Items that make the show stack or upon which I wish to comment or simply news of Texas I think it important to know:
- Texas lawmakers eye a record-breaking rainy day fund withdrawal
- School finance plan would refashion funding for low-income students
- North Texas business leaders support legislative plan to boost school spending, cut property taxes
- Rep. Springer wants to start taxing a host of Texas goods and services now exempt – not a good idea unless seriously tight restrictions on property tax growth are made law, otherwise we end up a decade later with must many more net taxes.
- Bill to strengthen open records law gets day in sun
- On some big issues this year, Texas lawmakers are going against the polls
- Senator Hall moves to block House effort from banning red light cameras – Hall is the one pushing to get rid of them. He’s doing this to get the votes he must have to get some type of ban out of the Senate is my understanding.
- An Outright Red-Light Camera Ban at Risk in Texas Senate
- Attempts to outlaw red-light cameras hit a slowdown
- Fight to outlaw red light cameras is starting to click, lawmaker says
- Oklahoma Senate Near Unanimous In Banning Red Light Cameras
- Campus Speech Legislation Passes Unanimously in Senate
- Rep. Landgraf bridge strike bill moves to full House
- Texas officials say it would cost $1 billion to cool prisons – but they’ve grossly overestimated AC costs before
- Election Integrity Bill Targets Mail Ballot Fraud
- Texas lawmakers debate need for state incentives programs
- Herman: Austin, home of the weird and the patriotic
- Gerrymandering Lawsuits Are Pending in a Dozen States
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Approve Changes to Fishing Regulations
- Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Texas Juvenile Justice Advisory Board
- Abbott Announces New Governor’s University Research Initiative Award
- Governor Abbott Appoints Three To OneStar Foundation Board
- The Bump Stock Ban Is Just Days Away. What Will Owners Do?
- Arrington discusses Farm Bill, West Texas agriculture
- If Joaquin Castro Runs For Senate, Who In San Antonio Could Take His Place In Congress?
- John Cornyn, Joaquin Castro clash in preview of potential 2020 Senate contest
- From eating dirt to campaign cash, Beto O’Rourke is giving Cruz, Cornyn plenty to tweet about
- Gillum: ‘No Doubt’ Beto Taken Seriously Because He Enjoys ‘Set of Privileges’
- Beto Pancho: America Doesn’t ‘Need Any Walls’ to Solve ‘a Problem We Do Not Have’ VIDEO
- Where New Hampshire voters heckled Rick Perry, Beto O’Rourke gets warm welcome – crazies identify with each other.
- In Democratic primary bracketology, centrism and youth usually win
- Pratt: Does authentic accomplishment matter to younger Americans?
- Border crossing surge wreaks havoc on Democrats’ talking points (Border Patrol says detention centers are full)
- Trump-supporting Latinos tell CNN they want ‘longer,’ ‘taller’ border wall VIDEO
- New US Asylum Policy Dealt Setback in Immigration Court
- Border Patrol Releases Illegal Aliens Texas
- Waves of Illegal Aliens Parents and Children Enter Overtaxed System
- The Trump administration’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico has come to El Paso
- Illegal Alien Killed Tracking Dog During Texas Manhunt, Say Police
- Border Patrol Rescues Migrant Children from Drowning in Rio Grande
- Smugglers Use Large Migrant Groups to ‘Disrupt Border Security’ Operations, Say Feds
- Texas Border Patrol Found a Man Allegedly Having Sex With a Cow
- Nearly 3 tons of cocaine seized by authorities with help of P-3 crews out of Corpus Christi
- Texas ranked #3 for startup businesses – should work to be #1
- Few Lawyers Seek Top SEC Enforcement Job in Texas
- AT&T peels off layer of political spending secrecy — thanks to pushy investors
- Proposed agreement could help resolve some RDAG customer issues
- Texas importers see rotten tomatoes in claims of Mexican dumping
- Flag Football World Championship Tour Returning to Wichita Falls
- Midland Co. ranks first in TX for vehicle registration increase
- Mills: Natural gas generates the most electricity
- ITC secures claims website after KHOU raises questions VIDEO
- Texas-based Nexstar Media selling 19 TV stations for $1.32 billion
- North Texas Nursing Home With Alleged Sexual Assault Has Third Most Fines Nationwide
- Roman Catholic in Austin priest accused of groping woman during last rites: “Does that feel good?”
- National Guard called in after Houston petrochemicals facility fire
- Benzene Warning Lifted Near Houston-Area Petrochemical Plant
- Stay-Indoors Order Lifted Near Scorched Texas Chemical Plant
- Escaped Wallaby Goes on Walkabout in Dallas Neighborhood
- Police: Homeless man breaks into good Samaritan’s home VIDEO
- Wichita Falls woman sentenced on 2 arson charges
- Odessa middle school student pepper sprayed, arrested after allegedly punching officer
- Man Indicted for Robbing Wells Fargo Bank in Lubbock
- Verbal Altercation at a Lubbock Club Escalates Into a Stabbing
- Muleshoe Man Indicted on Federal Kidnapping Charges
- Nearly 4 Dozen Nabbed in Houston-Galveston Drug-Related Case
- Woman stabbed Thursday outside Lubbock night club
- Lubbock SWAT stand-off ends when suspect falls through ceiling
- Williamson County deputies investigating more than 30 car burglaries in Vista Oaks area
- Today marks one year since investigators closed in on the Austin Bomber
- Austin police seeking hit-and-run suspect after crash leaves child critically injured
- Autopsy: 18-month-old brought to Orange Co. ER was suffocated
- Parker County baby dies after being laid down ‘really kinda hard’ by mother’s boyfriend
- Human Bones Found on DFW Airport Property Identified As Person with Criminal History
- Chief: Body was stashed for months in closet at San Antonio apartment complex
- Houston: Lawsuit alleges another illegal contract by the Sylvester Turner administration
- Houston garbage fee delayed, Prop B proposal disputed by fire union
- City board votes to shutter South Dallas car wash; owner says it’s a ‘political witch hunt’
- Ector Co. ISD, search firm narrow field of Superintendent candidates
- Midland to name convention center for George H.W. and Barbara Bush
- Year after Austin bomber stopped, city leaders honor victims, law enforcement
- Austin Wants to Fine Fast Scooter Riders
- Wave of scooter lawsuits sweeping across cities
- City Council to mull new restrictions for scooters on San Antonio streets
- San Antonio’s sheriff delves deeper into dealing with problem employees himself
- San Antonio police twice responded to 911 calls alleging domestic violence by mayoral candidate Greg Brockhouse
- City of San Antonio trying to end legal fight over Hays Street Bridge land
- San Antonio devises ways to cut ozone levels, asks for community’s help
- Former San Antonio City Manager Sculley’s controversial salary was in line with the market rate, analyst says
- Hillary Clinton makes endorsement in Dallas mayoral race
- Dallas braces itself for a titanic tornado downtown: ‘This is not a far-fetched scenario’
- Citizens Organize Campaign Against $807 Million Conroe ISD Bond
- Pastor group drops lawsuit against Austin’s LGBT [homosexual] hiring protections
- I-20 project in Ward Co. will rebuild all 4 lanes
- Woodson ISD holds panel for questions on four-day week
- Blanket looking for infrastructure improvements through Communities Unlimited
- Brown Co. commissioners to hammer out credit card complications
- Howard County officials opposition to property tax rollback bills provokes public comment
- Seminole Police Facebook post sparks conversation about CBD oil VIDEO
- Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees unanimously passes motion to keep Dunbar Prep in district
- Conroe ISD Fails to Prioritize Needs With $807 Million Bond
- Editorial: Silsbee ISD should reveal all superintendent finalists
- Study Finds Lead in Drinking Water at Nearly 800 Texas Schools
- Law professor: Waco superintendent’s fate could hinge on his contract
- San Marcos council approves final motion in SMART Terminal development
- Nacogdoches County launches NacVotes website
- West Texas universities among top nursing schools in Texas
- University of North Texas is attempting to forcefully take over the properties of longtime local businesses
- GoFundMe page raises money to buy ACU coach new suit after ripping pants in celebration
- TTU’s Chris Beard Is a Finalist for 2019 Naismith Coach of the Year
- 10th Annual Texas Tech Show Drag Show
- Texas Tech to host 2nd annual Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit
- Texas Tech Receives $750,000 Grant To Support Disaster Recovery
- Texas Tech Burkhart Center launches mobile autism clinic
- Tech professor sworn in to US Air Force Science Advisory Board
- UT Austin professor is first woman to win ‘Abel Prize,’ mathematics’ most VIDEO
- A&M Student Senate updates SGA code to include protections against gender identity discrimination, begins process of updating Student Rule 7 – A&M students turning as Leftist as any.
- UNT Business Student First Woman to Win Computer Coding Competition-Twice VIDEO
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