- Collin County to House Redistricting Panel: ‘Don’t California Our Texas’
- Analysis: A Texas sales tax rule hinges on a question: What’s local?
- Texas Court Holds Hearing on Fight Over Baby’s Life Support (Tinslee Lewis)
- Baby Tinslee case heard in Second Court of Appeals
- Coronavirus evacuees to be in San Antonio this week
- Before There Was Coronavirus There Was SARS, San Antonio Doctor Remembers
- ‘Zero Emissions’ of carbon dioxide relies on magic math – given that not one “Climate Change” or “Global Warming” disaster model has worked it is safe to say much of the movement relies on “magic math.”
- Speeding Ticket Industry Offers Bounty To States Issuing More Citations
- Texas game wardens put the bite on illegal sale of shark fins at restaurants and markets
- Herman: The magic and math behind your Texas presidential primary vote
- Texas Democrats anticipate a delay in presidential delegate totals on Super Tuesday – because the Dem Party rules are NOT democratic.
- GOP mega donors Tim Dunn, Farris Wilks place big bets in selected Texas House races
- HD59: Cody Johnson, one of Rep. Sheffield’s GOP challengers, shows $800,000 on hand
- HD60: Republican House Candidates Race to Replace Rep. Mike Lang, Discuss Rural Issues in Brownwood Forum – comments demonstrate I was right about Rogers being a liberal Republican who would caucus with the informal pro-local government spending crowd.
- HD60: Glenn Rogers: ‘I Am Against the Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying’
- HD106: DMN recommends Rep. Jared Patterson in GOP primary
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX11: Berryhill endorsed by House Freedom Fund
- TX11: Insider’s choice August Pfluger raises more than $1 million
- TX22: Wall’s ‘sanctuary cities’ attack ad ignores nuance, Nehls says – some of this is over-the-top but it does appear Nehls opposed the teeth of the anti-sanctuary cities law.
- TX22: Congressional Candidate Troy Nehls Taken to Task on Sanctuary Cities
- TX28: Outside money floods Cuellar primary, with U.S. Chamber of Commerce latest to join the fray – the AOC radicals are going at Cuellar hard
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- State of the Union
- Partisan tension hung over State of the Union — even before Texas congresswoman gave rebuttal from El Paso – nasty Congresswoman from El Paso blames Trump for the actions of the El Paso Walmart shooter. Disgusting.
- Trump Delivers 2020 State of the Union Address, Highlights Economic Growth, Border Security
- Trump at State Of The Union: “The Best Is Yet To Come” VIDEO
- Donald Trump Jr. Responds to ‘Truly Shameful’ Nancy Pelosi
- Pelosi trashes Trump address: ‘He shredded the truth, so I shredded his speech’
- Pence: Pelosi ripping up Trump’s State of the Union speech ‘was a new low’
- NY Post cover shreds Nancy Pelosi’s SOTU tantrum with just 2 words and a picture
- Gingrich calls on Pelosi to be censured: ‘Disgusted’ by ‘viciously partisan action’
- Turley: Nancy Pelosi should resign
- What Did Nancy Pelosi Expect?
- Gun control guest of Nancy Pelosi removed from SOTU after shouting
- Democrats tear into Trump’s speech: It was a ‘MAGA rally’
- Nolte: ‘Democrats Sit and Pout over the Thriving State of Our Union’
- Laughable: Rashida Tlaib: I Was ‘Triggered’ by Brett Kavanaugh in SOTU
- Billy Porter slams Trump in ‘Homosexual State of the Union’: ‘So far, our nation has survived’, Billy Porter’s LGBTQ State of OUR Union – see how they see sexuality as if it were a state? Look at the flags.
- Democrats Bilingually Ignore Border, Illegal Immigration in State of the Union Responses – yep, who is out-of-touch with Americans? Trump won on this issue.
- Rush Limbaugh Presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom During State of the Union Address
- Hollywood Mocks Trump, Rush Limbaugh During SOTU
- Rep. Arrington: Trump’s speech showed economic strength of U.S. VIDEO
- Governor Abbott Statement On President Trump’s State Of The Union Address
- Sen. Cruz: ‘The Economic Growth We’ve Seen Under President Trump Has Benefited All Americans, And We Need to Keep it Going’
- President Trump Touts Cruz-School Choice and Workforce Development Bill in State of the Union Address
- Sen. Cruz on President Trump’s State of the Union Address: Everyone in Congress Ought to Stand and Applaud the Victories Achieved for the American People VIDEO
- As White House Calls Pelosi’s Speech-Ripping a ‘Tantrum,’ She Feels ‘Liberated’
- ‘Baseless boasting’ or ‘remarkably optimistic’? Texas lawmakers divided over State of the Union
- Democrat Allred’s family leave bill gets shout out in Trump’s State of the Union address
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Trump acquitted of both charges in Senate impeachment trial
- Cornyn and Cruz explain their votes to acquit Trump
- Cornyn calls impeachment case ‘half-baked,’ says it has bolstered Trump’s reelection prospects—and his own
- Sen. Cruz on Eve of Historic Vote: ‘The House Managers Have Abused the Constitutional Process by Trying to Use Impeachment to Settle a Partisan Score’ – so has Mitt Romney!
- Petty and vengeful, Romney will vote to convict Trump – how given that last week he said there was not enough evidence to come to a conclusion?
- Mitt Romney: Jackass of the year
- Adam Schiff Warns Donald Trump Could Give Alaska to the Russians Adam Schiff Warns Donald Trump Could Give Alaska to the Russians
- End of impeachment trial to leave deep scars in Senate
- Day 12: Cruz on the Senate Floor ? ‘It’s Time to Acquit President Trump’ VIDEO
- Cornyn’s expected vote against impeachment is in tune with Republican voters in Texas
- Buchanan: Failed Coup of a Failing Establishment
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Voter’s shock at Mayor-man-kisser’s homosexuality provides a lesson
- Bloomberg is opening 11 additional field offices in Texas ahead of Super Tuesday
- Buttigieg maintains slim lead after second round of Iowa results released
- New Warren ad touts Obama’s 2010 praise for consumer bureau
- Bloomberg has thoughts on press freedom; the other candidates should give us theirs, too
- Bernie Sanders, the socialist POTUS? Better believe it
- Klobuchar releases final ad in New Hampshire ahead of primary
- Dishearteningland: The dismal end of the Iowa caucuses
- MSNBC’s Zerlina Maxwell: Iowa Caucus ‘the Perfect Example of Systemic Racism’ – the idiocy of Leftist victims.
- Julián Castro dropped out, but he can still campaign for Texas
- Julián Castro on Iowa caucus: ‘This is a total mess.’ – Little Julian found someone in the press who still cares what he thinks.
- Garcia: Time for caucuses to face extinction – there is nothing wrong with caucusing to pick a nominee, such is unrelated to incompetent execution
- That Gallup Poll Is Very Good for Trump
- Van Jones Warns Democrats: Trump Is Helping African-Americans ‘In Real Life’
- Are Labor Unions Outmoded Institutions?
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- Border / immigration
- Democrats Bilingually Ignore Border, Illegal Immigration in State of the Union Responses
- Five Mexican Cartel Gunmen Incinerated in Armored Truck 50 Miles from Texas Border
- Advocates Allege ICE Neglecting Child, 5, With Head Injury
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- Business
- US trade deficit drops 1.7% last year to $616.8 billion
- Texas Broadcasters’ Public Service Grows to Nearly $6 Billion
- SpaceX wins another NASA launch contract
- SpaceX’s next Starship test flight from Texas will go almost eight miles high
- Bezos sells another $1.8 billion in Amazon stock to fund Blue Origin
- Elon Musk polls Twitter followers: Should he build Tesla gigafactory in Texas?
- American Airlines Halts Hong Kong Flights, United to Follow
- Macy’s to Close 125 Stores, Shed 2,000 Corporate Jobs – even in a trip to the famous Macy’s in New York City (and to the former Marshall-Fields in Chicago now a Macy’s) there was nothing unique or outstanding in the stores to cause one to want to go out the way to get there.
- Central Hospital of Bowie “temporarily closed” its doors Tuesday for “restructure”
- More Nate Paul-controlled entities file for bankruptcy
- NuStar Energy earnings jumped in 2019
- Study: Austin Most Expensive US City for Minimum Wage Employees – thank the local big spenders for the outrageous property taxes that make it so.
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- Weather
- Winter Storm Brings Snow, Ice to Southern Plains States
- Snowfall blankets Texas, Oklahoma; Deep South to see storms
- More than 5 inches of snow falls overnight in Midland/Odessa
- Office and business closures across the Permian Basin
- Power outages across the Permian Basin
- More than 800 without power in Northwest Midland
- Midland Intl. Airport closed through Thursday evening
- GALLERY: Snow blankets West Texas VIDEO
- City of Amarillo closes offices, shuts down transit system today
- Winter weather causing closings, delays across the Panhandle
- Some Parts Of The Panhandle Receive 8-10 Inches Of Snow
- Texoma Area Closing and Delays for Wednesday February 5th
- Through Your Lens: Texoma’s Snow Day
- Texoma: Snowy conditions leading to accidents Wednesday morning, 60 without power VIDEO
- Close to 130 Oncor consumers without power in Wichita Falls
- North Texas area was blanketed with several inches of snow
- North Texas dodged predicted snow totals
- American Airlines flights cancelled due to weather
- Winter weather hits Big Country, Concho Valley – photos
- Winter weather causing wrecks across Big Country, I-20 westbound shutdown in Abilene
- Abilene & the Big Country: Winter storm waning, temperatures to stay below freezing
- Big Country February 4-5 snowfall totals
- Sweetwater Fire Chief: ‘This is as bad as I’ve seen it’ – weather
- Texas Tech Cancels Classes Mid-Morning Due To Winter Weather
- Lubbock ISD, Lubbock-Cooper, and Frenship ISD Cancel Classes
- Winter storm brings snowfall to the South Plains, Lubbock region
- Winter storms West Texas: Potent front brings snow, icy roads, delays
- Incredible photos show snow blanketing parts of Texas following winter storm
- Snow hits the Borderland: Photo gallery & snow totals
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Former El Paso police officer sentenced to 10 years of probation for rape
- Suspect in Sisters’ Deaths at A&M-Commerce Charged in New Year’s Eve Killing
- Suspected Neo-Nazi Pleads Guilty to Gun Crime in West Texas
- One dead after crash in Ward County
- Odessa police searching for woman involved in forgery investigation
- Amarillo police investigating after fight leads to shots being fired near Palo Duro High School
- ‘No injuries’ to students or employees in Tuesday Hereford ISD bus crash
- Man trades fake fifty dollar bill for a shake and a ride to jail
- Random traveler makes citizen’s arrest at Starbucks in Abilene VIDEO
- U.S. District Court settles Seminole sexual harassment case
- 2 People Wanted by Lubbock Police For Involvement in Deadly Shooting
- Two arrested for capital murder of child in Levelland
- Lubbock man indicted, charged with mail, identity theft
- Austin Police Looking for Help Identifying Suspect in Attempted Child Kidnapping
- Wrecker driver found shot after crashing into ditch near Spring, sheriff says
- Sleeping man shot in car at southwest Houston strip center
- Houston man sentenced to 19 years in prison for Friendswood, Galveston bank robberies
- Driver of stolen vehicle in custody after 30-minute standoff with Houston police
- El Paso police arrest armed robbery suspects after foot chase outside Cielo Vista Mall
- Police: DPS trooper opens fire on three robbery suspects in Houston
- Tunnel to Towers Foundation giving home to family of fallen Lubbock Police Officer Reyna
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- Local government
- Bastrop to pay former city manager $123K in severance deal
- City of Borger reimbursing new firefighters for education and training
- Amarillo City Council to meld 2 designs for Thompson Park Pool replacement plan
- Amarillo animal shelter’s director seeks to bolster managed intake initiatives
- Wichita Falls City Council: New convention center, Rezoning, and Construction
- New tax zone could spur redevelopment around MPEC – “could” and could not
- Hart School Board discusses cafeteria oversight
- City of Wink shutting down water system due to ’emergency issue’
- City of Austin leaders vow to improve communication after homeless camp fire
- San Antonio’s CPS Energy Pivots On Plan To Buy Natural Gas Power In 2020
- Collin County to House Redistricting Panel: ‘Don’t California Our Texas’
- Leon Valley taps police chief as interim manager
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- Colleges & universities
- Texas Southern University regents vote to fire school’s president
- WTAMU hosts ribbon cutting for new Neal Multicultural Suite in student center
- WT student from Taiwan: ‘I’m an American and I’m Proud of it’
- Sul Ross bullrider ranked in top 10
- TTU Nutrition Researcher Found Benefits Of Fish Oil And Tart Cherry For Obesity
- Wayland: Global Institute of Health Researcher Headlines Willson Lectures
- WBU Honors the 6888th Battalion as Part of Black History Month Celebration
- Brené Brown joins UT faculty as visiting professor, will teach ‘Dare to Lead’ program
- UT researchers: Coronavirus likely was widespread prior to quarantine
- Do Universities Kindle Entrepreneurship? – staying out of them did so for me.
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- Military
- Fort Sam Houston has fired a cannon every morning and night for 125 years
Pratt’s post for 2/5/2020
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