- Abbott Announces Texas ‘Cannot Consent’ to Refugee Resettlement in 2020, Emphasizes Strains From Unsecured Border
- Abbott Rejects Additional Refugee Resettlement in Texas
- State Representatives Urge Governor to Accept Refugees
- Texas’ inn for refugees is full, Gov. Greg Abbott says, declining to admit any more
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Statement on First Meeting of the Texas Commission on Judicial Selection – Patrick is surprised? I’ve been battling this “don’t elect judges” movement from the very top for 20 years. Letting them have the commission was a win for them.
- Patrick Pushes Back on Ending Partisan Judicial Elections
- House Mass Violence Committee Met in El Paso on Thursday
- Governor Abbott Steps Up DPS Presence in Downtown Austin, Near UT After Recent Stabbings
- Gov. Abbott to present Governor’s Medal of Courage to man who shot church gunman
- Abbott Appoints Fifteen To Governor’s Broadband Development Council
- Abbott Appoints Cannady To Economic Incentive Oversight Board
- Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Johnson And Nejad To Board Of Professional Engineers And Land Surveyors
- Abbott Proclaims January Human Trafficking Prevention Month
- Rep. Geanie W. Morrison Appointed to Windstorm Insurance Legislative Oversight Board
- State employees can’t make payroll donations to Planned Parenthood, Texas AG Ken Paxton says
- Texas leaves the hard work of chasing an accurate census count to communities – as it should be as the count is ultimately inherently local.
- Not All Cyber Threats Equally Worrisome
- Former governor Rick Perry returns to energy company’s board
- Analysis: Why you should treat elected officials like your dog
- Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton seeks to bust energy ‘myths’
- Rep. Gene Wu’s claim on one-third of Texas seeing a 25% population loss ruled “false”
- Harris Co. Democrat Primary ballot has 2 “Jerry Garcia” candidates on ballot for constable, Pct. 2
- Democrats take on State Rep. Sarah Davis, one of Houston’s last standing Republicans
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX2: Sima Ladjevardian on how Rep. Dan Crenshaw has failed Houston area voters
- Rep. Allred: To de-escalate the situation with Iran, Congress must assert itself on foreign policy
- Rep. Cuellar says Census funds doubled, pushes for Spanish-language ads
- Proposed Medical Review Changes to Social Security Disability Cases Are Beneficial
- Texas Reps. Split Along Party Lines In House War Powers Resolution
- Texas Democrats back resolution to curtail President Trump’s war powers concerning Iran
- Pelosi gives bizarre, inappropriate press conference after plane crash
- US announces new sanctions on Iran after missile strikes
- Democrats Deeply Disappointed That the Hit on Soleimani Didn’t Lead to War With Iran
- Sen. Cruz Applauds Administration’s New Economic Sanctions on Iran
- Sen. Cruz Delivers Remarks at NASA Graduation for Artemis Era Astronauts VIDEO
- Ted Cruz takes center stage at Gridiron dinner
- US Supreme Court Takes Up Motorist Shooting Case
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Nancy Pelosi to Transmit Impeachment Articles to Senate Next Week
- Pelosi: I’ll send them over when I’m ready
- McConnell Joins Josh Hawley’s Plan to Vote on Impeachment No Matter What Nancy Pelosi Does
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Trump rallies with 8,000 in Toledo
- Elizabeth Warren wins new Austin-area endorsements
- Warren unveils list of new Texas endorsements as presidential race heats up
- As Castro backs Warren, another Texan sees Biden as best bet
- Marianne Williamson announces she is suspending her presidential campaign
- Pete Buttigieg And Michael Bloomberg Hope The Road To The Democratic Nomination Leads Through Texas
- Buttigieg: The U.S. shares blame with Iran for that downed Ukrainian jet
- Buttigieg scores major endorsement – and it’s not a celebrity
- Nancy Pelosi Complicates the Lives of the Senators Running for President
- Book to Reveal How Biden Family Siphoned ‘Millions in Taxpayer Cash’
- Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Everybody knows and understands’ that Hillary Clinton is a ‘warmonger’
- Trump Fails to Kill Suit From Columnist Who Says He Raped Her
- Angry Dem to AOC: ‘Deadbeat Cortez should pay her bills’
- Democrat Rep. Jackie Speier Blames Trump for the Ukraine Plane Crash in Iran
- Justice Department says Equal Rights Amendment is dead; Virginia ratification can’t revive it
- Virginia lawmakers ban guns at state Capitol, Tables Turn in Virginia as Democrats Take Over Legislature
- The Exploitation of Labor and Other Union Myths
- Facebook Doubles Down on Refusal to Block Political Ads – Even Fake Ones
- Pro-Life Amicus Brief Reveals the Mendacity of the Pro-Choice Movement
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- Border / immigration
- Border Patrol Circulates Intel Alert Titled ‘Suspected Suicide Bomber en Route to the U.S.’
- Abbott Announces Texas ‘Cannot Consent’ to Refugee Resettlement in 2020, Emphasizes Strains From Unsecured Border
- Fifth Circuit Reverses Border Wall Injunction, Paving Way for $3.6 Billion in Blocked Funds to Be Used for Construction
- US Border Arrests Drop as Focus Turns to Mexicans
- Federal Wildlife Refuges Are ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ For Border Wall Construction
- New York Democrats Move to Register Illegal Aliens, Non-Citizens to Vote
- Coulter: Our Broken Border, Not Iran, Kills 30,000 Americans Every Year
- 6th Grader Shot Teacher, Students, Killed Himself in Torrean, Coahuila School
- Harris County Releases Illegal Immigrant DWI Suspect Slated for Deportation to Honduras – sanctuary action in Texas!
- Ninth Circuit Considers Judge’s Block of Trump Asylum Ban
- Wary but hopeful, ex-soldier in San Antonio reaches for citizenship
- Administration Touts 100th Mile of Border Wall Under Trump
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- Business
- America Created 145,000 Jobs in December
- US adds 145,000 jobs; Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 29,000 for the first time ever
- North America Oil & Gas Rig Count Report
- U.S. rig count plunges by 15
- Mills: Conflict erupts between U.S. and Iran, oil always in focus
- Wind closing in on coal in Texas
- Permian Cost-Effective Artificial Lift Strategies
- Exxon Mobil labeled ‘explorer of the year’ as global discoveries reach 4-year high
- Shell brings fuel to Mexico in push for 15% of retail market
- Enterprise exports first ethylene cargo from Morgan’s Point
- Enterprise Offshore Drilling laying off dozens of offshore oil workers
- ‘No ordinary transaction’ | Texas firm to buy Hotel Galvez, Tremont House in Galveston
- H-E-B beats out Trader Joe’s, Amazon and Costco as top U.S. grocery retailer, new study says
- San Antonio-Area Builders Downsizing Home Lots to Keep New Homes More Affordable
- Shriners Children’s hospital to close in Houston, consolidate in Galveston
- Driving Wages: Low Unemployment, High Labor Demand, NOT The Government
- Bart Reagor’s request for new trial in Ford Credit suit denied
- Global IT company lands at Austin blue-chip corporate park, sources say
- First look: Downtown Austin’s latest hybrid high-rise opens
- CEO: 34 employees exiting Door.com in round of layoffs, nationwide expansion on hold
- American re-jiggers leadership structure within key department
- Southwest opens its largest maintenance complex at Houston’s Hobby Airport
- Southwest could receive over $1.2B from Boeing
- Southwest Airlines faces $3.92 million fine from FAA for miscalculating aircraft weights
- First look: New office block on the way in Dallas’ Deep Ellum district
- Massive Far West Texas ranch on the market is priced at $320 million
- Construction to start on $71 million Mesquite business park
- Dallas tattoo legend Oliver Peck removed from national television in the wake of blackface photos
- Business bankruptcies surge again in San Antonio
- Austin metro area sees two decades of explosive growth
- Merchants want to be in Austin, but space is tight
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- Weather related news
- Governor Abbott Prepares State Resources As Severe Weather Approaches Texas
- Storms expected in Houston tonight; DFW prepares for possible hail, tornadoes
- Flights cancelled in Dallas-Fort Worth ahead of tonight’s storms
- Southwest, American Issue Travel Warnings Ahead of Friday’s Storms
- North Texas School Districts Prepare for Severe Weather
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Man in Hospital After Houston Police Shooting in Parking Lot
- Autopsy reveals Odessa-Midland shooter not under the influence of drugs or alcohol
- DPS troopers shot a man 16 times, and video evidence shows they made a tragic but correct call VIDEO
- Lubbock Police Release 911 Audio Related to Death 10-Month-Old Put in Backpack AUDIO
- Former Lubbock ISD middle school teacher’s assistant facing federal charge
- Lubbock Police Investigate a Fatal Car Accident
- Lubbock man sentenced to 30 years for raping teen in 2016
- Berend Turf & Tractor facility engulfed in flames in Wichita Falls VIDEO
- Woman thrown off SUV in Fort Bend neighborhood, driver charged VIDEO
- Katy pizza shop owner roasts burglar on Facebook
- Alleged shoplifter killed while running from security guard in north Houston, police say
- Teen shot while friends play with gun in southeast Houston apartment
- Teen Suspected in 7-Eleven Robberies Dies After SWAT Call
- Mother Dies Months After Her Daughter, Atatiana Jefferson, Killed in House by Fort Worth Officer
- Texoma’s Most Wanted Fugitives of the Week
- Olney man still seeking presidential pardon
- One dead in Archer County head-on collision
- Rescuers free workers trapped at construction site in Wichita Falls
- Former Midland ISD teacher “not guilty” of child abandonment
- Kerrville teacher accused of taking improper photographs of student during class
- Firefighter hospitalized battling chemical fire in north Odessa, shelter in place lifted
- Attempted robbery ends with two arrested in Big Spring
- Three vehicle crash in Reeves County kills one person
- Two juveniles in custody after lockdown at Clyde CISD, missing firearms recovered, more
- Taylor County family get a first look at damage caused by Wednesday grass fire VIDEO
- Feds arrest suspect in Lubbock, wanted for aggravated assault in Bastrop County
- Houston TV reporter Brandon Walker of KPRC hit by truck, shares survival story
- ‘Ted Bundy in the making’: Naked cyclist convicted in 2017 brutal attacks sentenced to 50 years
- Suspect tied to at least 5 robberies in North Texas arrested, police say
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- Local government
- Scurry Co. Judge Dan Hicks tells yet another whopper!
- Midland: Judge orders a manual count of the ballots found in new box
- Judge Orders Examination of Ballots in Midland Bond Election
- U.S. appeals court rebuffs Leander firefighter who was fired after refusing vaccine
- Not All Cyber Threats Equally Worrisome
- Lubbock ISD police chief calls for cooperation after another student arrested on gun charge
- Austin to consider stopping arrests, tickets in low-level marijuana cases after hemp law
- San Antonio’s Transportation Advisory Board Could Expand Beyond Vehicles for Hire – the every expanding reach and growth of government.
- Judge allows lawsuit against San Antonio under Texas’ new ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ law to move forward
- San Antonio City Council Enters 2020 With Long To-Do List
- Dallas City Council reconsiders Reverchon management of baseball park
- Dallas’ CIO exiting position after less than 18 months; no interim named as search planned
- Dallas ISD presses trustees to pick path for storm-damaged schools
- Wichita Falls ISD limited to two high school plan for Nov bond, more
- Archer Co. Jail, historic artifacts up for sale VIDEO
- The City of Odessa helps first-time homebuyers
- Some City of Abilene water customers billed incorrectly, January deadline extended
- Abilene City Council honors APD Chief’s 25-year anniversary VIDEO
- Abilene city council votes for Convention Center plaza repairs
- Bill King: City of Houston releases its 2018-19 annual audit (CAFR)
- Harris County Animal Shelter to double in size
- Harris County Releases Illegal Immigrant DWI Suspect Slated for Deportation to Honduras
- Rusk City Council Approves Sanctuary for the Unborn Ordinance
- Fort Worth Ordinance Attempts to Regulate “Dollar Store” Operations – local gov’t way out of control!
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- Colleges & universities
- Did Texas A&M influence controversial study on red meat? – the objections stated show an bias on the part of the objectors – a bias against any data that supports red meat consumption.
- Texas Southern president placed on paid leave
Pratt’s post for 1/10/2020
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