- SB29: Vote shows which House members represent voters versus other government officials
- Who Knew A Calendar Could Be So Deadly?
- Senate revives paper-ballot voting booth requirement
- Texas expansion of medical cannabis nears finish line after Senate approval, more
- Bill changing property tax appeals could wreck city, school budgets, critics warn – must be a good bill with this much hyperbole
- Controversial “Mental Health” Legislation Killed in Texas House, Resurrected Hours Later, Abbott’s priority mental health bill resurrected after being abruptly killed by fellow Republican in House, more
- Rep. Stickland: Bonnen ‘Steam Rolled’ Mental Health Bill Through Texas House Late Last Night
- Texas GOP leaders join Democrats in call for a different sort of border wall
- Texas Advances ‘Chick-fil-A Bill’
- ‘Chick-Fil-A’ Bill Reignites LGBT Opposition in Texas – shows how stupid they are because the bill protects them the same way as all others.
- The Culture Wars Come Roaring Back in the Closing Days of the Texas Legislature
- Texas House Advances School Security Bill After Shooting
- One year after Santa Fe shooting, Texas lawmakers poised to approve sweeping changes
- Social media harassment bill sent to Abbott – just don’t use social media
- Herman: Texas House kills, revives late effort to curtail arrests for low-level crimes – if not in jails then the “low-level” criminals are in your neighborhood, stores, etc. doing their low-level crime against you.
- ‘No one has talked more and done less.’ Texas tea party Rep. Jonathan Stickland becomes caucus of one
- Lawmakers revive effort for U.S. Grand Prix reimbursement
- Legislature Passes Significant Balance Billing Legislation
- Abortion Activists Rally at Texas Capitol as Pro-Life Legislation Sweeps the Nation
- Lawmakers to consider historic change to liquor store ownership rules in Texas
- Tinkering with the 2020 elections in the Texas Legislature
- A Lege wrap-up conversation with state Reps. Gonzalez, Leach and Springer VIDEO
- Texas House changes to Lauren’s Law approved by Sen. Fallon
- SB: Watch the Sunset
- Special session avoidance policy: Texas House tacks SB10 as an amendment onto SB11
- Abbott Appoints Conley To Jobs And Education For Texans Grant Program Advisory Board
- DPS Remembers Fallen Officers at Memorial Service
- Emergency management in Texas: How the state prepares for the worst
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- Why Is Julián Castro The Only Democratic Presidential Candidate With An Immigration Plan?
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- Texas GOP leaders join Democrats in call for a different sort of border wall
- Cuban Illegal Border Crossings Up 1600 Percent in One Texas Sector
- Quarantine at Border Patrol Facility over ‘Flu Related’ Symptoms
- Flu, death, overcrowding: Scenes from the Texas border right now – guess they shouldn’t enter our country illegally should they?
- Half Ton of Methamphetamine Seized at Texas Border Bridge
- Gulf Cartel Ran Video Surveillance Network in Border City near Texas
- Secretary Whitley Convenes First Border Trade Advisory Committee Meeting Of 2019
- Liars at Politifact claim Crenshaw claim “false” on meritless asylum cases despite their own data supporting his claim!
- ‘Where We Come From’ Tells A Story Of Middle-Class Life On The Texas Border
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- Saudi Aramco to buy liquid natural gas from Sempra Energy
- Southwest Airlines Mechanics Approve Contract, 20% Raise
- AG Paxton: 6 Gas Stations Agree to Refund Customers for Hurricane Harvey Price Gouging
- With Grit And A Start-Up Mentality, Young Farmers Are Determined To Carry On Family Tradition AUDIO
- Texas crop and weather report for May 22, 2019
- Oxy moves forward on Permian ‘direct air capture’ plant
- Reagor Dykes Auto Group attorneys: Progress made in TT&L issues
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- Wichita River expected to crest in a few days
- Lake Amon G Carter is closed, again VIDEO
- 32nd anniversary of deadly Saragosa tornado that killed 30
- Storm causes thousands of electric power outages
- Texas Baptist Men Chainsaw for Christ
- Rural Big Country struck by severe storms VIDEO
- Abilene tornado victims find little miracles amid devastation VIDEO
- BCH Exclusive: Abilene man shows where 2×12 crashed through roof, ceiling VIDEO
- BCH Exclusive: Abilene woman describes tornado, gives tour of damage VIDEO
- City of Abilene estimates storm debris 85 percent collected
- Abilene, San Angelo & other weekend tornado / storm coverage
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- Convicted child killer Genene Jones asks San Antonio judge for Bible back
- DPS Offers Increased Reward, Seeks Leads in 1993 Cold Case from Hockley County, more
- San Antonio baby born without skin could receive lab-grown skin grafts
- Lawyer: Baytown Police Shot Texas Woman in Stomach, Chest and Face. – so far nothing presented has demonstrated the cop didn’t have good reason to shoot.
- Grand jury finds Amarillo police officer-involved shooting was justified
- Waco police officer who killed knife-wielding man at local motel cleared
- Texas Man Who Fled After Drug Smuggling Plea Gets 18 Years
- 19-Year-Old Fatally Shot After Paintball Attack on Houston House – stupidity will get you killed.
- Man Accused of Abducting Girl, 8, Faces Federal Charge
- Alabama Prison Inmate Indicted in 1974 Texas Police Officer Slaying
- Police: Amarillo Man Kills 12-Year-Old Daughter, Self; Burns House
- San Antonio-Area Man Accused of Pointer Laser at Helicopter
- Three arrests made in connection to body found in Floyd County
- 4-year-old girl killed after 18-wheeler pushes sedan off Houston-area freeway
- Documents: Relative tried extorting ex-Texans star for millions
- Sharpstown woman pleaded for her life before being fatally stabbed, prosecutors say
- Houston Woman Has Tires Stolen, Fined By Police for Not Moving Her Truck
- Former Texas A&M employee arrested after police find hidden camera in women’s campus bathroom
- H-E-B employee arrested for allegedly filming unsuspecting shopper in bathroom
- Nocona man gets 40 years, pleads guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child.
- May man arrested in Abilene on charge of online solicitation of minor – It’s just not his month.
- Four People Indicted in the Lubbock Homicide Case of Tyshaun Bates
- Man arrested after SWAT team callout, standoff in Slaton
- Owner of vandalized car arrested in TTU Final Four riots
- Bonds total $255K for Central Texas man arrested after hour-long chase
- Ex-Little-River Academy VFD fire chief, son, indicted in theft of thousands
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- Amarillo ISD School Board Vice President Resigns
- Second Waco ISD Board member announces resignation
- Land-swap deal could bring San Antonio’s Hays Street saga to a close
- Bexar County buys voting system with paper trail
- Former Miss Black Texas Sues City of Commerce, Ex-Police Chief Over Arrest
- Dallas is finally ready to sell an old South Dallas fire station bringing blight to the neighborhood
- Here’s why Dallas’ police chief created a summer jobs program for teens
- Houston fire union asks mayor to work out new contract via arbitration
- Pearland ISD accused of racial, religious discrimination
- Electra ISD school board appoints new superintendent VIDEO
- Wichita Falls mulls raising taxes on visitors, tourists, more
- Lubbock County ME Andrews files motion to dismiss lawsuit
- Midway ISD considers $177M bond issue to support growth VIDEO
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- Hardin-Simmons Physician Assistant program spends 7 days in Dominican Republic
- Tech receives national rankings for online degree programs
- Texas Tech Astrophysicist Helping Determine How Stars Form
- Former Red Raider, NFL player Carl Carter Dies at 55
- Lamar University president says he’ll cooperate with investigation
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- Romanian pilots set to begin ENJJPT at Sheppard AFB VIDEO
Pratt’s post for 5/22/2019
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