Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief to defend the property rights of Americans. In a Utah-led brief filed before the U.S. Supreme Court, Paxton highlighted that the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment guarantees that the government will provide […]
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Nasa And The Future Of Spacex’s Starship
~NASA Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins Available for Insights~ After NASA introduced the world to the most powerful rocket ever flown to orbit last year, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is prepared to set off its creation ’Starship’, which could pack nearly twice the power of anything […]
Prairie View A&M University’s National Center for Infrastructure Transformation gets $2.5 million commitment from A&M System
The Texas A&M University System will supercharge the development of Prairie View A&M University’s new National Center for Infrastructure Transformation with a $500,000 boost for the next five years. The System’s investment reflects the confidence it has in Prairie View […]
Sen. Cruz Statement on China’s Decision to Reinforce Death Sentence for Mark Swidan
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after China reinforced a death sentence for Mark Swidan, a Houston, Texas resident who has been unjustly detained by China since 2012: “The […]
Southern Poverty Law Center’s Self-Serving Double Standard
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today published an op-ed in Real Clear Politics arguing that it’s time to cut ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Nancy Abudu, SPLC’s current director for strategic litigation and a Biden nominee […]
Paxton Sues Biden Admin to Safeguard Texas’s Medicaid Program
Attorney General Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) challenging a federal bulletin that threatens the integrity of Texas’s Medicaid program and the nearly […]
Sen. Cruz Statement on China’s Decision to Reinforce Death Sentence for Mark Swidan
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after China reinforced a death sentence for Mark Swidan, a Houston, Texas resident who has been unjustly detained by China since 2012: “The […]
Senator Bettencourt passes best election audit bill in the USA per Heritage Foundation, SB 1039
Sen. Bettencourt additionally passes two more voter integrity bills in response to Harris County suing Texas AG SB 1911 increases penalties for failure to deliver or distribute election supplies, and revealing election results early Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) passed three more of his Election Integrity bills out of the Texas Senate on Thursday, April 13, 2023, including Senate Bill 1039. The Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky, Manager, Election Law Reform […]
Western Governors University Announces Expansion of Nursing Prelicensure Program to Address the Nation’s Nursing Shortage
Michael O. Leavitt School of Health aims to add thousands of newly qualified nursing graduates to the workforce by 2027 Western Governors University’s (WGU) Michael O. Leavitt School of Health (LSH), the nation’s leading institution for nurse education, has expanded its […]
Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Supplies, April 22-24
With the severe weather season upon us, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds Texans they can purchase certain items tax-free during the state’s sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 22, and ends […]
