- Former Texas House Speaker Straus launches new PAC – he’ll work hard to turn the Texas GOP into that of the GOP of California, New York and Illinois.
- Joe Straus Returns, more, more, more
- Abbott’s Japan trip cost taxpayers $83,000 for security – given what Japanese companies have invested in Texas it seems a bargain.
- Much like Oregon GOP legislators today, Texas Democrats once fled the state to protest a vote – wasn’t a protest, it was an effort to stop a vote because they couldn’t take the fact that they were now in the minority.
- Sporting goods tax could exclusively go to funding Texas parks and historical sites VIDEO
- Commentary: “Saving” Chick-fil-A is not enough
- The weirdest and craziest state laws in the history of the Texas Legislature
- Stickland Shares Frustration With House Republicans
- “It’s like they’re frightened to talk to me”: Texas campaign workers of color face harassment, discrimination in the field – I call absolute B.S. on this.
- “California Refugee” Warns Texans: Don’t Make the Same Mistakes
- Pro-life activist tapped as ‘expert’ for Texas sex education rewrite – so someone who believes killing babies in the womb cannot be “expert” in the subject of sex education?
- State denies compensation to wrongfully convicted former Texas death row prisoner Alfred Dewayne Brown – it’s a question of jurisdiction on the judgment.
- Texas is one of the best states for young drivers, according to report
- Texas prisoner [Abilene’s Robertson Unit] dies of severe heat stroke with 106-degree body temperature according to preliminary findings
- Census citizenship question could affect amount of federal money Texas receives for critical needs – only if the data is used for such
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- Congressmen Jodey Arrington and Mike Conaway to Play in Tonight’s Congressional Baseball Game
- Rep. Colin Allred of Dallas questionable for tonight’s congressional baseball game
- Somehow, Rick Perry (?!) Is Trump’s Most Stable Cabinet Member
- Free college is a gift to the privileged paid for by ordinary taxpayers
- Listener: It’s not just college loans that need changing
- O’Rourke on migrant family drowning: ‘Trump is responsible for these deaths.’
- Beto O’Rourke seeks to shake underwhelming 2018 debate showings tonight in Miami
- 3 things Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro must do to shine during Democratic debate
- Warming up for first debate, Beto O’Rourke courts Miami teachers, Elizabeth Warren basks in adoration
- Elizabeth Warren and the Myth of Momentum
- Castro, O’Rourke enter first debate with much to prove
- Julián Castro needs a spark tonight in first Democratic debate
- What you need to know about the Democratic presidential debates
- Could the 2020 Election Hinge on…Taxes?
- Former Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville leading polls for Alabama GOP Senate Primary
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- Trump’s deal has Mexico deploying troops to stop illegal crossings into U.S.
- 3500 Migrants Apprehended over 3 Days in One Texas Border Sector
- Military’s mission doesn’t include enforcement, so smugglers cross Rio Grande right in front of them
- Half of BP Workforce Reassigned to Humanitarian Support Duty, 100,000 Migrants Slip into U.S.
- Crimes Against Humanity ….. No Toothbrushes And No Diapers
- Senate to pass $4.6B border aid measure; Pelosi seeks talks
- Drowned Man’s Mother: Photo ‘Shocking,’ Also ‘Tenderness’, more
- Bodies of Two Deceased Migrants Found on Texas Ranches 80 Miles from Border
- Nicaragua Confirms Arrest of Fourth ISIS Terror Suspect
- Mexican Border State Narco-Terrorist’s Chief Strategist Unmasked
- Wayfair is supplying beds to Texas detention centers for children – and its employees are protesting – I guess the Leftist employees want the children to sleep on the floor!
- ICE arrests 52 undocumented immigrants in enforcement operation across South, Central Texas
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- Despite trade tensions, Texas business hummed in June
- USDA Farm Bill Implementation Progress Update
- Lozoya: Brownsville being left behind due to digital divide – there is a ton of utter B.S. in this story.
- Austin top TV market for U.S. World Cup win over Spain
- Judge: San Antonio billionaire Red McCombs’ firm must pay foes’ legal fees
- Houston billionairess buys Texas Monthly, promising to invest and invigorate National Magazine of Texas
- FAA Removes 3 Managers in Office That Monitors Southwest Airlines
- Milestone to expand Permian oilfield wastewater disposal services
- Judge tosses lawsuit against Kinder Morgan’s Permian pipeline
- Big Spring Whataburger cooking up open-carry controversy
- JCPenney adding 22,000 seasonal workers to handle back-to-school rush
- Scoggin Dickey celebrates 90 years of business on the South Plains
- Some Texas banks vulnerable to a downturn in commercial real estate
- NRA pulls plug on Dallas-based NRA TV as gun rights group cuts ties with divisive spokeswoman
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- Small earthquake rattles Grayson County VIDEO
- Lawsuit: Austin girl bitten by unvaccinated lemur at aquarium
- El Campo substitute teacher fired for making pornographic videos at high school; no evidence found of a crime
- Fire at Yorktown motel that critically injured man was likely an accident
- Judge gives 10 years for Houston man who robbed Victoria auto dealership
- Carrolton Police Join Party After Getting a Call About a Noise Complaint VIDEO
- Wichita Falls: Baby, grandmother injured in Wednesday morning fire
- WFPD: Woman drives circles in parking lot, assaults hospital employee
- Police say man uses plunger in knife fight
- Man fatally shot in Midland home invasion
- Ector Co. ISD bus driver charged with possession of child pornography
- Man sentenced to death for murder of Upton County deputy
- Anti-Wimp: Elderly Lubbock man returns fire with home invaders, LPD asking for public’s help to locate suspects who shot elderly man
- Lubbock Man Is Punched and Choked During a Home Invasion
- Lubbock Man Indicted for Murder at Gameroom
- Three arrested and meth found after report of carjacking, Lubbock police said
- Lubbock PD searching for suspects in vehicle burglaries, firearm theft, 7-Eleven robbery
- Man fatally shot during fight inside his SW Houston ‘drug house’
- Shots fired during home invasion in southwest Houston, several suspects in custody
- ‘Bank jugging’ caught on camera outside Houston dollar store
- Multi-agency effort nets 3 arrests in Central Texas burglary ring VIDEO
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- Texas education commissioner moves to take over Harlandale ISD
- Galveston to “allow” homeowner Groups to Remove Seaweed From Galveston Beaches
- San Antonio homestead exemption flies in the face of fiscal reality – a far Leftist is upset that taxpayers might keep a bit more of their money!
- ‘He defended himself’: Fired San Antonio police officer cleared of domestic violence wants his job back
- Internal investigation finds Port Lavaca police officer was justified in killing dog
- Austin mayor to broaden City Council prayer to include poetry, meditation
- Bowie Council undertakes Electricity 101 in workshop
- ‘Sharpen your pencils’ urges judge on Montague County budget
- Montague Co. to house U.S. Corrections inmates
- Midland city council hears plan to dedicate $5.19M for tournament fields
- Midland ISD approves budget that includes almost $13 million in property purchases
- Brownwood Fire Chief Wood accepts position in Saginaw
- Brown Co. Judge visits White House to discuss local priorities
- City of Abilene adds ‘storybook’ street signs downtown
- Big Spring Animal Shelter ending drop off kennel service
- Plainview, Hale County acquisition of airport nearing competition
- New state law forces Lubbock to reverse regulation on gas tubing – good, Lubbock reaction was typical hard cases make bad law.
- Lubbock Councilman Talks Police Substations, ERCOT, and Downtown
- Lubbock City Council: License awarded to build 1970 tornado memorial
- City of Lubbock allows community to tour water facility VIDEO
- Lubbock-area cities to use aerial spray method to combat growing mosquito problem
- Dallas to install 10 LGBTQ-themed rainbow crosswalks in Oak Lawn
- Harris Co. DA will get informant records in botched drug raid — and is asking for more staff to help the investigation
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- Rejection of LGBTQ student group leads to a fight at “unambiguously Christian” Baylor – it’s a Baptist school but the Left seeks to force all others to change their beliefs to agree with it.
- Hardin-Simmons hosts All-State Choir Camp
- ACU breaks ground on 26,000 sq ft restaurant, retail space
- WBU Changes From Religion to Christian Studies
- TTU: Recent Graduate Accepted Into Prestigious Military Medical School
- Listener: It’s not just college loans that need changing
Pratt’s post for 6/26/2019
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