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By Analiese Wensmann Bill #17 from Committee #4 proposed to allow teachers to carry concealed handguns at school to help prevent school shootings. There were many points to this bill and also many questions to help in deciding this bill's fate, but in the end this bill was not passed, [...]

By Devan Hodges Chloe Gaytan is a senior at Veterans Memorial High School in San Antonio, TX. This year is her first year at the youth and government competition. In her free time, she plays Volleyball and works out. She has sparked up an interest in government because the class [...]

By Sophia Chau, LASA Delegation Austin District Conference A core component of Democracy is elections. This year, two candidates are running for Attorney General at the Youth and Government (YAG) Austin District Conference: Catherine Masey of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy delegation, and Elif Painaik of the NYOS Charter [...]

By Devan Hodges A Bill for the Betterment of Campaign Finance Today November 20, 2021 at the Youth and Government competition in Austin,TX, Senator Cooper Baldwin from Veterans Memorial High school in San Antonio Texas is proposing a very important bill. He is from the Austin Bexar County Delegation. Cooper [...]

The Freedman Court Trial By Abby McAdams Ann Freedman, an art saleswoman, was accused of knowingly selling a fake painting to Dominico de Sole. The trial commenced with de Sole’s testimony against Freedman. De Sole had received a referral to Freedman from a fellow dealer in Arizona. He claimed he [...]

By Adriana Quevedo Should the heartbeat act be repealed? Bill 27 was introduced by Mona Rosas and most of the delegates leaned towards the passing of this bill. The author of the bill started the opening statement by stating the current policy of heartbeat act. The heartbeat act is the [...]

By Analiese Wensmann Masks are something that everyone has to live with for however long COVID is going to be around, we don’t know how long we have to wear them either. That's where people's preferences come into play. People have gotten bored of just what they call ‘plain and [...]

By Skyla Rodriguez As Ceclia walked in the courtroom the defense and the plaintiff got their witness and case together. Anne Freedmen was being charged with Financial Damage and Wire Fraud. She is being accused of selling the paintings knowing that they’re fake. Ms.Freeman claimed they are real paintings, but [...]

Lead Attorney, Elif Painiak, poses with a welcoming smile after judging a round of Trial Court at the YMCA Austin District Conference. By Sophia Portillo, Dripping Springs Delegation A world of insecurity. Water and land became bridged, colonized, and transformed not by physicality, but by government. However, its development [...]

By Abby McAdams During the month of February, 2021, a series of debilitating freezes swept over Texas, cutting power off from the entire state and resulting in billions of dollars of damage and hundreds of lives lost. Will this proposed Winterization bill help prevent this crisis from ever happening again, [...]

234 years ago today our founding fathers signed the Constitution. The constitution is so important because it outlines our government system and holds the bill of rights. The best part is that the constitution can evolve and change to fit our needs as a country. Without the Constitution, Youth [...]

Prostitution is one of the oldest professions in the world, yet it is still criminalized in Texas. State Affairs(SAF) members Ananya Vegesna, Ava Karkuschke, and Ethan Ong introduced a proposal that decriminalizes all forms of consensual sex work in Texas. “When we were deciding to pick our proposal we [...]