- Texas local governments aren’t posting lobbying records despite new law
- Analysis: The politics of paying one Texan’s local sales taxes to another Texan’s city
- Texas Cities Go To Court Over State Law They Say Loses Them Millions
- Texas Lawmakers Are Drafting a Hair Discrimination Bill
- Three Texas inmates have died at the hands of prison officers as use of force continues to rise
- Texas Railroad Commission’s Sitton readies first flaring report
- Commissioner Plans to Revise Texas’ Higher Ed Goals
- A conversation with Harrison Keller, Texas higher education commissioner VIDEO
- Poll: majority of Texans want state to step up role in affordable housing – yes, poll any group and ask them if housing, transportation, food, movie tickets, you name it, are too expensive and you’ll get a huge number saying “yes.”
- Fact-check: Which Texas city has the lowest per capita income?
- Texas ranks 50th in ‘Do Not Call’ registration
- Historic Sites Honored for Preserving Texas History
- Pioneer Texas Republican majority builder Norman Newton passed away
- Texas Election Integrity Roundup
- Ahead of 2020, Texas Democrats go all-in on voter protection – I kid you not, Dems are now calling opposition to election integrity measures “voter protection!”
- Lubbock Poll: GOP voters to participate in Dem primaries
- A peek inside the Texas House Republican Caucus divide
- Will Harris Co. Republican Party Learn from the Runoff Election?
- Bexar Co: Challengers Line Up to Unseat Party Chairmen as Infighting Persists
- Beto O’Rourke’s Not Backing Down, Even If He May Be A Liability In Some Districts VIDEO
- Multiple candidates vying in SBOE District 5 representing San Antonio
- HD45: Interview: Texas House District 45 incumbent Erin Zwiener
- HD49: Interview: Texas House District 49 candidate Jenai Aragona-Hales
- HD51: Interview: Texas House District 51 incumbent Eddie Rodriguez
- HD71: Candidates, unchallenged in party primaries, gearing up for November
- HD74: Garcia: San Antonio firm treats shareholder’s Democrat House candidacy as ‘profitable venture’
- HD142: Rep. Dutton battles to extend career in primary defined by Houston ISD takeover clash
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Royce West, a booming voice in the Texas Senate
- Tzintzún Ramirez wants to rewrite the Texas story – right, she doesn’t like Texas
- Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez’s unlikely ally in her quest to take on John Cornyn: Alec Baldwin
- Chris Bell touts electability in Senate race – he hasn’t won much lately
- Sema Hernandez looks to build on her 2018 Senate race
- Amanda Edwards is depending on the audacity of hope in Senate run
- MJ Hegar makes second run on bigger stage
- Ahead of early voting, MJ Hegar releases TV ad VIDEO
- Wishful thinking: Romney’s vote helps Dems challenging Cornyn
- Cornyn and the art of toeing the Trump line
- TX10: Interview with Democratic candidates
- TX11: Pfluger garners funds, support from Midlanders – the pick of the establishment insiders
- TX11 Candidate Interview: Jamie Berryhill
- TX13: Ekstrom Leads Funding Race in 13th Congressional District Election
- TX17: Rep. Bill Flores makes endorsement in crowded Republican primary to succeed him
- TX17: Rep. Bill Flores Endorses Renee Swann to Succeed Him in Contested Primary Race
- TX21: Gun Control-Pushing Brady PAC to Support Wendy Davis in Race Against Chip Roy
- TX22: Troy Nehls Accused of Misleading Federal Filings
- TX12: Texas Right to Life PAC demands Kay Granger recant her false claim of endorsement
- TX12: ‘Appalling and shameful’: Rep. Kay Granger leads GOP effort to condemn Pelosi for tearing SOTU copy – anything to help her tough re-election battle
- Trump’s $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits rejected cuts
- Trump budget to face skepticism, overwhelming politics
- Sen. Cruz to Twitter: ‘The Ayatollah and Any American Companies Providing Him Assistance Are Entirely Subject to U.S. Sanctions Law’
- Sen. Cruz Calls on ICAO to Include Taiwan in International Response to Coronavirus
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Bloomberg back in Houston on Thursday
- Bloomberg advances green agenda with privately paid state climate lawyers
- Julián Castro aggressively campaigning for Warren all over the country – working for VP consideration or another cabinet post if that fails
- Warren: “We Need Race-Conscious Laws in Education, in Employment, in Entrepreneurship to Make This Country a Country for Everyone”
- Warren apologizes ‘without reservation’ to 6 women of color who left Nevada office
- New Hampshire Democrat Primary Tracking Poll: Sanders First, Buttigieg Second, Surging Klobuchar Third
- Sanders Takes Top Spot In Dem Primary As Biden Falls, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Bloomberg Rises In Primary, Runs Strong Against Trump
- Sanders campaign requests partial recanvass of Iowa caucuses
- Bernie Sanders Reverses Course on Pro-Life Democrats AUDIO
- Biden Calls Skeptical Voter ‘a Lying, Dog-Faced Pony Soldier’ VIDEO
- Joe Biden Is Running Out Of Gas, loses the plot voters say
- Iowa result shows Biden needs to improve Texas ground game
- Klobuchar Surges Into Third Place in New Hampshire After Democratic Primary Debate: Polls
- Klobuchar Gaining
- Buttigieg on defense as rivals aim to blunt his momentum
- What You Missed at the Friday Night Democratic Debate . . .
- Florida man charged with driving into GOP voter sign-up tent
- New Mexico Senate Endorses Red-Flag Gun Bill
- Investigating the International Guidelines for ‘Transgender’ Children
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- Border / immigration
- 13 Illegal Aliens Found in Texas Motel near Mexican Border
- Four illegal immigrants arrested near Marathon
- Chief Brian Hastings Takes Command of Nation’s Busiest Border Sector, more
- Mexican farmers take over dams to stop water payments to US/Texas – subject of tomorrow morning’s commentary.
- Cuban Asylum Seeker Remains Detained by ICE Without Parole
- ICE Sued Over Treatment of 5-Year-Old With Head Injury
- Mexican Border State Probing Cops’ Alleged Shooting of Motorist
- Gunmen Ambush, Kidnap, Kill Two Mexican Federal Agents on Stakeout
- Mexican Cops Re-Arrest Cartel Lord Following Judge’s Release VIDEO
- Focus Turns to Latino Authors Amid ‘American Dirt’ Debate – there is no debate around “American Dirt,” it is simply the Left trying to snuff out a point of view with which Leftists disagree.
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- Business
- SpaceX may spin off Starlink with stock offering
- Midland’s jobless rate tied for 12th lowest in nation
- Austin’s Upland Software buys Boston mobile engagement platform
- Austin’s Silicon Labs aims to become leader in Internet of Things technologies
- Dallas Fed: Revised data shows no slowing in Austin economy
- Austin-area auto sales kept climbing in 2019
- Snow days affect small Wichita Falls businesses
- Archer County News could soon print final edition of century-long history
- Bowie’s Central Hospital closes; EMS still transporting to Decatur, Nocona
- Austin FC reaches multi-year jersey deal with Yeti – Yeti turns back on gun owners in NRA flap and now sponsors communist football (soccer.)
- San Antonio Hispanic Chamber CEO Quit Amid ‘Distractions and Negativity’
- Baylor Scott & White Donating Garland Facility For Use As VA Hospital
- Perkins Coie opening Austin office with lawyers from V&E, Wilson Sonsini
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- DNA discovery in 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders sparks FBI standoff
- Two Shot, One Fatally, by Security Guard at Houston Bar
- Authorities Seek Gunmen After Sullivan City-Area Shootout, Homeowner shot during attempted robbery in Sullivan City released from hospital
- Arlington 16-Year-Old Killed by Bully He Had Stopped Earlier
- Officials Reviewing if Man’s Death Tied to Houston Industrial Explosion
- Rio Grande City police identify 8-year-old girl who died in crash
- Suspect of Harlingen homicide charged with murder, victim identified
- Man gets 3 years for sexually assaulting family friend in Pflugerville
- Man tried to hide pot, shoved it down his pants
- Police: Woman got out of cuffs three times on way to jail
- Man ripped through ceiling of Progreso jail cell, used insulation as a pillow VIDEO
- Texoma’s Most Wanted Fugitives of the Week
- Wichita Falls garage fire damages two neighboring homes
- Heavy equipment ends up in water at Lake Wichita construction site
- Student withdraws from school after he’s asked to cut hair he’s growing for ill sister VIDEO
- Aggravated robbery chase in Odessa
- Odessa: Parkway Inn shooting suspect charged with murder
- Man found guilty of sexual abuse of children in Ector & Winkler counties
- Cisco and Eastland Fire Departments battle early structure fire
- Woman kidnapped after boyfriend shot to death at Houston apartment
- 2-month-old baby found dead at S. Austin auto parts store, police say death not suspicious
- Police still need to ID 3 men wanted in human trafficking case involving Abilene ISD teacher
- Dallas Amber Alert Update: Missing boys found, mother murdered, suspect shot himself
- Police: Brown County man points gun at another driver because they ‘cut him off’
- Texas Rangers investigating improper educator, student relationship in Crosbyton CISD, more
- Man sentenced to 99 years in prison for 2018 sexual assault of disabled woman in Lubbock
- Anti-Wimp: Homeowner opens fire on would-be thief
- Auto parts store owner shoots burglary suspect near Katy, sheriff says
- Missing PTO money at Houston middle school prompts police investigation
- Federal Grand Jury Indicts Texas Man for El Paso Walmart Massacre
- Fort Bend car crash kills 1, severely injures firefighter
- Baytown plant fire sends up large plume of smoke
- Woman injured in 100 mph wrong-way crash in downtown Houston
- Man in custody after fatal SW Houston shooting
- Man dead, woman kidnapped after altercation at southeast Houston apartment
- Houston man ambushed, killed while leaving Sunnyside convenience store
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- Local government
- Texas local governments aren’t posting lobbying records despite new law
- Texas Cities Go To Court Over State Law They Say Loses Them Millions
- Plano: We Took Back Our Texas Town by the Roots
- Emails between Houston businessman and mayor’s staff raise bribery questions
- City of Lubbock’s Citizens Tower gets final furniture shipment; employee move-in ‘soon’
- Manor ISD district hopes to recoup some of $2.3M it lost in phishing scam
- Mission CISD discusses Tom Landry Stadium and gifted and talented services
- Sale of over 3400 acres expected to bring growth to Mission
- Austin land code development continues undergoing changes
- Costs emerge for City of Austin climate goals
- Austin leaders call for clear policy on release of police footage
- Austin City Council OKs $95k homelessness consultant contract, Austin Moves to Hire Ex-Obama Official As Consultant for $11,000+ Per Month
- Austin: Violent crimes with homeless suspects, victims went up in 2019, data show – and yet they still deny their soft-on-bums policy isn’t bad
- Hays school board calls for $217 million bond election
- Pflugerville ISD moves forward with controversial public comment policy
- Bowie City Council to discuss Old Bowie Lake Dam
- Ector Co. ISD trustees to mull turnaround plans, hiring a principal, more
- Ector County commissioner wants taxpayers to build new courthouse
- Clyde police officer under investigation resigns, Clyde police officer under investigation for allegations regarding ‘military service’
- Abilene city council to vote on minor downtown hotel milestone
- City of Kyle joins fight against pipeline construction
- Lamesa city council to seek interim city manager
- Ellis County is the first Texas county to declare itself a “sanctuary for the unborn.”
- Political Retaliation Alleged in Rio Grande City CISD
- San Antonio: Past Housing, Zoning Practices Contribute to Today’s Housing Gap
- Dallas could owe drilling company up to $33 million for false promises
- Bust Town Gamble: Catulla turns to tourism, more AUDIO
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- Colleges & universities
- HSU releases additional details regarding Logsdon Seminary closure, students request administration to reconsider
- HSU trustees ‘listening closely to all feedback’ about closure of Logsdon Seminary
- Dean ‘heart broken’ over HSU board’s decision to close Logsdon Seminary
- Gilbreth’s No. 13 baseball jersey retired by ACU
- Mandela Washington Fellowship Returns To Texas Tech
- TTU Researcher Continues Life’s Work As International Media And Communication Expert
- Stumbo Honored as Distinguished Alumnus at WBU Amarillo
- LCU unveils sculpture of founding president VIDEO
- Texas Southern University fires its president for breaches of contract
- “Neglected” college campuses on Texas border want a little love, and better Wi-Fi
- University of Texas System to Establish Medical School in Tyler
- Commissioner Plans to Revise Texas’ Higher Ed Goals
- A conversation with Harrison Keller, Texas higher education commissioner VIDEO
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- Military
- Midshipman from Texas Dies During Naval Academy Physical Readiness Test
- San Antonio sergeant identified as soldier shot dead in Afghanistan
- Sheppard AFB airman faces military charges of committing sex crimes involving 14-year-old
- President’s budget: Air Force proposes retiring 17 B-1s (8 at Dyess AFB)
- Dozens of coronavirus evacuees from China arrive in San Antonio
Pratt’s post for 2/10/2020
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