- Bonnen Rules Out “Overwhelming” Property Tax Relief – it’s bad but long term reform is far more important.
- Craddick disputes Landgraf’s claim that the Grow Texas Fund is dead
- Craddick kills GROW Texas bill – Odessa paper, just what I predicted that they would run with Landgraf’s ridiculous claims as opposed to the former Speaker’s.
- GROW Texas fund bill off for now
- LGBT-WTF lobby lets cat out of bag on its intentions
- Senate supports ending driver fee program, more
- House adds arrest report measure to open records package
- Hemp production gets green light from Texas Senate
- Distributor group on board with beer-to-go sales
- House Republicans Light Up Board for Raising Smoking Age
- Texas Lawmakers May Stiffen Penalties for Pipeline Damage
- “Save Chick-fil-A” Bill Gets Second Chance, Senate revives, approves ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill, more
- House passes bill classifying fertility fraud as sexual assault
- Texas Republicans Lend Hand to Liberal Unions
- Herman: You probably won’t see Sid Miller’s gas pump stickers much longer
- Texas GOP wants stronger penalties for illegal voting tactics, but some worry about chilling effect
- House Elections Committee postpones vote on upping penalties for alleged ballot fraud
- This Texas bill that opponents say could lead to voter suppression has lost a key bipartisan provision – voter-verified paper trail
- Texas used money from the Help America Vote Act to help pay for its botched voter citizenship review – it was not “botched”
- Plano Republican says Democrat’s amendment ‘gutted’ human trafficking bill giving Texas AG new power
- Student loan assistance for cops moves one step closer to becoming law
- House passed one of the nation’s toughest drug-pricing bills. But will it stand?
- Lone Star Gun Rights Files Suit Against Speaker Bonnen
- State auditor’s office sitting on big budget surplus
- AG Paxton’s Office Responds to Letter from House Subcommittee Attempting to Interfere in State Operations
- What does Alabama’s abortion ban mean for Texas?
- Texas demographer: Census citizenship question isn’t necessary – good thing its not his choice
- Pro-life Group Relocates Woman During Night Shift After Hospital Refuses Care
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- Cornyn takes on climate change, says ‘days of ignoring’ emissions are over
- Elizabeth Warren calls for green military to help combat climate change
- Joe Biden: I Once Defeated the NRA in the 1990s
- Joe Biden: Second Amendment Doesn’t Say You’re ‘Entitled’ to Own a Gun
- O’Rourke regrets Vanity Fair profile: ‘I think it reinforces that perception of privilege’ – it’s not a “perception” buddy boy.
- Democrat Announces Rematch Against Will Hurd
- Brazilian president to visit Dallas business leaders, despite criticism from politicians, LGBTQ activists – homosexuals can no more tell me who I should speak with than can Methodists or Masons.
- New Poll Shows Texas Presidential Contenders Behind in Democrat Primary
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- Trump Vows to Pass Merit-Based Immigration Plan
- Watch: President Donald Trump Details an Immigration Plan VIDEO
- Jim Acosta SHREDDED for deliberately misquoting and spinning Trump’s comments about asylum seekers
- Some TSA Employees Are Being Sent to the US-Mexico Border
- Migrant Child Dies in US Custody; 4th Since December, more
- “The dam is going to overflow”: In Mexico, pressure builds as U.S. immigration policies take hold
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- Southwest Airlines Plans $100M Maintenance Hangar in Denver
- South Dakota Sues Texas Company Over 40 Abandoned Gas Wells
- Veggie Products Sold at Whole Foods Markets Recalled
- Wind turbines and their fight against severe storms VIDEO
- The Weather Channel responds to $125 million Lubbock lawsuit
- Whataburger hires Morgan Stanley for possible sale or expansion
- How many $100K jobs are open in Houston?
- 2019 slump in drilling rig count continues in U.S., Permian Basin
- From ground floor, San Antonio scooter startup Blue Duck eyes the heights
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- Nocona City Judge arrested for DWI VIDEO
- Lawyer: Cop Who Shot Texas Woman Knew She Was Mentally Ill
- DFW FAA Tower Evacuated Due to Odor; 100 Flights Delayed
- Owner of Tiger Found in Abandoned Houston House Charged
- Man Charged in Deaths of 6 More Dallas-Area Elderly Women
- Dallas County School Bus Bribery Scheme Figure Sentenced
- Navy SEAL Pleads Guilty in Hazing Death of Green Beret from Lubbock
- Texas Woman Accused of Stealing Army Veteran’s Oxygen Tank
- Mom warns of skin disease after son suffers burns while handling lime juice VIDEO
- Joshua man arrested in Bryan with 1,400 stolen golf balls
- Cases of ‘missing persons’ in the Permian Basin have spiked compared to previous years
- Pecos Co. Sheriff’s Office makes arrest in connection to shooting
- Authorities find two pipe bombs while serving warrant in Pecos
- 19-year-old woman killed, 2 others injured in Comanche Co. crash
- Abilene man accused of causing deadly crash while high on meth, indecency with a child
- Abilene PD sergeant accused of driving drunk granted pre-trial diversion by judge
- Lubbock man in police-shooting incident found guilty
- Odessa woman airlifted to Lubbock after being hit by FedEx truck
- Small fire closes Alief ISD elementary school
- Houston death row inmate with brain damage scheduled for execution in August
- Vandals deface signs in Bellville area with swastikas, anti-religious graffiti
- Former Hays County deacon accused of sexually abusing 6 girls arrested, police say
- 90-year-old dam fails, leaves Lake Dunlap frontage owners high and dry VIDEO
- SAPD officer accused of stalking ex who was allegedly beaten by his lover, who is also an S.A. cop
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- America’s 10 largest cities drowning in debt
- Houston Mayor: No Layoffs After Pay Measure Invalidated
- Is Harris County’s proposed prostitution ban constitutional? Judge set to hear arguments Thursday
- Trial chief David Mitcham to step in as top lieutenant after Harris Co. DA Office shake-up
- ‘Shameful episode’ costing Dallas taxpayers millions ends with hefty bill, prison for bus scam exec
- Federal judge denies injunction against West Dallas landlord in ongoing housing battle
- Commissioner Corley Discusses Lubbock County Expo Funding And Future AUDIO
- Bowie ISD Trustees officially hire new superintendent
- Ector County Hospital District hires Austin firm to fight FOI’s in personnel matter
- Seminole Hospital District settles $7 million federal lawsuit
- Mart police chief says he didn’t start Facebook war
- Lake Travis ISD bus drivers getting pay raise starting at $20 an hour
- Austin crews taking over homeless camp cleanups under highways
- San Antonio seeks funding to assist migrants
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- Frampton leaving Hardin-Simmons to become Provost at Schreiner University
- Hardin-Simmons Houston-Lantrip Center Set to Open Fall 2019
- Texas Tech’s Goin’ Band from Raiderland Names New Director: Joel Pagán
- Visiting judge to hear arguments over records tied to TTU’s Leach firing
- Credit agency re-issues ‘elite’ rating for Texas Tech System
- Permian water conference donates $100,000 to UTPB
Pratt’s post for 5/16/2019
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