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As first reported by The Dallas Morning News, Texas Governor Greg Abbott met with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, seeking $11 billion in reimbursement for the state's border security efforts under Operation Lone Star. Abbott argued that Texas has shouldered a significant financial burden in securing the border and enforcing immigration laws.
A Wall Street Journal report suggests that areas...
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Education
Trump Lends Weight To School Vouchers. Will It Make A Difference?
The debate over school vouchers is heating up again in Texas, and newly installed president...
Voucher Program Could Top $4.6 Billion if Enrollment Grows
The Senate’s flagship bill to subsidize private school and homeschooling for Texas families would be...
Who Is “Poor” Under ESA Bill? Most Texans, Actually.
During the inaugural meeting of the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, Democrats challenged assertions that...
Texas School Vouchers Face Uncertainty as Legislative Session Nears
Despite Governor Greg Abbott’s confidence that school choice will pass this year, some Texas Democrats,...
Texas Schools Urge Int’l Students To Return To US Before Trump Inauguration
Ahead of President-Elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, several Texas universities are urging international students...
Healthcare
New Bill Would Give Paxton Authority To Go After People Who Get Abortions
A new bill in the Texas Legislature would give Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton the ability to directly prosecute people who get abortions or those who help them.
Texas Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), chair of...
Maternal Sepsis More Than Triple After Texas Abortion Ban
The fallout from Texas’s near-total ban on abortion continues as rates of maternal sepsis soar. Those rates have more than tripled since 2021.
Maternal sepsis is a life-threatening condition where the body’s own immune system...
Paxton, Texas Right To Life Recruit Men To Inform On Pregnant Partners For Seeking...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the state’s largest anti-reproductive choice organization, Texas Right to Life, are teaming up to further restrict abortion access. Their plan is to recruit men to inform on pregnant...
Texas Lawmakers’ Crusade Against Planned Parenthood Claims Another Target
A senior official at the Texas Medical Board resigned following intense pressure from far-right state lawmakers.As the year came to a close, State Reps. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, and Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, voiced strong...
Gender-Affirming Care For Adolescents Extremely Rare, Says Harvard Study
Only 0.1 percent of American adolescents receive gender-affirming care, says a new study from Harvard.
The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and led by Dr. Landon D. Hughes...
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What’s the Altercation Going On Inside MAGA?
MAGA’s upcoming times are not looking so good, especially not “great” as one would expect.
Internal divisions are appearing and they are threatening the MAGA’s coalition union as this new administration comes forth with its...
Lawmaker Backs “Gulf of America” Switch in Texas Constitution
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Secretary of the Interior to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America within 30 days.
Now, a...
Pardoned Houston J6er Wanted for Soliciting Minor in 2016
A Houston man who was arrested and last week pardoned for assaulting police during the 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol is facing local charges for solicitation of a minor online in 2016, the...
Selena Gomez Breaks Down Over ICE Raids—Ted Cruz Fires Back
On January 27, 2025, Selena Gomez, a third-generation Mexican American singer and actress used her Instagram platform to post an emotional video about the recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. In the...
Bishop Marianne Budde’s Plea For Mercy Has Led To Increased Sales At Texas Bakery
Bishop Marianne Budde’s plea for mercy was a bittersweet bite for President-elect Donald J. Trump. However, Hive Bakery has come up with Budde’s plea for mercy-themed cookies which offer a sweet treat.
On January 20,...