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Texas lawmakers want to honor Charlie Kirk by investigating free speech on college campuses

By Staff Reports

September 23, 2025

Top Republicans in the Texas Legislature, already cracking down on speech they don’t care for from professors and students, formed two committees to study “bias, discourse, and freedom of speech” on public college campuses.

The committees, which are stacked with Republicans, were formed following the killing of far right political activist Charlie Kirk, and come as Texas professors have come under online scrutiny.

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