Daily Dispatch 12/23/25: Efforts Underway To Exclude Muslim And Chinese Schools From Voucher Program, and More

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Daily Dispatch 12/23/25: Efforts Underway To Exclude Muslim And Chinese Schools From Voucher Program, and More

Progress Texas Podcasts

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Daily Dispatch 12/23/25: Efforts Underway To Exclude Muslim And Chinese Schools From Voucher Program, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock is asking Attorney General Ken Paxton for legal cover to exclude private schools with ties to CAIR or China from the state's new private school voucher program: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/paxton-islamic-schools-vouchers-21257343.php

The recently-unsealed divorce records between Paxton and his soon-to-be-ex-wife State Senator Angela Paxton reveal full blame for the divorce from the Senator upon the AG, and his insistence that she receive "nothing" in the settlement: https://www.chron.com/politics/article/ken-paxton-divorce-records-unsealed-21254129.php

The San Antonio Express editorial board suggests that Texas voters "flush" Ken Paxton over his "creepy" new tipline soliciting photos of alleged bathroom bill violators: https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/editorial/article/ken-paxton-transgender-bathroom-politics-21252847.php

Ted Cruz is said to be formulating a 2028 run for President, setting up a clash with Trump VP J.D. Vance: https://azat.tv/en/ted-cruz-president-2028-vance-maga/

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