Items that make the show stack or upon which I wish to comment:
- Democrats press to weaken or repeal Texas anti-sanctuary cities law
- Rep.Stickland Secures Over 100 Coauthors for Red-Light Camera Ban
- Quinnipiac poll shows 77% of Texans support basics of HB2 & SB2 including 2.5% tax ratification election trigger
- Rep. Kyle Kacal Against Voter Control on Property Taxes – no surprise, he was elected, as so many, as a tool of local governments.
- Texas Municipal League Anti-Taxpayer Talking Points Exposed
- Harris County Republicans Call for Withdrawal from Texas Municipal League
- Rule of 72 and why any election-trigger property tax cap above 3% is a failure
- Property tax reform: Reducing amount of tax increases is not funding cut
- Sad Sack Senator Seliger Wants to Kill Meaningful Property Tax Reform
- Increased State Spending Must Result in Lower School Taxes
- The ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ Bill Has 57 Authors. All but 3 of them Are Men. – OK, so men are more willing to save the lives of little baby girls than are women?
- Herman: Are digital license plates in your car’s future?
- House Committee Considers Job-Killing Mandates on Texas Businesses
- Automation fears pop up in Texas House hearing on minimum wage bills
- Analysis: Killing in-state tuition for ‘Dreamers’ would cost Texas $400 million a year – that doesn’t factor how much of that money comes from taxpayers to begin with, tuition paid, nor does it cover the taxpayer subsidized costs of their schooling which is significant. Plus this figure is speculative as to earnings and assumes these folk remain in Texas for their working lives.
- Rally for Public Education
- Muslim group fights Texas’ opposition to anti-Israel movement
- Can Texas lawmakers end daylight saving time this session? – let’s hope not. If we do not change clocks we need to be in DST not CST.
- Bills aim to bring high-speed internet to rural Texas
- In federal court, lawyers trade accusations over state voter investigation
- Federal judge directs more counties to halt voter citizenship review efforts as lawsuits proceed
- Sen. Cruz Applauds President Trump’s Approval of Disaster Declaration For Central Texas Counties
- Federal funds flow into Texas for recovery from Harvey, fall floods
- Texas environmental regulator goes to bat for faster emissions permitting
- Democrats had historic gains in Texas in 2018. They’re setting their sights on even more in 2020.
- Texas governor stockpiles cash but not for the usual reason
- Greg Abbott Has Raised More Campaign Cash Than Any Governor In US History
- Analysis: Texas has a two-for-one option for Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke
- The Electoral College is in Jeopardy
- Bill Maher shreds red state Americans: ‘We have chef Wolfgang Puck, they have Chef Boyardee’ – hilarious ignorance. By the way Puck has a nice place in DALLAS!
- Poll shows competitive matchup if O’Rourke ran for Senate again
- Everyone’s talking about John Cornyn
- Beto O’Rourke apologizes for 1991 play review with ‘demeaning comments about women’ – so?
- Four reasons Beto shouldn’t run for president, and four reasons he should
- Study: Green New Deal Would Cost $93 Trillion, over Four Times the National Debt – that’s money cost. How do you calculate the miserable lives, starvation, disease, etc. that comes with it?
- Transgender athletes continue to destroy women’s sports
- Cornyn tweets Mussolini quote in apparent takedown of Democratic Socialism – I had stories on this yesterday and I still don’t understand why it’s a big deal.
- Texas veterans and caregivers cope as Congress eyes burn pits
- Ban on Deadly Bump Stocks for Guns Upheld by Judge
- Texans deeply divided on border wall, new poll shows
- Pelosi’s House Poised to Reject Trump’s Emergency Order for Wall
- Joaquin Castro Says Voting To Stop The President’s Emergency Declaration Is ‘The Most Consequential Vote’ In Decades – hyperbole
- US general says no military threat on southern border – a military threat is different from a political, economic, or social threat, all are threats
- Report: Caravan Migrants Try to Rush Texas Border
- Cartel Gunman Films Firefight That Killed Mexican Army Officer VIDEO
- $340K in Coke Seized on Passenger Bus at Texas Border Immigration Checkpoint
- El Paso’s Reputation Pays A Price, As Violence Keeps Rising In Juárez
- Federal Reserve Kicks Off Nationwide Listening Sessions In South Dallas
- Texas Service Sector Activity Expands at Accelerated Pace; Retail Sales Strengthen
- Business News US Appeals Court Clears AT&T’s $81B Purchase of Time Warner A federal appeals court has cleared AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner, rejecting the Trump administration’s claims that the $81 billion deal will harm consumers and reduce competition in the TV industry. Feb. 26, 2019
- Happy State Bank to purchase area First Bank & Trust locations
- Models sue former Wichita Falls nightclub
- Housing company opening in Odessa
- San Antonio food-maker, Papa Grande Gourmet Foods, seeks bankruptcy protection
- Texas Oil Production Is High, So Why Are Gas Prices On The Rise, Too?
- Texas Crop Progress and Condition, Feb. 18-24, 2019
- Texas Land Trends report shows value of conservation easements to ag, water, wildlife
- About 90 percent of the prescription drugs sold in the U.S. today are generics
- 44-story tower to replace string of defunct bars on 5th St. in Austin
- Report: Whole Foods to convert 365 stores to regular Whole Foods stores
- Southwest Airlines gets closer to launching Hawaii service
- Zurich Insurance Group acquires DFW tech startup
- Criminal Charges Against Schlitterbahn Officials Have Been Dropped
- Kirby police make arrest in home invasion that left several wounded VIDEO
- Man fatally shoots burglar suspected of taking rims and tires from car, Grand Prairie police say
- Infant dies after flying out of shopping cart hit by suspected drunken driver in San Antonio
- Friends Seek to Clear Houston Couple Killed in No-Knock Drug Raid
- Crews responding to grass fire in Carson County
- Lawyers Cite Bundy, McVeigh in Texas School Shooting Case
- Southern Baptist Group Clears Churches of Mishandling Abuse
- Juveniles charged in connection to West Odessa shooting
- Missing Connecticut kids might be in Texas
- Abilene foster mom accused of hitting 2-year-old, dragging him across floor by leg
- Trial date set for former Lubbock teacher charged with enticement of a minor
- Search Continues for Body at Texas Plane Crash Site
- Officials: Animal body part found among nearly 2 dozen dogs seized from ‘deplorable’ S.A. home
- When Does an Accident Become a Crime?
- Twin Peaks biker arrested less than a year after case dismissed VIDEO
- Kevin Felder is just the latest Dallas council member to show arrogance in office
- Lubbock hires McDougal Land Company as Lubbock’s downtown master developer
- Federal regulators end legal action against the Lubbock PD over hiring practices
- Second family: Lubbock Co. ME took toddler’s organs without permission
- Paid parking in downtown Amarillo to go into effect in March
- Swisher County now under burn ban
- Vernon city leaders approve boost for downtown VIDEO
- City of Midland removes recycle containers around town until further notice
- City to vote on $2M for improvements in northeast Midland
- Midland County still without solution to paving oversight issue
- Odessa City Council to Oppose Property Tax Reform
- Egg discovery scrambles San Antonio’s plan to crack down on egrets
- Brownwood Police Chief Terry Nichols resigns
- Breckenridge cracking down on convicted sex offenders living in their city
- Merkel ISD partners with energy management company for campus safety
- Vacant Abilene Zoo Director position down to three candidates VIDEO
- Abilene city council to consider allowing alcohol consumption at special events
- Abilene City Council to honor good Samaritans that helped at Wylie ISD bus crash VIDEO
- Abilene city council to tackle scooters, panhandling, taxi fees
- Lorenzo water shut off, boil water notice issued
- Levelland ISD approves hiring of new athletic director
- Harris Co. Commissioners Court to consider re-prioritizing flood bond money
- Rick Perry Endorses in Houston Mayoral Race
- Austin ISD board strips Confederate moniker, changes Reagan to Northeast High
- Austin City Council Spending $450,000 on Two Toilets
- Amid housing problems, Fort Hood bolsters oversight – Bingo! Told you so. This is a management problem not lack of funding problem.
- TTUHSC set to host anniversary of School of Nursing clinic
- Howard College inks Tech Teach agreement with Texas Tech
- Alamo Colleges might forgive student debt
- TCU: Parking tickets racking up for students
- TCU attempts to combat unconscious bias through anonymous grading feature
- Americans Overwhelmingly Reject Racial Preferences in Admissions – but UT and others press on defending their race-based discrimination
- UT San Antonio hosts delegation from sister city’s university
- Amarillo College Calls May Bond Election, 3rd bond in 3 years
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