- Lame Duck Speaker Bonnen releases House interim charges (pdf)
- Rep. Mike Lang lawmaker wants Democrat rep. caught on video with cocaine to step down from leadership roles
- Lt. Gov. Patrick: Why I want to reshape the budget board
- Comptroller Glenn Hegar Announces Transfer of $3.3 Billion to State Highway and Rainy Day Funds
- Last-Minute Loophole Could Undermine Texas Law Against Surprise Medical Bills
- Analysis: Why Texas Republicans are launching trial balloons on gun laws
- Seven years in, DPS offers no data on whether millions spent on surveillance software is helping fight crime
- Prison health care costs are higher than ever in Texas. Many point to an aging prison population.
- Texas Among Five States Dragging Feet on Creation of Panels to Promote Census
- Texas Drops Out of Antitrust Case Targeting T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
- AG Paxton Defends Right to Life for 9‑Month-Old Baby Girl
- Abbott Appoints Campbell And Torn To Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Abbott Appoints Zook To State Pension Review Board
- Governor Abbott Meets With DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf In Austin
- DPS Reminds Texans to Stay Vigilant, Report Suspicious Activity
- DPS Offers Tips for Safe Thanksgiving Travel
- Insult comic’s video at center of Texas death row appeal
- Opinion: Organizations need to invest money to help get out the Latino vote
- HD47: Candidate for Western Travis Says He’ll Rein in Local Governments
- Former Speaker Straus Campaigns for Vulnerable [Liberal] House Republicans
- For Republicans, Texas Is A Swing State Even If It’s Not Yet Purple
- Analysis: The middle is intriguing but uncrowded in Texas politics
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX13: Bowie school counselor looking to enter Congressional race
- TX19’s Rep. Jodey Arrington announces he’s running for re-election
- TX22: History of the Seat and a Breakdown of the Current Race
- Two North Texas congressional races could chart new political course
- Texas Democrats worry Senate field too weak to beat Republican incumbent John Cornyn
- Sen. Cornyn to visit with families of deployed Airmen, distribute Thanksgiving turkeys at Sheppard AFB
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Will Hurd criticizes Trump but opposes impeachment
- Rep. Joaquin Castro calls for investigation of Rick Perry’s Ukraine dealings
- WaPo reporter: We’re hearing behind the scenes that more House Dems are getting “cold feet” about impeachment
- ABC: Schiff’s committee has photos, audio, video recordings from Rudy associate Lev Parnas, some of which involve Trump and Giuliani
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Julián Castro’s Twitter feed won’t win many undecided voters
- Michael Bloomberg launches Democratic presidential bid
- Bloomberg says he’s a problem-solver who can rebuild America
- Bloomberg News Muddles Through in a Weird, Rare Situation
- Biden tags four women who could be his VP
- Joe Biden Campaign’s Senior Latina Adviser Quits
- De Niro: Buttigieg could be the one to beat that piece of s**t Trump
- Tom Steyer to Iowa Voters: ‘I Don’t Want to Be President’
- Rick Perry: Trump is the ‘chosen one’ – he is, he was chosen by voters of the states of the union.
- Rick Perry says God chose both Trump and Obama to be president; says great leaders have flaws
- Nikki Haley Visits Dallas on Her Book Tour, Expresses Gratitude for America
- Rev. Franklin Graham Goes “All In” with Chick-fil-A, But Has He Been Misled
- America, where believing in Christ is now bad for business
- The Silence of the School Reformers
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- Border / immigration
- Trump: Park rangers to patrol Mexican border, arrest migrants
- Border authorities, activists weigh in on ‘new wall vs. replacement wall’ debate VIDEO
- Five illegal aliens charged in Brewster County burglary
- Agents Rescue Migrant from Drowning in Rio Grande
- Border Agents Seize 154 Pounds of Bologna at Texas Crossing
- Dallas Homosexuals Angered After Previously Deported Migrant Skips Bond
- Gulf Cartel Attacks Mexican Farming Family near Border – Mostly Children Shot
- Mexican Police Chief Resigns After Surviving Fierce Cartel Attack VIDEO
- Mexican Soap Opera Star, French Tourist Kidnapped
- Central American Offered Asylum in Guatemala Opts for Home
- Tougher US Asylum Policy Follows in Europe’s Footsteps
- Border Patrol Agents to crack down at checkpoints during holiday travel
- 80,000 Texas immigrants stuck in naturalization limbo as 2020 elections loom
- Monterrey, Nuevo León: Dismembered Male Identified as Ministerial Agent
- Juárez, Chihuahua: Narco Terrorism at S-Mart Convenience Store VIDEO
- LeBarón asks Trump to designate the cartels as terrorist organizations
- Mexico Will Reject U.S. Designations of Cartels as Terrorists, Says AMLO
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- Business
- Texas Manufacturing Activity Weakens Slightly
- Unions are a demonstrable fraud upon Texas workers
- Southwest Airlines Receives Tax Credits for Denver Expansion
- Herman: Agreement ends Balcones Woods neighborhood dispute. Maybe.
- Lubbock physician wants his fraud claims against Covenant Health System heard in Amarillo, not Lubbock
- Judge orders Bart Reagor to pay $1.77 million in legal fees
- Shell drills on state-owned lands in Permian Basin
- Shopping for health insurance alternatives? Choose wisely
- Southwest Research’s Adam Hamilton to Lead Board of San Antonio Chamber
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Liberty County District Attorney Arrested on Assault Charge
- Hardeman Co grand jury clears deputy who shot suspect three times
- Memorial Unveiled to Victims of Texas Walmart Mass Shooting
- Texas Fugitive Accused in Son’s 2004 Death Extradited
- Woman ran from cop after flinging scooters into Sixth Street, Austin police say
- Police: Georgetown man intentionally caused burns to baby
- Police investigating sexual assault near UT-Austin
- Decades-old murder cold case solved in Wichita Falls
- WFPD: Woman uses sledgehammer to break into safe
- Jury in Manrique child sex crimes trial reaches verdict of guilty
- Wichita Falls firefighters work the scene of a fatal fire
- Registered sex offender charged with enticing 10 year old
- Midland Co. SO searching for Odessa missing person
- Woman arrested for refusing to leave hospital
- Fire destroys 90-year-old synagogue building in Breckenridge
- 4 women wanted for shoplifting thousand dollars in merchandise from Abilene Academy
- Neighborhood saved from grass fire that threatened homes in Tye
- Houston PD: Driver involved in double fatal crash on I-45 charged with misdemeanor DWI
- The Death Penalty is Still On The Table For Hollis Daniels Accused of Murdering TTU Police Officer
- Lubbock man caught stealing threatens to stab employee with dirty needle, police report said
- 2 arrested early Sunday for assaulting peace officer at Lubbock bar
- Lubbock man caught, held down in parking lot while attempting to leave with stolen merchandise
- Banished after Baylor rape scandal, Art Briles is coaching again and wants to leave it at that
- Police uncover illegal game room after responding to robbery call in north Harris County
- Houston man charged in deadly home invasion, second suspect on the run
- Sheriff: Wild hogs could be to blame for injuries found on dead woman’s body
- New details emerge in deadly Humble shooting of man whose wife received alert before he died
- Armed robbers shoot man fleeing heist in southeast Houston neighborhood
- Man gives Texas game wardens fake name to get out of warrants, arrested on warrants under fake name
- Irving church congregation kept silent about child abuse for six years
- $650k bond set for Hewitt woman accused of slitting husband’s wrists
- Children suspected after Littler River-Academy community center vandalized
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- Local government
- Recount shows Midland ISD bond passes by 11 votes, more, Cause of 820-vote discrepancy not yet known, What is going on in Midland?, more
- Keller ISD Rewards Pro-Bond Vendor With Taxpayer-Backed Bond Money
- City of Edinburg Gets Major Shakeup After Election
- Why was an equity analysis of Austin ISD school closures shelved?
- Why a motel appraised at $2.6 million could cost Austin up to $8 million
- White River Water District awarded $2 million by USDA to improve water quality
- Corpus Christi Offering Free Grease Containers to Prevent Brown Friday
- Abilene City council approves Windsor Hotel aid agreement
- Taylor County flood prevention dam conditions are inspected
- Levelland to begin enforcing sign ordinance Dec. 1
- Johnny Lara named Hart Municipal Judge
- City of Lubbock issues progress report on Citizens Tower
- California firm working on San Antonio homelessness plan impressed with what it sees so far, more
- San Antonio stuck in a quandary with paid sick leave
- Bexar County launches initiative to protect San Antonio children from guns
- Judge: Fort Worth allowed to hunt for new police chief
- Austin police detective claims he was blocked from promotions due to race
- Second Amendment Resolution on Collin Commissioners’ Monday Agenda
- Northside ISD marketing survey pushes propaganda, charter advocates say
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- Colleges & universities
- Texas Tech, Midland College presidents sign academic agreement
- TTU: While Celebrating Achievements, Schovanec Highlights People In State Of The University Address VIDEO
- TTU’s Brooks named finalist for Butkus Award
- MSU Texas annual Turkey Trot Monday evening
- HSU’s Model UN Club hosts third Texas Crisis Simulation
- Power outage at Howard College; classes continue
- “Is it worth it?”: College grads strapped with greater debt, lower incomes
- Would This Degree from That College Be Apt to Pay Off?
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- Military
- Ex-workers say U.S. military landlord falsified records to get bonuses
- Family fled sewage-contaminated house on San Antonio base
- Wreaths Across America needs more than 1K wreaths for Texas State Cemetery veteran graves
Pratt’s post for 11/25/2019
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