Items that make the show stack or upon which I wish to comment or simply news of Texas I think it important to know:
- Voters must contact lawmakers NOW in support of HB2 & SB2 or lose out to local gov’t pressure
- Texas Senate Proposes Temporary Property Tax Relief – exactly my thoughts on all these efforts to mess with homestead values. Such is good but only if we also get full reform on appraisals and local property taxes.
- Texas Senate seeks to tap billions from rainy day fund – some of this goes too far.
- Texas Senate Goes on Supplemental Spending Spree
- Senate OKs $100M for bulletproof glass, beefed up school security
- Mass shooters will be carved out of parole bill after Santa Fe parents testify against it
- Rep. Mary González Files Bill to Create an Independent Commission for Redistricting – a.k.a. a system that will help Democrats
- Opponents of frivolous lawsuits back bill making it harder to dismiss them – not really, the idea is to keep the anti-SLAPP law as it was intended and not stretched to every conceivable application as has been the trend.
- Will Texas Pass Bail Reform This Year?
- Hate Daylight Saving Time? House plan would let Texas voters decide between it or Standard Time – leave it alone or go all DST but Federal law doesn’t allow that.
- Herman: Has the time come to pick a year-round time? – no
- Speaker Bonnen Nominates Rep. Thompson for National Nuclear Legislative Working Group
- Texas’ Most Unethical Agency: Texas Ethics Commission caught lying to senators in a bid to get more money, then trying to cover it up.
- Conservative lawyers sue to end state bar dues
- A federal safety net funds health care for uninsured Texans. Time is running short to negotiate its renewal.
- AG Paxton Defends Texas Foster Care System at the 5th Circuit
- AG Paxton Files Brief with 5th Circuit Defending the Right of States to Enact Laws Safeguarding Women’s Health and Protecting the Unborn
- Public Regularly Denied Access to Police Officer Videos
- RIP: Denton Co. Activist Shirley Spellerberg Passes Away
- Democrat Kim Olson looking at TX24 to challenge Rep. Marchant
- Trump on Beto Pancho’s hand gestures: ‘Is he crazy or is that just the way he acts?’
- ‘LMAO’! Sean Spicier has a theory about Beto O’Rourke’s extreme hand gestures
- Beto O’Rourke announces in video he’s running for president
- We’re doomed! Beto O’Rourke starts presidential campaign by claiming the world faces ‘catastrophe’ and warns ‘hundreds of millions’ of climate refugees will overwhelm borders and humanity could go EXTINCT unless we fix the planet in 12 years
- O’Rourke Backs Green New Deal — ‘We Have No More Than 12 Years’ to Take Action VIDEO
- Iowa News Beto O’Rourke Enters 2020 Race Attempting Bipartisan Appeal – no, his appeal appears to be solely to extremely ignorant and stupid people
- Will Beto O’Rourke’s unconventional approach work now that he’s running for president?
- Beto O’Rourke’s burden: Dem says he’s ‘born’ for politics, yet ‘part of the problem’ as a white man
- Republicans warn Beto O’Rourke could ramp up Democratic turnout in Texas
- Beto Tries to Fail Upwards, Announces Presidential Bid – that’s how Leftism works. Those who can’t teach and those who really can’t end up as the ruthless rulers of everyone else.
- [Liberal] Fact check: Stacking up Club for Growth’s claims about Beto O’Rourke
- Rep. Joaquin Castro calls for GOP senators to join in rebuke of Trump
- Ted Cruz and John Cornyn vote against Joaquin Castro’s resolution blocking Trump’s emergency order
- Sen. Cruz Issues Statement in Support of President Trump’s National Emergency Declaration
- Trump Tells GOP to Back Border Emergency, but Defeat Likely
- Senate Rejects Trump Border Emergency as Republicans Defect
- Donald Trump Labels Democrats ‘Border Deniers’
- Illegal Alien Group Apprehended in Texas’ Deadliest Human Smuggling County
- Human Smuggler Killed Two Innocent Victims During South Texas Car Chase, Say Police
- Mexican Government Confirms Second Mass Kidnapping near Texas
- Texas: Twerking, drinking, passing out on the beach – and taking cops off the border: How Spring Break resort is calling in cartel-fighting police to keep college kids in line – are you even a parent if you allow your teen to attend these grotesque gatherings? This story is a stretch to relate to the border, it’s really just a chance to post tones of X-rated photos and get clicks.
- U.S. Now Has More Millionaires Than Sweden Has People
- Houston wildcatter and philanthropist Lester Smith dies at age 76
- New Mexico accuses Texas oil firm, Hilcorp, of air quality violations
- 15-story office development replaces Austin Hooters VIDEO
- No Charges for Texas Deputies Who Unwittingly Killed Boy – the same standard should be applied to other similar situations.
- Dog Pack Mauls 53-Year-Old Man Fatally in Southeast Texas
- Experts Doubt Turbulence Caused Crash of Cargo Jet in Texas
- Semi truck plows into end of home on Hwy 82/277 near Holliday
- Fast food fight?
- One dead after plane crash in Lakeway, police say
- Burkburnett Police Officer out on bond following assault charge
- Dash cam video shows Travis Co. deputy sheriff rescued from floodwaters VIDEO
- Abilene man accused of shooting victim, attacking him with hammer indicted
- Warrant describes why former Lubbock elementary teacher was investigated and charged
- Lubbock grand jury indicts man accused of stalking local radio DJ
- Bid to Buy, Demolish 1914 Nueces Co. Courthouse Refused
- Bail reform issue not going away in Bexar County
- Big Spring to replace water valves, residents may experience low pressure
- Burkburnett selects top candidate for Chief of Police VIDEO
- Ector County residents face utility district over water rate hike
- City of Sweetwater receives rebate from deal with energy management company
- Abilene council extends number of alcohol-friendly venues
- Lamesa EDC to pursue three-year payoff of loan interest
- City of Lubbock cracks down on game rooms to prevent illegal gambling VIDEO
- Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District General Manager Resigns
- Boerne Bucks Taxpayers, Opposes Citizen Control
- High-Density Developer Backs Plano Mayor’s Council Picks
- What Is Going On With Frisco’s Mayor?
- Austin PAC admits city ethics violation, but intent at issue
- Abbott Appoints Five To Texas State University System Board Of Regents
- ‘A self-made guy,’ plainspoken Eltife now speaks for UT regents – he’s a RINO
- UT denies $500K donation figure found in tax records from foundation accused of bribes
- UT tennis coach fired, governor tells Texas universities to examine admissions after bribery probe
- UT named in lawsuit against schools tied to college cheating scandal
- Man at the center of college admissions scandal has ties to San Antonio
- Sen. Cruz Raises Concerns of Chinese Espionage Within American Universities at Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing VIDEO
- Austin Community College expanding its ‘drop-in’ daycare program VIDEO
- 46,000 Xcel customers remain without power as 25 new crews begin restoration work
- Power outages impact more than 8,300 customers in area
- Xcel Energy Employee Dies While Working in Hereford, Texas
- Amarillo City Hall closed due to power outages
- Strong Texas Winds Blow Over an 18-Wheeler on Highway Causing Major Delays VIDEO
- Zephyr recovering after being hit by intense storm VIDEO
- Snyder family picking up the pieces after home destroyed by storm VIDEO
- High wind, heavy rain is seen in Dawson Co.
- High winds cause construction to come to a halt VIDEO
- Lubbock-Cooper area residents experiencing power outages
- Lubbock’s coordinated response to storm damage VIDEO
- Tornado traveled 2 miles, damaged home and property near Anton
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