- Texas to End Forced Annexation Statewide – huge victory years in the making!
- Tonight, Every Unheard House Bill Will Die
- Unforced errors of over complication have hurt tax reform and school finance
- Bromance on the rocks? Failed push to hike sales tax splits Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, longtime ally – B.S. It’s just other people speculating
- Tax ‘Swap’ Defeat Begets Spending Cuts, Greater Relief
- House flirts with eliminating biggest chunk of Texans’ property tax in 2022 – as I pointed out, you’ve got to bring folk along with you.
- Meet the School Finance Reform Players (and the Money Behind Them)
- Sen. Rodríguez: I voted for HB 3 with concerns
- House passes bill to suspend STAAR penalties
- Pro-Life Priority Gets Second Chance in Bonnen’s House
- House OKs Death Penalty Ban for Severely Mentally Ill
- House to debate bills tackling opioid crisis
- Texas Republicans betrayed their small government principles by punting on marijuana reform – typical confusion of Republican principles with Libertarian ideals
- House passes two bills to expand medical marijuana use
- Prospects look dim for sick leave, bright for hemp
- Assertion: I’m a trans man. An anti-LGBT bill in the Texas Senate could kill me. – One, you are a female with masculine tendencies, not a male. Two, this is typical hyperbole of the Left.
- Funding prospects brighten for Abbott’s university research initiative
- Amazon-Backed Drone Bill Killed by Tinderholt, Gooden Over Privacy Concerns
- Texas narrows law barring contractors from boycotting Israel
- A bill to loosen local restrictions on chicken ownership is making its way through the legislature.
- Senators unanimously sign off on Muny legislation [Austin]
- “Renewable energy” proponents brace for last-minute attack on tax breaks for wind and solar – we do not “renew” wind or sunlight. We simply convert the energy inherent in such into electrical energy (and not very efficiently.)
- Texas Supreme Court Punts On Red Light Cameras
- Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Applaud Advancement of Texas Judicial Nominees
- ‘TEXAS REMEMBERS’: Ted Cruz successfully repossessed his Dr Pepper fridge that was vandalized by corn lobbyist Ben Sasse
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- Brazil’s President coming to Dallas after NY venues, mayor refuse to host him
- Colorado Democrats, gun control group politicize vigil; STEM students walk out
- Obama Delegate Strategist Joins O’Rourke 2020 Campaign, Beto O’Rourke Hires Obama Delegate Guru Jeff Berman
- Biden: Border Crisis ‘Created by Trump’ – hmm, I thought the last big border rush, equal to this one, was while Biden as VP
- ‘Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution’ AUDIO
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- ICE: 87% of illegal alien families are no-shows for hearings
- 250,000 Illegal Alien Families Apprehended by Feds in 2019
- Previously Deported Sex Offenders Hiding in Migrant Groups, Say Feds
- AP Finds 13,000 Asylum Seekers on Border Wait Lists
- PHOTOS: 140 Migrants Cross into South Texas in 3 Hours
- Mexico Worries as US Keeps Making Asylum Seekers Wait There – too bad
- Mexican President: Shift U.S. Anti-Cartel Funds to Jobs Program – sure because drug lords really want to assemble RAM trucks in Saltillo.
- US Won’t Answer New Questions About Migrant Teen’s Death
- US Will Train Dozens of Border Agents to Screen for Asylum
- Toronto Film Festival: Genocide in Chihuahua, Mexico
- Perryman: Economic Costs of the U.S.-Mexico Border Slowdown
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- How healthy is Texas’ economy compared to rest of the nation? AUDIO
- Texas Petro Index for March up 9.4 percent in past year
- Chevron Bows Out of Fight for Anadarko Petroleum
- Oxy CEO on verge of outmuscling a rival five times as big
- Pioneer divests Eagle Ford assets to become pure-play Permian company
- DOE issues approval for Sempra LNG export facility in Port Arthur
- Phillips 66 CEO makes case for cracker project
- Chevron completes purchase of Pasadena Refining System
- Report: Air Quality Harmed as Texas Oil Production Booms – typical. Poverty is so clean you know.
- ERCOT Power Grid Manager Expects to Avoid Summer Blackouts
- Wichita Falls home sales volume up
- AAA Texas: Statewide Gas Price Average Drops for First Time in 14 Weeks
- Tuscan Lakes community in League City nears completion
- New home market moderates as more people leave Houston than come here
- Fertitta raises $316.3M through blank-check company
- 73-year-old Houston furniture store closing 60K SF flagship location
- Fort Worth jury awards local telecom co. millions in trade secret battle
- American to add more international routes out of DFW in time for Christmas
- Study: Dallas ranks high among U.S. cities with most $100K-plus jobs available
- Bart Reagor and Rick Dykes Sued for $26 Million by IBC
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- NWS Amarillo: 6 confirmed tornadoes touched down in the Panhandle Tuesday
- Tornadic activity to blame for snapped power poles in Tulia Tuesday
- Central Texas storms may have spawned two tornadoes
- Cleanup efforts continue after storms cause school closures, power outages throughout East Texas
- Recent rain boosts Lake Meredith’s water levels VIDEO
- Public storm shelters come in handy in smaller communities VIDEO
- Houston Streets Fill up With Water; Man Dead in Austin
- NWS: Bexar Co. under flash flood watch until Saturday; region primed for ‘major problems’
- Charlie community members clear debris one week after tornado VIDEO
- Devastation hits city of Merkel, neighbors worried about home state VIDEO
- Recent rainfall causes Lake Cisco to flood into some homes VIDEO
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- Robert Fabian gets life in prison for murder of Zuzu Verk, Fabian trial: From start to finish
- Judge denies accused San Antonio cop killer’s request to get out of jail
- Train collides with semi in Hereford
- Car Reported Stolen in Case of Missing Houston 4-year-old Girl Found
- ‘It’s a nightmare’: Killeen family seeks answers after father of 2 murdered VIDEO
- Randall County 4H: $4K of shotgun shells stolen
- Skunk bites woman, tests positive for rabies in Wheeler County
- Fort Worth Boy Dies After Being Impaled on Swimming Pool’s Fence
- Trial: Midland PD officer did not have right of way in fatal collision
- Seat belt violation leads to first degree felony drug arrest
- Abilene 10-year-old says dad hits him when he’s drunk, asks police for help
- Cash rewards offered for Abilene PD’s most wanted criminals
- Grand jury indicts 2 Abilene teenagers accused of setting chicken on fire, watching it die – I prefer mine fried
- Lubbock residents reflect on TTU NCAA Final Four riot
- Lubbock ISD bus, Lubbock police officer involved in major crash
- Bovina couple delivers baby in farm truck in Lubbock VIDEO
- TABC cancels San Antonio club’s liquor permit following charges of human trafficking
- Attorneys won’t reopen Sandra Bland cases after video surfaces – because it’s a non-story despite press hyperbole the last few days. That video is not new and appeared in the media back at the time.
- Houston man found not guilty in pregnant ex-girlfriend’s murder
- Waxahachie College Student Electrocuted While Jumping Downtown Rooftops For Fun
- Home Invasion Leads to Arrests in Henderson Co.
- 3 men charged with capital murder in shooting death of Houston store clerk
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- Debt Wins Big on Local Ballots
- Former police chief slaps Palmview with lawsuit
- Funding announced to deepen Port of Brownsville ship channel
- City of Canyon passes new noise ordinance VIDEO
- Wichita Falls Fire Department looking to bring back in-house training
- Ector Co. Utility District approves expansion purchases
- West Texas Sheriffs weigh in on CBD products
- Cisco Fire Department trains for swift water rescues VIDEO
- Abilene council approves rezoning request in Wylie area
- Lubbock marks ten years since allowing packaged alcohol sales VIDEO
- Company, doctors running Lubbock County M.E.’s office filed motions to dismiss lawsuits – yet another abuse of the Anti-SLAPP statute!
- Phillip Jones resigns as CEO of VisitDallas
- Months after scathing audit, VisitDallas CEO Phillip Jones and its CFO are out
- VisitDallas leaders appoint interim CEO, but say starting over ‘would be a disaster’
- Dallas City Council rejects Atmos’ request for $10.1 million in rate hikes
- Salvation Army’s 20-acre NW Dallas campus for homeless wins council’s approval — and cheers
- Buzbee files suit over ‘fraudulent’ Harvey contracts, says companies lied to get business with City of Houston
- San Jacinto County commissioners vote to keep cross symbols on courthouse
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- Texas Tech chess team earns national accolades
- Texas Tech Makes Second Straight Jump In America’s Best Value Colleges Rankings
- Texas Tech sorority condemns racist, vulgar video featuring member – there is no shortage of low brain folks engaged in “higher” education.
- Funding prospects brighten for Abbott’s university research initiative
- UT Senate president’s resolution on incomplete grades passes in Faculty Council
- UT researchers use satellites to measure climate, environmental changes
- Former UT Arlington President Wendell Nedderman Passes Away At 97
Pratt’s post for 5/9/2019
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