Gov. Abbott Faces Criticism Over Mental Health Care Funding Amidst Calls for Action on Gun Violence

Gov. Abbott Faces Criticism

This statement has been criticized by many, who have pointed out that Abbott’s administration had redirected money from the Texas agency that administers mental health services to fund Operation Lone Star, which is a border mission aimed at slowing illegal immigration. Gov. Abbott has recently made a statement saying that mental health care is the … Read more

Texas Lawmakers Unlikely to Approve Substantial Pay Raise for Teachers Despite Budget Surplus

Lawmakers Unlikely to Approve Substantial Pay Raise

The proposals that would have provided bigger pay hikes did not get out of the House or Senate education committees, and the more modest bills remaining will not make up for the shortfall. Lawmakers in Texas are running out of time to pass an education bill that will give teachers a substantial pay raise Cecil … Read more

Texans’ Property Tax Bill Savings in Limbo as Legislators Clash Over Dueling Bills

Texans' Property Tax Bill

Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan are clashing over dueling bills that aim to cut property taxes. As the end of the Legislative session approaches, Texans are left in uncertainty over their property tax bill However, they have differing views on how to execute the cut and which plan is better for … Read more

DeSantis Signs Teacher Pay Raises and Union Crackdown Bill Despite Pushback from Unions

DeSantis Signs Teacher Pay Raises

Among the measures are a $1 billion pay raise, a bill of rights for teachers, streamlining of teacher certifications, and instruction on social media safety. Governor Ron DeSantis signed a package of bills that he claims will provide unprecedented support for Florida’s teachers DeSantis also signed a bill that limits school board members to two, … Read more

Alaska Residents To Receive Up To $3,284 PFD Payment

Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD)

Alaska residents will receive a payment of up to $3,284 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). Alaska Residents Will Receive Annual PFD Payment Alaska residents expect to receive a portion of $3,284 in direct payments through the PFD program, a shared tax revenue program gathered from oil extraction in Alaska. According to The U.S. Sun, this year’s … Read more

Son of El Chapo and Three Other Sinaloa Cartel Members Sanctioned by US Government

Son of El Chapo

Guzman Lopez is one of El Chapo’s 12 children and is part of Los Chapitos, a powerful faction of his father’s drug empire. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been sanctioned by the US government, along with three other members of the Sinaloa cartel Also designated are … Read more

US Army Sergeant Sentenced to 25 Years for Killing Protester at Black Lives Matter Rally

US Army Sergeant

The murder happened two months after George Floyd‘s death. Daniel Perry, a US Army sergeant, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in Austin, Texas Perry killed 28-year-old Garrett Foster, an Air Force veteran, at a racial justice rally in 2020. Perry’s … Read more

Author of Children’s Book Accused of Murdering Husband with Fentanyl

Murdering Husband with Fentanyl

Kouri Richins, who self-published a book about a young boy struggling with the loss of his father, is accused of requesting fentanyl from a drug supplier A woman who authored a children’s book is facing murder charges for allegedly killing her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl Which was later found to be five … Read more

After 29 Years, Man Convicted Of Rape Is Exonerated Thanks To Victim’s Testimony

Man Convicted Of Rape Is Exonerated

The local district attorney’s office helped secure his release with the victim’s testimony, who insisted for 20 years that he was not the man who raped her. After nearly three decades in prison for the rape of his stepdaughter, Patrick Brown of New Orleans has been released Brown was convicted in 1994 for raping his … Read more

Virginia Man Arrested After Allegedly Supporting Female ISIS Members

Mohammed Chhipa

A Virginia man was arrested after being accused of supporting several female ISIS members. Virginia Man Arrested for Alleged Involvement with ISIS Members A 33-year-old Virginia man named Mohammed Chhipa was arrested after allegedly supporting several female ISIS members, including an American woman from Kansas named Allison Fluke-Ekren, for years. At a hearing conducted during … Read more