- Abbott Will Decide Which Bills To Veto And Which To Sign, Over The Next Two Weeks
- Texas Governor Signs State Ban on Red-Light Traffic Cameras – I’ve fought for this for well over a decade. Finally.
- Texas lawmakers limit opioid prescriptions for acute pain patients
- In his eminent domain, Tom Craddick has the last laugh
- Christi Craddick celebrates RRC’s appropriations
- Rep. Erin Zwiener Fought Against Legislation to Criminalize Pipeline Protests
- Legislative session boosts Texas’ pro-business reputation
- Legislature declines to expand Medicaid coverage for new mothers
- Inside the Legislature’s High-Stakes Deal to Save Texas Public Schools and Cut Property Taxes – “save” schools?! Typical Leftism of Texas Monthly.
- What did your elected officials do for North Texas this legislative session?
- The 86th Texas Legislature and what it means for Houston
- From property taxes to teacher pay, here’s how the Texas Legislature handled spending priorities
- Texas has more than 200 freestanding ERs. Lawmakers just passed bills to combat patient confusion and price gouging.
- Gov. Abbott: Promises Made, Promises Kept VIDEO
- Texans Will Soon Be Allowed to Kill Feral Hogs Without a License
- Texas Speaker Will Punish Republicans Who Oppose Democrats
- Speaker Bonnen’s Feuds With Conservative Grassroots Suggest Divided GOP
- After plumbing board debacle, Texas House leadership stresses local governments to be responsible for industry oversight
- San Antonio leaders, residents outraged after former mayor Lila Cockrell isn’t allowed to vote, more – it is her choice to have no valid I.D.
- Rep. Jeff Leach is the rare politician who changed his mind – see how it works? Abandon your principle and agree with Democrats and you get praise.
- Lawmakers tout “cooperation” and “unity” but leave conservative activists disappointed in failures to pass key priorities. – I’m reminded of my own statement: “Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we too know an outcome – we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until He ends the game, not us.”
- Texas Republicans in the Age of Disruption
- AG Paxton Sues for Access to Public Records on San Antonio’s Discriminatory Exclusion of Chick-fil-A from its Airport
- Texas Attorney General Paxton sues San Antonio over Chick-fil-A records
- AG Paxton Wins Major Court Victory to End Unlawful Obama-Era “Waters of the United States” Rule
- Census Citizenship Question Could Transform State Elections – the Left will make this a huge subject of repetition over the next few years.
- Abbott Gives Failed Secretary of State Nominee, David Whitley, New Job
- Former Texas Secretary of State David Whitley quickly lands back in Abbott’s office
- Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s Statement on Plan to Levy Tariffs on Goods Imported from Mexico
- TxDOT Embraces Goal To End Deaths On Texas Roads By 2050 – so stupid and naïve that it deserves scorn
- DPS Honors Lifesaving Efforts, Awards Purple Heart and Medal of Valor
- Texas Struggles to Keep Pace as Thirst for Water Intensifies
- Fort Hood’s ‘Hug Lady’ to Be Honored Where She Met Soldiers
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- Rick Perry’s Energy Department dubs liquefied natural gas as ‘freedom gas’
- A tax glitch dinged this Gold Star family in Wylie, along with many others. Congress is working on a fix
- Ted Cruz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to stop members of Congress from going on to become lobbyists
- Trump’s Tariff Plan Shows the Risks He’s Willing to Take
- Texas Republicans leery of Trump tariff on Mexico
- Presidential Hopeful Julian Castro Proposes Vast Change in Policing – he’s calling for an end to the only policies that have worked in reducing crime in heavily urban areas. His lethal force policy would lead to more dead police officers.
- Julián Castro unveils police reform plan
- Beto Pancho’s plan to give instant U.S. citizenship to 11 million and fix Central American poverty
- Beto O’Rourke’s boasts that he wanted Trump impeached a year ago, but downplayed it at the time
- In Dallas visit, Beto O’Rourke says immigration reform would be early priority of administration
- O’Rourke nearly triples Iowa staff as focus grows on first 2020 voters
- Biden Tells Houston Union: Expand Role of Public Ed, But No to Charters
- Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved in “Prophet” Muhammad Ad Case
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- US Says Border Wall Will ‘Avoid’ Historic Texas Cemetery
- Three Miles of New Border Wall Coming to South Texas
- As Trump Threatens Tariffs, Migrant Families Keep Coming
- Group of 116 Africans Arrested at Border
- Border Patrol Seeing More Large Migrant Groups
- Border Patrol: Group of 1,036 Migrants Is Largest Ever Found
- Advocates Decry Delays in Release of Illegal Alien Kids
- ‘Dangerous’ Migrant Overcrowding at El Paso Border Facility
- Mexico: 62 Migrants Escape Facility in Ciudad Juarez
- 115 Held by Smugglers for Ransom Rescued in Ciudad Juárez
- Group Building Privately Funded Border Wall Plans to Expand
- Border Patrol Rescues Five Migrants near Texas Border
- Semi-Nude Body of Migrant Female Found on Texas Ranch 80 Miles from Border 174
- Smugglers Throw Two Disabled Migrants into Rio Grande, Say Feds
- ‘Like we’re a disease, inhuman’: The ‘slam dunk’ asylum cases crossing the border – a pro-transgender feature story.
- All US visa applicants now required to provide social media, email info
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- Michael Dell: ‘We’re constantly evolving and learning’
- Trump suggests boycott of Dallas-based AT&T, citing the need to ‘make big changes’ at CNN – AT&T leaders cower when a few homosexuals (2 to 4% of the population) object to anything but will likely ignore or fight against this.
- Atmos Energy Settles House Explosion Suit After Girl’s Death
- Texas Peach Growers Seeing Successful Season Despite Weather
- Businesses Warn Trump of Consequences of New Mexican Tariffs
- Trump’s Mexico tariff plan could cost Texas billions
- How the “progressives” on the Left actually see progress: The Permian Basin Is Booming With Oil. But at What Cost to West Texans?
- Midland, Odessa are among nation’s six lowest jobless rates
- Major Texas-New Mexico power link completed
- El Paso Electric Goes Private in $4.3 Billion Deal
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- At Least 9 Tornadoes Confirmed in Texas
- Amtrak Temporarily Suspended Between Missouri and Texas due to Flooding – the Texas Eagle is a fun train.
- Missing Mills County woman found inside of pickup truck in Brown County
- Parts of downtown Odessa without power this morning due to storms
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- Cameron County Cops Leaked Intel to Drug Dealer, Say Feds
- Search warrant at Wichita Falls Deputy City Manager’s home, marijuana found, more
- Remains Found in Arkansas Identified as Maleah Davis, 4, of Houston
- 1 Killed, 3 Hurt After Shooting at Dallas Car Wash
- Dallas Police Kill Dog That Attacked and Injured 2 People
- Fort Worth Police Fatally Shoot Armed Man During Disturbance Call
- Grand Prairie Woman Accused of Setting Stepdaughter’s Face on Fire
- Man Who Admitted to Serial Killings Charged in 2 More Deaths
- Friday crash in Donley County injures children, kills 2 adults
- Amarillo police officer arrested amid family violence accusations VIDEO
- ‘Continuous’ sexual abuse suspect turns himself in to Amarillo police
- Amarillo police arrest suspect on kidnapping, rape allegations
- Amarillo Police Officers Kill Man Who Fired While Running Off
- Man Accused of Standoff, DPS Trooper’s Shooting in McKinney Indicted
- Lawsuit: Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch Didn’t Protect 2 Boys From Sexual Abuse
- Abused by missionaries: Baptist leaders stayed quiet after trail of abuse – there are not hierarchical Baptist leaders. Baptist doctrine is congregational and has no top-down leadership which is important to know.
- Affidavit: Ex-Killeen teacher fondled girl, gave her candy not to tell
- WFPD: Man shoots himself in the leg with sawed-off rifle, charged with prohibited weapon
- Morland arrested in connection with Nocona Hills incident
- Two suspects arrested for shooting in Abilene
- Suspect accused of taking Abilene woman’s purse, vehicle at gunpoint arrested
- Merkel PD searching for man accused of assaulting 3-year-old girl
- Abilene brothers accused of sexually assaulting, strangling child together
- Lubbock Fire Rescue Responds to Multiple House Fires
- One Dead, Another Injured in Overnight Lubbock Shooting
- 3-year-old son of DPS trooper shot in Montgomery County
- 2-year-old dies after mother runs child over with car in Houston
- Woman shot multiple times by Fort Bend County deputies following chase
- Police: Deer Park man shoots adult son, then has a ‘father-son’ talk before stabbing him to death
- 6-year-old boy dies 2 days after pulled from community pool near Westfield
- Credit union chief pleads guilty to bank fraud in loan that aided Carlos Uresti
- American Airlines flight making emergency landing at El Paso International Airport
- Suspect in Austin Walmart bank robbery now connected to second event
- 2 workers crushed to death by utility pole while working in Marble Falls
- Roky Erickson, Texas psychedelic music legend, has died
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- Wichita Falls Deputy City Manager Jim Dockery resigns after search warrant turns up marijuana at home
- Wichita Falls: Hotel guest tax increase could pay for needed MPEC, Memorial projects – proving these facilities are not self-sustaining
- Houston’s Public Transit System Considering Rail Extensions
- Dallas Adds Homicide Detectives Amid Violent Crime Surge
- Dallas eyes ways to spare the historic Tenth Street district, which is now on a national most-endangered list
- Texarkana Traffic Will Double Without Improvements
- AG Paxton Sues for Access to Public Records on San Antonio’s Discriminatory Exclusion of Chick-fil-A from its Airport
- Texas Attorney General Demands Records on Chick-Fil-A Vote
- San Antonio City Council Approves $10 Million in Incentives for Toyota
- What to know about the new smoking ban at San Antonio’s parks and plazas – includes inside your own vehicle if on city property – I told you where this was going.
- San Antonio City Council to scooter riders: time to get off the sidewalk
- Austin just OK’d new rules for scooters. Do you know what they are?
- Downtown Austin MetroRail station to close for months VIDEO
- Austin City Council could repeal or narrow controversial homeless laws
- Stretch of Austin Airport Boulevard is now Richard Overton Memorial Highway
- Grace period for paid downtown parking in Amarillo ends Monday VIDEO
- Dig In! $400M Corpus Christi Ship Channel Expansion Begins
- Kempner swears in first African-American mayor VIDEO
- Mount Vernon ISD superintendent, town talk about hiring Art Briles VIDEO
- Bowie ISD fills four top administrative jobs
- Confusion in Midland County Commissioners Court leaves county with no officially appointed Sheriff, more
- Repairs Continue to Delay Eastland City Pool Opening
- Plainview now a Purple Heart City
- Brewer appointed interim chief of Lubbock Police Department
- City of Lubbock, Lubbock ISD to conduct joint full-scale active shooter training exercise
- Lubbock County’s controversial medical examiner service quits
- FBI investigating Lubbock County medical examiner service
- Whitney Mayoral candidate files lawsuit questioning election results
- Montgomery County Removes Tolls on SH 242
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- The math seems simple: How many times did UT officials sidestep regular admissions procedures?
- After 35 years, homeless man readmitted to UT Austin to finish degree
- American Meat Science Association Honors Two Texas Tech Faculty Members
- TTU School Of Law Earns Top Ranking In ABA Competitions Championship
- Nelson: Collaboration, cooperation the real story behind Texas Tech vet school
- Texas Tech baseball advances to the Super Regional
- Junior Arterburn, QB of first Tech bowl winner, dies at 89
- UTSA has initiatives to match — and help — San Antonio
- ACU is the first institution in Texas to be designated an Adobe Creative Campus
- WBU’s Sadler Named Emeritus After 29 Years
- Fifth violation of funding rules at MD Anderson doesn’t merit firing
Pratt’s post for 6/3/2019
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