- Despite rampant rumors, Texas House Administration Chairman Geren says no offices at the Texas Capitol were raided by law enforcement today
- Rep. Lucio III says he will figure out who started rumors of FBI raids at Texas Capitol, file suit for libel
- Growing List of Lawmakers Commit to Lone Star Agenda
- Chairman Phil King: Speaker Bonnen is wrong to claim he cannot remove Chairman Nevárez in wake of cocaine charges
- With help of Rove, Texas House Republicans launch new PAC to defend majority
- Gov. Abbott ate at Bill Miller’s after Chick-fil-A announcement
- Mary González, LGBTQ Caucus: Gov. Greg Abbott’s Chick-fil-A tweet ‘encourages discrimination’ – moronic
- Salvation Army Responds to Chick-Fil-A’s Sudden Change in Charity, Chick-Fil-A Responds Back
- Former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus calls on Supreme Court to protect workplace rights for LGBTQ Americans – he is not just a moderate but a Leftist on so much.
- Governments and citizens jostle over margins of new law on public comment
- Texas driver’s license centers to get new appointment system to shorten hours-long wait times
- North Texas foster care operation agrees to nighttime watches of kids after grilling by federal judge
- Does Texas law allow [sexual] transition surgery for young transgender kids?
- TxDOT launches campaign to reduce roadway fatalities
- How Texas lawmakers are fighting to get e-cigarettes out of children’s hands
- Texas state agencies report $24 million in property missing or stolen since 2012
- Work on moving the Alamo Cenotaph could begin as early as December
- Texas Agriculture Memorial Day Honors the Lives And Sacrifices Made By Farmers and Ranchers
- Teacher union may join lawsuit to block TEA takeover of Houston ISD
- Ryan Sitton Discusses Campaign For Railroad Commissioner
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX12: Incumbent Kay Granger Facing Competitive Primary from Chris Putnam
- TX13: Former Wichita Falls ISD board president look at run for Congress
- TX7: GOP congressional candidate Wesley Hunt has a convicted felon on his payroll
- Rep. Chip Roy Forces Members to Once Again Vote on Government Funding Bill
- Sens. Cruz, Graham, Rep. Cheney Applaud Trump Administration Decision to End Civil Nuclear Waiver for Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Bunker
- Sen. Cruz: Right Now in Hong Kong, the Cause for Freedom Has Never Been Greater VIDEO
- U.S. Reverses Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama Policy Declaring Israeli Settlements ‘Illegal’
- US Officials Granting $29 Million for Coastal Protection
- USDA Designates 14 Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
- Visitor services return to Big Bend National Park’s Castolon Historic District
- ‘We needed to help the people of Texas’: Austin’s Teresa Lozano Long to be honored at the White House
- Praise heaped on Rick Perry by Trump and Texas Republicans as he retires as energy secretary
- Senate Schedules FISA Abuse Hearing, Signals IG Report Release Is Imminent
- FCC Public Auction Decision the Right Policy for the C-Band
- Why Aren’t Health Care Prices Transparent?
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Nancy Pelosi, meet our Constitution
- Democrats coddle a bureaucratic coward who hides in shadows and must never be named
- Rep. Devin Nunes Tosses Some Grenades That Frag Democrats
- New York Times Ripped for Spreading Fake News About Actions of Democrats’ Star Witness Alexander Vindman
- Did Lt. Col. Vindman Become Exposed as the Whistleblower’s Source During Testimony?
- Sean Davis: ‘Vindman is the leaker’ and he ‘lied last month’
- Conservative Groups Are Teaming Up to Defend Trump, and Raise Money
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Julián Castro Won’t Win Nomination But May Have Shot at Democratic Ticket
- Pete Buttigieg Lays Out Plan for Affordable College
- The Buttigieg Iowa Surge
- Biden Touts Plan to Curb Violence Against Women
- Left Wants to Cancel Obama After He Gave His Own “Get Woke, Go Broke” Warning to 2020 Democrats
- Protests planned for Trump’s Austin visit Wednesday
- Obese & Slovenly Michael Moore: ‘Not a Person On This Planet Believes’ Trump’s Health Is ‘Fine’
- United Nations ‘very concerned’ about Trump’s exoneration of 3 US servicemen
- Franklin Graham Says Trump’s Enemies Hell-bent on ‘Destroying Him’
- Smith rips Colin Kaepernick’s NFL workout fiasco: ‘You showed up in a Kunta Kinte shirt’
- DOJ releases not just a hill but a MOUNTAIN of security violations against Peter Strzok
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- Border / immigration
- Sheila Jackson Lee, Sylvia Garcia headline Houston immigration rally
- ‘We Build the Wall’ issued cease and desist to stop construction in South Texas, officials confirm VIDEO
- Yes, Physical Barriers Matter on the Border, Says JTFW Director VIDEO
- Mexican Migrant Found Dead on Texas Ranch 80 Miles from Border
- 10 illegal aliens located in remote canyon near Alpine
- Nuevo Laredo, Tamps: 5 Police Arrested Implicated in Extrajudicial Killings
- Juárez: 15 Cartel-Related Murders in Less Than 24 Hours
- Pratt: Many in Latin America share our conservative view on immigration as well as China
- In Some Texas Cities, Immigrants Who’ve Experienced Crime Find It Hard To Qualify For U Visas
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- Business
- Apartment rents post modest gains in Houston, zoom in Austin
- Texas Company Devalues Sand Mines in Wisconsin
- H-E-B to break ground in Lubbock Nov. 21
- Austin auto sales surge as 2019 winds down
- After Cheating Allegations, Will The Astros Be Punished?
- Millennials increasingly say they plan to rent for the rest of their lives
- Houston’s economy might not be as hot as it looks — and still needs oil
- Dallas-based logistics firm MODE to merge with SunteckTTS, creating $2.3 billion logistics giant
- New Irving [Los Colinas] high-rise project includes two hotels
- Dallas’ landmark gold Campbell Centre towers up for grabs
- Bank of America Plaza, downtown Dallas’ tallest tower, [72-story] heads for sale
- American Airlines bringing swankier food to first class, flagship lounges with James Beard partnership
- Plano-based drug developer Reata raises $505 million, expects to double to 400 employees by end of 2020
- AT&T sells stake in Game Show Network in $510 million deal
- North Texas major investor USAA is selling control of its real estate business
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Ex-state court judge to report to prison
- DPS: Rangers investigating 2016 Starr Co. murders
- Suspect shot dead during apparent armored truck robbery in Willis
- Bastrop County deputy sued for excessive force
- 2 dead in Montgomery County plane crash
- Robbery suspect, Uber Eats worker drew guns on each other, Austin police say
- Hundreds arrested during DWI crackdown in Montgomery County
- San Antonio man who shot girlfriend in head while he held baby sentenced to life in prison
- DPS: Midland man dies in two-truck wreck
- Big Spring police find several key fobs following chase, arrest
- Illegal dumping means fines, jail time for Midland Co. residents
- 3 Vernon men charged with criminal trespass at MSU
- Brown Co. Deputies: Fleeing man drops bag with 351 grams of meth
- Killeen ISD middle school student arrested on terroristic threat charges
- AISD: Abilene High ‘safe’ after rumored threat, no evidence found
- Man accused of threats to Kilgore, Longview ISDs waives jury trial
- Report: Suspects break down north Abilene door, rob family at gunpoint
- $24,000 worth of cigarettes stolen from truck parked outside north Abilene hotel
- Rebuilding continues 6 months after Abilene tornado VIDEO
- Former Georgetown ISD bus driver accused of online solicitation of a minor
- Woman finds armed robber in her backseat after leaving Texas mall
- Woman shot, killed in Kerrville Walmart parking lot; suspect barricaded in movie theater VIDEO
- Authorities identify body children found while playing hide-and-seek near Fort Worth apartment complex
- Hale County Grand Jury indictments for October
- Man arrested following standoff near Smyer
- Snyder man to serve seven years for possessing stolen firearms
- Pediatric nurse practitioner indicted for invasive photography
- $30 marijuana deal gone bad led to shooting and killing of 16-year-old in Lubbock, warrant said
- Stolen dinosaur recovered in Lubbock Co. playa lake
- 3 shot during massive brawl in northeast Harris County strip center
- Drag queen denied entrance at Austin Whataburger following city’s drag festival
- Man shot on Weber Road by Corpus Christi officer out of hospital, arrested
- McLennan County traffic stop leads to police discovering bodies in Plano, Victims of homicide linked to women arrested after I-35 stop identified
- Husband of former Rogers Mayor faces criminal charge
- Car slams into home in Killeen neighborhood at 70 mph
- Arlington PD: Man Who Reported Shooting Was Actual Gunman, Arrested With Weapon And Weed
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- Local government
- Governments and citizens jostle over margins of new law on public comment
- Wichita Falls council approves agreement with O’Reilly Hospitality for $60-million hotel/conference center – more cronyism.
- Fired Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald Takes Stand At Hearing
- Austin ISD board votes to shutter 4 elementary campuses – and create social justice centers!
- Analysis: AISD School Closures End Left’s Consensus on Education
- Property owner protests could be used to challenge Austin’s building code overhaul
- Austin hires investigator to examine alleged racist language by former assistant police chief
- Lake LBJ, Inks Lake to be lowered in January to help with 2018 flood recovery
- Hays County approves $13M purchase of former Boy Scout camp for future park
- Tipton named to TMCN Executive Committee
- Citing opioid abuse, Lubbock County sues pharmaceutical companies
- Lubbock ISD introduces plumbing, electrical technology trade programs VIDEO
- Teacher union may join lawsuit to block TEA takeover of Houston ISD
- San Antonio’s CPS Energy Could Purchase New Gas Power as Soon as Next Summer
- Bexar County to Bankroll New Digital Library, Parking Garage Near SAISD’s Fox Tech
- Granger’s Agency Defies Fort Worth’s Mayor on Panther Island
- Willis High School Teacher Says Parents “Don’t Know What’s Best”
- Drag Queen at Public School Draws Investigation: Willis ISD Asked For Documents
- Conroe ISD trustee defends critiques of Willis High School drag queen event
- VisitDallas still dealing with financial questions
- Dallas County gambled tens of millions building its own software. Is it time to fold TechShare? – it was ill-advised from the beginning
- Dallas County commissioners delay vote on advancing controversial jail software
- Montgomery County Adopts “Gun Sanctuary” Resolution, Pro-Second Amendment Wave Continues Across Texas
- Lengthy scandals continue to bring change to Edinburg city hall and courthouse
- Former La Joya finance director accuses mayor, city receptionist of libel
- Harris County DA calls high number of case dismissals a waste and public threat – Democrat Ogg is learning what it means to have fellow Democrats as judges!
- Houston City Council Candidate Sues To Hold New Election, Citing Opponent’s Felony Conviction
- Robinson ISD adds vape detectors in schools
- Tyler ISD hires former FBI special agent as Director of Safety and Security
- El Paso ISD board to consider adopting tax incentive policy to bring businesses and families to the district – only needed because they raised taxes so high
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- Colleges & universities
- ‘Improprieties’ within Texas Southern Univ. admissions under investigation
- Prairie View A&M Among Black Colleges Get $1M Apiece for Faculty Development
- Western Texas College celebrates 50 years by digging up the past
- WBU Honors Albuquerque Alumnus at Graduation
- TTU Professor’s Idea Brought To Fruition, Proven In Marketplace
- Texas athletes could make money from pending NCAA rule changes. How much? It’s not yet clear.
- UT’s National Deaf Center develops first ASL-accessible video game
- UT-Austin produced more than 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2017-2018 fiscal year, report says
- UT Board of Regents approves $38.5 million for Red River Street realignment
Pratt’s post for 11/19/2019
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