Daily Headlines

- School Choice Showdown in Texas House - Coalition Urges Hearing on Retail Decency Act to Shield Children from Explicit Products - More Than 700 Houston City Workers Accept Mayor’s Retirement Incentive

- Texas House Advances Record $337 Billion Budget - Gates of Eagle Pass Park Reopen After One Year of Lockdown - Texas Senate Approves Establishment of Homeland Security Division in DPS

- Mayor: 900 People Charged With Murder Are Free on Bond in Houston - Race to Replace Paxton Begins as John Bash Launches AG Campaign - Texas Parents Strongly Back Legislation Requiring Parental Approval for App Store Purchases

- Texas Democrats Try Again to Gut Death Penalty - Texas House Overwhelmingly Rejects Motion To Remove Speaker Burrows - Texas AG Ken Paxton Launches Campaign to Unseat Sen. John Cornyn

- San Antonio Sued for Funding Out-of-State Abortion Travel - State Reps. Move To Slash Funding for Universities Promoting DEI - Spring Branch ISD Wants Voters to OK $631 Million in Sports Facility Bonds

- Texas Taxpayers Funded Anti-Border Security, Pro-Islam Show - Ahead of  Budget Debate, House Members Move to Slash Lottery Spending - Court Rules Texas Can Release School District Accountability Ratings for 2023

- THIRD Huntsville ISD Teacher Arrested for Sex Crimes in Three Weeks  - 174 Criminal Aliens Deported From Texas - Dozens of Suspected Tren de Aragua Gang Members Arrested Outside Austin

- Attorney General Alleges Houston ISD Engaged in Electioneering - DOJ Charges Canadian Man in the 2021 Texas GOP Website Hack - Texas House Committee Considers Limiting Foreign Land Ownership

- Effort to End Taxpayer-Funded Junk Food Moves Forward - Abbott: Islamic Compound Lacks Construction Permits - Two Huntsville ISD Teachers Arrested in Separate Sex Crime Cases

-Texas Lawmaker Proposes Sending Illegal Alien Inmates to El Salvador Prison -Paxton Fights Back Against Federal Judge’s Block of Texas A&M Drag Ban -Texas Senators Consider $2.5 Billion Over Next Decade for Film Industry

- Abbott Deploys Texas Rangers To Investigate Islamic Center - Texas Senate Committee Weighs Bill to Crack Down on Illegal Vapes - Americans Value Energy Independence More Than Fighting Climate Change

- Quorum Collapse: Most Texas House Members Skip Work - Superintendent Salaries Continue to Climb as Schools Claim They’re Underfunded - Man With ICE Detainer Accused of Practicing Dentistry Without a License in Houston

- Texas Senate Passes Ban on Red Flag Gun Laws - Islamic Center Under Securities Investigation Amid Growing Scrutiny - Republicans Try Reviving Red-Light Camera Ticketing for School Buses

-State Issues Cease-and-Desist to Islamic Group Over Funeral Violations -US Rep. Troy Nehls Calls to End Taxpayer Funding for NPR and PBS -Former Houston ISD Official on Trial for Corruption

-Judge Blocks Texas A&M Drag Show Ban, Permits ‘Draggieland’ on Campus -Harris County LGBTQIA+ Commission Sets Date for ‘Banned Book’ Fair -Bexar County GOP Contests Spending Billions on Entertainment Arena in San Antonio

- Federal Judge Blocks Voter ID Requirement For Texas Mail Ballots - Court Blocks Biden-era Rule Demanding Foster Care Providers Affirm LGBT Identities - ‘Recognized’ Texas Teacher Charged With Child Grooming

- Audit Shows $5.1 Million Price Tag for Failed Paxton Impeachment - Las Vegas Sands Folds on Casino Gambling in Irving - Report: Houston ISD Operates 51 Schools Under 50 Percent Capacity

- House Committee Considers Bipartisan Ban on Smartphones in Classrooms - Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Weakened in Texas Senate - UT Austin Education School Dominated by Leftwing Ideology, Report Finds

- University of Texas Bans Drag Shows on Campus - Senator Aims To Strengthen Informed Consent in Childhood Vaccinations - State Senators Pass Legislation Returning Prayer to Schools

- Irving Residents Say ‘No’ to Las Vegas Sands’ Casino Gambling Plan - Allegation: House Stalling Ban on Social Transitioning - AG Paxton: District Courts Cannot Order Changes of Biological Sex on Driver’s Licenses

- Texas Congressman Proposes Ban on Foreign Adversaries Buying US Farmland - New Legislation Would Block School Library Books Deemed Too Explicit for Prisons - Election Judge Cautions Against Letting Kids Cast Ballots for Parents

- Texas Legislative Session Hits Filing Deadline, House Yet to Pass a Bill - Texas Senate to Congress: Keep Supreme Court at Nine - Attorney General Paxton Investigates Dallas Over Potential Sanctuary City Policies

- F.U.R.R.I.E.S. Act Would Ban Animal Behavior in Class - Letter Highlights Challenges for Gambling Lobby Amid Lottery Scandal - Texas Senators Tackle MAHA Agenda

- Phelan Doubles Down on Meme Regulation Bill Despite First Amendment Concerns - School Choice Battle Intensifies as Texas House Committee Hears Testimony - US Rep. Cloud Introduces Legislation to Block Federal Gun Control During Emergencies

- Trump Administration Converts CBP One App to Self-Deportation App - Texas Senators Consider Proposal to Align State IDs with Biological Sex - Major ICE Operation Nets 646 Illegal Alien Arrests in Houston, Including Gang Members