Over the weekend, the state House and Senate ironed out lingering differences in Senate Bill 8, a measure that will—assuming the governor’s signature—mandate previously voluntary agreements between Texas county sheriffs and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). As passed, SB 8 will require all Texas sheriffs to apply for so-called 287(g) agreements, “or a similar … Read more
Midway ISD, a school district with around 9,000 students just outside Waco, is staring down a growing budget deficit that Superintendent Chris Allen hoped would shrink with the new state funding for public schools provided under House Bill 2, the school finance package that the Texas House passed in April. That was until Lieutenant Governor … Read more
Representative Andy Hopper played biologist on the House floor, claiming with certainty that there are only two sexes during a debate in early April. He made this point when presenting a budget amendment that would reduce government funding to the University of Texas at Austin in part because some programs “deny the unchangeable biological reality … Read more
A stalled front will keep rain chances elevated as tropical moisture continues to get pumped across the region. This is will make for a wet pattern ahead. Therefore, heavy rainfall in rounds possible through Tuesday and flooding is likely in some areas. Models calling between 3 to 5 inches of rain with isolated higher … Read more
Three long years ago, in a southwest Texas town now almost synonymous with the tragedy, something happened in an elementary school so horrifying that it nearly defied meaning altogether, challenging any sense of a guiding plan or greater judiciousness in human affairs. Nineteen children. And two teachers. Gone. Uvalde—a place name to be forever followed … Read more
By: EMMANUEL ROY A growing number of Democrats, including Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate Majority Leader, and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the House Minority Leader, are urging Joe Biden to quit his campaign for re-election and make way for a younger contender after a series of embarrassing gaffes and stumbling performances, most … Read more
May 29 Update: The private donation provision has been stripped from SB 21 in conference committee after the Texas Senate declined to accept the House version of the bill. The State of Texas is set to get into the cryptocurrency investment game as the Texas House passed a Senate bill on Wednesday to create a … Read more
BY: Jacqueline Desrosier’s WASHINGTON — It appears that Joe Biden has outlived his significance and importance to the Democrat party. Less than twenty-four hours after Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) had a meeting with him to discuss his viability as the nominee of the party, people close to Biden are now saying … Read more
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By: Emmanuel Roy TrueNews Campaign Watch Washington- DC – At first, we were told that a black man could not be elected president of the United States for many reasons, but the people who said that had not met OBAMA’S campaign team. In 2008, Obama beat HILARY CLINTON to become the nominee of the Democrat … Read more