- Retired teachers group director says members shocked by TRS rent
- Representative Tony Tinderholt Issues Statement on TRS Office Space Lease
- AG Ken Paxton sidesteps gay homosexual marriage case that conflicts with his beliefs, more
- AG Paxton Promotes Lawful Education on Elections and Civic Process in Letter to School Districts
- Texas still violating U.S. voting law, lawyers argue
- Governor Abbott Joins President Trump For USMCA Ceremonial Bill Signing In Washington D.C.
- Abbott Delivers Keynote Address At Temple Chamber of Commerce Salute To Business
- First Lady Cecilia Abbott Delivers Remarks At TxDOT Human Trafficking Awareness Event
- Conservative activists helped elect Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Now some say there’s a disconnect.
- HD28: GOP dashes Democratic hopes of bellwether win in Fort Bend with 16-point blowout
- HD28: GOP’s Gary Gates takes big victory in House special election
- GOP Wins Closely Watched Texas Special Election
- HD28: Despite loss, Democrats made gains – really? Losing by a larger margin than in the past? Zerwas won by only 8-points in 2018. From the alternate universe of the Left.
- HD28: Democrat Crushed in Fort Bend County Runoff, more, more
- HD28: “The loss suggests that what worked for Beto O’Rourke in 2018 might not work in 2020.”
- Analysis: In special Texas House election, Democrats bit off more than they could chew – B.S. excuse making.
- Wishful Thinking among Texas Democrats
- Beto loses again: Special election in Texas goes to GOP
- HD100: Dallas Voters Stay Home in Texas House Runoff, Democrat activist Lorraine Birabil wins, more
- HD148 Special Runoff Election: Eastman Wins – this was the seat held for years by Dem Rep. Jessica Farrar
- Three elections held result in no changes in Texas House makeup
- ———————————————
- Federal/DC related to Texas
- In reelection bid, Cornyn raises $2.8M in 4th quarter, more
- DCCC adds Wendy Davis, Gina Ortiz Jones to ‘Red to Blue’ program
- TX11: CBS7 to hold ‘A Conversation With’ candidate Jon Mark Hogg at 8 p.m.
- TX12: New Ad Blasts “Pro-Choice Republican” Kay Granger VIDEO
- TX24: DMN endorses Beth Van Duyne if GOP primary
- TX28: Bernie Sanders endorses Jessica Cisneros, primary challenger to Henry Cuellar
- President Trump approves study for historic Emancipation Trail from Galveston to Houston
- Donald Trump Signs Landmark USMCA Deal Replacing ‘NAFTA Nightmare’
- Sen. Cruz: USMCA Puts American Jobs First, Including 2.2 Million Jobs in Texas
- The Little Sisters of the Poor Head Back to the Supreme Court
- Enormous Waste and Fraud in Federally Funded Research
- Adding Price Fixing to Bad Trade Policy
- ———————————————
- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Sen. Cruz: Presidents’ Responsibility and Authority to Investigate Corruption Eliminates Democrats’ Case
- GOP develops aggressive ‘Plan B’ in impeachment trial, as several Dems appear to support acquittal: source
- Dershowitz Takes on ABC’s ‘The View’ over Constitutionality of Impeachment — Offers $1,000 Bet on Claim of Trump’s Criminality VIDEO
- How U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston landed in the middle of impeachment
- ———————————————
- Presidential race / national politics
- Lyceum poll: Bernie is Trump’s toughest rival in Texas – #’s in this poll show that as usually the Lyceum poll is tilted Democrat.
- Bernie Sanders campaign homes in on Texas as primary nears
- What Kind of Disrupter Would President Sanders Be?
- Biden narrowly leads Sanders in Texas, though poll finds Bernie is best Dem matchup vs. Trump
- The Sanders-Biden brawl is heating up
- Trump’s approval rating has dropped 20 points in Texas since taking office – again, the Lyceum polls have always been way tilted toward Dems
- Mike Bloomberg to campaign in Houston on Wednesday
- Bloomberg’s Folly?
- Analysis: Testing the Texas political waters by breaking the rules
- Andrew Yang Says Supporters May Go to Sanders in Iowa Caucus
- Absent senators leave Iowa to Biden, Buttigieg and Yang as impeachment duty takes a toll
- Elizabeth Warren Would Like to Be Appointed as the Arbiter of Truth
- Elizabeth Warren Rips Christian Schools with ‘Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies’
- Hillary Clinton: ‘I certainly feel the urge’ to run against Trump again; abolish the Electoral College
- How the Electoral College is supposed to work
- For 3 decades Americans have elected the presidential candidates with less experience
- Shameful: Mainstream Media Mocks Trump Voters VIDEO
- CNN’s Don Lemon’s pathetic ‘apology’ to Trump supporters
- ‘Scurrilous’ Chuck Schumer’s wild claims about Trump’s kids worth a defamation lawsuit
- Walter E. Williams: Democracy and Tyranny
- Donald Trump is making us pro-life activists look like fools – the take of a fool, a “feminist” Leftwinger who is pro-life.
- ‘Who Decides?’ Is the Wrong Question When It Comes to Abortion Policy
- ——————————————–
- Border / immigration
- 11 Human Smugglers Arrested in Texas near Border
- Fake families, ‘recycled’ children test DHS at border
- Texas-Born Alleged Juarez Cartel Operative Faces U.S. Drug Trial 6
- Photos: Mexican Border State Cops Mobbed While Allegedly Extorting Shop Owner
- Mexican Security Forces Halt Migrant Caravan Bound for the U.S.
- Forbes Magazine: ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule Is Bad for Economic Growth – the new owners are moving Forbes Left
- ——————————————–
- Business
- Texas Service Sector Activity Growth Steady; Retail Sales Growth Moderates
- Texas energy sector declined for 10 straight months in 2019
- Filipino fast-food chain Jollibee is expanding in Houston
- Construction starts on largest winery in Houston area
- Texas Amateur Athletic Federation Winter Games a big success
- Keeping ‘Friends’ for Itself at HBO Max Dings AT&T Profit
- Warren Buffett Gets Out of the Newspaper Business
- Houston Company Found Partly Responsible for Oklahoma Rig Explosion
- Marfa is in the lowest earning area of Texas – yep, since a bunch of don’t work libs moved out there.
- In-Home Teeth-Straightening Business Is Booming ― But Better Brace Yourself
- Austin’s Capital Factory Acquires Station Houston
- Texas Business, HHDP Security, Convicted of Workers’ Compensation Fraud
- Victory Capital HQ Settles Into Former USAA Offices at La Cantera
- How the obscure liquor sotol has stirred border passions in Texas, Mexico over Trump’s USMCA trade deal
- Cattle raisers statement on USMCA signing
- Austin’s Superconductor Technologies cutting staff as part of cost-reduction plan
- ‘Vista Bank aided and abetted’ RDAG CFO’s fraud
- Dusty Baker named Houston Astros manager
- ———————————————
- Crime & general news of Texas
- 3 killed in separate crashes in Harris County
- Trapping expert weighs in on feral hog invasion in the Woodlands
- Fatal accident in Dunn
- Batesville evacuation called off as crews contain massive Winter Garden Co-op Cotton Gin fire
- 5-year-old Central Texas boy nearly mauled to death by family dogs
- Judson ISD: First grader disciplined after threatening to shoot other students with assault rifle VIDEO
- Seminole Teen killed in rollover
- Lubbock Man Indicted For Sexual Assault of a Child
- Lubbock Man Indicted After Violent Kidnapping
- ‘Hoarding situation’: 28 dogs removed from Southeast Lubbock home
- Abilene police need help identifying 3 men connected to cyber crimes investigation
- Abilene homicide victim was found lying in parking lot, more
- Odessa fire injures homeowner
- Train crashes into car in Midland
- Man arrested for tampering with evidence connected to Wichita Falls homicide
- WF man accused of murder found guilty of unlawful possession
- Wife joins husband in jail after 10-month-old tests positive for meth
- Student arrested for creating false alarm at Wichita Falls ISD school
- Houston man escapes serious injury after bullet grazes head during robbery
- David Temple requests third trial in 1999 murder of pregnant wife
- Charges upgraded for driver after Good Samaritan declared brain dead
- 3 killed in separate crashes in Harris County
- On San Antonio’s South Side, Fish Thrive In Power Plant Lakes
- Houston ISD school bus catches fire in SW Houston, none hurt
- ———————————————
- Local government
- Voters overwhelmingly reject Scurry County property tax rollback, more
- Big Spring becomes Sanctuary City for the Unborn
- Residents clash over Lake Conroe lowering during packed meeting
- Tomball ISD opens on-site daycare facility for children of staff
- Katy expanding water system
- Houstonians impacted by Gessner explosion to gather at town hall
- San Antonio officials: City could keep aquifer protection program while shifting sales tax to public transit – a tax adopted never goes away
- Bexar County to Consider Funding Creekway Trails as Part of Sales Tax Shift
- City of San Antonio Looks to Learn from Private Sector Through Upcoming R&D League
- Study finds San Antonio tied with Los Angeles for 12th worst commute — experts have their doubts
- Bexar County OKs Former Jail Sale as UTSA Adds Piece for Downtown Campus Overhaul
- Lubbock Assistant Police Chief Jerry Brewer Is Retiring
- City of Lubbock offering assistance for energy bills, repairs to heating/cooling units
- Lubbock Councilman Talks Downtown Redevelopment and Homelessness Problem
- Slaton Police Officers keep an eye on businesses overnight
- City of Whitehouse declares Feb. 2 as ‘Patrick Mahomes Day’
- Ector County overtime issue keeps hanging fire
- Midland City Council approves funding for two new fire stations
- El Paso Mayor: Border community ‘still pretty raw’ less than 6 months after mass shooting – political B.S.
- Alpine ISD seeking funds for shooter detection system
- Montague County commissioners vote to change delinquent tax attorneys
- New Wichita Falls Transportation Maintenance Facility construction to begin soon VIDEO
- Austin: Zilker Zephyr to Close Over Concession Dispute with Parks Department, more – one of the best things in Austin
- Austin City Staff Lead Cleanup of Homeless Camps on Riverside Drive
- Austin ISD district to reduce number of portable classrooms by 2022
- Ellen to host student at center of Barbers Hill ISD dreadlock controversy
- Dallas ISD blew the chance to rebuild Thomas Jefferson, and the failure could hurt the district for generations
- ———————————————
- Colleges & universities
- Fenves show his lib credentials in UT-Austin’s sexual misconduct saga
- Students air grievances on how UT handles sexual misconduct
- Two Texas Tech Faculty Members Helped Liberate Concentration Camps
- TTU: Winners announced for Tech Innovation Hub startup idea contest
- TTUHSC, PSP to announce program to grow number of rural doctors
- Odessa College: New vice president for instruction introduced
- University of Texas Permian Basin unveils new program in response to mass shooting
- MSU: Dr. Edith Widder vouches for ocean conservation through exploration
- ———————————————
- Military
- Cockpit oxygen problems persist in Air Force trainer flown in San Antonio
Pratt’s post for 1/29/2020
January 29, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Speak Your Mind