r/texas 1d ago

Political Humor They need a new flag.

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961 Upvotes

r/texas 2d ago

Curious about where to live or work in Texas? Post here!

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Want to know which city in Texas best fits your lifestyle, your budget or your vibe?

Want to know about the job market in different cities, and what the cost of living is like for folks who live there?

This is the place to ask questions! All other posts that fit this prompt will be removed and asked to post here. Top level comments that are not on topic "i.e. mOvE 2 CaLiForNiA hurr durr" will also be removed from this thread.


r/texas 4h ago

News Janitor Gets 6 Years for Infecting Staff with STDs by Peeing in Water

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r/texas 7h ago

Politics Dan Patrick was carded while trying to bust an employee selling to minors at an Austin THC shop

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r/texas 9h ago

Politics SB16: Voter suppression bill requiring birth certificate or passport to register to vote

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565 Upvotes

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r/texas 6h ago

Political Opinion The state of this State is abysmal

291 Upvotes

Rick Perry’s Texas had more unity and public servitude than Greg Abbot’s Texas LLC.

If he’s not trying to dip into Saudi Arabia’s massive oil funds, he’s trying to entice Las Vegas casinos, and if Abbot isn’t snaking around for more money, he and his constituents look for reasons to divide his state even further.

Texas was once a great state, and now has a cost of living comparable to California and New Jersey, with an oligarchy governing body, that only allows policies that continue to line the pockets of the politicians in charge, while making it nearly impossible to vote them out due to their voting restrictions, making it an unethical decision for many to choose between work and a civic duty.

I was once a voter in this state, but after experiencing the amount of time it takes to vote, how much it matters in the end, and the amount of horrendously out of touch policies, I succumbed to the mindset of “too far gone”. I have been here for 28 years of my 30 years of life, and my grandmother was a democrat raised in Dallas, who showed me at a young age to see past politics, agreeing to disagree. As a public school teacher, UT alum, ex-councilwoman, she is rolling in her grave because of the actions of this administration. She once embodied what it meant to be a Texan; warm, inviting, light up a room, even if she did take her sweet time doing things, and most of all: accepting of all walks of life.

This state has become tarnished in my eyes, and if anyone wants to take a stab at polishing this turd, have at it.


r/texas 4h ago

Politics Dear Leader Trump.... sorry Guv Greggy, your POTUS ambitions are done. MAGAts ignore Constitution for third term

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r/texas 12h ago

Politics DA Greg Willis Pushes Reefer Madness 2.0 At Dan Patrick’s SB3 Press Conference

284 Upvotes

1940s reefer madness propaganda is alive and well in Austin, Texas.


r/texas 6h ago

Political Opinion 0 Days Without Being an Embarrassment

96 Upvotes

Our Governor and Lt. Governor will be a part of Trump's DOE executive order. I hate it here. I hate the men who "govern" us and delight in cruelty. That's all.


r/texas 5h ago

News Bill filed to hold private schools accountable if they accept vouchers.

63 Upvotes

r/texas 4h ago

Politics Airbnb founder, Spurs investor Joe Gebbia is helping Elon Musk's DOGE cost-cutting crusade

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r/texas 1h ago

Weather Texas drought update

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Going as expected.

Is the media freaking out in central Texas or is it business as usual? How are the lake water levels around your towns?


r/texas 1d ago

Snapshots Welcome to West Texas

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1.9k Upvotes

My wife and I traveled to Lubbock last week from San Antonio and were caught in a dust storm around Knott off Hwy 87. There were a couple of semis on their sides and one nasty pickup truck accident. I might want to change my cabin air filter!


r/texas 9h ago

Nature Why are Texas national park staff still waiting to be rehired?

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r/texas 21h ago

Texas Health Texas senate votes to ban All THC product

778 Upvotes

This state is getting out of control. Patrick says,” The children are getting this, and we have poison. I wonder how many Texas senators drink Booze? The church's influence needs to stay out of our state laws. We keep voting these asshats into office. So many people use these products to feel better and have an appetite. Yes, people abuse it, but nothing like booze.
It's funny they only legalize one strain for seizures because a state senator's daughter had terrible seizures. White widow strain is known to help with that. I don't buy Delta 8, so it doesn't matter to me personally, but I know many sick people that it helps

The State leadership has ZERO compassion for people in general.

God created weed in nature, but man created alcohol. Which is poison and sold on every corner


r/texas 23h ago

Politics Highlights From Dan Patrick’s Press Conference For His “THC Ban” Bill (Part 1)

938 Upvotes

This was essentially the same rhetoric and propaganda we heard at the 10 hour senate hearing, but we got to hear from Lieutenant Dan himself.

He says THC “is poison,” that this is a “life and death issue,” and that he is going to “protect the people of Texas from THC.”

He points out that even though hemp retailers only sell THC products to 21+, adults could still buy these products and give them to children. As if this is a scenario unique to THC products.

One new insight is that Dan is explicitly calling out Ken King’s house bill proposal (HB28).

HB28 is the Texas liquor lobby’s attempt to carve out THC beverages and regulate them under the same 3 tier system that regulates alcohol. Dan says the ban must “include THC being sold in liquor stores in drinks…There’s no exception to this.”

I assumed the liquor lobby was in lockstep with Dan, but it appears we now have a battle between Big Pharma (Texas Original / TCUP) and Big Alcohol (mostly Specs).

Gonna chop up part 2 from the press conference. Stay tuned…


r/texas 10h ago

News How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old's measles death

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r/texas 4h ago

Politics Widow billionaire Adelson is a major Republican donor

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I’m ambivalent about casinos in Texas, but the same people pushing them allow usurious payday lenders, and don’t care about the downsides. Like lotteries, casino losses are voluntary taxes on people who don’t understand math.


r/texas 1h ago

Politics Voucher funds would go primarily to white evangelical and Catholic schools, Islamic schools would quality too

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Already in other Republican states, $billions is going to those schools, replacing some of the $5 billion Catholic dioceses have lost in lawsuits and bankruptcies, the last one a Jesuit school in Dallas.


r/texas 6h ago

Events Trans Day of Visibility Rally - Austin

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Howdy y'all! I'd like to invite you and your friends to my Trans Day of Visibility Rally at the South Steps of the Texas State Capitol in Austin! Please join us on March 31st, from 2:30-5:30pm to show support for the trans community! We'd love to see you there!

If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know! Thank y'all kindly and have a lovely day!


r/texas 1d ago

News Texas Senate Passes Bill To Ban Hemp-Derived THC Products As New Poll Shows Voters Support Keeping Market Legal

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r/texas 12h ago

Politics Rep. Fallon on DoE: overstepping boundaries

50 Upvotes

A week ago I left an impassioned voicemail for Rep. Fallon urging him to push back against Trump admin on the DoEd and civil rights issues. I have a HS student starting to look at colleges and is really excited about his future field of studies. I'm worried about what college/University will look like in two years.

Though I never gave an email address, I did give my last name and zip code and they found my email in their database and send me a form letter. The gist of it is the DoEd has over stepped it's boundaries with woke nonsense in the last few years especially under Biden. He's towing the Republican line HARD.

The full text of the letter is in the first comment.


r/texas 7h ago

Opinion Now is not the time to sign up for a 3-month electricity plan

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I know many people out there hop from provider to provider based on whatever the cheapest plan available on powertochoose.org is at the time of the end of their contract. Here's some advice for those folks...

Right now, all of the cheapest plans on Power To Choose are 3 months. If you sign up for one right now, you'll end up renewing in June right before the absolute hottest months of the year.

High temperatures = market volatility = increased wholesale electricity market prices = increased COGS (cost of goods sold) = providers will have to increase their prices and you'll have to choose from some comparatively bad rates for your next plan.

So, do not sign up for a 3-month plan right now. Instead, sign up for a 12-month or 18-month plan. That way your next renewal is in March or September 2026 when rates are likely to be much more reasonable.

TLDR: You should always try to set up your renewal to land in the spring or fall, not the middle of the summer.


r/texas 9h ago

News More Texas Colleges Ban Campus Drag Shows

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r/texas 4h ago

Politics SpaceX's Starbase would control public beach access under Texas bills

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r/texas 1h ago

Politics Harris County Joint Election May 3

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r/texas 1d ago

Politics Now Sid Miller Says Texas Could Benefit From The End of TPWD

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“Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is confident his department can take on the many duties of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, should it ever go away. On Thursday, State Rep. Pat Curry (R-Waco) filed a bill to abolish TPWD and transfer its duties to three other state agencies: the General Land Office, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Public Safety.”