- Foster care rule shows how Dems will harm anyone for power
- Baby Tinslee celebrates first birthday despite dispute with 10-Day Rule
- Texans overwhelmingly want gun background checks, are open to red flag laws, DMN-UT Tyler poll finds
- Rural Urban Resources: February 2020 Newsletter
- The last fish are leaving Rollover Pass, Texas filling with sand & dirt
- Abbott renews attacks on Austin’s homelessness policies, cites Friday stabbing
- Governor Abbott Proclaims February 2020 African-American History Month
- Abbott Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of The Texas Music Office – it needs closing, Texas music does not need a government office.
- Abbott Appoints Moody To Governor’s University Research Initiative Advisory Board
- Partisan Judge Issues Partisan Ruling
- Backlogs Growing in Texas Judiciary, Especially Civil Cases
- People continue to ask Texas AG’s office to investigate clergy sexual abuse – it’s a job for local D.A.’s not the AG’s office
- UIL 2020-2022 Reclassification & Realignment
- Remembering What Must Not Be Forgotten: For the first time, the history of the Alamo will be put to music.
- Texas Lawmakers Promote Transparency in Redistricting
- Texas Right to Life: Generations of Texans Fighting Against Injustice
- Texas primaries set up high-stakes test for GOP hold on education board – tomorrow’s commentary is on this subject.
- Conservative LGBT group denied a spot at Texas GOP convention
- Stepping into GOP primaries, Dennis Bonnen donates to seven Texas House incumbents
- Republican super PAC Engage Texas focused on voter registration builds massive organization
- Democrat Texas Supreme Court Place 7 candidate Staci Williams in Big Spring
- Texas Republicans to Consider 10 Propositions on Primary Ballot
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- MJ Hegar outraises Democrat rivals in Texas Senate race
- Hegar gets heavy outside support in crowded Democratic primary to challenge Cornyn
- Battle to challenge Cornyn remains uncertain
- With a month to go, crowded Democratic primary to challenge Cornyn remains full of uncertainty
- 5 takeaways from the latest congressional fundraising reports
- TX10: GOP’s McCaul outraises Democratic rivals
- TX11: Virdell vows to be ‘a real Republican’
- TX11: Tucker wants strict constructionism
- TX12: Putnam Aims to Bring Sunlight and Accountability
- TX13: Monique Worthy: ‘You don’t see real conservatives like me in Congress’
- TX13: Ronny Jackson endorsed by Rick Perry
- TX21: Wendy Davis crushes Chip Roy in 4th quarter fundraising – no doubt the abortion baby killers are filling her coffers once again.
- TX21: Wendy Davis, Jennie Lou Leeder Discuss Guns, Immigration, Impeachment at Comal County Democratic Primary Forum – “Specifically, Davis mourned the recent overhaul of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, stating “our children are threatened with unclean air and water” as a result.”
- D.C. Judge Strikes Down Warning Labels for Premium Cigars
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Transgender Motion to Use ‘Preferred Pronouns’
- Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast raises big money to kill babies
- PETA defends controversial ad mocking ‘Black Lives Matter’
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Why impeachment failed
- House Democrats bungling of impeachment helped shutdown trial
- Kayla Gowdy: Dems’ 10 biggest lies in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial
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- Presidential race / national politics
- DNC members discuss rules change to stop Sanders at convention
- Bernie Sanders supporters blast DNC for debate rule changes
- Bernie Sanders attempts to lead Generation Z into a socialist ‘paradise’
- New Poll Shows Joe Biden’s Widening Lead Among Texas Democrats; Michael Bloomberg Tied For Third
- In Texas, Sanders comes closest to Trump but has any Democrat figured out the state?
- Donald Trump ahead in Texas, though Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg close behind, Dallas Morning News-UT Tyler poll shows
- Bloomberg campaign: We’re on ‘wartime footing’ with Trump – how come when Republicans use “war” or war-like language the press goes nuts but Bloomberg is celebrated for “wartime footing?” We all know.
- Mike Bloomberg’s Fatuous Super Bowl Ad
- Mike Bloomberg vs. the Imaginary All-Powerful Gun Lobby
- Bloomberg’s $10M Super Bowl ad posts misleading stat on child gun deaths
- Bloomberg is using footage of illegal immigrants in cages from 2014 to bash President Trump
- Amy Klobuchar: I’ve been punching ‘way above my weight’
- Unusual rules of the Democratic Iowa Caucus explained
- Why Is It Forbidden to Acknowledge That the Single-Digit Candidates Won’t Win?
- Left disturbed by Trump’s Super Bowl ad about criminal justice reform
- Commentary: Being ‘Pro-Woman’ Isn’t What it Used to Be for Democrats
- AOC breaks her fundraising record in crusade to take on DCCC VIDEO
- Liberal journalists are so desperate to be canceled they’ve begun to form secret societies around the theme
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- Border / immigration
- 31 Migrants Rescued from Texas Border Town Stash House
- Two Violent Fugitives Arrested in Texas near Border
- Smuggler Tries to Disguise Ammo as Dog Biscuits to Cross Border
- Extraditing These Los Zetas Cartel Leaders Can Reduce Violence near Texas Border
- Former Mexican Border State Police Head of Intelligence Charged with Running Meth
- Problems At Tent Courts And A Growing Tent Encampment; One Year Into Remain In Mexico
- A Texas Battle Over Trademarks Reveals A Buddhist Schism
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- Business
- Dog Sleuths Sniff Out Crop Disease Hitting Citrus Trees
- For $320 million, you can own a massive ranch in the Big Bend
- Galveston Bay Oysters Scarce, Season May Be Short
- Rush Limbaugh Announces Lung Cancer Diagnosis
- Sexual harassment suit settled with Seminole Metal owner
- Texas man eats dog food for 30 days to show his company’s chow is fit for Fido
- Louie Mueller Barbecue: Texas’ Legendary Grandfather of Smoke
- A Drop In Air Travel Due To The Coronavirus Is Slowing The Energy Market
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- 2 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Texas A&M-Commerce residence hall, 2 Women Killed, Child Hurt in Shooting at Texas Dormitory
- DPS: Reward Increased to $4,000 for Most Wanted Sex Offender from Houston
- Corpus Christi Police Officer Killed by Vehicle During South Texas Traffic Stop
- Former NFL, TTU player, Willie Montae Reagor, indicted for bogus medical claims
- Police: Woman Stole Ambulance in Texas, Caught in Louisiana
- SBC leader’s tweet renews scrutiny of pastor’s past and shows limits of sex abuse reforms, say activists
- Unknown what caused fire at homeless camp under north Austin frontage road
- Victoria police open sex assault investigation into Texas priest
- 2 arrested in 2 days after guns found in Austin airport carry-on bags
- Washington Cannabis Farm Focus of $4.8M Ponzi Scheme Case
- 3rd Worker Dies of Injuries From Texas Oil Well Blowout
- Oil Spill Contained in Bay on Eastern Outskirts of Houston
- ATF: Electrical Spark Likely Caused Deadly Houston Blast
- Bodies of 2 Crewmen Missing Since Boat-Tanker Crash Found
- Ector County jail inmate dies
- Man pleads guilty to robbing woman in wheelchair
- Wichita Falls: Man pronounced dead after found hanging in tree, Man dies in tree-trimming accident
- WFPD: Woman with five warrants gives fake name that also had warrant
- Wichita Falls man convicted of DWI after crash
- WFPD: Woman with five warrants gives fake name that also had warrant – from the extra-stupid [alleged] criminal file.
- Report: Woman assaulted, carjacked at Abilene shopping center
- Lubbock PD provides sketch of Money Stop robbery suspect
- 1 in arrested after standoff near Lubbock school
- Woman found dead in car in front of burning house in Abernathy VIDEO
- Sheriff: Possible fetus found at construction site in north Harris County
- Sheriff: No family at side of abused toddler when he died
- Ex-husband found shot outside woman’s new home in southwest Houston
- Driver dead after crashing into concrete wall in north Houston
- Inmate representing himself against allegations he shanked Allred prison guard
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- Local government
- UIL 2020-2022 Reclassification & Realignment
- Patrick Mahomes’ Texas hometown, Whitehoust, celebrates his Super Bowl victory, declares Super Bowl Sunday “Patrick Mahomes Day.”
- Leon Valley city manager resigns amid political tension
- Austin homeless set up shop at Camp R.A.T.T., ‘for the homeless, run by the homeless’
- Abbott renews attacks on Austin’s homelessness policies, cites Friday stabbing
- City of Bowie to apply for $9.3 million TWDB loan
- Wichita Falls to chose architect for MPEC hotel/conference center
- Abilene Police impound auction happening Saturday
- Lamesa city council member leaving after 2 1/2 decades
- Lubbock resident questions city-backed [socialist] hotel project
- Privatizing a popular park in Dallas draws well-funded foes
- Are some North Texans paying millions for water they don’t use?
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- Colleges & universities
- 2 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Texas A&M-Commerce residence hall, 2 Women Killed, Child Hurt in Shooting at Texas Dormitory
- Dallas Morning News, University of Texas at Tyler join forces to poll Texans on elections, issues
- The moral and intellectual decline of American academic research
- UT San Antonio researchers pilot ways to help youths deal with trauma
- MSU Dillard College earns 5 more years of AACSB accreditation
- Russian Student in HSU Professor’s NASA Funded Program Discovers Significant Space Object
- TTU Researcher Passionate About Nutrition Education For Low-Income Groups
- Texas A&M settles lawsuit claiming school hid Facebook posts
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- Military
- San Antonio’s Lackland air base may be virus quarantine site, more
- Lackland Officials Seek to Reassure San Antonians About Quarantine Plans
Pratt’s post for 2/3/2020
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