- Texas lawmakers to hold hearing on TRS lease
- Rep. Springer wants investigation of “outrageous” TRS office lease
- Retired teachers shocked at cost of office space for pension system
- Governor Abbott Joins Secretary Alex Azar, Federal Cabinet And Health Officials, State Governors For Update On Coronavirus
- Abbott Appoints Fields To Texas Lottery Commission
- Abbott Appoints Four To Texas Military Preparedness Commission
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Adds 45 Species to the State’s Threatened List
- James Younger Case Effectively Comes to a Close, Mother’s Legal Team Signals Future Appeals
- How are banks handling a new Texas law that gives them more power to protect customers from scams?
- Texas Cannot Pave Its Way Out of Traffic Problems
- HB 1399 Krystal Jean Baker Act Aids Law Enforcement in More Quickly Connecting Missing Links in Unsolved Cases
- Texas Special Ed Programs Grow By More than 30,000
- Texas’ African American Studies course expected to move forward despite concerns of watering down
- New Texas Poll Reveals High Approval Rating for Abbott, Hegar Leading Anemic Senate Primary
- Texas Lyceum Poll – it has always overstated liberal sentiment and downplayed conservative sentiment. The poll is not of likely voters and not even of registered voters, it’s just people thus it is politically superficial.
- Don’t count on migrating Californians to bring left-wing politics to their new homes
- Report Reveals Donors Continued Funneling Cash to Bonnen During Scandal
- HD60: Jon Francis endorsed by Texans for Fiscal Responsiblity
- HD28 GOP win sends a big message for RINO’s in the Texas House
- HD28: Democrats regroup after Republicans score easy win in Texas House special election
- Overhyped Fort Bend battle apparently part one of Abbott plan to consolidate power by defending GOP Texas House seats – coffee shop ramblings
- HD47: 5 GOP Primary Candidates Sprinting to the Finish, Winner Faces Rep. Goodwin
- HD92: Republicans and Democrats Tussle in Race to Replace Jonathan Stickland
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX11: CBS7 to interview candidate August Pfluger at 8 p.m.
- Why John Cornyn Wants His Colleagues To Try Sotol AUDIO
- Democrats Kill Amendment Protecting Americans from Credit Discrimination Based on Politics, Religion
- Sen. Cruz: Every Child Deserves an Equal Opportunity to Access an Excellent Education
- Trump’s Mideast peace plan: What it really reveals
- USDA Opens Enrollment for Conservation Reserve Program
- AG Barr: religious freedom essential to maintaining limited government
- Barr names new U.S. attorney in DC
- Fewer ‘Deaths of Despair’ Increases U.S. Life Expectancy
- Democrat Controlled House Repeals Law Allowing Military Force in Middle East
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Rand Paul Reveals Impeachment Question Censored by Chief Justice John Roberts
- Democrats try new ploy to give John Roberts an expanded role in impeachment
- FACT CHECK // Democrats Have Already Called 17 Witnesses and Still Can’t Prove Their Case
- FACT CHECK // House Managers Need to Provide Direct Answers on Biden-Burisma Corruption
- Ted Cruz backtracks after Lev Parnas’ lawyer calls senator’s tweet “fake news”
- Democrat Joe Manchin: Hunter Biden is a relevant witness
- What is Adam Schiff hiding about the whistleblower?
- Trump attorney: Did whistleblower have his own connection to Biden quid pro quo?
- Ex-GOP Chair Just Spilled the Beans, McConnell Has Already Beaten the Democrats at Impeachment
- Democratic Senator Planning Last Ditch Effort to Go Around McConnell on Witnesses
- Romney exposed for siding with Democrats in new TV ad VIDEO
- Busted: Schiff Wants Bolton to Testify, but See How He Excoriated Bolton as ‘Lacking Credibility’
- Alan Dershowitz Roasts Elizabeth Warren’s False Take on His Impeachment Presentation
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Another two hard radical Sanders campaign field workers
- Voter favorite Bernie Sanders now ‘frightening the Democrats’
- Warren Wants to Help You . . . Until It Hurts Her Campaign
- Elizabeth Warren Falls to Fourth Place in Iowa and New Hampshire
- Elizabeth Warren: A young trans person will have veto power over my choice for Secretary of Education
- Rob Schneider personally thanks Elizabeth Warren ‘for treating Americans like we are so completely f#cking stupid that we can’t think for ourselves’
- Bloomberg, Trump detail campaign ads to air on Super Bowl
- Biden pokes, prods voter then says, ‘Go vote for someone else’
- As Super Tuesday Approaches, Joe Biden Makes His Pitch To Texans AUDIO
- Hillary Clinton can apparently just refuse to accept a lawsuit
- Whom Are GOP Senators Really Rooting for in Iowa?
- The Latinx community needs to be an ally for all people of color
- Monopoly Power Isn’t Why Hospital Prices Are So High
- In Seattle taxpayers will pay for deliveries to Food Stamp recipients – what you get when Dems are in control
- When Assisted Suicide ‘Protections’ Become ‘Barriers’
- Where’s the Crisis, Greta? Climate Science Experts Say the Earth Is Going Through a Warming Period (but That’s a Good Thing)
- Clarence Thomas in His Own Words: An Interview with Michael Pack
- Author Sandra Cisneros Digs in on Support of ‘American Dirt’
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- Border / immigration
- Migrants from 41 Nations Apprehended in Texas near Border Since New Fiscal Year
- CBP arrests 14 illegal immigrants near Sanderson
- Winds Topple Border Wall Panels on California-Mexico Border – wasn’t yet set in the concrete. Note how the liberal site leaves out that the concrete wasn’t set.
- US Finds Ally in Mexico as Asylum Policy Marks First Year
- Migrants, advocates mark the anniversary of “remain in Mexico” with fear, anger and trepidation – be angry all you want, you could have done things correctly by applying at your local US embassy or consulate.
- San Antonio rallies against Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy – really? San Antonio, all the people there, did? Or, did just a few Leftist activists rally? It looks like about 6 to 8 people.That was the E.N. online frontpage headline. The actual story page is different.
- Nephew of Mexican Cartel Lord Behind DEA Agent Kiki Camarena’s Murder Arrested, Faces U.S. Extradition
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- Business
- ‘Vista Bank aided and abetted’ RDAG CFO’s fraud
- Vista Bank Defends Its CEO After Allegations Made in a Filing
- Miller: Oil, gas producers’ success brings a new set of issues
- Tellurian proposing 626-mile pipeline from Permian Basin to Lake Charles
- Kinder Morgan obtains land rights for Permian Highway pipeline
- Exxon Mobil “plans to keep title” of state’s top driller, files permits in Upton
- Dusty Baker named Houston Astros manager
- Austin’s Mitratech acquires London data privacy firm
- Austin market finishes 2019 strong, and 2020 outlook positive
- Rebranded under new ownership, Austin Gilgronis bring rugby to COTA
- 3 San Antonio hospital systems settle nurses’ wage lawsuit
- Valero earnings down 22% in 2019
- Frost Bank parent’s profit dips in 2019
- New Austin brew is both coffee and beer
- SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites
- USMCA trade agreement could benefit Texas farmers
- Houston-based Kirby Corp. lays off more workers amid oil field slowdown
- AAA Texas: Record Supply Forces Gas Prices Down Further
- Big Swings in Share Prices of Austin Firms over Financial Results
- Mattress Mack places $1M Super Bowl bet, picks 49ers to beat the Chiefs, according to report
- Meet the Allen man who won a $32 million verdict against illegal callers. Yet he only gets $10,000 – it’s the lawyers who always get paid.
- How are banks handling a new Texas law that gives them more power to protect customers from scams?
- Medical Device Startup CEO Eyes Regulatory OK After Years-Long Wait
- Ahead of explosion, Port Neches plant reported an increase of rogue emissions of explosive gas
- Port Houston sets container record in 2019
- Houston company to train private astronauts at NASA facilities
- American Airlines Pilots Sue to Halt Flights to China
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Deanville Oil Well Blowout Kills 1 Worker, Injures 3 Others
- Jury finds San Antonio man accused of rapes in Medical Center area guilty
- Virginia civil rights pioneer and Vietnam medic dies in San Antonio at 76
- Texas Teen Who Won’t Cut Dreadlocks Gets $20K for College
- Ex-Dallas-Area Catholic Priest, 78, Accused of Molesting a Child
- North Austin house fire displaces 13, including 6 children, officials say
- Person killed in North Austin crash, 3 teens, 1 child injured
- Brother of Cornerstone Church pastor, John Hagee, accused of sexual assault of a minor – so why link this to Pastor Hagee? Are you guilty of things others do? It is more newsworthy that the accused is former law enforcement. The Chronicle’s headline of the same story is better: Former Harris County constable captain accused of sexually assaulting young girl
- Wichita Falls man arrested after attempting to run over nightclub employee
- WF man arrested for five sexual assault related warrants
- Man sentenced after witnesses foil attempt to steal donation bucket from woman confined to wheelchair
- Wichita Falls woman murdered Sunday had been shot
- Suspect in custody after horse shooting
- Odessa fourth-grade student threatens school
- Traffic violation leads to drugs in Brewster County
- Earthquake reported in Reeves County
- Plane crash in Glasscock County, more
- Abilene teen arrested for Capital Murder near Little Elm Condos, victim killed during robbery
- Brown Co. man sentenced for sexually assaulting girl in his youth ministry, 2 others
- Brady man arrested on child porn charges out of Abilene
- Ex-boyfriend arrested after death of San Antonio woman’s three-year-old son
- Lubbock man dies, family says. A police report sheds light on what happened.
- Cochran County deputies make arrest after Wednesday night standoff
- Man accused of fatally stabbing older cousin in Cypress suffers from mental illness or intellectual disability, records show
- Lone Star College under lockdown; no active shooter found
- 2 students injured in Lone Star Kingwood lockdown
- Cops: ‘Jugging’ suspect robbed Friendswood woman
- 2 suspects arrested in fatal shooting during Arlington drug deal
- Two in custody, one victim and one suspect in hospital after Hill Co. shooting
- Man wanted in fatal drunk driving case arrested in Limestone County
- 2 thieves lead police on chase after stealing truck parts in Houston
- 8th grader dies after he’s hit by driver on highway in Dayton
- Surveillance video shows home invasion suspects who pistol-whipped man, held gun to child’s head
- Man fatally shot Saturday during San Antonio home invasion identified
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- Local government
- ACLU files grievance against Wimberley school district over handling of gay homosexual pride logo – wow, a grievance…
- Ellis County joins wave of Texas ‘sanctuary cities for the unborn’
- Amid Alamo Plaza Debate, Plans for Civil Rights Institute in Kress Building Unveiled
- San Antonio City Council to vote on CPS Energy’s power conservation program
- Encampments among topics tackled in third public forum on homelessness in San Antonio
- San Antonio: Former mayor Henry Cisneros pitches transportation plan, more
- Bexar Co: DeBerry calls for greater transparency on Commissioners Court AUDIO
- 22 Dallas Police Officers Suspended for Policy Violations
- Dallas health officials identified five zip codes as the most unhealthy. Here’s how they plan to fix it.
- Harris County to sue Watson Grinding and Manufacturing in wake of deadly Gessner blast
- Harris County hears proposal to save Raveneaux Country Club and golf course
- Austin police still stop black, Hispanic drivers more often, city report finds – while important to look at, such correlations don’t mean much by themselves.
- Austin leaders want a “big” transit plan. Opponents see big problems.
- Windcrest installs first 3D crosswalk – waste of money and dangerous as the optical illusion can panic and confuse drivers.
- Odessa considering new ‘Percentage for the Arts’ ordinance
- Midland Residents Seek Reform After School Bond Finally Fails
- Midland Co. Hospital District to call sales tax election, more – instead of lowering costs and being innovative, they want to tap taxpayers to offset federal revenue loss.
- “Major flu outbreak” causes closure of Dalhart Police Department
- Wylie ISD calls meeting to consider next AD/coach
- Eula High School names gymnasium after longtime volunteer Mary Mosley
- Students travel from surrounding counties to attend Lubbock ISD’s deaf program
- Amarillo Mayor Ginger Nelson taking time off after cancer diagnosis
- Amarillo Branch NAACP honors APD Chief Drain
- New $265 million school bond to be voted on in Killeen
- Pflugerville paves way for massive Amazon distribution facility
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- Colleges & universities
- UTSA researchers pilot ways to help youth deal with trauma
- UT researchers take on honey bee decline
- MSU Matters: Students join professor in Caribbean for ‘worthwhile’ research experience
- Howard Payne to improve campus experience with two major facility projects
- TTU’s Schovanec discusses year ahead, Tech’s growth over last decade
- Tech System spotlights Terry Allen artwork
- TTU Researcher Takes International Agricultural Trade Expertise Overseas
- TTU Leads Way: Business Students Prepare for Modern Banking Careers
- Texas A&M’s College of Nursing ranked 11th nationally
- A&M named diversity champion
- Texas A&M announces $5 million commitment for veterinary outreach program – this whole WT thing is to poke at TTU
- Baylor needs more affordable, healthy food options on-campus – snowflakes
- Baylor releases statement postponing university-sponsored travel to China
- TCU: Former faculty member sues alleging discrimination
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- Military
- Former Dyess airman, husband of ex-KTXS meteorologist, killed in Afghanistan plane crash
- Body of active duty soldier from Lubbock will be brought home today
Pratt’s post for 1/30/2020
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