- Most Texans want lower property taxes and more school spending, UT/TT Poll finds – typical, you can’t have lower taxes and spend more in government.
- Some on commission on judicial selection seem to lean toward retention elections – not a good option, be alarmed, this awful movement is moving.
- Texas Public Safety Commission Approves Staff Changes within DPS
- Judge: Pipeline through Texas Hill Country can move forward, more
- Texas judges are inconsistent about ensuring minors’ right to an abortion, study says – no one has a right to murder an innocent baby, no matter what judges or secular legislative bodies decide.
- Commentary: Stop the Attempt to Overturn the Peoples’ Choice of Judge Alex Kim
- Texas education commissioner tightens oversight of Harlandale ISD but won’t fire board
- RIP: Clayton Williams, legendary oilman who stumbled as politician, dies – a Texas icon.
- Oilman, Former Texas Governor Candidate Williams Dies at 88
- Williams was a ‘true Texas legend’
- Clayton Williams leaves his mark on Midland, the state
- Clayton Williams, whose bid for Texas governor was derailed by rape joke, income tax revelation, dies at 88
- Midland Oilman Clayton Williams (1931-2020): Winner in Business, Not in Politics
- Clayton Williams, oilman and colorful candidate for Texas governor, has died
- Second of Two Flights Carrying Americans From Cruise Ship Quarantined in Japan During Virus Crisis Lands in Texas
- With cruise ship evacuees, Lackland coronavirus quarantine grows to 234
- Cruise ship evacuees sent to Lackland do not include those diagnosed with coronavirus
- New Mexico Funds Could Help Revamp Management of Rio Grande
- Election Integrity Roundup
- Suddenly, Democrats flush with candidates for 2 top courts
- HD60: Cisco’s billionaire family bankrolls one of its own in run for Texas house
- HD83: Democrat hopefuls discuss public education VIDEO
- HD92: Will NE Tarrant voters stick with trail blazed by controversial Texas Rep. Stickland or go new way?
- HD92: Democrats and Republicans Battle Over Jonathan Stickland’s Seat
- Will 2020 be the year of the millennial in Texas politics?
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Radical voters turn out for Jolt Action 2020 candidate forum at San Jacinto College – 200 is a big crowd?
- Latest poll: John Cornyn vulnerable, MJ Hegar leading Democratic field – this is a purely Leftist propaganda site.
- MJ Hegar leads the Democratic U.S. Senate candidates, UT/TT Poll finds
- More than $62 million in campaign cash flowed to Texas congressional races in 2019 — a 37% increase over last cycle
- TX10: 3 Democrats vie for seat held by Republican Michael McCaul
- TX11: CBS7 interviews J.Ross Lacy tonight at 8 p.m.
- TX11: DC Super PACs Pour Cash into West Texas Congressional Race
- TX12: ‘I’ve never had anyone just flat lie about me,’ Rep. Kay Granger talks elections, pro-life – boo-hoo
- TX19: Rep. Arrington faces challenger Boyd of Anson
- TX19: Rep. Arrington endorsed by Trump
- TX24: Democrats debate which one can finally turn district Left
- TX24: Republicans make the pitch they’re the most like Trump in primary
- TX28: Race Pits Progressive [far Left] Challenger Against Centrist Incumbent
- TX28: Progressives Seek to Unseat Blue-Dog Democrat Incumbent Henry Cuellar
- Ted Cruz, once a Trump rival, worked to save his presidency
- Thornberry rejects Trump plan for defense funds for border security – Yes, Mac is now of the Swamp, for the Swamp and will stay in the Swamp.
- Lawmakers push back at Trump’s Pentagon funding grab for wall
- Liberals: The citizenship question was bad. Not asking it is just as bad.
- Americans Explain What the 2017 Tax Cuts Actually Did for Them
- Trump makes mark on Texas judiciary
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Texas has record voter numbers, but primary schedule makes it hard for presidential contenders to mobilize them
- Not his first rodeo: Bernie the man to beat in Texas
- Buttigieg: I’m not going to take lectures on family values from the likes of Rush Limbaugh – fine but Rush didn’t lecture on such thus Pete is being dishonest.
- One thing unites establishment Democrats: Fear of Sanders – any American should fear a man who rejects all that country stands for.
- Biden accuses Sanders of not being enough of a gun grabber
- The Narrow But Real Window for a Joe Biden Comeback
- Hillary for vice president? Bloomberg campaign refuses to shoot down ‘speculation’
- Bloomberg: Cashing in favors for votes
- New Bloomberg ad goes after … Bernie fans
- Klobuchar lurches left in Nevada, flip flops on immigration
- Welcoming Pro-Life Democrats Is Not Enough
- No, Pro-Lifers Shouldn’t Vote for the Democratic Nominee
- Democrats’ proposals becoming more alien, unrecognizable as American
- Latino support for Trump is real – HotAir
- Rick Perry now “thanks God every day” that Donald Trump is in the White House
- Trump takes REAL post-impeachment victory lap at Daytona
- Historic: Trump takes a lap at Daytona 500, media outrage ensues
- Juror 1261 in Roger Stone’s case: Was justice undone?
- Bill Taylor dismisses Ukraine conspiracy theories: ‘No one took it seriously’
- Barr’s internal reviews and re-investigations feed resentment, suspicion inside Justice Department – the Swamp panics
- Will AG Barr Preside Over the Death of American Justice?
- Ban on “assault” weapon sales dies in Virgina Senate committee, more
- What Does the Equal Rights Amendment Even Mean at This Point?
- America’s modern rocket industry illustrates the power of freedom
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- Border / immigration
- 1000+ Migrants Returned to Mexican Interior Under New Trump Program
- Thornberry rejects Trump plan for defense funds for border security – Yes, Mac is now of the Swamp, for the Swamp and will stay in the Swamp.
- Lawmakers push back at Trump’s Pentagon funding grab for wall
- Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
- Fleeing Cartel Gunman Held Students at Gunpoint in Matamoros
- Suspect deported to Mexico twice before arrested in Abilene with sawed off shotgun
- Another Armed Human Smuggler Arrested in Texas near Border
- Murder in Mexican Border State Points to Rise of Independent Narco-Gangs
- Mexican Army ‘Finds’ Previously Discovered Border City Cartel Bunker
- Two Texas Men Sentenced for Selling Machine Guns Bound for Mexican Cartels
- International Press Freedom Group Calls Out Mexican Police Assaulting Journalists During Protest
- US Border Agents to Pursue Migrants in ‘Sanctuary’ Cities
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- Business
- Federal judge sides with Kinder Morgan over Hill Country pipeline
- Pier 1 Files for Bankruptcy Protection Amid Online Challenge
- Trial to Begin Over Arkema Chemical Plant Fire During Harvey
- United and American Push Back Expected Return of Boeing Max
- More flights at San Antonio airport cut because of 737 Max grounding
- Mills: Oil prices decline as coronavirus expands
- Permian Basin Water in Energy Conference coming up, more
- Astros Season Ticket Holder Suing Organization Due to Cheating
- Xcel Energy to refund its customers more than $39 million
- Austin biotech firm Shattuck Labs raises $25M
- SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites; 1st stage landing fails – it has become so routine that this failure is big news
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Spokesman: Corpus Christi CIGO Refinery Fire Under Control, No Injuries
- Laredo police officer acquitted in Austin assault trial
- Midland man charged after swinging axe at signal lights and utility poles, City of Midland identifies man who was seen swinging an ax
- Eccentric Millionaire Durst Faces Trial in Friend’s Killing
- South Texas Shrine to Don Pedrito Jaramillois Vandalized
- Louisiana Smash-And-Grab Jewelry Heist; 4 Texas Men Accused
- Man Accused of Drugged Sex Robbery Scheme in Several States
- Hidalgo Co. Sheriff: Texas Man Accused of Hanging Puppy `Out of Boredom’
- Two killed in Reeves County crash
- Midland: One killed, three injured in biker gang shooting VIDEO
- Burkburnett pair allegedly steal packages while driving roommate’s Cadillac
- Robe wearing-elderly woman arrested for DWI and evading arrest
- Driver forced passenger to hide marijuana in her pants
- Man sentenced to 40 years for toilet lid attack
- Police looking for new leads in Brown County cold case murder
- The Leaning Tower of Dallas still hasn’t taken its final bow more than 12 hours after it was supposed to fall VIDEO
- Shots fired into room of Abilene nursing home
- Two McMurry students stabbed outside Abilene night club
- Two of 12 prostitution suspects charged along with Abilene ISD teacher arrested Friday
- Castro County Teen Dies in ATV Crash
- Lubbock man arrested for indecency with 14-year-old
- Lubbock police investigating threat of organized mail theft VIDEO
- Lubbock couple charged with stealing $213K worth of equipment from NTS Communications
- Former Lubbock ISD teacher’s aide admits to sending nudes
- Austin traffic deaths hit 4-year high; 41% are pedestrians, data show
- Man crashes into 4 patrol cars in downtown Austin, police say
- All four suspects in Downtown Austin hate crime investigation now behind bars, police say VIDEO
- Former Bee Cave stuntwoman, husband killed in Ohio shootout
- New Braunfels police investigating man, woman’s deaths as murder-suicide
- San Antonio native, Tejano star Jimmy Edward of Latin Breed fame has died
- Former Houston ISD teacher charged with indecency with a child
- Man shot and killed at notorious north Harris County apartment complex
- Dead body washes up from Brays Bayou in south Houston
- Constable: Look out for globes filled with liquid meth in Houston area
- Houston woman wanted in 2013 slaying arrested after second victim found in car’s backseat
- Houston duo with severed animal heads charged, and other interesting notes from Game Wardens
- Woman dies two weeks after wrong-way crash involving a deputy U.S. Marshal in San Antonio
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- Local government
- Houston Blast Prompts Safety Debate in City With No Zoning – lack of zoning does not preclude safety rules but big gov’t folk will sell it as such.
- No, a zoning ordinance would not have necessarily protected Houstonians from the Watson plant explosion – right
- After failed bond effort, election debacle, Midland ISD’s CFO to leave
- Midland’s Unconstitutional Recall Restrictions
- Bowie waste service lawsuit reviewed by council
- City of Austin halts plan to open Barton Springs Pool dam
- Austin’s land code rewrite gets 2nd pivotal approval at testy council meeting
- Texas education commissioner tightens oversight of Harlandale ISD but won’t fire board
- San Antonio Housing Trust has done little to provide “affordable housing” – foolish to expect such to begin with.
- Bexar County allocates more money for mental health and criminal justice services
- Lawsuit: City of Dallas Running Owner out of Business
- How Dallas ISD can cut its costs and help DART boost revenue
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- Colleges & universities
- Angelo State cheer team wins national title
- Hardin-Simmons cutting 22 programs, more than 31 faculty & staff positions
- ACU setting sail for England this summer
- World-Renowned Horse Veterinarian, Britt Conklin, Joins Texas Tech School Of Veterinary Medicine As Associate Dean
- Research from Texas Tech to aid veterans
- Texas Tech Listed As Leader In Inclusivity, Equity On Athletic Equality Index
- UIW creates fast-track nursing degree program
Pratt’s post for 2/17/2020
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