- Lone Star Agenda Organizer Pens Open Letter to Abbott, Patrick
- Lib-affiliated ‘Texas Counts’ campaign helps with 2020 census outreach, where state has not
- How Texas lawmakers are fighting to get e-cigarettes out of children’s hands
- Fiscal Notes: Occupational Licensing in Texas
- Texas state adoptions cost only about $300 to $400
- TEA investigates former school leader in San Antonio over reporting dispute
- Transportation Commission looks at a population trending to the east of I-35 and out of rural communities
- Taylor County deputy killed in 1884 to be honored in Austin
- Fallen DPS trooper gets highway named after him
- New judge assigned to Reed’s case following canceled execution
- HD106: Olcott: Why I Can’t Support Jared Patterson for Re-Election
- Associated Republicans of Texas Announces First Round of 2020 Endorsements
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX28: Primary Challenge to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar Tests South Texas District’s Politics
- TX28: South Texas is known for its moderates. A primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar could test that.
- TX24 Overview: An Historical and Political Breakdown of a Potential Suburban Toss Up
- Dem Senate race: A conversation with Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez
- Sen. Cruz: ‘There Is an Energy Renaissance Occurring in the United States, and Texas Is Leading the Way’
- Trump back in Texas for the 7th time this year
- EPA Ends Safety Rules Put in Place After Deadly Texas Blast
- Judge Temporarily Stops 1st Federal Executions Since 2003 – typical
- In key vote, federal regulators OK controversial South Texas gas export facilities
- Medicaid cuts to Texas hospitals imminent without Congressional intervention
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Joaquin Castro uses final impeachment hearing to accuse Rick Perry of Ukraine wrongdoing – I’ve long told you how nasty these Castor brothers are.
- Testimony points to Rick Perry’s Ukraine role
- Vindman Says Ukraine Offered Him a Defense Minister Post Three Times
- Testimony points to Rick Perry’s Ukraine role
- Will the Democrats’ Articles of Impeachment Include Mueller Obstruction, Too?
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Nolte: A Night of Softballs at the MSNBC-Washington Post Debate
- A Dull Debate Night Helps the Front-Runners
- Watch: Kamala Harris Mistakenly Says ‘Fags’ in Post-Debate Interview
- Buttigieg: My Gay Rights Struggle Connects Me to Black Voters
- Fact checking the fifth Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta
- Impeachment shadows Democrats’ debate, as Buttigieg takes heat for lack of black support, Warren defends $20T health care plan
- Marquette Poll: Biden Loses Lead over Trump in Wisconsin
- The Underrated Biden
- Democrats vie for affection of black women, key bloc that often feels forgotten after election season
- Voting rights finally gets time on presidential debate stage
- Democratic Presidential Debate Highlights Impeachment Hearings, Far-Left Policies
- Takeaways from the 5th Democratic 2020 presidential debate
- Sidelined, Julián Castro Took To Twitter Wednesday During A Lackluster Presidential Debate
- Deval Patrick Cancels Campaign Event After Only Two Show Up
- Bloomberg Spending $15M-$20M to Register Half Million Voters
- California Supreme Court Struck Down the Anti-Trump Tax-Return-Disclosure Law
- Our fatuous world is eroding Enlightenment gains
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- Border / immigration
- 2011: Obama at the border in El Paso mocks GOP for demanding a moat, and alligators – see what his policy has wrought!
- Two Convicted Killers Arrested After Crossing Texas Border
- Mexican Border Governor Calls Los Zetas Cartel ‘Narco-Terrorists’
- Mexico’s Murder Rate Up, Official Warns of ‘Narcoterrorism’
- DACA Recipient Charged with Human Smuggling
- Immigrants and some people of color are moving to the suburbs – but life there isn’t as promising as it once was
- As government prepares to seize more land for a border wall, some Texas landowners prepare to fight
- Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas: Broad Daylight Shootings and Kidnappings
- Nuevo Laredo: Violence continues as CDN enforcers causes panic while taking cover in Walmart
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- Business
- Away From Washington, Trump Praises Apple’s Texas Expansion
- Texas innovation beats Silicon Valley in many ways, except one
- Feds: Royalty Exemption for New Shallow-Water Gulf Wells
- UAW President Steps Down as GM Sues Rival Over Union Bribery
- GM Sues Fiat Chrysler Over Bribery of Union Officials
- Study forecasts more increases in US oil production
- San Antonio Spurs looking to build new training facility near UTSA – and want taxpayers to subsidize it!
- San Angelo Bank of America locations will close Dec. 3
- SpaceX moving to MK3 vehicle following incident at Boca Chica Facility VIDEO, Explosion during Starship tank tests VIDEO
- SpaceX ‘s decision to slash prices/provide reliable launch schedule upends smallsat industry
- Turkey Leg Hut’s ‘noxious smoke’ creating health risk in Houston, lawsuit says
- MLB widens investigation of Astros, Houston Astros cheating scandal: Everything you need to know
- FBI raids northwest Houston business
- San Antonio’s First ‘New Urbanism’ Neighborhood Coming to Northwest Side
- Verizon Rolls Out 5G in Houston, But It’s Not Available to Everyone
- Federal regulators OK controversial South Texas gas export facilities
- Texas Beef Council executive vice president to retire
- Texas Petro Index declines along with falling prices, permits, employment
- Study forecasts more increases in US oil production
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Prosecutors could seek death penalty for Houston officer in botched drug raid
- Arcola cop forced woman to perform act during traffic stop, other victims possible, prosecutors say
- Mexican El Paso mass shooting victims, families sue Walmart
- Judge rejects motion to move trial of man accused in blaze that killed San Antonio firefighter
- 12-year-old finds mother, father killed in murder-suicide in San Antonio
- Prosecutors File New Charge in Houston Islamist ‘Honor Killings’ Case
- Body of Long-Dead Man Found in His Suburban Dallas Apartment
- San Antonio-Area Man Admits Pointing Laser at Helicopter
- Cousin of Clay Co. woman accused of fatally stabbing husband discusses homicide
- WFPD: Woman arrested for knocking out a child’s tooth
- Hot oiler truck explosion causes fire in southeast Midland, Midland fire truck destroyed in today’s explosion
- Odessa chamber receives more than $1M for shooting victims
- Terlingua man linked to website featuring stories of child sex abuse will remain in jail
- Concealed carry holder detains suspect after brawl at Temple Raising Cane’s
- Dogs killed in Eastland house fire
- Snyder woman killed in crash involving drilling rig
- Joint law enforcement effort results in 5 arrests in Big Spring
- Porch pirates caught on camera stealing from West Lubbock home VIDEO
- 4th suspect linked to Lubbock teen’s killing arrested in Brownfield
- Man shot, killed outside Sunnyside food mart
- Father and son accused of poaching deer on UH-Clear Lake nature trail
- Man charged with attempted rape at Spring Walmart after 2 alleged groping incidents
- Gun owner killed trying to stop Houston pawn shop robbery
- Anti-Wimp: Homeowner takes robber’s gun, kills bad guy
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- Local government
- Local Government Spending Increases by $650 Million in Texas’ Most Populated Counties
- Kaufman Co. Joins Second Amendment Counties, Collin Up Next
- Small Towns, Big Loopholes: Joshua’s Mayoral Election
- Lubbock Co. Expo Center efforts should always keep taxpayers in mind
- New police substations gain attention in East Lubbock
- Lubbock’s Mayor Pope on Citizen’s Tower, substations VIDEO
- Lubbock ISD Board Approves Restructuring of Failing Middle School
- Police investigate death inside Lubbock Co. jail overnight
- San Antonio City Council aides threaten to sue city over pay disparities
- San Antonio River Authority board kills talk of aquifer protection tax
- San Antonio Housing Authority CEO Vows to Review Eviction, Fee Policies
- Port San Antonio OKs tech center, partnership with Cisneros firm
- Jefferson: Is San Antonio learning to play nice with Austin?
- TEA investigates former school leader in San Antonio over reporting dispute
- Downtown Abilene’s Minter Park getting makeover VIDEO
- Old Taylor County jail may face demolition VIDEO
- Wichita Falls named a Bronze-Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists
- RIP: Former Midland mayor, Navy aviator Ed Magruder dies at 95
- Ector Co. commissioners approve outsourcing inmates to Kerr County
- ‘I was personally offended,’ Vidor Police Chief apologizes for alert sent out during Tuesday’s manhunt
- Socorro ISD investigating after substitute teacher tells student to speak English
- Dallas ISD failed South Dallas by letting Pearl C. Anderson rot
- Ballinger’s first female mayor ready to start new chapter
- LGBT Wimberley ISD Policy Voted Down; Parents Say No
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- Colleges & universities
- UT students continue calls for transparency about professors with sexual misconduct violations
- UT protesters interrupt class to confront professor who violated sexual misconduct policies
- MSU: Issues transgender students face on campus
- ACU: Gibbs keeps projects running smoothly at cutting-edge NEXT Lab
- Hardin-Simmons Concert Band celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month
- Academic agreement signing set for Tech, Midland College
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- Military
- Texan among two killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash
- Blue Angels flying into Abilene next spring
Pratt’s post for 11/21/2019
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