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Political response to pro-Palestinian protests at UT Austin falls along party lines
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe reactions to the pro-Palestinian protests that started last week at UT and to law enforcement...
Legal fight over Uplift Harris continues
Axios· 1 day agoHarris County has asked the Texas Supreme Court to allow its guaranteed income pilot program to proceed as courts decide whether it's legal. Why it...
Houston woman's land stolen in title theft scam: FBI warns of growing trend
KRIV via Yahoo Finance· 19 hours agoThat way you have some idea who the person is that’s bringing the title change in," said State Senator Paul Bettencourt (R - West Harris County), who worked ...
Tesla factory exempts itself from Austin environmental regulations through new Texas law
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoThe new law, Senate Bill 2038 by Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, compels municipalities like Austin to...
Texas law enforcement cracks down on pro-Hamas rioters in Austin
The Center Square· 6 days agoBefore rioters descended on the campus, state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, sounded the alarm...
Campus free speech is getting murky for Republican governors
Politico· 4 days ago“You can’t just have a blanket exclusion at a public university for speech activity, protests, marches, demonstrations and loud speeches,” Mark Rotenberg, the top lawyer for the Hillel International ...
Texas Republicans have tried to rein in property taxes for five years. Has it worked?
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“There's been some pretty substantial momentum increase in tax reductions statewide from the...
Texas failed to fully fund system flagging those who shouldn’t work with kids
KXAN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe do-not-hire search engine would pull thousands of disciplinary records from four state agencies,...
Tesla dodges Austin regulations with 2,100-acre de-annexation
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoIn a move that sidesteps Austin's environmental regulations, Tesla successfully petitioned to remove...