- Comptroller Glenn Hegar Announces Revenue for Fiscal 2019, August State Sales Tax Collection
- Governor Greg Abbott Issues Eight Executive Orders In Response To El Paso and Odessa Shootings, After shootings, Abbott orders better response to suspicious activity reports, more
- Texas Democrats push for special session on gun violence – they want new laws to make committing a crime a crime.
- Gov. Abbott shrugs off ‘helter skelter’ call for special session on gun violence
- Gun Control Proposals Take Center Stage in Wake of Odessa and El Paso Mass Murders
- Rep. Drew Darby Named Chair of House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety – a useless state rep. for a useless committee
- Four years after allowing universal ‘concealed carry’ law, Maine rated the safest state in the nation for crime
- Maine tops ‘safest states’ rankings four years after removing major gun restriction
- Nothing new in criminal blazes of infamy, nor in the solutions to such
- The Texas Gun Debate Is at a Depressing Dead End – the illogic of a liberal
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Names Senate Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety and Issues Committee Charges
- Senator Charles Perry picked to serve on mass violence prevention committee
- More than 200 Texas school marshals prepared to respond to active shooter incidents
- Analysis: Dumping Texas voters’ favorite shortcut might hurt down-ballot candidates — and Democrats – it was a bad decision by the Legislature no matter which party is affected in the short term.
- Texas argues for reviving law on burial of fetal remains
- New Efforts Being Made to Alleviate Wait Times at Driver’s License Offices
- New State Laws Take Aim At Tech-Based Crime AUDIO
- Sen. Hughes appointed Chair of Senate State Affairs
- Three Texas House special elections draw 26 candidates
- Freedom Caucus Fundraising Down 62 Percent
- Rep. Landgraf hosting town halls
- Texas’ Marijuana-Hemp Issue Could Be Solved, But Without Funding It Risks Backlog Of Untested Kits VIDEO
- PUC Urges Texans to Conserve Electricity Today & Tomorrow
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- New disclosures show Texas Sen. Royce West making big bucks from government contracts – see how some of these elected folk trade on their office?
- Not Wanting To Be ‘Backbenchers,’ Texas Republicans Retire From Congress
- Congressman Roger Williams promotes school safety bill VIDEO
- Would You Like to Borrow Dan Crenshaw’s Guns?
- Cruz: ‘I have been to too damn many of these’
- Meghan McCain: There Will Be Violence if Government Tries to Take AR-15s
- Tucker Carlson warns of ‘civil war’ over proposed gun buyback program
- MSNBC Host Chris Hayes Misunderstands the Electoral College
- Why all unions are destined to fail
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- Lyceum Poll: Biden leading Beto and rest of Democrats in Texas
- O’Rourke Renews Call for Mandatory Buyback of Some Weapons
- Beto O’Rourke shares a photo of himself waiting for a bus because it will save the planet
- Beto O’Rourke says his 8-year-old son fears El Paso will soon be uninhabitable due to climate change
- Buttigieg, Harris Reveal Climate Plans Ahead of Town Hall
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- 600 Border Patrol Agents Assaulted in 2019, Says CBP
- Two Ilegal Aliens Rescued, One Drowned in Texas Border Canal
- Second Bangladeshi Alleged Human Smuggler Arrested in Texas 4
- 120 Cuban Nationals Deported in ‘Largest-Ever’ Group
- South Texas border agents seize nearly $1 million worth of marijuana
- Judge Says He Can Restore Nationwide Block of Asylum Rule if He Wants to
- Is the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge Still in the Crosshairs of Trump’s Border Wall?
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- Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for June 2019
- H-E-B sued over 401(k) fees, accused of having one of the ‘most expensive’ retirement plans
- Texas Dove Hunting Season Starts With A Bang
- Houston Safari Club forms PAC to fight trophy hunting restrictions – so they finally are getting active? DSC has been a world leader on this for a long time.
- Work set to start on 66-story tower that will be Austin’s tallest
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- Cops identify man who allegedly sold illegal gun to Midland/Odessa shooter
- Authorities Suspect Man of Making and Selling Gun Used in Midland/Odessa Shooting
- FBI /ATF investigating after executing search warrant at Lubbock home, apparently in connection with Midland/Odessa shootings
- Listen: Police audio reveals chaos after mass shooting VIDEO
- Midland PD: DPS detains suspect related to latest shooter threat
- At first, Midland Police said “no credible threat” of shooter coming to Midland from Lamesa; Then DPS detained a suspect
- Texoma DPS trooper charged with drug possession, tampering
- Brownwood police officer indicted after 3-year-old son shoots self in head
- Police: Former [El Paso] Montwood High band treasurer accused of embezzlement
- Central Texas deputies raid rural marijuana farm, make four arrests
- Central Texas woman indicted in apparent Munchausen case
- Waco services scheduled for former Marine murdered in New Mexico
- Man stabbed repeatedly by bike-riding attacker taken to hospital
- Police: Facebook connection results in stolen truck
- Lake Brownwood man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting disabled person
- Suspected child predator in Stamford indicted after undercover operation
- Lockdown lifted for Schleicher Co. schools as authorities search for armed suspect on the loose near Eldorado
- Grand Prairie man indicted, carjacked woman at gunpoint in Abilene Starbucks parking lot
- One Man Killed in Deadly Two-Vehicle Crash in Floyd County
- Lubbock Police search for missing woman
- First responders called to school bus crash south of Lubbock
- Juvenile in custody after lockdown at Palo Duro High School
- Waller student dead after being struck by car outside high school
- U.S. Coast Guard searching for Kemah Boardwalk employee who tried to help kayaker
- Boyfriend to be charged in death of child left in closet
- Person killed by gunfire at scene of house fire in north Houston, HFD says
- Police officers hurt while pursuing ‘organized’ ATM theft suspects in west Houston
- 37 arrested in sex trafficking bust in Houston suburb
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- GBRA, property owners at impasse over draining of four lakes on Guadalupe
- GBRA sued over plan to drain lakes on Guadalupe River
- Waco: City to modify billboards to ease construction-related confusion VIDEO
- Lake Arrowhead VFD recovering still after station fire VIDEO
- Alpine residents encouraged to settle outstanding citations
- Abilene Police Department serves and protects from the sky with upgraded drone VIDEO
- Taylor Co. tax increase: where will the money go? VIDEO
- Only one speaker at Abilene city tax rate hearing – same old…
- Lamesa city council splits 5-2 on tax rate – Effective Rate wins out
- Lubbock Co. Commissioners Corley And Seay Invite Public To Town Hall Meeting AUDIO
- Lubbock Constable: Office cannot properly serve public due to personnel shortage – doubtful
- Travis County rejects unions’ request for law enforcement pay raises – but they plenty of money to substantially pay commissioners more, spend on radical environmentalist stuff and on and on.
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- TTU Researcher Develops Method To Prevent, Even Reverse Obesity
- Beer and wine sales to continue at Tech football games
- TTI Headquarters Building Officially Open For Business
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- Fort Hood projects spared ax as military funding diverted for wall construction
- Camp Bullis dining hall loses funds to border wall – well, that’s sure to imperil our national security!
Pratt’s post for 9/5/2019
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