- Rep. Burrows: You Are Being Taxed to Lobby Against Your Interests
- Lawmakers warned on pension fund for retired state workers
- Appeals Court Grants Order to Keep Baby Tinslee Lewis on Life Support
- Appeals court backs UT in lawsuit over Confederate statue removal
- Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney to participate in domestic terrorism task force roundtable In Austin
- Gov. Greg Abbott remains quiet on whether the state will opt out of refugee program
- Governor Greg Abbott Appoints Blair And Wainwright To Public Safety Commission
- Abbott Declares State of Disaster Due To Drought Conditions In 17 Texas Counties
- Security of County Election Websites Conflated with Systems – right
- The Texas Railroad Commission must tap the brakes on oil and gas production
- Hundreds rally at Texas Capitol to protest mounting tensions with Iran
- Anti-war protesters take to Houston Galleria, Discovery Green amid heightened tensions
- Dallas US Attorney: Bail reform and other so-called social justice initiatives could increase violent crime
- With book on Austin, Kirk Watson adds author to titles of senator, mayor
- Texas Speaker’s Race, Obamacare Battles, and School District Takeovers: Here’s What to Look for in 2020
- Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen Exits Role As Bank Chairman
- Three back to back Speaker elections may put the House and its members at disadvantage – oh woe is them! Silly.
- 2020 opportunities and challenges for Texas Democrats – this self-assessment list demonstrates what a alternate (and non-reality) universe Dem activists occupy.
- HD28: Joe Biden endorses Democrat in battleground Texas House special election
- YCT Announces the Release of 2020 Endorsement Questionnaire for Federal and State Races
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Republican Mark Yancey challenges John Cornyn in Senate primary
- Senate candidate apologizes for saying her surname, Tzintzún, is ‘more Mexican’ than others – these folk are just weird.
- Tzintzún Ramirez deals with back-to-back criticism in Democratic primary to challenge Cornyn
- TX13: Hays is a congressional candidate who supports term limits, the Second Amendment and Trump – but she voted for spending & big taxes in Amarillo
- Flashback: Iran’s Soleimani Hired Mexican Cartel Associate to Assassinate Saudi Ambassador on U.S. Soil
- Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on Elimination of Iran Terror Chief
- Pelosi announces House vote to protect Iran from military action by Trump
- Did Pelosi forget the authorization of force Congress passed?
- Big Tech’s big win – Washington buckled in the USMCA
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Sens. Cruz, Hawley, Colleagues Introduce Resolution to Allow Dismissal of ‘Bogus Impeachment’ Against President Trump
- Schumer hopes 4 from GOP will join Democrats in demanding impeachment witnesses
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Julián Castro Endorses Elizabeth Warren in Presidential Race, more, more
- Hmmm: Julian Castro endorses Elizabeth Warren
- Castro deconstructs failed campaign
- Is Julián Castro Running for Vice President?
- Elizabeth Warren: ‘Nobody Thought’ a Democrat Could Win My 2012 Massachusetts Senate Race – laughable
- Born in Mexico, this new American is voting for Donald Trump
- Donald Trump Jr. shows off assault rifle magazine featuring Hillary Clinton behind bars, crusader cross – ha!
- San Antonio church leaders note ‘irreconcilable differences’ within Methodist Church
- Is our approach to poverty all wrong?
- Ways the Golden Globes could reduce environmental impact more than removing meat
- Journalists think journalists are likely to get the middle of the country wrong again in 2020
- Planned Parenthood’s New Annual Report Proves Abortion Is Its Mission
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- Border / immigration
- Winner of $400M Border Wall Contract: ‘A Gung-Ho, Smart Guy’
- U.S. Teen Killed in Cartel Attack Along Mexican Border Region Highway
- American Family Attacked in Mexico, Child Killed
- Cartel Hitmen Record Murder in Juárez VIDEO
- Juárez, Chihuahua: Sicario Who Broadcast an Execution Is Apprehended
- Flashback: Iran’s Soleimani Hired Mexican Cartel Associate to Assassinate Saudi Ambassador on U.S. Soil
- Border Patrol seizes 400 pounds of pot near Van Horn
- Conroe businessman detained by ICE, arrested on drug charges, police say
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- Business
- Another Major US Dairy, Borden, Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
- Texas Disability Employment Gap Rank is #8
- Rio Grande Resource Corp. to Close Inactive New Mexico Uranium Mine
- Dallas Cowboys’ coaching saga veering into absurdity
- Mike McCarthy receives a 5 year deal as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys
- How Google Fiber’s arrival changed things in Austin
- Assistance programs open for farmers as trade negotiations continue
- Tall City Brewing Co. lands top 10 new Texas breweries
- Top 10 injection well operators in Texas
- EIA releases maps, geologic information for Bone Spring formation in Texas’ Delaware Basin
- Trump tax cuts boosted Texas economy in 2018
- Taco Cabana co-founder Lynn Moody dies
- Shared Mopeds Off to a Good Start in Austin, Unlike Ride-Hailing and E-Scooters
- Hungry for Buc-ee’s: Southern states making room for Texas’ favorite beaver
- Pier 1 Imports Closing Nearly Half of Stores as Sales Falter
- Unique Sex-Abuse Suit Filed Against Boy Scouts in US Capital
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Tips, witnesses led to suspect in Heidi Broussard kidnapping, affidavit says VIDEO
- Lubbock Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Fired at Them, Lubbock PD holds press conference about officer involved shooting VIDEO
- Man shot by Houston police after domestic assault had targeted victim repeatedly
- Houston police officer shoots at man after witnessing robbery in Midtown, chief says
- Witness: Police tried to handcuff South Austin attack suspect before fatal stabbing
- Austin police confirm suspect in South Congress Avenue stabbing has died, more
- Autopsy: Man Fatally Shot by Texas Troopers Struck 16 Times
- Toddler Killed, Man Wounded in Shooting at Dallas Home
- DPS identifies Odessa man killed in crash
- Texas man charged with cyber-stalking female real estate agents, possibly across 22 states
- Wichita Falls PD investigating to identify body found Sunday
- Wichita Falls PD: Man chokes girlfriend after she claimed his fart smelled horrible
- Montague Co. Infant injured, father arrested
- 15-year-old Katherine “Katy” Rosalez has been found, police say
- MFD responding to fire in southwest Midland County
- Texas Uber driver accused of sexual assault in $1 million lawsuit
- Colorado City man arrested on multiple child sex crimes
- San Angelo: Man found badly beaten, police looking for suspects
- Chase suspect crashes into southeast Houston grocery store before arrest
- Man being questioned in fatal shooting of woman he proposed to on New Year’s Eve
- Child dies after being dropped off at Houston fire station
- Religious leader accused of sex crimes in Fort Bend County
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- Local government
- The Snyder Tax Revolt
- San Antonio city employees got longest Christmas-New Year’s break of major Texas cities
- Bexar County Emergency Services District fighting San Antonio annexation
- Group protests deaths in Bexar County jail
- Police chief in Fort Worth tells officers to wear uniforms in church after recent attacks
- Lake Wichita boardwalk construction to be finished by spring VIDEO
- Abilene council to vote on $1.3 million makeover to Convention Center plaza
- Editorial: Travis County and Austin should commit to Expo Center
- Security of County Election Websites Conflated with Systems – right
- Sugar Land celebrates its 60th anniversary with surprise video VIDEO
- Dallas needs bail reform, but not a policy that puts violent offenders back on the streets
- Dallas Police Department’s Crime Reduction Plan Must Be More Ambitious, Says Mayor AUDIO
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- Colleges & universities
- Latino professors confront ‘grotesque’ inequities at UT Austin – sounds a bit racist on their part to me.
- Appeals court backs UT in lawsuit over Confederate statue removal
- Professor Brings NSF CAREER Grant To Texas Tech To Research Organizational Capacity And Cyber-infrastructure Diffusion
- Texas Tech offers wellness education topics
- MSU: Jane Spears Carnes Fellowship in Creative Endeavors
- Midland College’s special advisor to the president receives prestigious leadership award
- Rice University makes list of top 20 hardest colleges to get into for 2020
- Students need to get real about debt and job prospects. Texas has a plan to help
Pratt’s post for 1/6/2020
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