5/21/26 Cornyn Refuses to Stop Negative Ads

Mass Exodus from Public Schools

-Public School Closures Mount Amid Enrollment Declines -Higher Education Administrators Conference Promotes DEI Themes -Runoff Voters Chose New Mayors in Frisco and Denton

Texas GOP Convention Kicks Off

-Texas GOP Convention Opens With Calls for Unity Ahead of November -AG Paxton Says ‘Skill’ Gaming Machines Can Still Violate Texas Gambling Laws -Houston City Council Passes $7.5 Billion Budget

New Rules for Data Centers

-Abbott Directs Regulators To Make Data Centers Pay Their Own Infrastructure Costs -Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Touts Border Wall Progress -Houston Homeless Hub Begins Soft Opening Under Harris Center Management

Explicit Books in Talarico’s Church

-Sexually Explicit Books Found in Library of Talarico’s Austin Church -Islamic Groups in Texas Public Universities Tied to Iran and China -Pro-Landowner Nonprofit Seeks Pause on Determining Need for Transmission Line

Texas Honors Cross-Dresser

-State Historical Marker Honors Drag Performer, Details Cross-Dressing Act -Second Capitol Staffer Confirms Past Relationship With Talarico -Public Utility Commission To Hear Landowners’ Appeal of Controversial Transmission Line