- Governor Abbott Issues Proclamation Allowing For Postponement Of Local Elections Set For May 2nd
- Abbott Allows Local Governments to Delay May Elections
- Texas cities, school districts can postpone local elections from May to November over coronavirus concerns
- Gov. Abbott may expand vote-by-mail for May 26 runoff elections – No, no, no! This is the “crisis” the Left has wanted to push this. Once done, they’ll use it to move us that direction or all voting. Voting by mail is the center of vote fraud.
- Advocates understand need to relax open meetings law, vow to monitor – exactly what I mean in my commentary: In crisis, what is our role as constitutionalists and conservatives?
- Fearing a recession, Texas House and Senate Transportation Chairmen ask TxDOT to hit pause on the Unified Transportation Plan
- Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Issues Statement on Sales Tax Deadlines and Coronavirus Pandemic
- Abbott Reappoints Buford To State Soil And Water Conservation Board
- Abbott Appoints Guthrie To Nueces River Authority Board Of Directors
- Expiration dates on Texas driver’s licenses canceled for now
- Dallas Officials Call for Bipartisan Review of Election Mistakes
- Tarrant County in Cover-Up After Conservative Judge Punished
- 7th Court of Appeals Incumbent Seeks New Election in Controversial Primary
- SD14: Abbott postpones special Texas Senate election due to coronavirus pandemic
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- Coronavirus related
- In crisis, what is our role as constitutionalists and conservatives?
- CDC COVID-19 Situation Summary
- COVID-19 in the U.S.: Doomsday numbers just don’t add up
- Collin County man’s death marks third Texas fatality from new coronavirus
- State takes actions to expand use of telemedicine services
- Abbott Requests Emergency Designation For Small Business Disaster Loans From U.S. Small Business Administration
- Abbott says he will make announcement Thursday about possible statewide restrictions on bars, restaurants – closure is dangerous and unneeded.
- Governor Abbott, TEA Announce Texas Students MealFinder Map
- Attorney General’s Child Support Division Transitions to Virtual Services in Response to Coronavirus – so luxurious to simply be able, in gov’t, to no longer have to serve customers face-to-face like most working folk.
- Governor Abbott Holds Video Call With State Hospitals To Discuss Care Capacities For COVID-19
- Border lacks testing to gauge true scope of COVID-19 contagion, Texas lawmaker says – typical Democrat panic-pushing. The number of test kits has nothing to do with the number of people infected.
- Ted Cruz ends self-quarantine, emerges to an altered world – hyperbole
- Did Ted Cruz oppose paid sick leave but take it for himself?
- Sen. Cruz in Houston Chronicle: ‘Together, We Can Fight this Pandemic, and We Will Ultimately Defeat It’
- Texas beaches mostly bare of spring breakers after new crowd ban
- Bastrop family leaves China before coronavirus lock-down
- Austin bars and restaurant dining rooms closed, gatherings of 10 or more prohibited in latest coronavirus restrictions – how in the hell can you justify this? COVID-19 is not Polio?
- ‘D’ word rears head as coronavirus-hit markets brace for recession
- Big Texas Cities Limit Bars, Restaurants; 2nd Death Reported
- Austin Mayor Shuts Down All Dine-In Restaurants, Enacts $1,000 Fine
- What is Austin without SXSW? – same thing it is with it: overtaxed, too expensive, too liberal and generally unlivable for working folk with families.
- Texas Capitol closed to public amid coronavirus pandemic
- Wichita County announces first case of COVID-19, travel spread
- Coronavirus fears empty San Antonio’s tourist district
- Bexar County hires medical expert; emergency restrictions will continue into June
- Abilene schools closed indefinitely; gatherings reduced to 50
- Tech student shares her self quarantine experience after returning from Spain VIDEO
- Analysis: 10 Ways the Texas Economy is Being Slammed by Coronavirus
- Abbott resists statewide restaurant ban. Does lack of uniform rules hamper effort to tamp down COVID-19?
- DMN editors upset that Trump has called COVID-19 a Chinese Virus – poor babies, worried about what doesn’t matter. Glad to hear Trump double-down on it this afternoon again calling it the Chinese Virus.
- Fear of unrest during coronavirus pandemic spurs gun and ammo sales
- America, coronavirus and the coming soldiers in the streets
- Texans Still Clamoring For Coronavirus Tests As State Promises Availability Will Skyrocket – yes tons of folks who do not need testing want the test!
- America gets a big taste of socialism with coronavirus
- One Coronavirus Silver Lining: Fewer Colds and Flu Cases
- Texas Influenza Summary Report, 2016-2017 Influenza Season
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Gun control group endorses MJ Hegar for Texas senator, blasts both Cornyn, West
- TX17: Four former rivals endorse Pete Sessions in runoff to replace U.S. Rep. Bill Flores
- President Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act – So what is it?
- Donald Trump Wants to Send Checks to Americans Immediately
- Cornyn Open To Idea Of Cash Payments To Some Americans
- Cornyn backs cash payments only to out-of-work Americans in response to coronavirus
- Senators push amendment to remove small business killing “paid leave” item from virus response bill
- Grocers and Pharmacies Fear Paid Sick Leave Bill Will Harm Industry When They Are Needed Most
- Amid Virus, Congress’ Leaders Resist Call for Remote Voting
- Low Prices, Virus Cited in Calls to Delay US Oil Lease Sale
- Amid virus, Congress’ leaders resist call for remote voting – good, they should. Secondly, voting is a state not a federal issue.
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Biden bus rolls over Bernie in Florida, Illinois and Arizona
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- Border / immigration
- Trump Administration Bolsters Border Security Amid Concerns of Coronavirus Spreading
- Trump Mulls Sending All Who Cross Border Illegally to Mexico
- Mexican Cartel Smugglers Abandon Injured Teen in Rio Grande
- Fugitive Charged with Child Molestation Arrested at Texas Border
- Mexican Border State Capital Suffers 3 Cartel Murders in 12 Hours
- US Sued to Stop Deportation of 3 Children to El Salvador
- Mexican consulate in El Paso limits access to reduce coronavirus threat
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- Business
- Analysis: 10 Ways the Texas Economy is Being Slammed by Coronavirus
- Halliburton to Furlough 3,500 Workers at Houston Campus
- SpaceX launches another sixty Starlink satellites
- Texas Distillery Helping Make Hand Sanitizer Along With Liquor
- While Other National Movie Theater Chains Close, Santikos Remains Open
- Marriott Furloughs Thousands, Citing Coronavirus Travel Restrictions
- Grocers and Pharmacies Fear Paid Sick Leave Bill Will Harm Industry When They Are Needed Most
- Toyota closing San Antonio, other North American plants for two days
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- 1 Dead, 1 Hurt in St Patrick’s Day Shooting at Corpus Christi Pub
- Former Ringgold firefighter arrested in multiple arson cases
- Abilene police: Officers shoot, kill man after he attacked them with knife
- Suspect shot, killed in Gaines Co. deputy sheriff-involved shooting
- RIP: Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden, Who Circled Moon, Dies at 88 in Houston
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- Local government
- Bexar County hires medical expert; emergency restrictions will continue into June
- Bexar County Plans Interest-Free Loans for Small Businesses
- San Antonio Officials Defend Staying Open as Other Cities Go Into Shutdown
- San Antonio ISD Trustees Approve New In-District Charters, Management Agreement with Alamo Colleges
- Former Midland Co. Chief Deputy Rory McKinney denies wrongdoing claimed in lawsuit VIDEO
- Dallas Officials Call for Bipartisan Review of Election Mistakes
- Tarrant County in Cover-Up After Conservative Judge Punished
- Bellmead council members planned to meet, defy mayor
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- Colleges & universities
- UT asks students not to return to campus amid coronavirus pandemic
- University of Texas Systems not hold graduation ceremonies amid COVID-19
- HSU responds to Sandefer request to have name removed from campus buildings
- Hardin-Simmons says it will work with Sandefer family, but plots focus on ‘priorities’
- Wayland Cancels Graduation Ceremonies Through May 9
- TTU Office of President emails update on policies to negate COVID-19 spread
- UT, A&M among Texas colleges postponing graduation ceremonies and moving classes online for the semester
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- Military
- ‘Stop Movement’ prevents Dyess airmen from leaving 100-mile radius from base until May
Pratt’s post for 3/18/2020
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