- Texas in violation of voting law, US judge finds – no surprise, same judge, same bull s**t.
- Abilene refugees battle Gov. Abbott’s choice to ban new refugees in Texas – they are guests here, how is it any of their business?
- AG Paxton Joins 14-State Coalition in Defense of Religious Liberty
- AG Paxton Defends Diverse Placement and Care for Texas Foster Children
- Don’t Mess With Texas® Offering Scholarships To Texas Students
- Abbott Reappoints Reiser And Walker To Coastal Water Authority Board of Directors
- Abbott Appoints Three To Jefferson And Orange County Board Of Pilot Commissioners
- Abbott Appoints Faubion To Advisory Committee To The Texas Board Of Criminal Justice On Offenders With Medical Or Mental Impairments
- Are 10% of children in the United States Texans? – Yes!
- SBOE gives preliminary approval to African American studies course
- Is Texas Ready For The Self-Driving Semi?
- Texas pregnancy-related death rate ranks in the middle
- Herman: Bill of Rights monument at Texas Capitol on wrong track?
- After Twitter suspension, Rep. Briscoe Cain shares offending post again – it is not offensive but solidly in-line with American (and Texas) history and our founding documents (and actions.)
- Allen West scheduled to speak at Wichita County Republican Women fundraiser
- Gina Parker: Texas Does Not Want Activist Judges On Courts
- HD28: Fort Bend’s special election was just the first battle of the 2020 war between Texas Democrats and Republicans – yes but before the election it was “the” bellwether,” the big election. Dems lost and now it’s just another of many.
- HD28: Big Spenders in the House District 28 Special Election
- HD45: Republican Candidates Seek to Take Seat Back from Rep. Zwiener
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX10 & TX25: Working Families Party (Leftist group) Working Families Party endorses Oliver, Siegel for Congress
- TX11: Casey Gray vows changes if elected
- TX11: CBS7 to interview candidate Wesley Virdell at 8 p.m.
- TX11: San Angelo GOP Chair and Congressional Candidate Square Off – The Tom Green County chairman is part of the RINO group lead by Rep. Darby.
- TX11: Brandon Batch’s Voting Story Continues – never voted before last year, 2019
- TX17: Texans for Fiscal Responsiblity endorse George Hindman for Congress
- TX26: DMN recommends incumbent Michael Burgess in the GOP primary
- TX32: Freshman Democrat Rep. Colin Allred Looks to Stave Off Challengers in Historically GOP District
- Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Urge FEMA to Expedite North Texas Tornado Damage Estimates
- Sen. Cruz Calls for Travel Ban Amid Coronavirus Outbreak in China, more
- Sens. Cruz, Gardner, Colleagues Demand World Health Organization Give Taiwan Critical Coronavirus Information
- Beto Pancho and Ted Cruz both following their bliss – Beto Pancho has a serious personality defect in his need to film and stream his driving around. It’s quite sad.
- Congressional Budget Office Projects $1.7 Trillion Deficit by 2030
- A sex trafficking survivor from Katy visits the White House today. Here’s her story.
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Ted Cruz: Democrats’ Anger at Americans Is Motivating Impeachment AUDIO
- In Austin, John Bolton voices support for officials called in impeachment hearing
- Cruz, Cornyn office phone lines jammed with calls as impeachment trial nears end
- ‘They want to nullify your ballots,’ Trump tells Iowa rally as impeachment trial comes to a head
- Swing-vote GOP Sen. Alexander comes out against witnesses, paving way for imminent Trump acquittal
- Romney’s a “yes” on witnesses – he’s a self-important man much like McCain
- Ex Hillary spox Brian Fallon praises Mitt Romney for taking ‘principled position’ on vote for new witnesses and documents
- Will John Robert’s intervention end with refusing GOP question or will he insert himself into vote as Democrats hope?
- The Texans playing their parts, and watching, the impeachment trial
- Byron York drops a 50 megaton self-awareness nuke on House Dems triggered by Senate impeachment trial
- Senators Reject Witnesses in Trump Impeachment Trial
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Does your mailman support socialist Bernie Sanders?
- King Bernie
- DNC members discuss rules change to stop Sanders at convention
- Bloomberg Makes His Move Into Third Place Nationally Passing Fauxcahontas
- Elizabeth Warren: Future Sec. of Education must be approved by transgender child
- Tomlinson: Biden offers moderates a throwback administration
- Biden: Come come, this is no partisan impeachment!
- Former Mayor Pete Swipes at Biden and Sanders
- El Paso’s Rep. Escobar and Democratic Women’s Caucus send letter condemning Trump’s degradation of women – morons
- Online Political Ads: Cheap, Efficient and Ripe for Misuse – what is it about free speech in politics these people cannot understand. It is a free-for-all and that’s the only way you can have real freedom – there is a cost to everything.
- Doctors Who Euthanized Autistic Woman Found Not Guilty – where it goes!
- CNN Goes Peak Woke: White Men Are Stopping the Spread of the Coronavirus and That’s Bad
- Church of England Apologizes for Sex Guidance – the Comports with Biblical Teaching
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- Border / immigration
- Government Works to Ease Ballooning Immigration Case Backlog
- Author Sandra Cisneros Digs in on Support of ‘American Dirt’
- Honduran Man Convicted for Assault After Getting Shot by Border Patrol Agents
- Mexican Cartel Lord Threatens Civilians with Car Bombs After Girlfriend’s Arrest
- Trump plans to collect DNA from nearly a million immigrants despite charges it violates privacy
- Indian Migrants, Smuggler Arrested After Crossing Canadian Border into NY
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- Business
- Oil & Gas Rotary Rig Count from Baker Hughes – Texas down 2, more
- Oil heads for biggest monthly loss since May
- Coronavirus threatens to cut Chinese oil demand 250,000 barrels, analysts warn
- Kinder Morgan shrugs off shale slump with $2.2 billion profit
- Baker Hughes ends 2019 with profit while peers report losses
- Exxon Mobil’s profit tumbled 30% in 2019, 5% in final quarter
- Chevron loses $6.6B in Q4; 2019 profits drop 80%
- Phillips 66 profit cut by more than half in 4th quarter
- Enterprise switches to co-CEO system, among other leadership changes
- Enterprise starts up 2 new natural gas processing plants in Texas
- Valero earnings down 22% in 2019
- Diamondback CEO talks industry accomplishments, headaches at 2020 State of Oil and Gas
- Halliburton wins offshore wells contract for Australian LNG project
- Judge dismisses Cheniere lawsuit against former CEO Charif Souki and Tellurian
- Stalled downtown Houston apartment project to resume construction
- American Airlines and Delta Air Lines Suspend All Flights to and From China as Virus Spreads
- Michigan couple sues American Airlines after getting kicked off flight
- Southwest’s troubling safety report demands straight talk to public
- USMCA a “big win” for Texoma cattle farmers
- Claim: Affordable housing scarcer in Texas – “affordable” a relative term
- Reagor-Dykes’ Bankruptcy Case Could Be Heading to Liquidation, more
- How Beauty Could Help Solve the Housing Crisis, more
- A developer wants to build condos and townhomes in San Antonio’s Tobin Hill, but some question affordability – that’s no business of anyone but buyers & sellers
- Whataburger faces wrongful-death lawsuit by worker’s family
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- DPS: Reward of up to $5,000 Offered for Houston Fugitive Wanted for Child Trafficking
- Officials say electrical arcing ignited leaking propylene at Watson plant, triggering explosion
- Injured Lubbock firefighter Matt Dawson Said to be Moving Out of ICU
- One dead, three burned in fire at Chesapeake Energy well in Burleson Co.
- Texoma’s Most Wanted as of January 31, 2020
- WFPD: Arguing couple throw buckets of feces and urine at each other
- Wichita Falls woman arrested after pulling meth pipe out of her bra in drug-free zone
- Teenager who told cops she brandished a ‘BB gun’ to protect her boyfriend gets probation – there is no law against “brandishing” a BB gun and it’s not lethal weapon, she must have had a very bad lawyer
- Woman gets probation for exploiting elderly Wichita Falls man, bleeding him for cash
- Vernon country singer arrested for assault family violence
- Blanket’s Hopkins scramble to a win at Fort Worth Stock Show
- Trio arrested in brazen aggravated robbery in Brownwood; Woman & dog left bleeding, more
- Callahan County Sheriff: 4-year-old little boy accidentally shoots himself in head
- Elderly woman killed in wrong way crash on Hwy 277 in north Abilene
- Abilene police using DNA swab to connect attempted serial rapist to crimes
- Man arrested for child sex crime charge in Haskell County
- Authorities identify Odessa pilot hurt in Glasscock County plane crash
- Former Lubbock woman killed in Pflugerville car/pedestrian collision
- Who is kidnapping suspect Damian Ray Villarreal and why do many of you recognize his name?, 2 arrested in Arizona mountains for aggravated kidnapping case in Lubbock, more
- RIP: Longtime Lubbock radio host Kelli D’Angelo dies
- Man shot dead in Fiesta Mart parking lot in Houston’s East End
- One dead, another hospitalized in shooting in SW Houston
- Woman dies after crashing into tree during Houston police chase
- Houston rapper ‘Psyco Sid’ arrested with more than a gallon of liquid codeine, deputies say
- Handcuffed man steals Pasadena patrol cruiser, leads officers on pursuit into Houston
- 5 arrested after robbery at Woodforest bank inside Alief Walmart
- Austin Roads Keep Getting Deadlier: 10 Fatality Crashes to Last Year’s 4
- Body found in Lake Travis has been identified as missing boater, officials say
- Man stabbed at Republic Square park in downtown Austin
- 2nd Worker Dies of Injuries From Texas Oil Well Blowout
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- Local government
- Post rollback defeat Scurry Co. leaders already working to justify more tax increases
- Floresville city election fight goes to state court
- Dallas Police Officers Disciplined for Offensive Social Media Posts
- Dallas police announce discipline for 22 former vice unit members
- Dallas civic leaders want more details on plan to close health gaps
- Wichita Falls: Federal grant funds new mass transit facility
- Iowa Park City Council answers police department’s call for dispatch upgrades
- Iowa Park 4B Board sparks 4th of July firework funding
- Midland city council goes through transitional moment – an example of why you need new folks on boards and councils regularly
- New era begins for Midland City Council
- Odessa City Council approves art ordinance
- Odessa American suing City of Odessa
- City of Odessa violates TCEQ monitoring and reporting requirements
- PBT ISD spends wastes $100,000 on a food truck! VIDEO
- Wylie ISD announces new athletic director and head football coach
- Eula ISD arming faculty and staff to keep students safe
- Fifteen months of roadwork to come to downtown Abilene
- Dawson County continues considering policy for pipes along roadways
- City of Lubbock looking at adopting new master plan for downtown VIDEO
- San Antonio’s CPS Energy Solar, Efficiency Programs Extended One Year
- San Antonio City Council Approves Purchase of Mobile Shower Unit for Homeless, Emergencies
- San Antonio Council OKs Guidelines Allowing Higher Salaries for Staff
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- Colleges & universities
- MSU business degree recognized among best
- PSP donates $5.9 million to TTUHSC for rural health care program
- New issue explores ACU’s growing national reputation
- Hardin-Simmons Spring Trip Preview
- Texas Tech baseball extends nets at ballpark VIDEO
- Low-income UT Austin students to receive new scholarships thanks to Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
- University of Texas’ poorest incoming freshmen to receive $20,000, laptops and more starting this fall
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- Military
- New renderings released of B-21 Raiders coming to Dyess AFB
- Body of former Dyess airman, husband of ex-KTXS meteorologist, returned to U.S.
- Body of active duty soldier from Lubbock brought home today
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