Daily Headlines

- Texas House Approves Property Tax Relief Package, Rejects Effort to Expand Relief Further - Attorney General Paxton Announces Investigation Into US Masters Swimming - Legal Battle Over Harris County Commissioner Seat Heads To Appeals Court

- Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Requests $23K for Trip to France - East Texas Judge Accused of Making Death Threat To Secure Plea Deal - Houston Man Out on Bond After Sister’s Death Now Faces New Charges

- Texas Senate Unanimously Moves to Eliminate Lottery Commission - Hundreds of Bills Die as Texas House Hits Major Deadline - Gov. Abbott Requests Waiver to Ban Unhealthy SNAP Purchases in Texas

- Texas Lawmakers Pass Constitutional Amendment Enshrining Parental Rights - Texas Moves Closer To Abolishing Public Schools’ Immunity in Sex Abuse Cases - Texas Lawmakers Join Push to Cement Trump’s Agenda in Law

 - ICE Arrests 422 in Houston Sweep, Including Murder and Arson Suspects - Blue Ridge Disannexes Muslim-owned Properties - House Committee Kills Anti-ESG Effort in Late Vote

- With Clock Ticking, Texas House Faces Pileup of Legislation After Slow Start - Texas House Rejects Mexican Guest Worker Program - Taxpayer-Funded Entities Sponsor LGBT Agenda in Houston

- AG Paxton Secures Record $1.375B Data Privacy Settlement With Google - Texas House Moves To Restore AG’s Power To Prosecute Election Crimes - Detransition Coverage Bill Clears Texas House, Heads to Governor’s Desk

- DOJ Joins Paxton, Abbott in Probing Controversial Islamic Compound - House Approves Bill Restricting Hostile Foreign Land Ownership - Texas Renews Call for Convention of States To Curb Federal Power

- Texas House to Vote on Mexican Guest Worker Plan While Immigration Priorities Sit Idle - Texas May Soon ID Noncitizens as Ineligible to Vote - AG Paxton Nabs Frio County Officials & Election Workers in Vote-Harvest Ring

- With Time Running Out, Parental Rights Bill Awaits House Action - Students Arrested During Anti-Israel Protests Sue UT-Austin - Houston Mayor Unveils $7 Billion Proposed Budget

- Irving Voters Add Casino Opponent to City Council - Speaker Burrows Fires Senior Staffer - Tinderholt Confronts King Over E-Verify, Lobbying, and Privacy Bills

- House, Senate Close In on Property Tax Relief Agreement - Austin ISD Accused of Violating CRT Ban; Paxton Launches Legal Action - Abbott Signs School Choice Bill During Celebration at Governor’s Mansion

- Bill Targeting Explicit Library Materials in Schools Clears House and Senate - 2 Waco ISD Teachers Arrested in April for Abusing Special Needs Children - Houston City Council Will Vote on Race-Based Contracting Program

- Conservative Lawmakers Warn Texas House Is Running Out of Time To Pass GOP Priorities - House Leadership Blocking Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying, Says Texas Lawmaker - Texas A&M Faculty Senate Approves “Climate Ethics” Course

- Texas House Approves Former Speaker Dade Phelan’s Meme Regulation Bill - Will Senators Revive Proposed Ban on Lawmakers’ Children Benefiting From School Choice Funds? - Harris County Sues Trump Administration Over Federal Workforce Cuts

- Republican Lawmakers Challenge Speaker Burrows Over Stalled Party Priorities - Texas Lottery Commissioners Finalize Ban on Ticket Resellers - Lawmaker Proposes DNA Testing at Southern Border to Prevent Child Trafficking

- Beto O’Rourke Hints at Yet Another Run - Lawmakers Consider Measures to Ensure Only US Citizens Vote in Texas Elections - South Texas Teacher Arrested for Sex Crimes Against Student Allowed to Resign

- Illegal Aliens Cost Texas Hospitals $121.8 Million in Just One Month - Burrows Blocks Effort Limiting Scholarship Program to US Citizens - Texas Senate Moves to Block Universal Basic Income Programs

- House Leadership Accused of Holding Pro-Life Bill Hostage to Islamic Holiday Push - Senate Bill Would Tie Licenses to Ethics Registry, Drawing Sharp Criticism - Texas Education Agency Releases 2023 School Report Cards

- Texas GOP Priority Bill Stalls While Staffer Accused of Promoting ‘Woke’ Agenda - Texas Senators Unanimously Pass Impeachment Reform Legislation - Texas Tech System Names New Chairman of Regents

- Texas Lottery Commission Director Resigns Amid Scrutiny and Investigations - House Leadership Yanks Abortion Abolition Bill Hours Before Hearing - Lawmakers Consider Over-The-Counter Access to Ivermectin

- Texas A&M ‘Queer Theory’ Class Promotes Radical Gender Ideology - State Representatives Consider Allowing Phones at Polling Locations - Federal Jury Delivers Guilty Verdict in Houston ISD Bribery Case

- Texas House Passes School Choice Bill for the First Time in History - Texas House Retreats From Honoring Planned Parenthood President Amid Pro-Life Pushback - As School District Shrinks, Lubbock ISD Asks Voters To Grow Bond Debt

- Trump Admin Derails Houston-Dallas Train Grant, Saving Taxpayers Millions - Sen. Cruz Introduces Bill To Allow American Victims of Terrorism to Sue International Orgs - Texas Senators Move to Ban Local Government Funding of Abortion Travel Entities

- Texas House Set to Honor Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards - Mayes Middleton Enters Race for Texas Attorney General - Officials Continue Investigations Into North Texas Islamic ‘City’