- With Deadline Approaching, House Decides to Take Weekend Off
- Untangling the Property Tax Reform Debate
- Meet the Property Tax Reform Players (and the Money Behind them)
- Ahead of 2020, Texas Republicans take a risk with sales tax swap plan
- Texas Observer: Sales tax proposal a ‘regressive ploy’
- From property taxes to teacher pay, here’s how the Texas House and Senate compare on spending priorities
- Pay Raises for Texas Teachers Factoring into Ongoing Property Tax, School Finance Debate
- Texas food stamp recipients may face ban on junk food and sugary drinks
- Beer-to-Go Bill Advances in Texas Legislature
- House committee restores LGBT-homosexual protections in employee benefit bill, more
- LGBT protections added to Texas bill axing local employment mandates
- Hearing on Employment Ordinances Draws Small Business Support and LGBT Activist Opposition
- Ban on gay conversion therapy debated in Texas Legislature, but no vote taken
- Chairwoman Thompson Unexpectedly Cuts Committee Testimony Short for Therapy Bill
- Favorable Anti-SLAPP Law Rewrite Advances to Senate
- Electric scooters could soon be kicked off Texas sidewalks, if state Senate gets its way
- Herman: Texas Senate confuses its way to scooter bill approval
- Nearly 200 Scooters Riders Hurt in Austin
- Scooter study by Austin and CDC stops short of helmet lobbying
- Texas Senate passes bill making clear guns are allowed in churches
- Second Amendment Activists Sound the Alarm on Anti-Gun Measure
- Landgraf’s bill to combat human trafficking passes House
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joins fight targeting Texas State Bar
- San Antonio College students push Texas Lottery to change claim
- Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill creating University of Houston medical school
- Dallas woman says she was victim of mail-in ballot fraud
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- Democrats are using an online campaign donation tool that raises ethical concerns
- Julián Castro was first 2020 Democratic candidate to call for AG Barr resignation
- Twin Theory: Why I think Julián encouraged Joaquin to run for Senate and Joaquin declined – what B.S.
- Beto Pancho O’Rourke Reverses Course, Rejects Big Fossil Fuel Donations
- Bernie Sanders wades into Fort Worth politics, endorses mayoral candidate Deborah Peoples
- 21st Democrat, 2nd Coloradan Declares Run for President
- Facebook Blacklists Prominent Conservatives Including Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer, News from WaPo: Facebook has banned “far-right” Louis Farrakhan
- The Media Has Decided That Louis Farrakhan Is A Far-Right Extremist Now
- Ted Cruz falls victim to another Ben Sasse prank — a daring Dr Pepper heist
- The Case for Congressional Term Limits
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- Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Henry Cuellar offer plan to address ‘humanitarian crisis’ at U.S.-Mexico border
- 4 Missing After Illegal Alien Raft Overturns in Rio Grande
- Migrants Continue to Flow into the US Despite Increased Border Patrol Presence
- Asylum Seekers Waiting Months in Juarez for US Hearings
- Government to House More Immigrants in Tents at the Border
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- Texas Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $2.8 Billion in April, 3% higher than last April
- Texas’ Business Competitiveness Ranked No. 15 – we should be #1
- Chevron closes $350M deal to buy Pasadena refinery
- Exxon Announces $2B Expansion of Baytown Plant in Texas
- Dollar General celebrates 1,500th store in Texas with donation to school
- Ford to Open Truck Owner-Oriented Call Center in Houston
- Ground Max Jets Could Contribute to Higher Summer Fares
- Space Station Back to Full Power, SpaceX Launch Early Friday
- SpaceX confirms crew capsule destroyed in ground test two weeks ago
- New Shepard test space flight successful in West Texas today – 5th flight to space and back for that same rocket!
- 3M agrees to buy San Antonio wound-care company Acelity for $6.7B
- USAA trims jobs in wake of $850M sale of investment business
- New homes on the rise in Wichita Falls
- Developer chosen for new Lubbock VA hospital
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- Lake Amon G. Carter closed due to rising water
- Petrolia CISD students, faculty help teacher affected by tornado
- Family picks up pieces from tornado aftermath
- Day 2 saw storms, small twisters
- Charlie area farms damaged by Tuesday’s tornado
- Wise Electric Co. reports about 800 customers without power
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- DPS: Reward Increased to $10,000 for Most Wanted Fugitive
- DPS: $3,000 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Sex Offender from Brownsville Area
- Ex-Richardson Mayor, Husband Convicted of Corruption Get Retrial
- Suspect Arrested in Fatal Attack on Wichita Falls Woman, 91, more VIDEO
- More Than 500,000 Bees in Texas Killed in Act of Vandalism
- Bees attack 3, kill dog in Big Spring
- Houston Ambulance Owner Sent to Prison for Health Care Fraud
- Federal Prison Guard Indicted for Beating Inmate in Texas
- Wichita Falls: Man arrested after stolen pickup catches fire
- WF man jailed after allegedly assaulting off-duty Archer officer
- Estrada takes the stand, says Fabian choked Zuzu Verk to death
- No jail time for co-defendant in murder of Abilene man
- 3rd suspect arrested in murder of San Angelo man, bond set at $1 million
- Human trafficking among indictments for Las Cruces pair in Abilene
- Breckenridge High School burglarized
- Sweetwater PD comb Intermediate School after previous report of gun on campus
- 3 accidents involving 18-wheelers on I-20 in Sweetwater, at least 1 killed VIDEO
- LPD, U.S. marshals issue warrant for man accused of domestic violence
- Seagraves police officer leaves hospital after being shot Monday night
- 9 arrested in raids on 2 upscale Houston poker rooms VIDEO
- Human trafficking in Houston
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- Ector County outlines sales tax accountability
- Valve replacement project in Big Spring causes water outage
- Merkel police announce discipline for officer caught sleeping in patrol car
- Smart Meters Are Being Installed Across Lubbock – an expensive scam
- Lubbock city engineers work on reduction of traffic accidents
- Lubbock Co: Divided opinions on $99.6 million dollar bond to fix county roads
- Flash flooding in Fort Worth highlights costly water problem
- Abilene police chief apologizes to family of 1922 lynching victim
- Mission city councilman plans to resign, become city attorney
- Harris County Uses Bilingual Billboards About Hurricane Season For The First Time
- Edinburg mayor releases statement responding to illegal voting charges
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- Two students accuse UT Health San Antonio Dentistry professor of sexual harassment
- Rice University scientists find way to 3-D print living tissue
- San Antonio College students push Texas Lottery to change claim
- The history of Midwestern State will always include the Indians
- Lubbock Christian University holds special commencement ceremony for Chaparrals
- Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill creating University of Houston medical school
- Why So Few College Students Can Write Well
- UT researcher’s fossil study helps us learn about Texas’ past
- Students struggle to sell textbooks after high expenses, little use
- Texas State: The on-campus immigration lawyer should be available full-time – TSU is the most Leftist larger university in Texas.
- Texas State can take steps towards ending food insecurity in students
Pratt’s post for 5/2/2019
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