- Dan Patrick criticizes George P. Bush over Alamo feud
- Lt. Gov. Patrick Challenges P. Bush’s Characterization of Alamo Redesign Plan Opponents
- Patrick: Alamo Comments from P. Bush “Offensive and Inaccurate”
- Lawmakers Call on Abbott for Special Session to Save Baby Tinslee’s Life
- Questioning the wisdom of free-wheeling tax incentives
- It’s Time to Hit the Off Switch for Solar, Wind Power Tax Breaks
- State Law: Cost is No Concern for Texas School Bonds
- Waco Judge’s Punishment by Texas Commission Raises Concerns Over Religious Liberty Violations
- Texas Match the Promise Foundation Reaches Milestone; Scholarship Applications Accepted Through Dec. 31
- Hutto frequently sues Texas AG’s office to keep its city records sealed
- New Texas Public Information Act (TPIA) provisions fix huge open gov’t loophole
- Texas Dept. of Insurance adopts rule on SB 1264 waiver (surprise medical billing)
- AG Paxton: Texas Courts Must Respect Parental Rights
- AG Paxton: Statement on UK’s Assessment of Google in Competition and Markets Authority Report
- Abbott Appoints Sharma To Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force
- Abbott Appoints Three To Lower Neches Valley Authority Board Of Directors
- Texas Teacher Retirement System ponders moving HQ out of downtown Austin
- Texas Railroad Commission’s Year in Review VIDEO
- Texas regulators want stiffer penalties for company whose Port Neches plant exploded
- Is there a war on Christmas? A Pew Research study says not in Texas
- Texas DPS trooper prays with grief-stricken family, photo goes viral
- An estimated 390,000 Texans might lose access to food stamps under new Trump policy – go to work, we are at full employment with jobs going empty
- After 40 years on Texas death row, court tosses Cesar Fierro’s sentence for faulty jury instructions
- Texas Equity [homosexual] PAC announces endorsements
- Texas House Races Finalized After Last Minute Dropouts Force Filing Deadline Extension
- HD96: Ballot eligibility for GOP candidate questioned in swing Texas House district in Tarrant County
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Analysis: When nobody is the best-known Texas candidate, an endorsement can be a big deal
- TX13: Greg Sagan of Amarillo seeking Democratic nomination
- TX20: San Antonio [Democrat] congressional hopeful disgraces himself with attack on Obama
- TX12: Trump endorses Kay Granger, says she’s ‘strong supporter’ of his agenda, more
- House passes $1.4 trillion federal spending bill
- Houston’s bid for World’s Fair is on the line as Congress rushes spending bills
- Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Request Briefing from Defense Secretary on Housing at JSBA, Fort Hood
- Senate sends Cornyn’s rape kit testing legislation to Trump’s desk
- Judge: Federal Government Liable for Harvey Flooding
- Big Bend campers may notice a larger bill in 2020
- Sens. Cruz, Johnson Put Company Installing Putin’s Pipeline on Formal Legal Notice
- Obamacare individual mandate invalid, more review needed, appeals court rules
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Impeach Him If You Like, but for the Love of God, Stop Pretending You Care about the Constitution
- Lubbock County Democratic Party Exec. Committee urges Rep. Arrington, Senators Cruz and Cornyn to support impeachment, more
- Hundreds March in Downtown San Antonio to Call for Trump’s Impeachment
- Rep. Will Hurd predicts no Republican will vote to impeach Trump
- Rep. Henry Cuellar, last Texan undeclared on impeachment, will vote to impeach Trump – caved due to the AOC squad pressure in his district
- Texans recall 1998 impeachment votes – Clinton actually broke laws & eventually lost his law license for such.
- On cusp of impeachment, Trump detachment syndrome
- President Trump’s Letter to Speaker Pelosi
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg on impeachment: ‘The president is not a lawyer’
- As House convenes on impeachment, Trump declares disbelief
- Cruz on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo: Dems’ Impeachment Attempts Are Political Gesture of Anger VIDEO
- Horowitz Examining Past FISA Applications to Determine if FBI’s ‘Basic Errors’ are Systemic
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- Presidential race / national politics
- How Did the Bidens’ Corruption Become Trump’s Scandal?
- Pro-Trump media company ramping up in Texas ahead of 2020 – view from the Left
- Australia, UK could be sneak preview of elections next year, Texas included
- Former ’60 Minutes’ reporter living near Austin says magazine damaged career
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- Border / immigration
- Illegal Aliens Marked and Tagged Like Cattle Found in Tractor-Trailer in Texas near Border
- Border Patrol agent bitten while arresting 3 in Alpine
- High Court to Clarify Rules for Stopping Deportation
- Videos Show Armed Gulf Cartel Paramilitaries Patrolling in Mexico near Texas Border VIDEO
- Jaeson Jones: Foreign Terrorist Organization Designations for Certain Mexican Cartels Is the Only Option
- Parts of Mexico Still as Dangerous as Middle East War Zones for Travel, Say Feds
- Juarez, Chihuahua: “La Manantial” Bar Attack Kills Four
- In Reversal, Border Agents Allow Sick 7-Year-Old to Enter US
- Trump says Guatemala is helping stem asylum seekers in US
- New Book Traces The History Of Borderland Gangs, And Their Distinctive Style
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- Business
- ‘It’s on:’ Alberta’s Kenney vows to counter Texas’ efforts to lure Canadian companies south
- The top company in Texas’ birthplace of shale, Devon Energy, exits for $770M
- U.S. energy chief shrugs off Permian oil slowdown as a ‘pause’
- OSHA Fines Company $26K for Fatal Dallas Crane Collapse
- Wichita Falls man creates multifunctional tool for golf, outdoors and everyday use
- Tax dispute lands San Antonio-area music venue in bankruptcy
- How the Hill Country wine boom brought the ‘boonies’ back to life
- First president of Dell shares the power of fate, imagination and hard work in memoir
- Austin startup Terradepth wants to use autonomous robots to explore the ocean
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Nolan Co. teacher indicted for indecency with child, more
- 2 Top 10 Wanted Gang Members Arrested in Lubbock
- Attorney Downplays Danger From Mercury Spill by Jailed Man
- Ex-principal accused of stealing $107,000 from Austin private school, police say
- Founder of shuttered charter school arrested on embezzlement charges
- Classes canceled at two schools after large recycling plant catches fire in Waxahachie
- Police issue CLEAR Alert for woman missing in The Colony, Texas
- Search for missing 14-year-old Texas girl continues
- RIP: Eatland-native & legendary football coach Hayden Fry, 90, passes away, Former Odessa High quarterback, Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry dies
- Grandson pulls 93-year-old grandmother from Brown County mobile home fire
- Passerby Rescues Boy From Burning Vehicle After Fatal Accident Near Petersburg
- Albany man indicted for possession of child pornography
- 45 indicted by Taylor County grand jury
- 3rd suspect accused of breaking into storage units in ‘Abilene and across Texas’ indicted
- Parents of missing Austin mother say there’s no way she and newborn left voluntarily
- Taylor County Sheriff Ricky Bishop’s family ‘overwhelmed’ by concern for injured son
- Motorcycle used in chase Friday reported stolen out of Amarillo
- Police arrest TTU campus sexual assault suspect, Warrant describes moments leading up to sexual assault on Texas Tech campus
- NTSB report: Plane that crashed in San Antonio dropped at nearly 90 degrees
- Fugitive grandma arrested in Texas sentenced to life in prison for murder
- Anti-Wimp: Business owner shoots teen during attempted robbery
- Houston woman scares armed men in heist caught on camera
- Why Houston is the armored truck robbery capital of the United States
- Cement truck collides with Amtrak train in Liberty County
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- Local government
- Midland ISD election: Debacle, incompetence & avarice
- Midland Elections Office is at center of community’s attention – commentary
- Clearing Up Confusion in Midland, more
- Hutto frequently sues Texas AG’s office to keep its city records sealed
- Wichita Falls council: Pilot HIV program, MPEC hotel pre-construction approved
- WFISD among 12 Texas school districts recognized for outstanding program
- Clay County Courthouse makes renovation plans VIDEO
- Brownwood Animal Shelter’s president files complaint regarding animals living condition VIDEO, Bowden fired as director of Brownwood’s animal center
- Abilene beginning search for new city librarian
- Five down, 167 to go for NAAG cases at Lubbock County Medical Examiner’s Office
- Lubbock Animal Services continues showing improvement – in what?
- Nowlin wins Slaton mayor runoff election
- Key vote awaits Alamo plan as San Antonio panel considers new spot for Cenotaph, other elements
- Williamson Co. denies proposal to oversee security for Round Rock ISD past 2021
- Houston’s bid for World’s Fair is on the line as Congress rushes spending bills
- Austin ISD Procurement Chief Under Criminal Investigation
- Fort Worth Taxpayers Bailing Out Granger’s Panther Island?
- Dallas County could spend millions more on jail software as it pumps brakes on TechShare
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- Colleges & universities
- A UT professor advocates pedophilia. Why are we paying for it? – brought to you by the Left and the Leftist students seem unaware of such.
- MSU Texas receives a second grant for Wilson School of Nursing
- UTPB College of Nursing students to attend school at the county jail
- HSU Tradition Spotlight: Beanie Capping
- TTUHSC capital campaign raises $102.5 million
- UTSA Researchers Find Vulnerabilities in Smart Bulbs
Pratt’s post for 12/18/2019
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