- Self: 2019 Shows Texas Swamp Needs Attention
- Lawmakers warned on pension fund for retired state workers
- Abbott Stops Short of Calling Special Session to Save Tinslee Lewis
- Texas Named As Business Facilities Magazine 2019 State Of The Year
- Texas Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $3 Billion in December, up 4.8%
- Backed by new state law, Statesman seeks to expose government spending
- Texas Highway Patrol is releasing some, jailing others who are caught with marijuana
- Marijuana prosecutions in Texas have dropped by more than half since lawmakers legalized hemp
- Case dismissed after 3,350 pounds of hemp in U-Haul mistaken for marijuana
- Jack Wilson, American Hero
- Op-ed calling Texas church heroism ‘terrifying’ brings derision to USA Today
- Federal judge dismisses claim against Harris County DA in wrongful conviction case
- The Back Mic: Bloomberg Block Walks for Texas Democrat, Lang Faces White Settlement Hero, and Bonnen Updates
- State Rep. Celia Israel on imagining a Democrat-led Texas House
- For Texas Democrats, Julián joins Beto as a sidelined prophet
- Candidate Ruled Ineligible to Run for 401st District Judge – interesting claim
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- U.S. Senate hopeful Royce West says he’s the Democrat who can beat Texas Sen. John Cornyn – comes out for radical gun control
- TX13: Eric Trump Tweets Support for Ronny Jackson
- Trump Has Seated 17 Federal Judges in Texas – One Vacancy Remains
- Regarding Healthcare, GOP Faces Biggest Hurdle
- 207 Members of Congress Ask Supreme Court to ‘Reconsider’ Roe v. Wade
- Marine Corps Authorizes Concealed Carry on Bases Following Recent Shootings
- Sen. Cruz: ‘It’s Been a Fantastic Year Fighting for 28 Million Texans’
- White House slashes National Security Council staffing
- Iran Replaces Terror Chief Soleimani with ‘Uncharismatic and Less Distinguished’ General
- Iran Is Testing U.S. Resolve in Iraq
- Qasem Soleimani’s Death Marks Huge Blow to Iranian Regime
- Soleimani allowed to roam region without consequence prior to drone strike
- Nolte: The Obama-Biden Benghazi Debacle Is Not Repeated by Trump
- Pelosi Complains: No Notification Before Attack on Soleimani
- Nancy Pelosi: Killing Soleimani Was ‘Provocative and Disproportionate’
- Hollywood Erupts After Soleimani Airstrike: ‘Hitler Did the Same Thing’
- ‘Long-overdue justice’ or ‘reckless action’? Texas politicos split on airstrike that killed Iranian commander
- Rubio: Soleimani was plotting a coup in Iraq for Tehran
- Ben Rhodes Is Suddenly Interested in Congressional Authorization
- Thornberry: U.S. must be prepared after the killing of Iranian head of terrorist group
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Steele Claims John McCain Aide Leaked ‘Pee’ Dossier to BuzzFeed
- No impeachment trial, for now: McConnell and Schumer battle over witnesses
- Liberal columnist urges Democrats to ‘move on’ from impeachment
- Andrew McCabe admits to obstructing probe, role in media leak
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Castro’s Exit Is Latest Blow to Diversity of 2020 Field
- Julian Castro demonstrates a problem with Democrat identity politics
- A Hometown Perspective On The End Of Julián Castro’s Campaign For The White House
- Liberals want racial quotas in their 2020 presidential primary
- Garcia: As a presidential contender, Julián Castro left it all on the field
- In his presidential campaign, Julián Castro stood out but couldn’t break out
- Castro ends bold quest for White House
- Michael Bloomberg Prepares For Super Tuesday With New Houston Headquarters
- Donald Trump Campaign Raises $46 Million in Fourth Quarter
- Elizabeth Warren changes Soleimani statement after Lefties attack her for being honest about him
- Tulsi Gabbard Says Soleimani Strike Violates Constitution – stupid
- Marianne Williamson on Soleimani Strike: ‘Ask How Many American Deaths WE’RE Responsible For’
- United Methodist Church announces plan to split over same-sex marriage
- One cost of gun violence is the burden it places on our health-care system – this is the big push underway for years to ban guns as a health cost.
- BATF&E Adding Third Gender to Firearm Purchase Form – insanity
- Hillary Clinton found a job: Chancellor of Queen’s University, Belfast
- CNN writes entire piece about Trump eating ice cream during airstrike
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- Border / immigration
- US Consulate Ups Security After Gunbattles in Nuevo Laredo
- Armored Cartel Convoys with Grenade Launchers Seen in Mexican Border City near Texas
- US Starts Sending Asylum Seekers Across Arizona Border
- Expedited removal policies are being implemented in South Texas, immigration lawyers say VIDEO
- Border crossings to get more high-tech inspection devices in 2020 VIDEO
- ‘Border Land, Border Water’ Is A 150 Year History Of Construction On The U.S.-Mexico Border
- As DACA decision looms, Texas college students worry about their future
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- Business
- Texas Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $3 Billion in December, up 4.8%
- Oil soars as U.S. killing of Iran general stirs fear of conflict – it will fall back soon
- U.S. drilling rig count falls back below 800, detail
- Crude inventories plunge from record-high exports amid Iranian tensions
- Are Fossil Fuels an Ethical Investment?
- Oxy shores up board with former Schlumberger CEO
- Tenaris closes $1.1 billion deal to buy pipemaking rival in Houston
- Texas Hemp Growers plan master class in Big Spring
- Midland home sales dropped in November
- Who will replace Jason Garrett as Cowboys coach?
- Texans paid 9.6 cents per kilowatt hour for power in August
- Abilene mom introduces phone app for autistic families VIDEO
- Dell’s new laptop line includes AI components
- Historic San Antonio downtown hospital building sold to hotel operator
- Texas Retail Worker Injuries Now Higher Than on Factory Floors
- Nielsen Media Research reality check: Talk radio dominates the media
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Fired Austin Police commander loses appeal, accused of destroying evidence in ‘sex strangulation’ case
- 1 Fatally Stabbed, 3 Hurt in Morning Attack in Austin, Austin deadly stabbing suspect in hospital after jumping off roof fleeing from police
- Two die in rollover crash in San Marcos
- Funeral Held for One of Men Killed in Attack at Texas Church
- Alleged member of neo-Nazi group pleads guilty to federal weapons charge in Lubbock federal court
- SWAT standoff in City View ends in arrest
- Affidavits: Midland teen killed following drug deal
- Nolan Co. man arrested after 3-hour pursuit
- Abilene man sentenced to 75 years for sports bar murder
- San Antonio: Woman leaves dead dogs in wire kennels at grandmother’s home for two weeks
- Austin police ask public’s help in finding suspect in Terminal 6 nightclub shooting
- Lubbock hotel shooting turns fatal with 1 dead, 1 injured, 2 arrested in hotel shooting, suspect remains at large
- Lubbock police chief hosting news conference after deadly New Year’s Day night club shooting
- Court allows extension before Brownfield doctor has to surrender to U.S. marshals
- Slaton PD reports multiple vehicle burglaries, stolen vehicle Friday morning
- Heights man suspected of being ‘flasher’ charged with indecent exposure, constable says
- FBI wants help finding first Houston bank robber of 2020
- 22-year-old charged with murder in stepfather’s death
- Wanted man surrenders after barricading himself inside west Houston hotel
- Harris County deputy hospitalized after crash with intoxicated driver, sheriff says
- Gregg County inmate on the lam for three days unbeknownst to jail officers
- Con Men Used Mennonite Man’s Isolation From Modern Life To Steal $1 Million
- 47-Year-Old Man Found Shot, Killed in Dallas Robbery
- Belton Police Department investigating fatal shooting
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- Local government
- Scurry County prepares for rollback tax rate vote VIDEO
- San Antonians, get ready for higher water, electric bills
- San Antonio Aims to Keep Christmas Trees Out of Landfills by Mulching Them
- Austin: Email Shows Mayor Adler Fretted over Chief Manley’s Dissent on Homelessness
- Amarillo ISD Fills Vacant Trustee Position
- Is Fort Worth Preparing to Suppress Small Businesses?
- The bad times keep rolling in La Joya
- IRS joins list of those with questions for VisitDallas
- After hundreds of 911 calls from this NW Dallas motel, it took a homicide to get the city to act
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- Colleges & universities
- Backed by new state law, Statesman seeks to expose government spending
- UT Austin Students Have Been Fighting For Affordable Housing At City Hall. Where’s The University? AUDIO
- Sul Ross President Bill Kibler to retire
- TTU Rawls College Ranks Among Nation’s Best Undergraduate Business Schools
- Texas Tech Teams Dominated 2019
- Texas A&M University president applied for a job at University of Colorado
- As DACA decision looms, Texas college students worry about their future
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- Military
- New Law Expands Military Commissary Access for Veterans, Caregivers
Pratt’s post for 1/3/2020
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