The Texas Senate has passed a bill that would ban the institution and enforcement of COVID-related mask and vaccine mandates or business and school closures. The measure, which passed by a vote of...
Texas Cities Lead Nation in Evictions after Unspent Relief was Confiscated
Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth are topping the rankings for the highest number of evictions in the nation, according to Princeton University’s Eviction Lab. With 2,193 evictions, the number of...
AG Paxton’s Alleged Corruption Resurrected in Middle of Primary Race
On Monday, four ex-employees of Attorney General Ken Paxton released a statement accusing him of lying. The statement references the bribery accusations against AG Paxton, which the FBI has been...
Texas House Candidate Indicted for Excessive Force Amidst Early Voting
Nineteen Austin Police officers were indicted by Travis County grand jurors on February 17 for their alleged use of excessive force during the 2020 protests that resulted from the death of George...
Bill Magness Blames Governor Abbott for Prices During Winter Storm
Bill Magness, the former CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), testified in court on Wednesday that he was following commands from Governor Greg Abbott when he kept power prices...
Texas Senator Says New Border Oversight Committee is Being Formed
A new committee is being formed to oversee the border where Texas Military Department troops are deployed to apprehend migrants entering the United States unlawfully, according to Texas Senator Bob...
By Edgar James | Feb 26, 2022
Medical ‘Sex-Change’ Procedures on Minors to be Reported as Child Abuse
In a Tuesday letter to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), Governor Greg Abbott directed the agency to investigate any reported instances of children receiving...
Jeff Younger, Texas House Candidate, Vows to Reform Family Law
Jeff Younger is campaigning to be elected to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 63 on a mission to change how the state of Texas handles family law. He shared that his passion...
By Edgar James | Feb 24, 2022
City Hosts 3rd Annual Equity-Indicators Symposium
The City of Dallas Office of Equity and Inclusion hosted its third annual Equity Indicators Symposium last month. The three-hour discussion featured three panels of experts who discussed the efforts...
Grassroots Activist Seeks Lieutenant Governor Seat
As someone who has worked as a grassroots activist for some thirteen years, Tracye Bradford had never intended to run for office, but last summer, when she received a recruitment phone call, she...
By Edgar James | Feb 23, 2022
U.S. Restores Sanctions Waivers to Iran in Effort to Sustain Nuclear Deal Talks
As of Monday, February 21, indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran over reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are inching forward. As reported by Reuters, two sources close to the...
By Jose Nino | Feb 22, 2022
Executive Director of Texas DMV Steps Down Amid Criticism
Whitney Brewster, executive director of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV), announced she is stepping down after more than nine years on the job in a TxDMV press release earlier this...
Texas and Tokyo Governments Sign Statement of Mutual Cooperation
On Wednesday, the Texas Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism Division (EDT) signed a Statement of Mutual Cooperation with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s (TMG) Bureau of...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Seeks to End Tenure in Texas Colleges to Combat ‘Indoctrination’
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said he wants to end professor tenure for new hires at Texas public universities and colleges. At a press conference on February 18, Patrick said he intends to...
Fentanyl Crisis Roundtable Hosted by Governor Greg Abbott
On Tuesday, February 15, Texas Governor Greg Abbott hosted a roundtable at the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office in Fort Worth to discuss the fentanyl crisis affecting the nation. Fentanyl is a...
Sen. Cruz, Ossoff Introduce Bill to Extend Terms of Civil Rights Cold Case Board
On February 17, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) announced they had introduced legislation in the Senate that would allow the members of the Civil Rights Cold Case...
State Rep. Michelle Beckley Seeking Lieutenant Governor Seat
Texas State Representative Michelle Beckley (D-Carrollton) is the only elected Democrat running for statewide office in 2022. A member of the Texas House of Representatives serving District 65 since...
By Edgar James | Feb 19, 2022
Texas National Guardsmen of ‘Operation Lone Star’ Move to Unionize
An increasing number of Texas troops assigned to Governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star (OLS) at the U.S.- Mexico border have expressed intent to join the Texas State Employees Union (TSEU)....
U.S. DOT Allocates $69 Million to Bolster Aviation Industry
The United States Department of Transportation announced on February 11 that it would be allocating an additional $69 million towards aviation manufacturing. This money is provided by the Biden...
AG Paxton Sues CDC and HHS over Federal Mask Mandates on Airplanes
Over a year after its implementation, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services...
Audit Finds City of Dallas is Failing to Monitor Road Projects
A 21-page audit has found that the City of Dallas is not consistently monitoring and inspecting road projects. The audit’s focus was to review the efficiency of the Department of Public Works’ Road...