- State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione tapped to be Texas House’s chief budget writer
- Story on free gun locks in Texas is ridiculously slanted
- The hardening heart of Greg Abbott – silliness. If this is hardening of the heart what is the writer’s ailment? A mind so open it falls out?
- Governor Abbott Visits Friends of Zion Museum In Jerusalem
- Abbott Lays Wreath At Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, Tours City of David Pilgrimage Road
- Teachers turn to Texas Supreme Court in latest attempt to battle Dallas’ merit-based pay system – typical. See: Teacher merit pay works. Dallas ISD is proving it
- Dallas ISD Considering $3.7 Billion Property Tax Bond, Largest in Texas History
- George P. Bush: Better education in Texas means flexibility and teaching critical thinking – he needs to start with Texas History for himself
- Governor’s Committee On People With Disabilities Seeks Nominations For The 2020 Barbara Jordan Media Awards
- Expect heightened fraud risk this year, Texas securities regulators say
- Amid Texas child flu deaths, strain of virus making deadly comeback
- Criminal case against Paxton still inching along
- Todd Staples Says All Emissions to Blame for Climate Change – told you about him years ago! Staples Clarifies His Stance On Climate Change AUDIO
- Analysis: A seasonal change in Texas politics, as November trumps March
- New campaign finance reports help crystallize fight for state House majority
- The Back Mic: Fundraising Numbers in the 12 House Districts Democrats Flipped in 2018
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX11: Two congressional candidates didn’t vote before 2019 – as already covered on Pratt on Texas.
- TX11: Midland mayor endorses Pfluger for District 11 – the guy who doesn’t vote but wants to be a congressman. The insiders & RINOs really like this guy.
- TX22: Republican Candidates Vying to Replace Olson Face-Off at Richmond Forum
- TX23: Gonzales follows Hurd’s blueprint in District 23 AUDIO
- Rep. Escobar introduces bill to slap sanctions on polluting foreign corporations
- Texans win with USMCA
- U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez: USMCA is an incomplete deal
- Trade deals will have ‘ripple effect’ on Texas farmers, says Agriculture Commissioner
- Lawsuit against DEA for stealing 79-year-old man’s life savings
- Report: Midland County ranks first in average federal tax refund received
- Big Bend set for temporary closures
- Trump Announces Revised Guidance on Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Schools, Texas Values Praises President Trump for Defending Religious Freedom and Prayer
- Appeals Court Rules Against Convict Over Gender Pronouns
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Ken Starr, Alan Dershowitz join Trump’s impeachment defense team, more
- Texan Ken Starr joins Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team
- Mike Pompeo: I Don’t Know Lev Parnas, ‘Never Heard’ About Surveilling Yovanovitch
- Robert Hyde: I was climbing volcanoes in Ecuador when I sent those texts about surveilling Yovanovitch to Lev Parnas
- Donald Trump Jr. accuses Yovanovitch of ‘monitoring’ him, other Americans
- Seven Times the GAO Found the Obama Administration Violated Federal Law
- GAO: White House Violated Law by Withholding Military Aid
- Justice Dept. Investigating Years-Old Leaks and Appears Focused on Comey
- Rand Paul threatens fellow Republicans with explosive witness votes
- Kamala Harris, advocacy groups push to suspend judicial confirmations during impeachment trial
- Rick Perry knew about Biden connection to Ukraine investigation, indicted Giuliani associate says
- A timeline of Rick Perry’s involvement in the Ukraine scandal
- Adam Schiff, impeachment prosecutor, sits on hot seat in Senate trial
- House Republicans to FISA court: When will you penalize attorneys who misled you on Carter Page warrants?
- The Impeachment Handbook with John Yoo & Richard Epstein VIDEO
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Marquette Poll: Trump Approval Rating Ticks Up to New High of 48 Percent in Wisconsin
- Biden says he’d consider either O’Rourke or Castro for VP
- Joe Biden tells Dallas donors that he’ll unite a fractured country
- Biden: Putin, Kim Jung-un, and Trump don’t want me to be president
- Politico: Democrats stunned to find Biden campaign not collapsing
- Assuming Bernie Sanders Said It, Just What Did He Do Wrong?
- Former Vermont Governor: Bernie Sanders Trying to “Hillarize’ Elizabeth Warren – she’s done plenty of that without his help
- Poll: Bernie Sanders Holds Solid Lead in New Hampshire
- Trump: Democrats ‘Rigging’ Election Against Bernie Sanders with Impeachment Trial
- Bloomberg Is Spending All His Money to ‘Get Rid of Donald Trump’
- VP Pence Explains ‘Trump Doctrine’: ‘He Leads from a Standpoint of Strength’
- Did Elizabeth Warren really pay $50 to attend the University of Houston?
- Who’s Itching to Watch a New Documentary about Hillary Clinton?
- AOC: People My Age Are Scared to Have Kids Because Of Climate Crisis
- GOP Launching $2.5M Ad Blitz Against Democrats in Pro-Trump Districts
- CNN anchors furious at McSally for calling their reporter a “liberal hack” – they’re just mad because they weren’t included in the appellation.
- 9th Circuit dismisses climate change lawsuit brought by kids
- Ted Cruz Gives Seth Myers a Reality Check After Meyers Tries and Fails to Slam GOP On Its Diversity
- Ted Cruz uses Chris Cuomo’s own words to prove CNN absolutely IS filled with liberal hacks
- NBC News gives blue-checked ‘cultural critic’ space to make a case for treating ‘Trump voters motivated by racism’ as criminals
- California Sues Feds Over Plan to Open State to Fracking
- Ninth Circuit Tosses Youth Climate Change Suit Against Feds
- Judge Refuses to Reverse Ban on Weapons at Virginia Rally
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- Border / immigration
- The Border Wall and Other Good News
- Honduran migrant caravan rumbles on through Guatemala
- Guatemala Officials Disperse Migrants, but Some Keep Trying
- Chaos Begins as Migrant Caravan Pushes Past Honduran Police into Guatemala
- Mexican Government Says It Will Not Give Passage to New Migrant Caravan – credit President Trump!
- Mexico Readies for Central American Migrants at South Border
- Mexican Soldiers Kill 11 Attackers Near Texas Border
- Inside La Catrina’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel – who hang butchered rivals from bridges & make millions from avocados
- Photo Reveals Identity of a Secretive Top Los Zetas Cartel Boss
- Jaeson Jones: Los Zetas Cartel’s Turf War near Texas Kills Innocents from Both Sides of Border
- CBP officers detain migrants hiding in rail car at El Paso railroad crossing
- US Border Patrol agents seize 800 pounds of marijuana over 4 days, capture sex offender
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- Business
- With Permian gains, U.S. rig count erases losses from last week, Detail pdf
- Mills: Energy wins in U.S.-China trade agreement
- Oil climbs the most in 2 weeks as trade deals boost optimism
- Schlumberger posts $10.1 billion loss in 2019
- Oil firms near victory in decade long disclosure fight
- EOG Resources sells saltwater disposal wells in New Mexico
- Newly formed Houston pipeline company lands $400 million in financing
- Enbridge withdraws application for Texas COLT offshore crude oil export terminal
- Houston company partners with Nokia to bring 5G service to oil patch
- It’s not the cheating that matters. The Astros scandal cuts deeper than that.
- U.S. Factory and Mining Production Rose in December
- 2019 a record year for Austin’s housing market
- San Antonio home sales jumped 7 percent in 2019
- Austin’s Bumble is sending two women to swipe, date and travel around the world
- A Hill Country-made vinegar good enough to drink
- San Antonio Ferrari dealership employee ‘totaled’ couple’s $240K Spider while ‘hot-rodding’ around town, suit says
- Texas vacation rentals under $65 per person
- Toyota to shuffle San Antonio production — Sequoia in, Tacoma out; no new jobs expected
- Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia network to debut on Oct. 4
- Rumored Amazon distribution center in Pflugerville gets council nod for rezoning
- Baylor Scott & White opens 1st Austin hospital
- 28-story condo tower planned for downtown Austin
- What is the most iconic brand in Texas? Big names battle it out in online poll
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- Weather related news
- Nearly 100 million under winter weather alerts as sprawling storm picks up across US
- Ice reported along Interstate 27 north of Lubbock
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Ex-San Angelo Police Chief Accused of Taking $134,000 in Bribes
- Forest Hill officer expected to recover after being shot in forearm, family says
- Search Suspended Days After Deadly Collision off Texas Coast
- Idaho House Expels Member Convicted of Fraud by Texas Jury
- Men put gun to girl’s head, pistol-whip father during northwest Houston home invasion
- Woman shot and killed behind south Houston corner store, police say
- Man charged in NW Austin bank robbery
- Driver killed in Southeast Austin street racing crash, police say
- A Texas student made a racist threat in a group chat. Now, New Jersey police have indicted him.
- San Antonio pharma rep gets 2-plus years in prison
- Fire Destroys Portion of Historic Church in Wichita Falls
- WFPD arrest man for stealing electricity from ONCOR
- Wichita Falls’ five most wanted criminals include charges of assault, drugs, theft
- Electra woman arrested after suspecting cheating, assaulting husband
- Teen arrested for choking woman in Odessa
- Joe Connally, former county & district judge, dies at 84 in Odessa
- 5th suspect could be connected to Abilene New Year’s Eve murder
- Two students stabbed at Abilene High in stable condition, suspect facing felony charges
- Principal: ‘Unsubstantiated rumor’ of threat at Abilene High day after stabbing
- San Angelo teenager stabs man to protect his mother, more
- FedEx truck overturns at bottom of Ranger Hill on I-20
- Oversized load hits Lamesa Road bridge over I-20 in Midland County
- 2 dead, 1 injured after Thursday night wreck in Hale Center
- Buildings destroyed in overnight Levelland fire
- First Methodist Church in Jayton damaged in Friday morning fire
- Fort Worth student shot, stabbed across the street from high school, more
- One person shot, killed at hotel in Far North Dallas, police say
- Pharr woman found with 33 dead dogs indicted, jailed
- Abilene man arrested for child pornography
- Anti-Wimp: Licensed handgun carrier shoots, kills suspected robber
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- Local government
- Austin City Council may pump $100K into Permian pipeline legal battle
- After negotiations fail, city rethinks Shoal Creek landslide repair
- Georgetown moves ahead with contested plan for downtown parking garage
- North East ISD Strikes Again
- Proposal for San Antonio’s independent ethics czar, ethics code changes makes headway
- Vista Ridge Water From 140 Miles Away Arrives in San Antonio
- Zoning Bids in Urban San Antonio Areas Lavaca, Government Hill Draw Fire
- Federal Judge Rules City of Dallas Not Responsible in Botham Jean Murder
- Dallas ISD Considering $3.7 Billion Property Tax Bond, Largest in Texas History
- Odessa American says city violating public information laws
- Midland County to count ballots from “mystery box” today
- TEA Commissioner Approves Closing of Snyder Junior High
- Mart school trustees say police chief didn’t provide protection during student threat
- Lawsuit against city of Corpus Christi, 2 cops in 2019 shooting headed for resolution
- Refugio ISD drops ‘Dixie’ fight song
- La Joya names new municipal judge
- Mission’s Madero Bridge Project still up in the air
- Future of Pharr is bright, mayor declares in State of the City address
- El Paso Co. Sheriff Richard Wiles denies gambling allegations, says they are politically motivated
- Hays Co. commissioners renew deal with tech company despite negative claims
- Statement: Abilene ISD didn’t follow protocol when notifying parents of Abilene High stabbing victim about previous altercation with suspect
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- Colleges & universities
- Baylor hires LSU’s Dave Aranda as football coach
- National Ranching Heritage Center at TTU receives Wells Fargo stagecoach
- TTU SGA senators discuss textbook alternatives, student voting
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