RFK Jr. confirmed as new HHS Secretary

With the battle cry make America healthy again, Robert F Kennedy Jr, one of Donald Trump's most controversial cabinet nominees, was confirmed this week by the full Senate as secretary of Health and Human Services.

Proposal to lower school property taxes passes TX Senate

A message from the Texas Senate to homeowners still reeling from higher property taxes. Additional relief is on the way. SB four, a measure raising the school tax homestead exemption from 100 to 140,000, sailed through the upper chamber on a unanimous vote authored by Houston Senator Paul Bettencourt.

Gov. Abbott outlines Legislative emergency items in 'State of the State' address

And almost on cue, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick hammered SB two through the Texas Senate and halfway to Abbott's desk. The governor designated plenty of other priorities, not the least of which, using the state surplus to take another stab at lowering property taxes and wiping out loopholes, which allowed Harris, Montgomery and other counties to siphon off tax relief from the legislature.

President Trump wants U.S. to take over Gaza strip

President Donald Trump blindsiding nearly everyone with a proposal of developing postwar Gaza as an American protectorate. The plan would involve the voluntary relocation of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, a concept critics here and in the Arab world see as ethnic cleansing. Meantime, here at home, the president signed an executive order banning biological males in transition from participating in women's sports.

TX abortion ban doesn't reflect what most Texans believe is best

Statewide polling from the Hobby Center found that 83% of Texans favor allowing abortion in cases of rape and incest. 82% of Texans favor an exception to the abortion ban when there is a lethal fetal diagnosis, or to preserve the physical health of the mother.