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End your day with Daily Headlines from Texas Scorecard. Join Brandon Waltens as he recaps the biggest stories of the day and why they matter.
Episodes
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- Casinos Coming to Texas? · 4 min-Legislation Filed to Legalize Casino, Sports Gambling -Outgoing Comptroller Huffines Requires E-Verify for Entities Receiving State Grant Money -Texas Supreme Court Justice…
- Free Cash For Illegal Aliens? · 4 min-Democrats' $1,500 Check Proposal Leaves Door Open to Illegal Aliens -Democrats Propose Online Voter Registration -Republican Files Legislation Banning Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
- Is DEI Back in Texas? · 4 min-Texas Democrats Seek To Reimpose DEI Bureaucracies -Three Former GOP Speakers Find New Role Helping Democrat Take Power -Democrat Proposal Would Strip Redistricting Power From…
- Texas Democrats’ Gun Grab · 4 min · Episode 126-Texas Democrats Push Gun Confiscation After Election Sweep -Democrats Waste No Time Pushing Obamacare Expansion in Texas -Austin Mayor Requests Rewrite of Policy Requiring…
- Democrats Have Their Speaker · 4 min-Democrat Senfronia Thompson Says She Has Votes to Become Texas House Speaker -Texas’ Incoming Chief Justice Hopes to Remove Religious Freedom Protections for Judges -Honduran…
- The Texas Democrat Transition Begins · 4 min-Hinojosa Begins Transition, Moves to Replace Abbott's Education Chief -Lockheed Martin Agrees To Pay $29.5 Million for Alleged Employment Discrimination Violations -Regulators…
- Democrats Take Texas, Now What? · 4 min · Episode 125-Senfronia Thompson Launches Speaker Bid as Democrats Seize Texas House -League City Voters Reject Flock Cameras, Triggering Their Removal -Austin Voters Shoot Down Independent…
- Will Texas Stay Red? · 4 min-Exclusive: Inside the RNC’s All-Out Push to Keep Texas Red -US Attorney Announces Deep Ellum Crime Crackdown in Dallas -Report: School Districts Understate Superintendent Pay…
- It All Comes Down to Election Day · 4 min-Election Day Is Almost Here -Report Calls for More Data on Immigration’s Costs to Texas -Paxton Announces Arrests of Convicted Felons Accused of Illegal Voting
- Massive ICE Arrests · 4 min-ICE Arrests More Than 4,000 Illegal Aliens in 10-Day ‘Lone Star Mission’ -Why the Former Libertarian Party Chair Is Voting for Ken Paxton -Gina Hinojosa Denies Defending Police…
- No Grants for Traffickers · 3 min-Comptroller Bars Entities With Financial Ties to Convicted Human Traffickers From Agency Contracts, Grants -Poll: Texans Overwhelmingly Support Data Centers Paying Their Own…
- Texans Support Election Integrity · 4 min-Poll: Texas Voters Support Election Integrity Reforms -Talarico Blames Paxton for Prosecution He Didn't Bring in New Ad -Galveston County Secures Millions for ICE Enforcement…
- Talarico Flip-Flops · 3 min-Talarico Confronted Over Oil and Gas Flip-Flop in Undercover Video -Land Commissioner Buckingham Confirms Texas’ Ownership of Nine Border Islands -Huffines Announces…
- All Eyes on Texas · 4 min-JD Vance Heads Back to Texas as Election Day Nears -Feds Charge Teacher With Lying About Sexual Messages to Students -Texas A&M Tops, UNT Dallas Trails in July Bar Exam Results
- Texas Sues ChatGPT · 4 min-Paxton Sues OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman Over ChatGPT Safety -Illegal Alien Convicted of Stealing Deceased Infant’s Identity -Fifth Circuit Rules Federal Switchblade Restrictions…
- Terrorist Org Backing Democrats · 4 min-Terrorist Organization Backs Texas Democrats -Trump to Hold Corpus Christi Rally in Final Week Before Election Day -UT-Austin President Touts Thousands of Faculty Applications…
- Yes, Jimmy, Illegal Aliens Can Vote · 4 min-Talarico Claimed ‘No Possible Way’ For Illegal Aliens to Vote, Records Show Otherwise -Former ‘RINO Hunter’ Sid Miller Turns on Republicans, Praises Bernie Sanders Ally -Dallas…
- Trump Returns to Texas · 4 min · Episode 124-Trump Plans Two Texas Rallies in Final Stretch of Midterm Campaign -Austin Officials Have Approved More Than $500 Million in Debt Without Voter Consent -Italian Court Says…
- Reporting Fraud · 3 min · Episode 123-Comptroller Huffines Launches Whistleblower Portal for Reports of Fraud, Tax Evasion -Socialist Bernie Sanders Campaigns in Texas Ahead of Midterms -Cuban National Sentenced to…
- Former Lotto Boss Back in Court · 4 min-Former Texas Lottery Director Gary Grief Returns to Court, Given $10,000 Bond -Comptroller Huffines Bars Taxpayer Funding for Discriminatory DEI Programs -Plano ISD To…
- Data Centers Put on Notice · 4 min-Paxton Demands Water Usage Reports From 156 Texas Data Centers -Abbott Signs Vance Pledge to Crack Down on Government Benefits Fraud -Austinites to Vote on Increased Fiscal…
- No Funds for Flock Cameras · 4 min · Episode 1-Comptroller Huffines Bans Grant Funds for Flock Cameras, License Plate Readers -AG Paxton Sues Gerber and Nestlé Over Heavy Metals in Baby Food -FBI Disrupts North Korean…
- GOP Fights to Hold Majority · 4 min-Speaker Mike Johnson Returning to South Texas as Battle for House Majority Intensifies -Gonzalez Claims He Never Supported Child Gender Mutilation Despite Past Votes -Business…
- Has Anyone Seen James Talarico? · 4 min · Episode 1-Trump Questions Talarico's Absence as Paxton Demands 'Proof of Life' -Rosenthal Backed Satanists, Wiccans Leading Prayers in Texas Legislature -Honduran National Sentenced to 72…
- Tala-Freak-Out · 4 min-Paxton Campaign Launches 'Tala-Freak-Out Tip Line' to Find Missing Talarico -JD Vance Returning to Texas for Midterm Rally in Tyler -Report: Texas Schools May Have an Islamist…
- Terrorists at the Border · 4 min · Episode 122-Terrorism-Related Encounters Surge at Southwest Border -Poll: Nearly Half of America’s Youngest Voters View Sharia Law Positively -Border Security Expert Warns Drug Cartel Is…
- Trump is Choosin' Texas · 4 min-Trump Returning to Texas for San Antonio Midterm Rally -Former Texas Southern University Professor Sentenced in Student Aid Fraud Scheme -Paxton Investigates UnitedHealth Over…
- Slashing Taxes · 4 min · Episode 1-Huffines Targets ‘Hidden Tax’ on Electronic Medical Records -President Trump Authorizes Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter -AG Paxton Investigates Children’s Clothing…
- A $7.5 Billion Check · 4 min-Abbott Says $7.5 Billion Border Reimbursement Could Help Fund Property Tax Relief -University of North Texas Paid Third Parties to ‘Recruit’ International Students -Mystic…
- Hasan Piker’s Warning to Talarico · 4 min-Piker Warns Talarico ‘Has Got to Play Ball’ With Leftists -Hinojosa’s Pro-Police Pitch Draws Scrutiny Over Defunding Record -Travis County DA Fails To Appear for Hearing on…
- Talarico’s NYC Fundraiser · 4 min · Episode 121-Talarico's NYC Fundraiser Packed With Mamdani Allies -Abbott Moves To Ease Diesel Prices With Statewide Fuel Emergency -Federal Judge Affirms UT’s Suspension of Pro-Hamas…
- Talarico Stays in New York · 4 min-Talarico’s NYC Fundraising Swing Continues With Transgender Activists -U.S. Senate Passes College Protect College Sports Act -San Antonio Residents Face First Property Tax Hike…
- Data Centers Under Investigation · 4 min-Hundreds of Texas Data Centers Under Investigation Over Water Use Reporting -GOP Lawmakers Call for Federal Foreign Terrorist Designation for Nationwide Islamist Group -TAMU…
- Texas Court Rejects Secret Sharia Divorce · 4 min-Texas Supreme Court Rejects Secret Sharia Divorce Obtained in Pakistan -UT-Austin Provost Fully Eliminates Women’s and Gender Studies from Core Curriculum -Lockhart ISD Cuts…
- Texas' Secret Socialist · 4 min-Texas House Candidate Tells DSA He Needs to Hide His Socialist Affiliation -Texas Ethics Commission Tables Proposed Lawmaker Per Diem Hike -Texas Ranks 8th in National Education…
- Secret Lobbyist Meals · 4 min-Texas Ethics Commission Proposal Would Raise Cap on Secret Lobbyist Meals -Talarico: Police in Schools Make Students ‘Less Safe,’ Harms ‘Black and Brown Students’ -Sprouts Halts…
- Data Center Freeze in Texas · 4 min-Abbott Orders Halt on Data Center Permits During State Audit -Democrat Ericka Lomick Suspends Texas House Campaign Amid Questions Over Felony Conviction -UNT Refuses To…
- Zero Border Releases · 4 minTrump Administration Announces 16 Consecutive Months of Zero Border Releases -A&M Faculty Advisory Council ‘Approves’ Textbooks that Promote DEI and Prison Abolition -Harris…
- Data Center Investigation · 4 min-Paxton Begins Investigation into Planned Data Center in Taylor -Talarico’s Church Minister Says He’ll ‘Change His Tune Back’ After Election -UT-Austin Eliminating Additional…
- Teacher Misconduct Reports TRIPLE · 4 min-Texas Teacher Misconduct Reports Triple in 2026 -Texas Democrat Organizer Caught Describing ‘Roundabout Way of Paying People for Their Votes’ -Suspected Gulf Cartel Hitman Faces…
- Eliminating Property Taxes · 4 min-Texas Lawmakers Explore Path to Replacing School Property Taxes -Roblox Refuses To Appear at Texas House Hearing on Child Safety -Can Mothers Use Family-Care Employee Benefits…
- All Hat, No Horse? · 4 min · Episode 120-All Hat, No Horse? Bobby Pulido’s Unearthed Comments Clash With Cowboy Campaign Image -Abbott Threatens Criminal Penalties for Data Centers Failing to Report Water Use -Afghan…
- Money Pours in for Paxton · 4 min · Episode 119-Republican Reinforcements Arrive for Paxton in Senate Race -Railroad Commission To Consider Carbon Capture Permit Application -Texas Supreme Court Blocks Galveston County’s…
- The GOP Midterm Convention Continues! · 4 min-Day 2 of the GOP Midterm Convention -Texas Judge Disciplined for Requiring Parents To Be Vaccinated for Visitation -Fifth Circuit Rejects Rehearing Request in Challenge to Texas…
- GOP Midterm Convention Kicks Off · 4 min-GOP Midterm Convention Kicks off in Dallas -Harris County Moves To Hike Tax Rate -Bastrop City Council Votes To End Flock Camera Contract
- "Gender Bender Gina" · 5 min · Episode 118-Abbott Launches First Attack on Hinojosa Over Child Gender Mutilation -Left-Wing Faculty Group Objected to UNT’s College of Liberal Arts Restructuring -Critics Say Recommended…
- Denouncing Sharia Law · 4 min-US Rep. Keith Self Files Resolution Denouncing Sharia Law -More Flock Cameras Removed in Central Texas -Houston Accepts $50 Million to Never Annex The Woodlands
- Socialists in South Texas · 4 min · Episode 117-South Texas Democrat House Candidate Sponsored March with Socialists -AG Paxton Seeks to Revive Pfizer Lawsuit -Bastrop City Council Votes to Cover Flock Cameras
- How Popular are Flock Cameras? · 4 min-Poll Reveals Texans Distaste for Flock Cameras and Data Centers -Congressional Task Force Examines Birth Tourism’s Effect on American Citizenship -A&M Regents To Certify Core…
- Talarico Says Capitalism Must Be ‘Dismantled’ · 4 min-Talarico Said Capitalism an ‘Oppressive System’ That Must Be ‘Dismantled’ -Conservatives Protest Mosques as Polling Locations -Did Democrat House Candidate Meet Texas’ Two-Year…
