- Legislative Budget Board shake-up needed
- Business Personal Property Tax Reform Considered by Senate Finance Committee
- ‘It’s just out of control’: Texas senators frustrated over rise of vaping, lack of regulation – why? It’s none of their business, leave people alone.
- Senate committee explores how Texans, social media companies can prevent mass violence
- Texas High Court Denies Facebook’s Petition to Avoid Trial in Sex Trafficking Case
- Governor Abbott Reappoints Gravley To North Texas Tollway Authority Board Of Directors
- Governor Abbott Appoints Six To OneStar National Service Commission
- Flaring Under Fire: Pipeline operator sues Railroad Commission
- State-ordered study finds STAAR not too hard for young readers
- TEA: Teacher Fired After Asking Trump to Deport Illegals Should be Reinstated
- Texas High Court Denies Facebook’s Petition to Avoid Trial in Sex Trafficking Case
- San Antonio historical review panel will evaluate Alamo Plaza project
- No, that is not a photo of Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester on Sid Miller’s Facebook page – more evidence of the near-sick obsession the Austin media has with Sid Miller.
- Gov. Greg Abbott joins in on Zodiac killer meme after Ted Cruz’s baby Yoda tweet
- HD26: Rebuked by Abbott, Rick Miller won’t seek reelection – hopefully an authentic conservative Republican will win the primary and win in November.
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Analysis: This U.S. Senate race in Texas isn’t like the last one
- TX13: Ekstrom files to run in GOP primary
- Congress takes step toward memorializing Republic of Texas diplomats in D.C.
- Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Applaud HUD Announcement to Award Disaster Funding to Texas
- Report: AG Barr Disagrees with IG on Whether Trump ‘Spying’ Justified
- An ‘Easy’ Way to Cut $640 Billion from the Federal Budget
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Report: Rick Perry was involved in Ukraine ‘scheme’ – so?
- Live Updates: House Judiciary Committee Holds Impeachment Hearing
- Judiciary Democrats Block Motion to Subpoena the ‘Whistleblower’
- Democrat Rep. Al Green Furious No ‘People of Color’ Among Impeachment Witnesses – he’s so weird
- Dem witness: If you don’t impeach Trump, democracy is dead, or something
- Jonathan Turley: ‘This is not how you impeach an American president’
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Lt. Gov. Patrick confident Trump will carry Texas VIDEO
- Harris’s exit from presidential race highlights again the bigotry of the Democratic Party
- Pollak: Kamala Harris Ran the Worst Campaign in Recent History
- Kamala Harris, the Juggernaut Who Flopped
- Good Riddance to Kamala Harris
- Kamala Harris’ Withdrawal From The Presidential Race Could Help Julián Castro
- Judson High grad documents Castro’s groundbreaking presidential bid
- Cory Booker: We’re spiraling towards a debate stage with “no diversity whatsoever”
- Kamala Harris Departed the Race. What Is Everybody Else’s Excuse?
- Hillary Clinton Dismisses Lesbian Rumors on Howard Stern: ‘I Actually Like Men’
- Rush Limbaugh producer ‘Bo Snerdley’ founds new PAC for black conservatives
- New York City Might Avoid Making Second Amendment History
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- Border / immigration
- Texas Judge Orders Border Wall Fundraiser Not to Build
- No One Crosses River Without Payments to Mexican Cartels, Says Texas Border Sector Asst. Chief
- Asylum Seekers Jam US Border Crossings to Evade Trump Policy
- Mexican Border State AG’s Office on Lockdown amid Cartel Jailbreak Threat
- Designating Mexican Cartels as Foreign Terrorists: What It Means
- Northern Mexico Fears Return to Dark Past After Gunfights
- Illegal alien convicted of rape apprehended near Presidio
- Immigration and wages: A Nobel Prize Winner Who Is Out of Touch with Reality
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- Business
- Texas Rangers unveil new uniforms for 2020 season
- Pennsylvania prosecutor claims Energy Transfer pipeline security plan was illegal
- Lubbock wineries getting national attention – nothing new in that
- West Texas cotton producers working to keep heads above water amidst trade war get help from Federal program – bad weather is their biggest problem
- H-E-B to invest $200 million in South Austin, add 1,000 jobs
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Last of Port Neches TPC Group Plant’s Fires Declared ‘Extinguished’
- 2 Sought in 5 Violent Attacks in 5 Hours in Houston
- Man pleads guilty to killing wife at home in Austin’s Onion Creek neighborhood
- Murder trial opens with testimony that Trinity cheerleader arrived at ER ‘more dead than alive’
- Southern Baptists unveil abuse reporting process, but critics say it fails to ensure anonymity
- Elderly woman killed in deadly San Antonio plane crash identified
- 35-year-old ‘porch pirate’ arrested following burglary charges
- 81-year-old woman allegedly drives vehicle toward children in pool
- Rhome man dies after fall while hanging Christmas lights
- Singer convicted of raping niece to still perform in Texas
- Stephens County Sheriff’s Office makes another drug bust
- Police: Unknown suspects shoot into home occupied by 6 children, kill Abilene man
- 15-year veteran of the Abilene Fire Department resigns amid a theft investigation
- Abilene police still need help finding 4 men connected to cyber crimes investigation
- Abilene ISD teacher, 19 other men suspects in human trafficking investigation
- Abilene ISD teacher put on leave after being ID’d as part of cyber crimes investigation
- Gas station employee reacts after deadly shooting, tells robbery suspects to ‘get a job’
- Austin Fire, EMS free person trapped behind boiler at N. Austin hotel
- San Antonio PD dispatcher arrested, accused of threatening to shoot up department
- Inmate charged with aggravated sexual assault mistakenly released from Comal County Jail
- Found charred remains ‘could’ belong to large child, small adult
- Grand jury indicts two accused of kidnapping child from CPS
- Good Samaritan gives surgeon lift to emergency surgery
- 2 dead, 1 hospitalized in southeast Houston triple shooting
- Houston man sentenced to 6 years for stomping ex-girlfriend’s tabby cat to death
- Driver killed after crashing into northeast Houston ditch
- 22 drivers charged in deadly DWI wrecks in Harris County for 2019, records show
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- Local government
- Austin could buy second motel for homeless shelter next week
- Dallas, Tarrant voters slow to embrace election changes – these numbers mean nothing. It is natural that a large number of voters would find the vote center closest to their home as the most convenient.
- A call out on crime: why did the Dallas mayor dress down his city manager?
- VisitDallas names Craig Davis as new president & CEO
- Parents sue Round Rock district, claiming teacher worsened their child’s eating disorder
- Jurists have big plans for Bexar County courts coalition
- Bexar County Hospital System’s Budget Reflects Plans for Facility, Record System Upgrades
- San Antonio begins clearing out its ‘Bird Island’
- Ethics allegations against San Antonio councilwoman dismissed, more
- San Antonio historical review panel will evaluate Alamo Plaza project
- Wichita Falls City Council: Bids awarded, and grants accepted
- Bond battle continues in Midland
- Odessa discusses Grant Avenue renovations, OFR compensation study during work session
- Merkel ISD eSports program recognized by Texas School Business magazine
- West: Mayor awards those instrumental in explosion recovery VIDEO
- Rosenberg councilman to bring personal breathalyzer to test colleagues for alcohol at meetings
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- Colleges & universities
- MSU campus lacks vegan options – good
- Nonprofit Management and Leadership at MSU Texas
- Midland College educators recognized for teaching excellence
- UT Permian Basin Master’s in Bilingual Education Nationally Recognized
- Eight from HPU participate in Mission Waco Poverty Simulation
- Tech engineering professor to testify before House Science Committee
- TTU Astrophysicist Recognized For Pioneering New Field Of Multi-Messenger Astronomy
Pratt’s post for 12/4/2019
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