops Investigation Into EPIC City - Lawsuit Challenges Texas’s New Law Requiring Display of the Ten Commandments in Classrooms - Texans Can Use Precious Metals in Everyday Transactions Under New Law