Items that make the show stack or upon which I wish to comment or simply news of Texas I think it important to know:
- At Capitol, property tax constraints run into turbulence – call Seliger’s office and insist he not prevent SB2 from coming up for a vote: 512-463-0131
- Pratt: You need to be heard by Senator Kel Seliger
- All hope with meaningful property tax reform may rest with Governor Abbott
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick considers ‘nuclear option’ on property tax relief bill
- Patrick Signals He’s Had Enough of Seliger Stalling Property Tax Vote
- Dan Patrick Alerts Senate That He Intends to Use “Nuclear Option” to Pass Property Tax Reform
- Senate approves two bills to override paid sick leave, local control over employment practices, Senate approves bills to end municipal sick leave ordinances, more
- Advocates: Texans need wider access to medical marijuana
- Texas Senate approves crackdown on hazing, more
- Radio ads tout bill to protect Confederate monuments in Texas
- Fertility fraud is real. The Texas Senate approved a bill to make it a crime
- Dallas Co. Judge: Radical judicial agenda in the Texas Legislature would consolidate power in Austin
- All froth, no pour? Catchy ideas changing Texas beer, liquor and gambling laws may go flat
- Obstructionist or principled stand? Bedford Rep. Stickland stalls other Texas House members’ bills – good thing someone is paying attention to the abused local & consent calendar.
- Study: Texas vehicle inspection program ‘saves lives and enhances safety’
- New bill would reclassify dispatch callers as first responders – important people but they do not “respond” in the manner the term means: on-site where the danger is.
- Holli Jeffcoat’s family makes final push for support of Holli’s Bill VIDEO
- Paxton On Human Trafficking, Vote Fraud, San Antonio, Chick fil-A
- Abbott Appoints Four To Texas Emergency Services Retirement System Board of Trustees
- Texas Supreme Court : Lethal injection drug supplier identities can remain hidden
- State Supreme Court rules Texas can hide the identity of execution drug supplier
- Texas Attorney General denies U.S. House request for voter purge documents
- Texas attorney general denies U.S. lawmakers’ request in voter probe
- Texas defies congressional request for information on voter roll review
- Texas Fights US House Request Over Voter Roll Search
- Rise in Suicide Attempts in Texas Prisons Alarms Advocates
- How TxDOT came to own a San Antonio funeral home
- Governor Abbott Reappoints Gonzalez To Risk Management Board
- Waco VA hospital could again be considered for closure
- Electoral College Protects All Americans Against the ‘Tyranny of the Majority’
- Julián Castro asserts his relevance in presidential race – you don’t have much at present if you have to assert it.
- Can Julián Castro Find A Lane In Crowded Race To Democratic Nomination?
- Homosexual Pete Buttigieg blows past Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro, climbing to third in Iowa and New Hampshire
- Trump Administration Seeks to Halt Ruling Over Asylum Policy
- Trump Administration Says No Lawsuits Over Border Killings
- On legal immigration, Trump might be right
- Senate Leader McConnell Wants Bipartisan Immigration Talks – he’s such a moron not understanding that Dems want the issue, not a solution.
- Gulf Cartel Blockades Shut Down Mexican Border City
- Cartel Hitman Behind Mexican Border Beheadings Unmasked
- Eleven-year-old ordered deported without her family
- Nonprofit CEO: Permian Basin is ‘hub’ for human trafficking
- Rig count sails past one year above 1,000 mark
- Moody’s: Gas pipeline shortages will hamper Permian producers through 2020
- Chevron Vaults Into New League on $33B Anadarko Acquisition
- A Look at How Chevron/Anadarko Compares to the Sector
- Chevron’s Anadarko deal seen putting Permian drillers into play
- The Religious Freedom “Tax”: Can You Afford To Be Free?
- Southwest Doesn’t Plan to Use Boeing Max Jets Until August
- SpaceX Launches Mega Rocket [Falcon Heavy,] Lands All 3 Boosters
- Agriculture Report Shows Fewer but Larger Farms in US
- Former Andeavor headquarters building on San Antonio’s North Side up for sale
- Austin grocery chain opening downtown store, its first in San Antonio
- Hotels, school district stiffed after AAF shut-down
- Changes in USAA’s car-buying website spark legal troubles
- Lawsuit against collection firm raises questions on tax judgments
- Burger King Sues Franchisee Over South Texas Rat Incident VIDEO
- Strong wind, dust wreaks havoc across Plainview area
- Trivago Hotel Website Actor Arrested in Texas on DWI Charge
- Larry Duncan’s sentence in Dallas County Schools scheme doesn’t feel right after Caraway — but it is justice
- Police: Electra woman held adult daughter at gunpoint, demanded money
- Woman upset about cigarettes allegedly pushes man out of wheelchair
- Mother, daughter killed in double shooting at San Antonio apartment complex identified
- Veteran who killed self at Austin clinic was referred from local VA VIDEO
- San Antonio pastor accused of sexually assaulting child
- A story of survival: Dallas officer speaks out about shooting, one year later
- Lubbock Woman Assaulted by Five People Tuesday Morning
- Jurors acquit Lubbock man of felony assault charge in 2018 strangulation case
- Former Sunray police chief, wife to be tried together in NY double murder
- Council approves strategic transportation plan for Austin
- Fort Worth Mayor Price’s claims of cutting property taxes conflicts with data from Tarrant Appraisal District.
- Fort Worth to spend $380M for larger convention center
- Dallas City Council approves path for residents to save their neighborhoods’ trees
- Dallas City Hall says one of the nonprofits at the Texas Horse Park is trespassing
- Cibolo grounds latern festival over permit issues
- Marfa Residents Grapple With What Proposed Festival Could Mean For Town
- Sens. Flores, Menendez to TEA: rein in South San Antonio ISD board
- Brockhouse revives San Antonio’s Chick-fil-A debate; Paxton seeks info
- How a Texas debate caused airport Chick-fil-A locations across the U.S. to be reconsidered
- Gov. Greg Abbott’s endorsements in Plano council races stir local political scene
- Burkburnett resident upset over city’s sign ordinance
- City Council approves request for ten new Abilene Police vehicles
- Brownwood: More than $10K raised for improvements to SWAT team’s armored vehicle
- State regulators notify Lubbock County that investigation of ME continues
- Texas Tech Meat Animal Evaluation Team Captures Fifth National Title
- Texas State Univ. student senate voted to bar a conservative group. Then Gov. Abbott questioned if the school deserves state funding.
- Four students sue UT, claiming bias in fraternity-related discipline
- A UTA student nearly died from alcohol poisoning. Now a crackdown on hazing could soon become Texas law.
- Texas Senate approves crackdown on hazing
- University of Texas at San Antonio responds to surge of transfer students
- MSU’s Simpson to deliver “Last Lecture”
- Sul Ross announces new executive vice president and provost
- Marine Whose Book Helped Inspire HBO’s ‘The Pacific’ Dies
- Airmen to Honor Last WWII Doolittle Raider at Texas Service
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