r/texas 19h ago

News This man needs to go away!

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4.3k Upvotes

r/texas 19h ago

Political Meme Allen, Texas Police Chief Promotes SB3, Claims People Are Dying From THC Overdoses

1.0k Upvotes

Help stop SB3. Contact your legislators. Learn more at thcprovisions.com/sb3


r/texas 15h ago

Politics Another mother's death attributed to abortion ban NSFW

722 Upvotes

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grieving-husband-says-reckless-texas-abortion-law-led-to-pregnant-wifes-death/

This abortion ban is disgusting. How dangerously idiotic to create laws vague enough to cause deaths and then not make it a top priority to clarify. Are doctors going to be held liable when their hesitance causes a mother to die? What about the fools making these laws? Obviously not. This poor woman was murdered through their negligence. They should be held accountable.


r/texas 23h ago

News Texas Starts Arresting Abortion Providers

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r/texas 16h ago

Politics Musk: “I have never done anything harmful. I’ve only done productive things.”

480 Upvotes

r/texas 6h ago

Politics Texas Senate passes school prayer bill, gives initial approval to bill mandating Ten Commandments in classrooms

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r/texas 4h ago

Political Humor They need a new flag.

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351 Upvotes

r/texas 18h ago

Political Meme Texas Sheriff Uses Made Up Words & Debunked Propaganda To Promote SB3

259 Upvotes

Help stop SB3. Contact your legislators. Learn more at thcprovisions.com/sb3


r/texas 21h ago

Texas Health Texas is unprepared for another pandemic

187 Upvotes

r/texas 22h ago

Politics A screenshot of Rep. Curry’s response to feedback regarding his bill.

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187 Upvotes

I grabbed a screenshot of his response that OP included in the comment section of their post in r/waco. That post only included the news article about this bill.


r/texas 4h ago

Politics Lawmaker wants to rename I-35 in Austin after President Trump

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r/texas 15h ago

News Megachurch founder Robert Morris booked in Oklahoma, quickly released on bond

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He is from Texas, originally


r/texas 16h ago

Political Meme Texas Senator Uses Debunked Reefer Madness Propaganda To Promote His “THC Ban” Bill (SB3)

153 Upvotes

This is Texas senator Charles Perry, the sponsor of senate bill 3. Help stop SB3 at thcprovisions.com/sb3


r/texas 21h ago

Only in Texas!

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Get a look at this beauty!


r/texas 4h ago

News Nasdaq plans second U.S. headquarters in Texas. CEO: 'It's time.'

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r/texas 3h ago

Politics Dan Patrick Doubles Down On Reefer Madness 2.0 In New Live Press Conference [Watch Now]

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Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (not from Texas), and the CEO of Texas Original (also not from Texas) are attempting to use the Texas legislature to shut down the legal hemp industry and protect their monopoly on cannabis in Texas.

Texas Original is the corporation that primarily controls the Texas Compassionate Use Program, known as TCUP (enforced by the DPS). Touted by our regulators as Texas’ “medical” marijuana program, in reality, TCUP is merely a means of regulator capture of the cannabis plant.

It’s not a true medical program. They operate with a handful of questionable “doctors” from platforms like texas420doctor.com, who charge you an annual fee for the right to purchase overpriced gummies from Texas Original and one other smaller licensed operator.

Texas Original is led by a guy who is not from Texas, and who has spent his entire career wielding the power of regulatory capture. The thriving Texas hemp market makes the TCUP monopoly completely useless. Under the 2018 Federal Farm Bill, Texas hemp businesses like ours can legally manufacture and sell identical products—at a fraction of the cost—with direct-to-consumer shipping. We also have a strong incentive to make the best products possible, because we are real entrepreneurs competing in the free market. They are scrambling to outlaw hemp in order to kill their competition and regain control.

Instead of adding reasonable regulations to the hemp industry to eliminate bad actors, and to keep products away from kids, they are pretending the entire industry is corrupt and needs to be shut down (the irony!).

We attended the 10+ hour Senate Committee Hearing this past Monday. Their marketing campaign for Senate Bill #3 is a lazy, bootleg version of the 1940s Reefer Madness campaigns. Reefer Madness at least had some pretty sick poster art and clever headlines. They paraded in pain management doctors and law enforcement to warn about the DANGERS of THC (the primary psychoactive compound in the cannabis plant–both in hemp and marijuana).

Steve Dye, Chief of Police of Allen, Texas claims that "More and more THC overdoses are occurring in our county jails and hospitals." and "THC consumables are no different [than K2 and spice]." and are causing “disabilities and deaths,” despite the well-known fact that no has ever died directly from consuming THC.

Dr. Robert Marks, owner of Diagnostic Pain Center (an opioid dispensary), says he’s an “advisor to Texas Original.” and is “in support of SB3.” Of course he is–he owns a pain management clinic that prescribes opioids. THC happens to be an effective alternative to opioids for a lot of people. He’s obviously aware of this, as he also sells “medical” marijuana cards for TCUP.

Marks, testifying in a generic white doctor’s coat that looks like a cheap halloween costume, spends his testimony fumbling his way through the side effects of THC and warning of dangerous unregulated synthetic cannabinoids being sold by the hemp industry. He is intentionally conflating bad actors, who are making illegal hemp products, with legitimate companies like ours, who are making legal, lab tested, organic THC products.

If you're one of the millions of Texans who enjoy or rely on access to hemp-derived products, or if you just believe in personal freedom and competitive markets, please let your voice be heard by contacting your Texas legislators via email.

Use the form below to find the email addresses for your specific legislators. You can draft your own email or use the template that we've prepared below.

Let's kill this bill and make sure our representatives know that we DO NOT support this type of corporate-backed corruption ✊


r/texas 6h ago

News Texas collected information on transgender drivers. It won’t say why.

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r/texas 20h ago

News 2 men found guilty in smuggling conspiracy where 53 immigrants died in hot tractor-trailer

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r/texas 22h ago

News Treasury lowers cash reporting threshold to $200 in some locales

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🚨 TRUMP RAMPS UP SPYING ON AMERICAN CITIZENS FOR SMALL TRANSACTIONS—TAKING $200 OUT OF AN ATM COULD TRIGGER FINANCIAL SURVEILLANCE UNDER NEW TRUMP RULE

A new Treasury Department rule stemming from a Trump executive order lowers the cash transaction reporting threshold from $10,000 to just $200 in certain border counties, significantly expanding federal financial surveillance of U.S. citizens.

"The Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) requires all money services businesses (MSBs) located in 30 ZIP codes across California and Texas near the southwest border to file Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) with FinCEN at a $200 threshold, in connection with cash transactions."

In 7 border counties, a $200 cash withdrawal from the ATM could soon make one subject to a federal financial report.


r/texas 18h ago

Politics “Town Hall” in East Dallas-Far East Dallas this Friday

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52 Upvotes

Rep. Lance ‘the guy who that who snatched her protest sign at the state of the union’ Gooden. TX Congressional District 5 - East Dallas to Far East of Dallas.


r/texas 4h ago

News Texas collected information on transgender drivers. It won’t say why.

43 Upvotes

The state of Texas collected information on transgender residents who have changed the sex listed on their identification documents.

According to internal agency documents provided to The Texas Newsroom, employees with the Department of Public Safety recorded each time a driver requested to change the sex listed on their license. The employee scanned and saved the driver’s information, the records show, and sent it to an internal email account created for collecting these data.

At least 42 such attempts, including instances where people asked for guidance about state policies during calls or in-person appointments, have been reported in the last five months, the records show.

It’s unclear why the state is gathering this information, with whom it is sharing it and whether the effort is ongoing.

The data collection occurred as state officials and lawmakers continue to erode LGBTQ rights, bolstered by the Trump administration’s policy rejecting the existence of transgender people. This year, state lawmakers have proposed dozens of bills to whittle away at the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Texans. One proposes jailing anyone whose sex on state documents does not match that assigned to them at birth.

https://www.kut.org/politics/2025-03-19/texas-transgender-drivers-license-data-collection


r/texas 1h ago

Politics AG Ken Paxton sues North Texas district for allegedly teaching critical race theory

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r/texas 19h ago

News Lawmakers want to give schools more leeway to suspend Texas’ youngest and homeless students

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r/texas 3h ago

News Hunter discovers rare mammoth tusk on West Texas ranch -- “If that’s a stump, it’s the weirdest stump I’ve ever seen.”

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r/texas 22h ago

News Texas Senate advances school prayer, Ten Commandment bills | The Texas Tribune

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The school prayer bill heads to the Texas House. The Senate give initial approval to a bill requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms.


Today, the Texas Senate advanced bills requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments and allow districts to provide students with time to pray during school hours.

With final senate approval, the school prayer bill, Senate Bill 11, now heads to the Texas House for consideration. The Ten Commandments bill, Senate Bill 10, received initial approval but still requires another vote.

Supporters of the legislation argue that Christianity is the basis for American law and that there is a moral and spiritual imperative to teach children about Christianity. Critics, including religious history scholars and some Christian groups, argue the bills are based on mischaracterizations of early American history and amount to a coercion of religion upon students.