Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law eight public safety bills, including a bill that makes it a state jail felony for parolees or defendants to tamper with or remove their ankle monitor. On June 6, Abbott signed a variety of public safety bills enforcing stiffer penalties on aggravated assault, street racing, rogue district attorneys, violence…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Signs a Law Making Ankle Monitor Tampering a Felony
June 7, 2023
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Texas School Superintendent Suspended After Arrest in Child Sex Trafficking Sting
June 6, 2023
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A Texas school superintendent has been suspended following his arrest in a six-month child sex trafficking sting in Houston, according to authorities. The Itasca ISD Board of Trustees on Monday suspended Superintendent Michael Stevens after authorities arrested him for allegedly planning to travel to Houston to engage in sex acts with someone he believed was…
Staff at 29 Houston Schools Must Reapply for Jobs Under New State-Appointed Superintendent
June 6, 2023
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The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has appointed a new superintendent to lead Houston Independent School District (ISD) following the agency’s takeover of the state’s largest district. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced on June 1 that Mike Miles would take the helm of the district, serving nearly 190,000 students across 274 schools. Miles replaces Superintendent Millard…
Some of Nation’s Largest Pediatric Hospitals Will No Longer Offer Children Gender Modification
Potentially thousands of Texas children seeking to change their gender identity will no longer have access to puberty blockers, sterilization, and permanently disfiguring “gender-transition” surgeries in the state under a new law signed by Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott. The Republican governor signed Senate Bill 14 on June 2, making the Lone Star State the most…
Birth Rates Last Year Still Below Replacement Level, CDC Says
American women are still having too few babies to replace themselves and their partners, the latest national birth data suggests. In what the U.S Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) described as a “nonsignificant decline,” the nation recorded 3,661,220 new babies in 2022, just a few thousand less than the year before. Overall, the…
16 South American Migrants Who Entered US Through Texas Flown to California
Sixteen Venezuelan and Colombian migrants who entered the country through Texas were flown to California by chartered plane and dropped off outside a church in Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom and migrant rights advocates said Saturday. The young men and women were dropped off Friday outside the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento with only a backpack’s…
16 Illegal Immigrants Who Entered US Through Texas Flown to California
June 4, 2023
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Sixteen Venezuelan and Colombian migrants who entered the country through Texas were flown to California by chartered plane and dropped off outside a church in Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom and migrant rights advocates said Saturday. The young men and women were dropped off Friday outside the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento with only a backpack’s…
Texas Governor Signs Bill Banning Trans Surgeries, Hormone Therapies for Children
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill on Friday that places restrictions on gender transitioning procedures and treatments for minors in the state. The bill, known as Senate Bill 14, prohibits doctors from performing certain procedures and treatments related to gender transitioning, reassignment, or gender dysphoria to children under the age of 18. It also…
‘Southwoke’ Website Takes Aim at Southwest Airlines
June 1, 2023
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Southwest Airlines has joined several brands, including Bud Light, Target, and PetSmart, being targeted for “wokeness.” The Dallas-Texas-based airline was recently denied its request to take over the “Southwoke.com” website that takes aim at the company’s LGBT policies and hiring guidelines. The Southwoke website features photoshopped images of Southwest Airlines CEO Robert Jordan and Board…
Federal Judge Grants Request to Block Biden Admin’ AR Pistol Brace Rule in Texas
June 1, 2023
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The Biden administration’s pistol brace rule, which critics warn could turn millions of Americans into felons overnight, has been dealt another blow by a federal judge in Texas. The rule in question was finalized in January by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which mandates gun owners across the nation to register…
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