Category: Texas

Texas Parents Win Another Round in Fight to Block Progressive Changes to Social Studies

Despite amendments that could have derailed parents’ fight against gender, sexual and racial ideologies, the Texas education board voted Friday to postpone and reassess controversial changes to the state’s social studies curriculum. On Tuesday, a committee of the entire board voted to shelve controversial changes to social studies until 2025 after an outcry from conservative…


Texas Frontline Doctor Could Lose Medical License Over Anonymous Complaint

A Texas frontline doctor who has been critical of COVID-19 vaccines could lose her license following an anonymous complaint claiming she endangered a patient. The complaint alleges Dr. Angie Farella, a pediatrician in Webster, Texas, endangered a patient who arrived at a hospital with breathing problems in 2021. Farella must appear before the Texas Medical…


For Illegal Border Crossers Bused From Texas to NYC, Some Stay, Some Leave

NEW YORK—Some illegal border crossers bused from Texas to New York City are staying in The Big Apple, while others are moving elsewhere. The Port Authority bus terminal is the main arrival point for the illegal immigrants transported to the city on buses by Texas authorities. Manuel Castro, the commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office…


Award-Winning First Amendment Song Hitting High Note for Young Singer From Florida

He’s only 16, but Colt Jaxon’s award-winning patriotic song debuted in rarified air: Three notches below country music superstar Blake Shelton on a top music-delivery platform. Colt, who is homeschooled and lives on a small cattle ranch near Tampa, Fla., won a nationwide First Amendment-themed songwriting contest sponsored by Constituting America. The nonprofit organization educates people…


Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Begins Busing Illegal Immigrants to Chicago

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday said that illegal aliens apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border are now being bused to Chicago in addition to New York City and Washington, D.C. Abbott said his strategy to bus illegal immigrants from Texas to the Democrat-led sanctuary cities makes a strategic point about the impact of President Joe Biden’s…


Texas Parents Prevail in Fight to Stop Controversial Social Study Curriculum

AUSTIN, Texas—In a win for conservative parents, the Texas state education board voted to shelve changes to the social studies curriculum after dozens of parents objected to adding gender, Critical Race Theory, and LGBT into education standards. More than 100 parents and group representatives signed up to discuss the proposed curriculum and state requirements. State…


Multiple Media Outlets Sue Uvalde Officials Over Failure to Make Mass Shooting Records Public

A string of media outlets and organizations have filed a lawsuit against officials in Uvalde, Texas, for failing to publicly release records related to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The lawsuit was filed Monday in Uvalde County against the city of Uvalde, the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office, and the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. It asks…


FEMA to Cover El Paso Costs of Busing Illegal Immigrants to New York, Official Says

The Biden administration will reimburse El Paso city, which is following the lead of other border cities in Texas and Arizona to transport illegal immigrants to New York on buses, according to a city official. El Paso officials this week sent 35 Venezuelans to New York City on chartered buses as they moved to address…


No, Texans Do Not Pay More Taxes Than Californians

Commentary Common sense tells you this claim isn’t true, because everyone in California knows several people who have left for Texas to pay lower taxes. But the San Francisco Chronicle just headlined a story, “Yes, Texans actually pay more in taxes than Californians do.” The story is based on this graph posted on Instagram by…


Texas Reports 1st US Death of Person With Monkeypox

Authorities in Texas on Tuesday confirmed the first death of a person who contracted monkeypox in the United States, coming after more than 18,000 people have contracted the virus in recent months. The individual who died was “severely immunocompromised,” said the Texas Department of State Health Services in a statement. It’s not clear if the person died…