- The Final Countdown: Dates to Know for the End of Session
- Texas lawmakers see a more engaged Gov. Greg Abbott. Will it pay off?
- Unforced errors of over complication have hurt tax reform and school finance
- Analysis: When the Texas Legislature’s safest vote is no vote at all
- Instead of Property Tax Relief, House GOP Proposes a Study
- Central Texas school board members taking sides in the school finance debate
- ‘Starting from ground zero’: Texas Senate, House face off on teacher pay raise, tax bill details
- $3 billion more for Texas cancer fund? Voters will decide
- Legislative priority #5: Shut down CPRIT (and other agencies like it.)
- CPRIT stinks, Abbott’s role needs scrutiny
- How Sen. Seliger’s Voting Record Impacts West Texans
- Senate’s Confederate debate exposes wounds, spurs soul searching – B.S. Crocodile tears. If they felt so strongly they would not be Democrats, the party of slavery and Jim Crow.
- It’s true, Texas has removed more Confederate monuments than other states
- Texas House punts bill to raise ballot bar for third parties
- Texas House OKs death penalty ban for severely mentally ill
- Dallas LGBTQ lawmaker torpedoes ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill, more
- House killed ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill, but the Senate just revived it
- Bridge Strike Bill passes Senate VIDEO
- House Passes Representative Leach’s Constitutional Amendment Banning the Imposition of a State Income Tax
- Bill taxing e-cigs, vapes dies in Texas House after Big Tobacco, Gov. Greg Abbott push late changes – good
- Is reducing penalties for getting caught with small amounts of marijuana right for Texas?
- Texas lawmakers watch hundreds of bills go down the drain on deadline day in the House
- House Passes Horse-Racing Bailout
- Lawmakers Speeding to Give Taxpayer Cash to F1 Race
- Gymnasts who survived abuse by Larry Nassar urge Texas lawmakers not to water down reform
- Changes to Texas sex assault bill draw fire from #MeToo activists
- The Texas Legislature’s unexciting, no drama, very humdrum session
- Advocates say a Texas House bill could prevent arrests like Sandra Bland’s, but multiple attempts to pass it failed
- House approves bail reform bill after removing amendment that could keep more poor people in jail
- Once again, bills to study the impacts of climate change in Texas have stalled – good, we don’t need to study change we need to be wealthy so we can adapt
- Why Texas abortion opponents aren’t leading the charge to overturn Roe v. Wade
- 50,000 Texas children a year lose Medicaid over paperwork. A bill to change that died.
- Wichita Falls DPS trooper recognized by the Texas Senate
- Cemetery designation approved for Alamo grounds
- Abbott Appoints Litzinger And Villarreal To Continuing Advisory Committee For Special Education
- Governor Abbott Appoints Four To Dental Review Committee
- ACLU, Texas civil rights group to represent local woman convicted of illegal voting
- Should Incarcerated Felons Be Able to Vote?
- Secretary Whitley Participates In Voting Rights History Tour In Alabama With Secretaries Of State
- Can quinceañeras boost Latino voter turnout in Texas?
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- Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz don’t support subpoena of Donald Trump Jr.
- Some Texas Congressmen Seek Hot-Air Balloon Regulations After Crash
- Texans shocked by surprise medical bills visit White House as Trump calls for end to the practice
- Senate Republicans Use New Rules to Save a Crony Institution
- Congressman Gonzalez urges UTRGV to help save NPR in the RGV – this whole fight demonstrates that NPR is seen by Democrats as their agent of influence
- Former First Lady Laura Bush’s Mother, Jenna Welch, Dies in Texas at 99
- Jenna Bush Hager posts touching photos with maternal grandmother Jenna Welch
- Lagging behind, Julián Castro needs a moment
- Julián Castro Makes Universal Pre-K Focus of Education Plan
- Beto O’Rourke Plans ‘Reintroduction’ as 2020 Buzz Fizzles
- On Campuses, O’Rourke Takes Rather Than Gives Advice
- Beto O’Rourke’s Texas delegate fight shapes hard-fought Democratic race for president
- Beto O’Rourke in a pinch, overshadowed by Joe Biden’s experience and Pete Buttigieg’s fresher face
- Mayor Pete to President Trump Over Nickname: What, Me Worry?
- Chris Bell, former Democratic congressman, might run for U.S. Senate in 2020 against John Cornyn
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- Joaquin Castro, House Dems ask watchdog to look at ‘record-breaking’ immigration backlog under Trump
- Shanahan Says Military Won’t Leave Until Border Is Secure
- Pentagon Shifting $1.5 Billion to Border Wall Construction
- Border Patrol Flies Migrants from South Texas to Reduce Overcrowding
- Burgeoning Numbers of Cubans Trying to Enter US Via Mexico
- Border Patrol Wants to Build New Tent to Detain Migrants
- Migrants rescued from raging Rio Grande
- 500 Migrants Arrested in New Mexico in 24 Hours
- Deported Sex Offenders Continue Exploitation of Unsecured Border
- Mexican Government Pushes DNA Collection amid Cartel Kidnapping Spree
- Los Zetas Cartel Patrols Nuevo Laredo Street with Mounted Machine Gun
- 100 Charged in Texas Fake Marriage Immigration Scheme, Says U.S. Attorney
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- Texas ENERGY STAR Sales Tax Holiday is May 25-27, 2019
- Documents reveal a lizard’s role in the West Texas fracking boom
- Coalition to conserve Big Bend with “responsible” energy; ‘Fighting the status quo’ of energy development
- TIPRO report looks at changing demographics of the Permian Basin
- Texas Drilling Permits and Completions Statistics for April 2019
- Mills: New study forecasts higher oil prices
- Breakup fee in hand, Chevron could buy one of these companies instead
- No Air Quality Concerns Detected After Texas Barge Collision
- Houston Ship Channel reopens after vessel collision
- Facebook hiring surge turns Austin into key hub for social media giant
- Austin’s Upland Software expects to raise $138M with stock offering
- Report: Andrews ranks 13th on small-town list with big millionaire populations
- Old Cows Are the Newest Thing in Texas Beef
- Small business fights for money after losing thousands to Twisted Spigot owner
- Southwest Airlines launches new interisland Hawaii service
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- Movement reported at Shoal Creek landslide site after heavy rains this week VIDEO
- Longview storm recovery still a struggle
- Mother drowns on Mother’s Day after pickup swept away by flood waters in Brown County
- 2 rescued, 1 still missing after pickup swept away by water in Brown County
- Merkel residents recovering after flood VIDEO
- No release gates available for Lake Amon G. Carter
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- Karnes County cockfight raid spotlights the underbelly of entertainment
- Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch Moves Forward as More Men Discuss Abuse
- Houston Police: Blood linked to Maleah Davis, 4, found in family’s apartment bathroom, Mother of Missing Texas Heckled After Canceled Hearing, Prosecutor: Dogs Detected Decomposition in Missing Girl Case
- Yorktown ISD handles possible threat to junior high campus
- Victoria police investigating deadly shooting that was reported as accidental
- Police: Ex-Police Cadet May Have Intentionally Fired Handgun
- Waco warehouse fire causes $300,000 in damages
- Teenager arrested in connection with deadly Central Texas hit-and-run
- Lubbock Police Search for Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Teen
- Woman charged in drug manufacturing fire at apartment near Texas Tech
- Tanker Truck wreck detours traffic 5 hours in Lamesa
- DPS executes search warrant at JoJo’s Smokes & Cokes in Lamesa
- DPS agents recover 108 lbs of pot from Mexican national in Hockley County
- Roaring Springs man accused of cattle theft convicted, sentenced
- Palmview T-ball brawl caught on video causes concern VIDEO
- Woman says random suspect pointed gun at her at Abilene red light
- Iowa Park apartment complex fire started by apparent laundry machine issue
- AG’s Child Exploitation Unit Arrests Williamson County Man for Possession of Child Pornography
- 3 men arrested in fatal shooting of south Houston store clerk
- Teen driver killed, brother injured after car splits in half in east Houston
- Assault suspect dies after confrontation with police at southeast Houston home
- Man charged in estranged wife’s 2015 death at Chinatown beauty school extradited to Houston
- Houston PD: 31 people facing murder, capital murder charges so far for 2019 killings
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- Austin’s deal for biomass plant comes with $470 million in debt
- Austin throws support behind Green New Deal
- Audit: Austin Energy supervisor took favors from city vendor
- Austin City Council enacts building bonuses to boost affordable housing
- Austin’s Socialist Councilman Keeps Fighting Against Workers
- San Jacinto County Officials Illuminate Courthouse Crosses After Atheists’ Call for Removal
- Victoria Co. commissioners to discuss ending contract with UTMB for jail health care
- San Antonio ISD receives $1 million grant to replace 19 diesel buses with propane vehicles
- Central Texas school board members taking sides in the school finance debate
- Lubbock County’s UMC Apologizes for Compromised Private Patient Information
- Lubbock County Commissioners to vote on naming FM 41 ‘David Nelson Memorial Highway’
- Abilene ISD starts middle school golf program VIDEO – schools are broke!? Notice the poor “journalism” with no questions on cost or hiring.
- Abilene ISD makes multiple administrative changes
- Henrietta round-table discusses rural advancement VIDEO
- Ector Co. ISD trustees to make new superintendent official
- Ector County Utility District to host town hall on water system improvements
- VisitDallas is overpaid by City Hall. Let’s shift some of that money to the arts
- As we remove Confederate statues, it’s time to create memorials to civil rights in Dallas – What do you bet few to none will be Republicans, the original civil rights fighters?!
- North Texas voters show themselves willing to approve new taxes
- Resignations leave a one-man police force in Mart
- Mount Enterprise city official placed on unpaid leave
- Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Taxpayers Forced to Buy Free Food for Students, Nonstudents
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- TTU Track and Field wins fourth straight Big 12 Title
- Texas Tech Rank Increases in America’s Best Value Rankings
- Texas Tech Gains Access To New Funding Sources – Hispanic-Serving Institution designation
- TTU Researchers Collaborating To Study Tornadoes, Improve Forecasts
- Wayland Baptist Univ: Curtain Drops on Theatrical Career of Marti Runnels
- ACU Director of Social Clubs accused of inappropriately touching himself at park near playground
- MSU: 754 awarded at spring graduation
- MSU Texas names President’s Medal for Excellence recipients
- MSU regents approve name of health center
Pratt’s post for 5/13/2019
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