Items that make the show stack or upon which I wish to comment or simply news of Texas I think it important to know:
- Critical property tax cap bill could get midnight debate in Texas House committee
- Draft of new version of HB 2 includes sliding scale for small cities to be included
- Burrows Poised to Surrender, Remove School Taxes from Property Tax Reform – it would be prudent to wait and see instead of condemning Burrows based on rumor.
- Updated property tax reform proposal surfaces in the Texas House
- Analysis: Property tax relief — but not for all Texas taxpayers
- Hearing Set for State Spending Limits in Texas Senate
- Marathon session today, as Texas House considers state budget proposal
- House to Vote on Spending Spree Budget, Meager Property Tax Relief
- Teacher raises? Property tax cuts? House to debate the next Texas budget
- Budget plan would boost pay for school teachers
- House School Finance Plan Would Not “Reduce Robin Hood”
- Opponents, supporters sound off on religious freedom bill headed to state Senate floor
- Senate Approves Bill for Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Disclosure
- Texas Senate backs penalties for failing to report sexual violence at colleges
- Some Texas police officials blast efforts to ease pot restrictions
- Three Texas abortion bills pass committees, gaining momentum in Senate
- Amazon, Google, Facebook pen letter opposing Texas bills ‘that allow for the exclusion of LGBTQ people’ – those firms do not represent us politically.
- After helping defeat the “bathroom bill” in 2017, business groups are back to oppose “discriminatory and divisive measures”
- Ranchers Say Infusion of Veterinarians Crucial to Survival of Cattle, Swine Business – supporting TTU veterinarian medicine school
- El Paso Water Customer Assistance Program Bill Passes the House
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Statement on the Unanimous Passage of CSSB 20 [human trafficking]
- Legislature Inches Closer to Outright Red-Light Camera Ban
- A Closer Look: Kel Seliger, The Fourth Most Powerful Politician in Texas?
- Whooping cough case at Texas Capitol leads to vaccinations
- Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Four To Board Of The Texas Department Of Motor Vehicles
- Fiscal Notes: Texas Cybersecurity — Protecting Data Systems
- Texans are waiting for birth and death certificates amid health agency understaffing
- DPS Trooper from Wichita Falls named 2018 Trooper of the Year
- Texas secures major funding for doctors and hospitals, including Lubbock’s UMC
- Ted Cruz poised to grill aviation regulators as Congress reviews Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes
- East Texas congressman links Democrats with Nazis, insisting that both are ‘socialist’ – it is amazing to me that people still bristle at this. They were the National Socialist German Worker’s Party – that’s what NAZIs were.
- Barbara Bush no longer considered herself a Republican, had a ‘Trump countdown clock,’ new book says – she wasn’t much of one as far back as the Reagan years. She would have lambasted those who didn’t like her husband renouncing the party because he was the nominee as small-minded.
- Did someone say ‘Buttigieg, Buttigieg, Buttigieg?’ On the threat to Betomania of Buttimania.
- Stacey Abrams Says ‘Race Plays a Part’ in Hype for Beto Over Herself and Andrew Gillum – race? She’s simply unattractive, it’s nothing to do with race.
- Illegal alien surge expected to reach 100,000 this month
- 25,000 Evaded Apprehension in Rio Grande Valley Sector, Says Border Patrol
- Four Sex Offenders Arrested After Illegally Re-Entering U.S.
- ICE official: 108,500 undocumented immigrants released in the last three months
- Oil and Gas Activity Grows Modestly as Crude Prices Rally, Says Dallas Fed Energy Survey
- Grounded Jets Contribute to $150M in Lost Revenue at Southwest
- Three Austin chefs named James Beard Award finalists for Best Chef Southwest
- Bexar County sees 11 percent plunge in Obamacare enrollment – why if it’s so great?!
- AG Paxton Reaches Settlement with Austin-based Unofficial Ticket-Seller, Guided Tourist, for Deceptive Hidden Fees
- San Antonio artificial intelligence startup raises $1.5 million
- Insurance experts say 3,000-plus claims in so far after damaging Texas wind storm
- Texas Retailer Gives 60,000 Bump Stocks to Feds to Destroy
- Injuries And Deaths Of Greyhounds At A Texas Track Spark Calls For Tougher Oversight AUDIO
- Texas Cattle Raisers Host 142nd Annual Convention and Expo in Fort Worth
- 4 teens charged in shooting, break-in at UTSA student living complex
- Luis Arroyo found guilty of escaping from Bexar County Jail
- Firefighter falls through roof while extinguishing blaze at downtown San Antonio bar
- $1M+ bail reduction for S.A. man whose wife is still missing
- Wanted Bowie man found hiding inside pickup
- Texas Man Attempted a ‘Mission Impossible’ Style Burglary at a Target
- Philadelphia man accused of molesting 9-year-old Taylor County girl
- Mayor of Robert Lee arrested for theft, using city credit card for personal purchases
- Lubbock man indicted, charged with assault on public servant
- Lubbock volunteer youth leader to be sentenced for sending obscene photos to a minor – now you know why he volunteered to be with youth.
- Lubbock Cooper Elementary teacher indicted for possession of child pornography
- Man found dead inside burned building in Plainview
- Investigative DEA Agents Find Fentanyl in Suitcases at DFW Airport
- Body of Newborn Baby Girl Found Buried in Carrollton Cemetery Flower Pot
- Axtell man accused of molesting relatives released on reduced bond
- Sheriff: Neo-Nazi poster found at Cedar Park synagogue
- Records show what a school board [Seguin] hid: sexual harassment complaint against departing superintendent – more passing the trash with our $
- San Antonio councilmember pens apology to Chick-fil-A following controversial vote, more
- San Antonio mayor shies away from moral implications of Chick-fil-A vote
- San Antonio negotiators balk at firefighter union’ per-employee payment for health care trust
- Bexar County looks to buy voting machines with a paper trail – good
- South San Antonio ISD tensions rise over fast-track school reopening plan
- Is Lubbock County going broke? Yes, at current spending levels.
- Lubbock: Alcohol at parks, I-27 cleanup and other takeaways from City Council Tuesday, more
- Lubbock City Council Wants an Extension to Interstate 27
- Mayor of Dripping Springs says state law prevents changing city’s name to ‘Pound Town’
- Dallas ISD trustee contender says he didn’t belong on mayoral candidate Eric Johnson’s endorsement list – my name has been put on things too, several times
- Wichita Falls ISD students to vote on new menu options
- Pothole season underway, about 900 fixed by City of Wichita Falls so far in 2019
- Midland council to decide on law enforcement academy housing project
- Abilene Police to crack down on panhandling, soliciting
- Abilene City Manager: ‘Animal shelter not built for adoptions’
- Brownwood terminates contract with Ruth to sell former fire station
- Brownwood council OKs feasibility study for possible renovation of Brownwood Hotel
- Chambers Co. commissioner under fire for what he posted on KHOU live stream VIDEO
- City of Big Spring to seek declaratory judgment on term limits
- Could a Tug-of-War Between Two Central Texas Counties Leave Residents Without Drinking Water?
- UT won’t reimburse for Airbnb lodging after Texas decision on company’s Israeli settlement stance – The “West Bank” is Israel but Airbnb sides with the Israel haters.
- The University of Texas’ Scooter Speed Limit Is a Glimpse of the Future
- UT suspends Texas Cowboys for 6 years for hazing
- MSU alumni weighs in on university investigation into report of racist remarks in campus housing VIDEO
- Midland College Government professor honored with Paragon Award.
- Odessa College earns spot in community college rankings
- UTPB earns spot in online rankings for master’s degree in English
- Backlash builds against UTEP president nominee Heather Wilson – the “tolerant” and “diversity” loving Left cannot accept diversity of viewpoint.
- Dyess Air Force Base selected as only home of new B-21 bomber mission & training, more
- Dorm in San Antonio among Air Force cuts
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