- Texas Democrats ask judge to order release of secret recording of House Speaker within 3 days – we’ll talk with guest host Steve Evans who has heard the entire recording in the 6pm hour.
- Texas halts permit process for new medical pot dispensaries
- Governor Abbott Announces Intent To Appoint Jaime Masters As Commissioner Of The Department Of Family And Protective Services
- State Prop 1: Allows all municipal judges to serve in more than 1 city
- Analysis: Texas doesn’t have an income tax — and isn’t getting one any time soon
- Governor Abbott approves first responder overtime expenses following mass shooting VIDEO
- ‘Money grab.’ Mayor Turner and Gov. Abbott clash over Harvey recovery
- Commentary: Rep. Klick Calls for Help
- The 2019 Texas inauguration cost a record $5.3 million. Where are the receipts?
- State trooper waistlines are not an issue; fitness is
- Texas is first state to ban political ‘deepfake’ videos
- Group Argues Confederate Statue Removals Violate Free Speech – their stronger argument in the case is UT’s seeming violation of an agreement it signed with the Littlefields.
- AG Paxton Statement on Case Challenging Removal of Confederate Monuments at the University of Texas at Austin
- Governor Abbott Appoints Three To State Board Of Dental Examiners
- Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Four To Texas State Board of Pharmacy
- Texas Department of Insurance warns of insurance phone scam
- Texas Department of Health Services confirms first vaping-associated death in state
- Texas judge defends decision to hug Guyger during murder trial of unarmed black man
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- Cornyn grows reelection war chest to nearly $11M
- Battleground 2020 Update: Cornyn, Putnam, Pfluger, and Hunt Boast Big Fundraising Numbers for Third Quarter
- Sen. Cornyn sticks with Trump as public opinion shifts on impeachment – that will do more to return him to DC than anything else
- TX11: Air Force pilot wants Conaway seat
- TX30: Dallas Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson running for 15th term in Congress – well she’s not qualified to do any other job, not even an entry-level job.
- Sen. Cruz: The American-Japanese Friendship Is Critically Important for Preserving Peace and Security in the Pacific Region and Across the Globe
- Texas Republicans criticize Trump’s decision to remove troops from Syria
- Sen. Cruz Live From Taiwan on CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ VIDEO
- Sen. Cruz on CNBC Discussing China, Trade, and the N.B.A. VIDEO
- White House vows total halt to impeachment probe cooperation
- Trump has bought 100 anti-impeachment Facebook ads in Texas over the past 24 hours
- Trump flips tables on foes Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff
- Half truths, lies and fake stories make Schiff’s credibility crumble
- Graham: I want Senate Republicans to send Pelosi a letter stressing that this Ukraine business isn’t an impeachable offense
- New document shows Ukraine had already re-opened Burisma probe months before Trump call
- Great News: UN faces financial shortfall
- Supreme Court hesitant to expand employment discrimination protection to LGBT employees
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- Trump’s positive poll numbers continue to defy impeachment mess
- Trump’s 2016 campaign was run on a shoestring. His reelection machine is huge — and armed with consultants. – good and bad
- Is the GOP trying to hide the fact that Trump has primary challengers? – no we just know they don’t matter.
- Mitt Romney, aka ‘pompous ass’, leads the ‘Republican resistance’
- Romney refusing requests to primary Trump — but could try to bring him down via impeachment
- Milestone: Warren now leads Biden in RCP poll average
- Elizabeth Warren’s nose keeps on growing! The NBA’s ‘wokeness’ takes a backseat to China?
- Why Is Some Conservative Media Defending Elizabeth Warren’s Pregnancy Lie
- Bernie Sanders Unveils Flawed Campaign Finance Agenda
- Castro “escorts” asylum seekers over border. It doesn’t end well
- Beto to NPR: Damn the judicial torpedoes, full speed ahead on mandatory buybacks VIDEO
- Hillary Clinton Sure Sounds Like She Wants to Run Again
- Poll: Young Americans Are More Likely to Resent the Rich – they’ve been subject to the most complete Leftist propaganda from Pre-K on of any American generation.
- Internal Memo: ESPN Forbids Discussion Of Chinese Politics When Discussing Daryl Morey’s Tweet About Chinese Politics – and that is how Orwellian and brain dead is ESPN’s executives and “talent” and such has been obvious for years.
- Memo to NBA: Don’t quit on freedom
- Spurs coach Gregg Popovich lauds NBA commish Adam Silver’s ‘courage and leadership,’ contrasts that with ‘coward’ Donald Trump
- Gavin Newsom’s lecture to Trump about electric cars, emissions & climate change hits numerous reality snags
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- It’s Appropriate for Trump to Mandate Immigrant Health Coverage
- Nearly 1 million migrants arrested along southern border during government’s 2019 fiscal year
- Border Apprehensions Approached One Million During Past Year, Highest in 12 Years
- Matamoros Panics Following Rise in Kidnappings
- ICE arrests previously deported Mexican man who allegedly threatened to shoot ICE officers
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- Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $773 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments | Top 20 Cities Sales and Use Tax October Comparison Summary, All cities lookup
- The US Shale Oil Boom Has Made A Middle East War Less Likely
- American Pushes Back Expected Return of Its 737 Max Planes
- Cedar Park Company Aims High with NASA Contract
- NASA’s Bridenstine to hold press event at SpaceX on Oct 10
- Can California Win the New Space Race? – the list of things that need doing for California is just a list of what Texas and Republicans do here.
- Halliburton Lays off 178 Workers in Colorado
- GM Talks Hit Snag as Union Seeks Products for UAW Factories – why would they want to build them in U.S. factories if that means dealing with you lot at the UAW?
- Progress being made on Wichita Fall’s disused The Grand Hotel VIDEO
- All Allsup’s Convenience Stores to be Purchased by Iowa-Based Company, more
- Texas farmers hoping hemp brings greener pastures
- Cotton farmers fear dry conditions as they endanger this year’s crop
- Dolcefino protests gag order in Reagor federal case
- First Bank & Trust urges court to move forward with liquidation of Reagor-Dykes
- The latest flip-flop on red meat uses best science in place of best guesses
- Blue Cross Will Test 10 New Retail Health Clinics In Dallas And Houston
- Tissue Regenix to expand San Antonio-area medical device plant
- Southwest Grounds 2 Planes After Finding Cracks in Key Part
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- Former Wichita Co. probation officer charged with purchasing a child
- Police Search for 3rd Suspect in Cop Trial Witness’ Slaying
- Evidence From Ex-Dallas Cop’s Murder Trial Fuels Mistrust
- Consultant who benefited from Uresti-authored law pleading guilty in San Antonio to tax fraud
- Mother of El Paso shooting victim who died sues Walmart
- Houston Police Car Rushing to Call Strikes, Kills Bicyclist, more
- Unidentified Bodies Found in Oklahoma Not Missing Texas Pair
- Louisiana Cattle Theft Suspect Faces More Charges in Texas
- WFPD: Suspiciously parked vehicles lead to drug and gun arrest
- Ector Co. ISD: Police arrest student with handgun
- Stanton HS student arrested during stolen firearm investigation
- Woman injured in Big Spring shooting
- Stephens County deputy and wife lose house, personal belongings in fire
- Wanted: Suspects accused of shooting man during Abilene search warrant execution
- Abilene man dies as a result of severe injuries suffered in 2-pickup truck collision
- El Paso child is dead after being hit in front of an elementary school
- Man Arrested While Burglarizing a Lubbock Jewelry Store
- Juvenile dies following accidental shooting in Lubbock County
- Lubbock judge issues news media gag order, man accused of murdering police officer, more
- Pedestrian struck by Metro Light Rail in Houston’s Midtown
- Houston’s 2019 murders outpacing 2018 numbers, police say
- Husband killed inside Houston-area home while wife, 3 children slept
- Man dies in apparent road rage incident in west Harris County
- Atascocita man fatally shot by girlfriend, police say
- HISD: Rice School student briefly abducted near bus stop, released unharmed
- Judge extends mental hospital stay for Houston man who ran over officers
- Houston firefighters save burial flag from burning condos near Galleria
- Greenville man arrested for local cattle theft
- 7 hospitalized after 3-alarm fire at Motel 6 in Spring
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- TML hosts annual taxpayer-paid vacation event for city officials
- Ft. Bend Co. sheriff staying put after claiming ‘witch-hunt’
- City leaders confirm death of Crowell police chief
- Wichita Falls finalizing development agreement for MPEC convention hotel
- Two High School Model for Wichita Falls ISD will Emerge as the Favorite, more
- Stephens County Jail provides opportunity for inmates
- Plainview ISD earns A in fiscal accountability
- Dan Jackson: A few thoughts on Lubbock’s new Police Chief VIDEO
- Victoria County says it will ‘protect the taxpayers’ in Harvey restoration work
- Houston Mayor Race: Buzbee widens financial edge over Turner, ups campaign spending to $10M
- ‘Money grab.’ Mayor Turner and Gov. Abbott clash over Harvey recovery
- Harris County Tax Increase Averted After Commissioners Skip Meeting
- Dallas owes $5.2 million to state in sales tax overpayments
- Valet parking, oil changes coming to San Antonio International Airport
- Lake Dunlap residents inch closer to deal to restore missing lake
- Laredo Lifts Boil-Water Notice After 1½ Weeks
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- UT’s Professor John Goodenough wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
- Midland College Students in Philanthropy commissions students
- Texas Tech Cuts Ribbon On School Of Theatre & Dance Complex
- TTU CASNR Research Group Receives Funding From USDA’s Agricultural Research Service
- TTU: Engineering consultant gives lecture on professionalism in field
- TTU Inaugural Textbook In Libraries’ Open-Publishing Platform Is For Students, By Students
- Texas Tech researchers testing new, innovative application for low-quality cotton
- Alamo Colleges’ graduation rates doubled in five years
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