- ‘Where did all the money go?’: Gov. Greg Abbott calls out Houston’s mayor over misuse of federal funds
- Texas Rangers ask Texas House members for information in Bonnen/Sullivan investigation
- Seliger talks state budget, mass violence
- SBOE 15: Rowley will not seek re-election to State Education Board
- ‘The state of Texas lost this case,’ judge in foster care lawsuit says, warns further delays will bring fines
- Abbott Announces SmileDirectClub’s Access Dental Lab Manufacturing Facility in Kyle
- Higher ed rulemaking goes forward after the passing of key advocate Rex Peebles
- TEA failed to find federal conviction of man appointed to help run Marlin schools
- Texas law impacts free speech areas on campus
- Sunset Advisory Commission invites public input on the Texas Animal Health Commission
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Google’s new competition cop, says everything is “on the table”
- Texas Attorney General Argues at Fifth Circuit in Defense of State Laws Protecting Women’s Health and the Unborn
- Texans, take steps to prevent the spread of oak wilt disease
- Regulatory Process Could Intensify Debate Over Nuclear Waste in Texas
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- TX10: Rep. McCaul raises $400K in bid for reelection
- TX3: Plano lawyer Lulu Seikaly latest Democrat to challenge Republican Van Taylor for Congress – pro-abortion, pro-gun control, etc., same-same
- TX32: Dallas Republican Genevieve Collins raises $475,000 for her campaign against incumbent Democrat Colin Allred
- Dwayne Stovall Makes Campaign Stop in Wichita Falls This Week
- As its U.S. House members of color depart, Texas GOP grapples with its lack of diversity – no we are not grappling with anything, we don’t see people based on their color.
- Primary fights few and far between as Texas Republicans focus on November 2020
- Scrutiny of Rick Perry’s role in Ukraine scandal builds – what scandal? To date all that is mentioned is the normal course of business.
- Perry says he asked Trump to call Ukrainian president on energy policy, not Bidens
- Michael Bleyzer, Houston’s Ukrainian connection
- Schiff Avoids Press Questions After Deeming Trump Blocking Sondland Testimony ‘Obstruction’
- Sen. Cruz Kicks Off Indo-Pacific Tour at Pearl Harbor
- Ted Cruz: ‘DISGRACEFUL’ to Let Turkish Military Slaughter America’s Kurdish Allies
- Ted Cruz says NBA ‘shamefully retreating’ from Morey comments ‘in pursuit of big $$’
- Mitch McConnell: NBA Shouldn’t Put ‘Profits over Free Speech’ for China
- Texas Republicans oppose Trump’s actions in Syria
- VA’s response to Imelda flooding in Beaumont is a blueprint for future
- Interior Secretary Lambasts Green New Deal
- Judges Look Askance at EPA Hand-Off on Permitting – and yet, when Texas did its own permitting we achieved better results than places which used the EPA’s rules! Proof this isn’t about the environment but about central control.
- Democrats threaten Supreme Court justices with court packing if they hear gun law challenge
- President Trump Announces New Set of Tariffs on the European Union
- Senior FBI Official Who Took Illegal Gifts From CNN and Lied to Investigators Was Not Prosecuted and Allowed to Retire With Full Benefits
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- Warren Stands by Account of Once Being Fired for Pregnancy – she sure has a lot of very different version of the same stories
- Elizabeth Warren offers judicial ‘ethics’ plan, targets Brett Kavanaugh
- Federal Judges Would See New Checks in Warren White House
- Is Elizabeth Warren Having Her Moment? Or about to Be Overtaken by Events?
- Buttigieg Targets Big Pharma in Plan to Lower Drug Prices
- Top Dems joining PLO speakers at anti-Israel conference
- Ellen DeGeneres Defends Her Friendship with George W. Bush
- Poll: ‘Transgender’ Men Ads Lead to 8-Point Voter Swing to Republican from Democrat
- Yes to new jails: What Ocasio-Cortez and her allies get dangerously wrong
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- Hours After Julián Castro Escorted 12 Migrants To The US, CBP Sent Them Back To Mexico AUDIO
- Border Patrol apprehensions dipped last month, but 2019 saw a dramatic increase from 2018
- Border Apprehensions Approached One Million During Past Year, Highest in 12 Years
- 45 Migrants Rescued from Stash House in Reynosa Planning to Cross Rio Grande
- Reynosa Cartel Clashes Leave Three Murdered, Two Kidnapped
- Border Apprehensions Drop as Immigration Crackdown Continues
- ‘Mexican Mafia’ Member Smuggled Migrants near Texas Border, Say Feds
- As the Border Wall Is Built, Eminent Domain Could Mean More Texans Lose Their Land
- Donna-Rio Bravo bridge begins $60M expansion
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- Texans enjoy highest average wages in USA; Challenge is to keep newcomers from ruining such.
- Ominous signs ahead for crude oil prices, industry
- Oil falls as U.S.-China tensions escalate before trade talks
- Oxy starts first solar farm to power oil production
- Goodnight Midstream lands $500 million to expand oil field water operations
- SmileDirectClub to open plant in Kyle, employ up to 850
- Morey’s tweet may cost Rockets millions
- China Cancels Broadcasts of NBA Preseason Games over Pro-Hong Kong Tweet
- Abilene estate sale company’s owner facing more accusations of not paying his clients
- Two More Reagor-Dykes Employees Plead Guilty, 2 female employees plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in RDAG case
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- Police: 3 Suspected of Killing Witness at Dallas Cop’s Trial
- Former Weslaco city commissioner pleads guilty to lying during grand jury proceeding
- Weslaco City Commissioner Cuellar sentencing delayed; ex-official pleads guilty
- Hardin Co. Deputy Fatally Shoots Man Armed With Knife, Tree Limb
- Man With Gun, Body Armor Tried to Rob Apple Store in Dallas
- Man Indicted in Death of Boy Found in Dallas-Area Landfill
- FBI: Inmate charged in Lubbock woman’s death is the deadliest serial killer in US history
- Owner of now shuttered San Antonio dog-training school opts to have judge decide his case
- Texas man allegedly robs bank on eve of his wedding to pay for ring, etc.
- Wichita Falls man marries another woman, charged with bigamy – why?
- Two beers or 4? Driver says one and passenger says another
- Wichita Falls on list for most reported fraud
- Ector Co. ISD: Bowie MS student arrested after Snapchat threats
- Affidavit: Former Midland golf club owner charged with injury to a child
- Woman charged driving children around while intoxicated to play Ding Dong Ditch
- Man charged with pointing gun, running over another man
- 73-year-old hiker dies in Big Bend National Park
- Lockdown lifted at Stanton High School, Stanton High School placed under lockdown after report of firearm on campus
- Drive-by shooting unfolds in front of Abilene police officers waiting to serve warrant
- 2 injured, 1 trapped in major accident in south Abilene
- Police: San Angelo man fires shots from SUV, waves gun in air at park
- Austin police remove junked car from neighborhood after guns found inside
- Lubbock Man Jailed For Driving Vehicle Into an Apartment Complex
- Lubbock ISD middle school teacher’s aide accused of sending nude pictures to student
- Man sentenced to life in prison for triple slaying at Stafford car wash
- Newborn dropped off at Houston fire station
- Cops: Second drunk driver crashes into fire truck at scene of Houston DWI crash
- Police: Two teens arrested in north Houston carjacking, woman attacked while pumping gas
- Russian trolls orchestrated 2016 clash at Houston Islamic center, new Senate intel report recalls
- Fort Worth Police Seek Masked Men Who Shot Worker At Discount Feed & More
- Bartender accused of over-serving mass shooter won’t be indicted, Texas jury says
- ‘Reflective Bandit’ Wanted For Multiple Burglaries In Haltom City
- Homeless man stabs man in self-defense during attempted robbery, police say
- Man charged with arson in fire behind 7-Eleven near UT campus last month
- Services set for Central Texas boy who died after school bus incident
- Police officer fatally shot Louisiana man after he grabbed officer’s baton, began beating him at Beaumont motel
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- Two Harris County Commissioners Block Tax Hike by Busting Quorum
- Commissioners Cagle, Radack block proposed Harris County tax hike
- ‘Where did all the money go?’: Gov. Greg Abbott calls out Houston’s mayor over misuse of federal funds
- HRBC supports METRO’s $3.5 billion dollar bond proposition
- Houston women to rally at city hall against ‘tampon tax’
- Fort Bend County sheriff accuses commissioners court of ‘witch hunt’
- Round Rock opioid program expanding throughout Williamson County
- Austin ISD leaders press for clarity, time for school closure plan
- The City of Odessa launches Youtube channel
- Burn ban in effect for Taylor County
- City of Abilene begins repair work on intersections across town
- Scurry County airport terminal renamed after historic female pilot VIDEO
- Free lunch expanded to more Lubbock ISD campuses
- Lubbock County hires interim chief medical examiner after they accept former Medical Examiner’s resignation
- After Dallas County’s TechShare software failure, the future must be open source
- Palmview finance director abruptly resigns
- Mission looking at $84 million bond election in 2020
- Hewitt: Midway ISD leader talks bond proposal at council workshop VIDEO
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- Federal court hears arguments in challenge to UT’s removal of Confederate statues
- Baylor extends contract with President Linda A. Livingstone
- Lariat column shows Leftist attitude of many at Baylor
- At Texas A&M University System, an experiment in education access
- TTU Meat Judging: A cut above the rest
- Texas law impacts free speech areas on campus
- Gomez and Blackwood sign contract extensions at Lubbock Christian University
- Higher ed rulemaking goes forward after the passing of key advocate Rex Peebles
Pratt’s post for 10/8/2019
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