Items that make the show stack or upon which I wish to comment or simply news of Texas I think it important to know:
- HB3: $9B school finance bill advances to Texas House – reforms little, spends much.
- Texas House abandons plan to give teachers merit-based raises – weak, absent leadership on things that are fundamental and will pay long term dividends
- Texas House panel advances school finance bill but removes merit pay provision
- Conservatives Defeat Effort to Turn Failing Schools into Welfare Centers
- Texas lawmakers are prioritizing mental health for school safety. But advocates worry about stigma. – typical
- As House budget proposal moves forward, Freedom Caucus member casts no vote – Matt’s right, proposed spending is too high, mainly to buy off the school lobby.
- Out-Of-Touch Local Officials Versus Texas Taxpayers
- Lawmakers consider death penalty procedures
- Bills would exert more state control over the Alamo
- Opponents of killing babies target Austin lease
- Come and drink it! House moves forward bill to legalize lemonade stands in Texas, more
- Landgraf’s bill to increase penalties for assaults on pregnant women passes out of committee
- Lubbock moms chip in on Texas debate over mandatory vaccination
- Senate bill would raise the tobacco sale age from 18 to 21
- Medical cannabis expansion has high support in the Texas Legislature. But Dan Patrick might stand in the way.
- Troubled Texas nonprofit tries for more family planning money
- Senate Committee Considers Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban
- Pecan Bill is 86th’s Occupational Licensing Battle in a Nutshell
- Musicians Little Joe Hernandez, Emily Gimble and MacArthur Fellow Rick Lowe among eight Texas artists appointed by State Legislature
- Senate OKs dogs-in-restaurants bill based on Austin rules
- Texas parks should get the funding the state Legislature has already designated for them
- Is CBD Legal In Texas? Edinburg’s City Attorney Wants A.G. Ken Paxton To Weigh In. AUDIO
- 3 American-Indian Prison Inmates Win Right to Long Hair in Texas
- Facebook says it flagged Texas GOP’s anti-abortion post because it was ‘clickbait’
- Conservatives face a tough fight as Big Tech’s censorship expands
- Nunes sues Twitter, some users, seeks over $250M alleging anti-conservative ‘shadow bans,’ smears
- San Antonio GOP Rep. Will Hurd’s profile rises in Democrat-controlled House – he’s a Democrat who claims to be a Republican, Dems in DC know this.
- Trump rejects court packing, an idea backed by O’Rourke, Harris, Warren and other 2020 Democrats – of course they do, that’s how FDR foisted the first huge wave of socialism on the country – by threatening to pack the court.
- Media Gives Itself Award for Disastrous Gun-Control ‘Town Hall’
- Is it weirdo Beto Pancho or just failed dilettante Beto Pancho?
- Beto bust? Almost no bounce for O’Rourke in first post-announcement poll
- Dick Morris: Beto’s Family Felony
- Pennsylvania News Beto O’Rourke Makes Early Impression in Pennsylvania
- In Beto O’Rourke’s shadow, Julián Castro brings long-shot presidential campaign to Dallas
- Andrew Yang is Ross Perot for millennials
- Many of the soldiers securing our borders are immigrants who are proud to defend the U.S. – another effort to confuse legal vs. illegal immigration
- Asylum Seekers Waiting in Mexico Arrive for Hearings in US
- On Illegal Immigration, Trump Administration Wins Key Supreme Court Battle
- Pentagon Lists Possible Project Cuts to Pay for Wall
- Trump’s emergency declaration could mean Texas’ military installations lose millions for future projects – so be it.
- George W. Bush Welcomes New US Citizens at Texas Ceremony – and even W. seems to be unable to publicly differentiate between legal and illegal immigration.
- George W. Bush praises borders, calls for immigration amnesty
- Fleeing the black hole called Tamaulipas
- Kidnapped Mexican Politician Forced to Disclose Gulf Cartel Ties VIDEO
- Texas ships out 80 percent of nation’s crude exports
- Wet Winter Bodes Well for Water Supplies Along Rio Grande
- Allstate: Midland among Texas’ stormiest counties, Collin Co. tops the list
- San Antonio home sales rose 9 percent in February as prices continued to rise
- Reward Increased to $7,000 for Most Wanted Sex Offender From Wichita Falls
- Burkburnett police officer on unpaid leave following assault arrest
- Former state Sen. Carlos Uresti settles lawsuit with star witness in criminal trial
- Petrochemicals Plant Fire Near Houston, in Deer Park, Likely To Burn 2 More Days VIDEO, No Timetable for End to Fire at Texas Chemical Facility
- Deer Park Plant Fire Intensifies After Drop in Water Pressure
- TDCJ Identifies Inmate Who Died at Allred Unit in Wichita Falls
- Hay fire in Wichita Falls destroys 800 bales in metal barn
- Wichita Falls city employee injured after vehicle falls on him
- Wichita Falls PD: Man calls 911, threatens to kill officers who responded to disturbance
- 45 rattlesnakes extracted from underneath home VIDEO
- Lubbock Construction Worker Injured After Being Hit By Car
- Odessa mother accused of allowing man to sexually assault 5-year-old for $400
- Lubbock woman pleads to sexual assault of her adopted child, receives 20-year sentence
- Parmer County Sheriff’s Office looking for girl who called 911 when her mother collapsed
- Judge nullifies wealthy but mentally incompetent San Antonio man’s adult adoptions, scolds lawyer for misleading him
- Austin police accuse boyfriend of killing man found in Onion Creek Greenbelt
- Out-Of-Touch Local Officials Versus Texas Taxpayers
- Ector County to host public meeting on sales tax
- Paperwork mishap blamed for violation by Ector Co. Utility District
- Mark Moore appoint Taylor County Precinct 4 constable
- City View ISD to host town hall meeting to discuss $10 million bond
- Burkburnett city leaders and the TMPA disagree over civil service
- Iowa Park city council sets guidelines for control burns
- Blanket City Council discusses selling community center
- Lubbock’s Citibus adds charging stations in preparation for electric buses
- After years of pleading, local and federal officials break ground for a new U.S. courthouse in San Antonio
- Austin ordinance would let police write $40 tickets to speedy scooter scofflaws
- West University Place is rolling out a virtual gate to monitor those coming in and out of the town
- Commentary: School Board Ethics at San Angelo ISD
- Houston’s library promises to weed the sex offenders out of drag queen storytime
- College admissions scandal prompts whistleblower “hotline” reward
- Trustees might raise Alamo Colleges’ hourly minimum wage to $15 – it’s easy when you are spending other people’s money
- Clarendon College student killed in accident on campus Monday night
- Howard Payne Univ. names 20th president: Dr. Cory Hines, more
- Hardin-Simmons University Academic Feature: Social Work Program
- International Community Grows at Hardin-Simmons
- ACU men’s, women’s basketball ready to represent Abilene on national stage VIDEO
- SPC Lady Texans roll past Harford in NJCAA Tournament opener
- Raiders Defending Life presents pregnant, parenting students with scholarships
- Texas Tech Head Coach Matt Wells Suspends 4 Football Players
- Amarillo Matters to kickoff grassroot effort for the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine
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