- House committee passes Senate property tax bill — after altering it to look more like the lower chamber’s version – 3.5% means that your property taxes can increase 50% in ten years without ever getting a vote!
- Why any election-trigger property tax cap above 3% is a failure
- Legislature may be headed soon to high-stakes showdown on property taxes, schools
- Senate’s new proposal includes tax swap, 15-cent reduction in school property tax rate
- Senate schools bill delivers bigger tax cut, less funding for some schools than House plan
- Senate Floats Tax Increase to Fund School Spending Spree
- Subsidies for renewables under attack in Texas – good!
- Herman: How about a 3rd choice on the daylight saving question?
- House passes attempt to fix ‘revenge porn’ law
- House moves to expand alcohol sales on Sundays and at breweries
- Craft Brewers Cheer Texas House Victory
- Oil or property rights: House panel clashes over which to favor as it weighs eminent domain reforms
- Some lawmakers want Texas to release vaccine opt-out rates for each school, not just for districts
- Texas Democrat lawmaker, Gene Wu, cries foul on “pslam” card – typical Leftist
- Texas House Approves Alert System for Missing Adults
- Mayor, wife arrested for vote fraud while Dems pretend such doesn’t exist
- Texas will end its botched voter citizenship review and rescind its list of flagged voters – right, and because such activity is required we’ll just do it all over again with different data sets. “The settlement does not prohibit the secretary of state from screening the state’s massive voter registration database for possible noncitizens, but state officials agreed they would rework their methodology to only flag voters who provided DPS with documentation showing they were not citizens after they were registered to vote.”
- Secretary Whitley Announces Settlement In Litigation On Voter Registration List Maintenance Activity
- About 74% of Texans live in just 4% of the state’s land
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- Federal judge rules against Texas in ban on boycotting Israel – more detail than we had yesterday
- Texas speech pathologist celebrates temporary free-speech win, hopes it inspires
- Trump says he’ll fight for gun rights at annual NRA convention VIDEO
- NRA Convention Attendees Love Trump, But Will the NRA Be Able to Repeat 2016?
- Ted Cruz: Beto’s 2018 Campaign Foreshadows What Is Coming from the Left in 2020
- Beto O’Rourke Claims Planned Parenthood Saves Lives
- O’Rourke might halt new oil and gas drilling on federal land
- Unseating John Cornyn won’t come cheap, and MJ Hegar knows it
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- Pentagon set to expand military role along U.S-Mexico border
- 1300 Migrants Riot, Escape Mexican Immigration Facility VIDEO
- Border Patrol agents arrest one in burglary case that began in Valentine
- Migrants on border face confusion and fear under “remain in Mexico” policy – too bad, they chose to come here and enter outside the legal process
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- Rig count falls below 1,000 for first time in 12 months, detail
- During a bidding war, Anadarko posts a $15 million loss
- Mills: U.S. cancels waivers to Iranian oil sanctions
- Southwest CEO ‘Not Happy’ About Max Crisis but Backs Boeing
- Amazon working to make most Prime deliveries in just 1 day
- Plainview counseling company to pay back wages to mother not allowed to pump milk
- Kay Bailey Hutchison Loves Her Rocky Carroll Cowboy Boots
- The Beef Over What to Call Lab Meat Is Starting to Sizzle
- Insurance Council puts hailstorm losses in Midland at $100 million
- San Antonio robotics company expanding at the Port
- San Antonio drug-testing company goes bankrupt amid kickback allegations
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- Border Businesses Owned by Palestinian Terrorist Raided in Texas
- Man found dead in Maserati after police shooting in downtown Austin identified
- Texoma’s Most Wanted
- Wichita Falls man involved in 2012 fatal shooting indicted for manslaughter
- Wichita Falls jury finds Cochnauer guilty in child molestation trial
- Houston: ‘Broken ribs, kicked and punched’: Reports show school teachers bullied by their students
- Two Odessa elementary school students struck by vehicle
- Abilene PD arrest two on burglary, fraud, forgery charges
- Llano woman sentenced to three years in federal prison for embezzling more than $900K from bank Llano woman sentenced to three years in federal prison for embezzling more than $900K from bank
- Big Spring man found guilty, sentenced to 60 years in assault on police case
- Lubbock Police Make Arrest for Fatal Shooting of Tyshaun Bates, more
- Police: Lubbock fugitive could be in Amarillo area; believed to be armed and dangerous
- Atlas Air pilot to be remembered in celebration of life ceremony in Idalou
- Marble Falls police officer dies in motorcycle crash
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- Amarillo City Council Contender Suspends Campaign, Endorses Former Opponent
- Abilene City Council approves agreement for government subsidized downtown hotel VIDEO – meanwhile many of the same people who support this are mystified by young Democrats attraction to Socialism!
- City admits that Abilene’s residents could pay debt if downtown hotel fails to thrive
- Abilene downtown hotel project causes divide among Taylor County Republicans
- Taylor County Republicans skirmish over subsidized hotel
- Big Country Politics: Examining potential impact of downtown hotel in Abilene VIDEO
- Wichita Falls 4B moves forward with downtown parking plan
- Brown County Jail renovating kitchen, serving fast food to inmates VIDEO
- Lubbock Co. tax assessor’s office creates new portal for Reagor-Dykes customers with TT&L issues
- Lubbock County: No county transparency demands a NO vote on Prop A
- Outrage after Pearland ISD administrator covers black student’s haircut design with permanent marker
- Enough with that parent dress code – liberal claims “struggling families don’t need to be shamed.” No but they need to dress and behave appropriately
- Dallas City Council’s compromise on police oversight is a win for transparency and accountability
- Horse Park nonprofit refuses to ride off after Dallas City Hall sues it for trespassing
- Fort Worth Mayor Runs For Reelection As Steady Hand To Steer The Fast-Growing City
- Is Conroe ISD Using Tax Dollars to Electioneer?
- Challengers Seek to Reform Magnolia Independent School District
- Who Will Wrangle Dripping Springs’ Wild Taxes?
- Federal money to fuel charter expansion, including IDEA’s big San Antonio plans
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- HSU Celebrates 37th Annual Western Heritage Day
- Arbor Day at Texas Tech: Planting Tradition 2019
- TTU Free Market Institute lecture provides insight on American dream
- TTUHSC names pharmacy school after Hodge
- Wayland Baptist names Bohnet & Foster Citizens of the Year
- A&M: New Research Center Will Study Texas Sea Turtles
Pratt’s post for 4/26/2019
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