Author: Longhorn Ledger
The Texas State Board of Education has advanced a sweeping overhaul of the state’s K-12 social studies curriculum, approving first-reading standards that emphasize founding documents, American exceptionalism, and the Christian influences on the nation’s founding.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s premier online fundraising platform, alleging the organization enabled foreign donations, deceived Congress, and violated state election laws.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to pull more than $200 million in public safety grants from Houston, Dallas, and Austin unless the cities reverse policies limiting police cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Democrat Texas candidate for Senate reports $27 million in first quarter fundraising ahead of the November midterm election.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into popular brand Lululemon over the possible presence of toxic “forever chemicals,” in their products.
A nine-hour Texas Senate hearing exposed over $1 billion spent on emergency Medicaid for illegal immigrants, a 1,900 percent surge in unverified immigration status spending, and widespread hospice fraud — as new federal law threatens hundreds of millions in penalties if Texas fails to reform.
The Lone Star State becomes one of the first in the nation to restrict food stamp spending to actual nutrition, barring sweetened beverages and candy from SNAP purchases effective April 1.
Democrats cast 2.3 million ballots to Republicans’ 2.2 million in the March 3 Texas primaries, the first time in roughly 20 years Democrats led turnout in the Lone Star State.
The Texas Legislature is considering a bipartisan bill that would allocate $1.5 billion in state funds to expand high-speed broadband access to the estimated 2.5 million Texans who currently lack reliable internet service, with a focus on rural and underserved communities across the state. House Bill 2847, introduced by a coalition of Republican and Democratic lawmakers, would create a state broadband infrastructure fund and establish a competitive grant program for internet service providers willing to build networks in areas where private investment alone has not been sufficient. “In 2026, reliable internet access is as essential as electricity or running water,”…
A decade after Chip and Joanna Gaines first put Waco on the national map through their HGTV show, the city’s transformation from an overlooked Central Texas stop into a thriving tourism destination continues to reshape its economy and identity. Waco welcomed an estimated 4.5 million visitors in 2025, generating more than $800 million in economic impact, according to the Waco Convention and Visitors Bureau. While the Magnolia Market at the Silos remains the primary draw, the ripple effects have spread far beyond the Gaines’ enterprise. “Magnolia was the spark, but what’s happened since goes way beyond one brand,” said CVB…