- New year brings new Texas laws
- New year, new laws: Here’s what changes in Texas
- There are new Texas laws going into effect tomorrow that you need to know about There are new Texas laws going into effect tomorrow that you need to know about
- Abbott silent as refugee resettlement deadline approaches
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Statement on Shooting of Panola County Sheriff’s Deputy
- Pratt on Texas Anti-Wimp updates show how to fight evil in Texas
- After Another Shooting, Texans Should Take Conversations About Public Safety Offline
- Trump praises brave congregants who stopped Texas church shooter: ‘It was over in 6 seconds’
- A church shooting near Fort Worth ends because good guys with guns fought back
- Minister: Gunman Grew Angry in Past Over Cash Requests
- What do Texas laws say about carrying guns in churches?
- Rinaldi’s Church Security Law Proves Vital in Stopping White Settlement Shooting
- Texas law protecting armed churchgoers draws national attention after White Settlement shooting
- From the Left: The Texas GOP spent the past two decades building a firearm-obsessed state. No one is safer for it. – tell that to all who had their lives saved by the good guys with guns, it is a lot of folk!
- Columnist: ‘Terrifying’ That Parishioners Were Armed in Texas Church
- Dana Loesch sets John Leguizamo straight on Texas’ ‘lax gun laws’ that make the state unsafe
- Texas health commission to pay $15 mil in SNAP settlement
- Solving Texas’ rural health care crisis will require more collaboration
- The weirdest Texas game warden stories of 2019
- Texas politics in 2019: Take a look at the top stories of the year
- 5 things to watch in Texas politics in 2020
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Texas poised to gain multiple U.S. House seats after 2020 census, new population data show
- Cornyn’s Courthouse Dogs Act passes in Senate
- After premature end to congressional career, Chris Bell seeks revival through Senate bid
- Texas Craft Distillers Fight To Preserve A Valuable Tax Break
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Texas Democrat Admits Impeachment ‘Genesis’ Was Before Trump’s Election VIDEO
- Sen. Collins: ‘Inappropriate’ for McConnell, Dems to Prejudge Trump Impeachment Trial – Collins has demonstrated time and again that she belongs in the Joe Biden IQ class.
- Democrat Impeachment Tactics According to Sen. Chris Van Hollen
- Former National Security Official Loses Fight Over House Subpoena
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Joe Biden Urges Coal Miners to ‘Learn’ to Code: Anybody ‘Can Learn How to Program, for God’s Sake!’
- Quid Pro Joe: This is not a Trump rally!
- Biden’s Subpoena Flip-Flop VIDEO
- Buttigieg: I would not have wanted my son on Ukraine board
- Warren Looks Ahead to 2020 in Boston New Year’s Eve Speech
- Re-making the Ninth Circuit
- Ilhan Omar’s small-dollar fundraising haul sparks inquiry from FEC
- Marc Morano Blasts Green New Deal, Climate Change Hysteria AUDIO
- Gertrude Himmelfarb, RIP
- The End of the Soft-Power Delusion
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- Border / immigration
- Migrant Woman Dies on Texas Ranch 80 Miles from Mexican Border
- 4.3M Migrants Caught at SW Border in Decade — More Than Los Angeles Population
- Abbott silent as refugee resettlement deadline approaches
- 2019 Rules Meant Few Options For Asylum-Seekers At Southern Border
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- Business
- Growth in the Texas Service Sector Accelerates; Retail Sales Growth Picks Up
- Nexstar Selling 19 TVs In 15 Markets For $1.32B
- Judge Orders Alex Jones to Pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook Case
- Government investigation uncovers various violations at The Plaza Restaurant chain
- A look back at what spurred the greatest energy decade in Texas history.
- Lawyer: Bus company stranded Houston passengers in Mexico after deadly crash
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Panola County Sheriff’s Deputy Fatally Shot During During Traffic Stop, Officials identify Panola County deputy killed in shooting
- Firefighter struck by vehicle, seriously injured at crash scene in Fort Worth
- Man Resigns from Bexar County Sheriff’s Office After Shooting Relative During Argument
- New details in ex-La Joya housing director’s arrest
- Minister: Gunman Grew Angry in Past Over Cash Requests
- Brother of former KAMC sports director Al Wallace killed in Texas church shooting
- Hero from Sutherland Springs attack offers condolences for recent church shooting victims
- Former Madison High sports star ID’d as San Antonio shooting victim
- Northside ISD Parents describe how football coach allegedly broke their son’s leg
- Iowa Park Choir Director Asked to Resign After Recent Investigation, more
- Texas Named the Deadliest State for Driving on New Year’s Eve
- Former Wichita Co. Jail inmate charged for smoking marijuana in cell – genius
- Police: Black exploited elderly Burkburnett woman
- Eastland County murder suspect arrested in Canada
- Court date for woman connected to murdered Austin mom pushed back to February
- Man wanted on child sex crime arrested in San Angelo
- Tye man accused of pointing loaded rifle at wife’s head, ‘racking it’
- Family mourns Army veteran found murdered in northeast Houston
- Police search for missing Midland teen
- Friona man killed in crash with train in Randall County
- Lubbock police seek person behind armed robbery at Money Stop
- Bastrop County brush fire contained, officials say
- Williamson County sheriff’s deputy ropes feral hog at apartment complex VIDEO
- La Porte man sentenced to 370 years in prison for child sex crimes
- Police seek person of interest after 2 women stabbed to death in NE Houston home
- Man charged with arson after apartment fire hospitalizes woman in northwest Harris County
- Houston boy dies of flu, first pediatric influenza death in city
- Brownsville schools trustee charged with DWI may find bond doubled after traveling outside county
- Shooting victim found dead in Killeen neighborhood
- Sheriff: ‘Dummy’ takes pictures of himself after stealing game camera
- Former Fort Bliss soldier allegedly assaulted jailer with coffee pot before receiving life sentence
- Fort Worth fifth-grader killed in go-kart accident at Cresson track
- Texas EquuSearch joins search for 31-year-old man who went missing under ‘strange circumstances’
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- Local government
- Midland Co. conducting test of election equipment VIDEO
- Boil water notice issued after major water leak impacts around 18,000 Odessans
- Lubbock’s new city hall, Citizens Tower, evacuated after reported gas leak, more
- Harlandale ISD officially hires operations director as superintendent
- San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg making headway on second-term agenda but running afoul of natural allies
- San Antonio’s female council majority puts women’s issues front and center
- Could scooter mania just blow over in San Antonio?
- Dallas will conduct final sweep for tornado debris in disaster zone
- McKinney Voters Deliver ‘Recall Shemwell’ Petition
- Mission tables interlocal agreement with Hidalgo County RMA for the Madero Bridge project
- MCISD to spend up to $1.6 million on scoreboard for Tom Landry Stadium
- McAllen finishes drainage project as nearly 2 dozen more take shape
Pratt’s post for 12/31/2018
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