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Heartbreaking Testimony: Grieving Parents Highlight Texas Camp Failures at Capitol Hearing After Losing Their Daughter

Heartbreaking Testimony: Grieving Parents Highlight Texas Camp Failures at Capitol Hearing After Losing Their Daughter

Texas Lawmakers Address Camp Safety After Tragic Flooding This past summer, a heartbreaking flooding incident claimed the lives of 27 ... Read more

Rep. Nicole Collier Stays Overnight on Texas House Floor, Defies Police Escort to Make a Stand

Rep. Nicole Collier Stays Overnight on Texas House Floor, Defies Police Escort to Make a Stand

Rep. Nicole Collier, a Democrat from Fort Worth, made headlines recently for refusing a police escort mandated by Texas Republican ... Read more

Discover the Top 5 Texas School Districts Facing Potential State Takeover After Latest Ratings Update

Discover the Top 5 Texas School Districts Facing Potential State Takeover After Latest Ratings Update

A historic number of Texas school districts are facing serious consequences due to poor performance ratings. Five districts—Connally, Lake Worth, ... Read more

Abbott Invokes Second Special Session as Democrats Remain Absent: What It Means for Texas Politics

Abbott Invokes Second Special Session as Democrats Remain Absent: What It Means for Texas Politics

On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a new special session of the legislature, just hours after the first one ... Read more

“Shocking Consequences: IU Professor Penalized Under Indiana’s Intellectual Diversity Law”

“Shocking Consequences: IU Professor Penalized Under Indiana’s Intellectual Diversity Law”

Indiana University recently sanctioned Professor Ben Robinson for comments made in his classroom. This decision comes after an anonymous complaint ... Read more

Lessons Unlearned: How the 1987 Flood Reshaped Camp Mystic and the Guadalupe River’s Impact on History

Lessons Unlearned: How the 1987 Flood Reshaped Camp Mystic and the Guadalupe River’s Impact on History

The Devastating Floods of Kerr County: A Cycle of Tragedy and Urgency In Kerr County, the Guadalupe River has a ... Read more

Judge Shuts Down Beto O’Rourke’s Financial Support for Texas Democrats After Their State Exit

Judge Shuts Down Beto O’Rourke’s Financial Support for Texas Democrats After Their State Exit

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke is facing a setback. A judge in Tarrant County has ruled that he cannot financially ... Read more

Ken Paxton Urges Texas Supreme Court to Expel 13 House Democrats Amid Redistricting Crisis

Ken Paxton Urges Texas Supreme Court to Expel 13 House Democrats Amid Redistricting Crisis

Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken a bold step by asking the Texas Supreme Court to remove 13 Democratic representatives ... Read more

Paxton and Burrows Urge Illinois Court to Enforce Texas Arrest Warrants for Democrats Who Fled the State

Paxton and Burrows Urge Illinois Court to Enforce Texas Arrest Warrants for Democrats Who Fled the State

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin Burrows want an Illinois court to enforce arrest warrants against Democratic ... Read more

Texas House Democrats Take Bold Stand Against GOP’s Congressional Map: Why They Fled the State

Texas House Democrats Take Bold Stand Against GOP’s Congressional Map: Why They Fled the State

Texas Democratic lawmakers recently fled the state to block a new congressional map that could give Republicans five additional House ... Read more