- Texas Democrats Sell Lobbyists on Plan to Turn Texas Blue
- House Bill 3 could financially cripple small school districts in Texas in the future – more B.S. hyperbole.
- Court says Texas doesn’t need federal supervision for 2021 redistricting
- Many Texans’ votes are lost when they go to the wrong polling place. Counties see countywide vote centers as an answer. – it’s a small # and people who can’t get to the right precinct generally are demonstrating that they should’t be voting.
- What problems have you encountered while trying to vote in Texas? Share your story with us. – the Tribune is engaged in ginning up an issue.
- In restarting the federal death penalty, AG William Barr looks to Texas
- What Texans Can Teach the British About Unions – nice op-ed
- Mexican Man on Texas Death Row Dies of Cardiac Arrest – beat the needle
- Study: Texas second in losses from disasters
- Top 10 Texas beaches with contaminated, potentially unsafe water
- Texas Sales Tax Holiday is Aug. 9-11
- Governor Abbott Appoints 14 To Texas Health Services Authority Board Of Directors
- Abbott Reappoints Conley To Jobs And Education For Texans Grant Program Advisory Board
- After CPS Removal of Four-Year-Old Upheld, Kaufman County Family Will Request Court Reconsideration
- These Texas Politicians Are Raking In the Campaign Cash
- A conversation with Cliff Walker, Texas Democratic Party VIDEO
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- TX22: U.S. Rep. Pete Olson, Republican of Sugar Land, announces retirement
- Wendy and Royce made a splash, but winning is another matter
- MJ Hegar: ‘I don’t support the type of policies like the Green New Deal’ – Yeah but she says: “climate change is biggest threat to her kids and calls for “aggressive action.”
- Democrats settle in for crowded U.S. Senate primary to decide who challenges Cornyn
- Pratt: Wendy Davis’ disconnect on “silenced” people
- Chip Roy helped Ted Cruz agitate in the U.S. Senate. Now he has brought those tactics to the House. – that’s right and we like it!
- TPPF’s Vance Ginn joins Trump’s Office of Management & Budget
- Senate likely to vote on new federal judge for Lubbock next week
- Trump proposal could end food stamp benefits for 125,000 Texans, experts say – get ‘er done!
- Texas Republican And Democratic Members of Congress Questioned Mueller, With Different Goals In Mind VIDEO
- Conservation groups plan to sue Trump Administration over dunes sagebrush lizard – these are Leftist political front groups, not conservation groups.
- Dallas Rep. Colin Allred teaming up with fellow NFL player in Congress in a show of bipartisanship – Allred is a liberal who needs to be defeated, NFL or not.
- Cruz, Epstein Confront Silicon Valley’s Anti-Conservative Bias
- Sen. Cruz Meets With McKinney Leaders, Members of the Farm Credit Bank of Texas
- Texas’ Current Congressional Champions
- Three Thumbs Down for the Big-Spending Budget Buster
- Is Sen. Bernie Sanders Dooming His Presidential Campaign by Embracing Socialism?
- Biden: You Like Obamacare? We’re Gonna Keep It!
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- Alleged Child Rapist Found in Group of 88 Migrants near New Mexico Border
- Three Mexican Border State Policemen Killed in 36 Hours
- Migrants Sent Back by US Dumped in Mexico’s Monterrey
- Teen US Citizen Says He Lost 26 Pounds in Border Detention – good diet
- American couple killed in Mexico in front of their son
- CBP: Border Patrol El Paso Sector chief Aaron Hull being temporarily assigned to Detroit
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- NYC Sues American Airlines Over Employee Sick Leave – a good example of why we cannot have a strong economy and a patchwork of hundreds, if not thousands, of differing regulations on labor law and the like.
- American Expects Grounded Jet to Cut Profit by $400 Million
- Southwest Pulling Out of Newark Airport, Groundings Cited
- Southwest readies for Hawaii expansion, exits New York area airport
- Weather Postpones SpaceX Launch of Supplies to Space Station
- Flying M Ranch near Archer City up for sale
- Dallas Cowboys Still Most Valuable Sports Franchise in the World
- Houston home of Lyndon B. Johnson now up for sale for only $748,900
- Lubbock’s City Bank absorbs West Texas State Bank in merger
- ‘Mass layoff’ hits Huawei’s Plano-based research arm Futurewei amid trade crackdown – sorry for the good workers but Huawei is a military and political tool of the Chinese Communist Party.
- Ground Labs chooses ATX for HQ, plans to hire
- AT&T gets upgrade as chronic challenges around TV subscribers may have hit ‘peak levels’
- Texas Instruments grabs more revenue than expected despite market slump
- Live! by Loews Hotel will officially open Aug. 22 inside Texas Live!
- Why this Fort Worth coworking-coffee shop hybrid is targeting multifamily developers
- Texas chemical co. considers $400M Clear Lake project
- Houston midstream co. [Targa Resources] names next CEO to succeed longtime leader
- Greater Houston construction starts jump in June
- Burns & McDonnell expands lease, plans to add 300 Houston jobs
- Direct Energy to layoff workers in Houston this fall
- Group 1 Automotive profits drop amid slowing new vehicle sales
- Solar co. considers $200M utility-scale asset in Texas
- Six Flags sees bigger crowds, more revenue
- The economy is booming. So why are credit card debt cases clogging Texas courts? – because people use credit as recklessly and ignorantly as the news business covers political news.
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- More Than 100 Wildfires Across U.S. Burn 2 Million Acres
- Texas Forest Service fighting fires across Texas
- Mada Grass Fire north of Eldorado is 100 percent contained
- Four quakes shake West Texas since Sunday
- San Antonio sets new low temp record with its cool Thursday morning, NWS says – so much for it being hotter!
- More Texans Killed; Fatal Wrecks in Southeastern New Mexico Prompt Crackdown – NM roads and poor, or total lack of, engineering on such things a passing zones is a big part of the problem too.
- Death Penalty Sought for Man Linked to 19 Deaths
- Man Injured in East Texas Petroleum Plant Explosion
- Austin man accused of secretly recording sex with woman, uploading video to porn site
- Wichita County Sheriff’s Department detains an alleged New Mexico homicide suspect
- WF house fire leaves family unharmed VIDEO
- Odessa: Woman charged with stabbing another woman in head, back
- State medical board suspends Odessa physician
- Man indicted for driving into woman, wielding machete
- Vesicular Stomatitis is now confirmed in three Big Country counties VIDEO
- 50 indicted by Taylor County grand jury
- Lubbock man hit, killed by pickup on I-20 service road in Mitchell County
- Abilene, Dublin men sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation
- Police: 1 dead in chain-reaction crash involving Lubbock Power & Light truck
- Court filing raises more questions about official narrative of Harding Street raid, seeks to depose police, Botched Houston drug raid goes to federal grand jury
- Grand jury indicts ex-fiance in Maleah Davis case
- Two stabbed during altercation in north Houston, suspect in custody
- Man tased, punched by Baytown police hires prominent attorney
- Man tells police he ‘needed a ride’ after driving stolen ambulance to KFC in Houston area
- Judge dismisses suit by family of raped girl who said Eastland police botched case
- North Austin motel guest woke up to find stranger masturbating near bed, police say
- Austin police searching for suspects in three shootings
- 60 Years For Arlington Man Who Pleaded Guilty To Raping UTA Student
- Armored truck driver steals $70K while on the job, quits the next day: court records
- Houston man punched woman, 68, in the face while dogs were attacking her
- Firefighters battle 18-wheelers blaze at North Freeway truck stop
- College student admits trying to smuggle nearly $1 million through San Antonio airport
- Woman fatally shot on her birthday as neighbor fired through apartment wall
- Snyder fire truck catches fire in north Abilene
- Abilene man arrested for distributing child pornography
- Former ACU student indicted on child pornography charges
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- District Court in Bexar County Halts San Antonio’s Unlawful Sick Leave Ordinance
- Ector County Commissioner’s Court invites public to budget hearing
- UPDATED: Lubbock Republican Party calls for Constable Barnes to resign
- City of Lubbock making short list of applicants for Lubbock police chief
- Wichita Co. SO: New software ended active jail roster, more
- Olney Hamilton Hospital celebrating 111 years
- This Texas oil town [Andrews] actually wants the nation’s nuclear waste
- Abilene police begin limited operations in new LEC Monday
- Taylor Co. Commissioners Court moves to its new, old home
- Seminole ISD quiet over hesitance on records disclosure
- Plainview ISD Police Department getting closer to final steps for state approval
- City recommending over a 100 bike lanes across Lubbock – awful
- Wind farm in Petersburg to fund $27 million school renovation project
- New Deal ISD to serve free breakfast, lunch to all students VIDEO
- Plano Delays in Fight with Citizens Over Referendum Petition
- Plano Proposes “No New Taxes” Rate
- Harris County: Lists of “unreliable officers” part of ongoing controversy
- Spring Branch ISD renovations break ground under nearly $900M bond package
- Lake Travis special education aides push for higher wages
- Lakeway eyes increasing property tax rate for 2019-20
- Hays County initiates new lost pet program to help ease pressure on shelters
- Woman says Austin airport water cart injured legs, sues city for $1 million
- New Austin rules on homelessness, street camps test police power to search
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- Midland College’s Andrew Latham Teaching rhetoric through video gaming
- Hardin-Simmons: Dr. Janelle O’Connell named Dean of new College of Health Professions
- ASCO Donates $5 Million to Texas Tech Vet School
- TTU Doctoral Nutritional Sciences Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship
- Cloud computing to be taught at TSTC
- UT Health San Antonio receives $3.75M grant for cancer research
- UT’s Brackenridge field lab has rich history, uncertain future
- UTSA launches open source security software to protect users on AWS
Pratt’s post for 7/27/2019
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