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By Filip Ivanis A senior, Supreet Kaur, from Rockwall-Heath High School, submitted a bill. If it were approved, it would require public schools to make Anatomy and Physiology mandatory to graduate from high school. “Everybody should know Anatomy and Physiology. Anatomy and Physiology teach us how our bodies work, what [...]

By Ivan Kipp After the Hyde House passing of HH010, the Hyde Senate held an additional hearing on Saturday the 26th at the Capitol Building during the 2019 Youth and Government State Conference. This bill states that new mothers will be charged with child endangerment and even face jail time [...]

By Qandeel Suleman The State Affairs General Assembly consisted of many proposals that were debated and voted on to either pass or fail. An important proposal of an app for human trafficking was one that was strongly discussed and debated on. Delegate Garza created a proposal that made an app in [...]

By Joelle Tchantchou This is a collection of photos that show the determiniation of Mr. Shepard’s innocence in the tragedy that happened with his fiance’s life in his hands after a night of drinking and celebration. Judiciary: Swearing In   Delegates from Nyos Charter School located in Austin  are swearing [...]

By Elijah Merritt Legislative Delegate Jayden Hansen of the White Rock YMCA (far left) speaking on behalf of his bill that expresses that the “top dog” will be taken out of school through the implementation of K-12 school, which in the delegate's eyes, will prevent bullying due to older [...]

By Nathan Henderson A legal driver? Introduction  An essay consisting of photos by Nathan Henderson. All of the photos were taken at the Texas State Capitol during the 2019 YMCA State Conference. The photos illustrate the events of district court during the conference. Description  The battle of the attorneys culminates [...]

By Kyeler Smith Prosecutor of Amani Hayes Prosecutor from county court in live action of questioning  Amani Hayes in the courtroom asking “where were you going the night of the crime” Judges getting ready for another case The judges of Amani Hayes case preparing for [...]

By Hannah Palacios Greta Romero and Amanpreet Chahal preparing for their State Affairs Forum proposal on banning private prisons. Both are first year participants from the Forth Worth delegation who seek to convince other delegates that the criminal justice system needs immediate reform especially in the area of for profit private [...]

by Francisco Rios on January 25. 2019 Chairman Diomarvellous Nsofor shown above (Right)  giving opening remarks and last minute reminders about parliamentary procedures to the delegates as they prepare to put the first proposal on for debate. Chairman Nsofor later had to leave the chamber to the Capitol for [...]

By Emiliano Hernandez Delegates in the Judicial Appellate are getting their last-minute preparation in the United States Federal Courthouse before the competition starts. Two of the delegates brought their portfolios ready for their cases for them to be ready for anything that comes in their way. As the day begins, [...]

By Alison Torres Debating a bill that would require the government to fund safe sex education in mental institutions, delegate Ronnie Burns asks bill author Kevin Tom, “Why not have safe sex education in school instead of mental institutions?” Tom was unable to reply. “Will grocery stores be providing reusable [...]

By Adriana Contreras A series of photos which goal is to show and tell the story of what happens inside the State Affair committee room walls with insights of delegates proposals and SAF evaluators.   State affairs: Bus shuttle on it's way to First United Methodists Church Delegate Moses Garza, excited [...]