- State Leaders Must Start Slashing Spending Now
- Proposed Spending Cut: Eliminate the Texas Enterprise Fund
- Texas unemployment rate headed toward double digits, comptroller warns
- Rep. Burrows requests AG opinion related to firearms and local emergency declarations (pdf)
- Texas House Democrat Caucus pushes Abbott to issue statewide house-arrest policy (pdf)
- Rep. Richard Raymond asks Gov. Abbott for special session to respond to COVID-19 threat – not needed at this time
- TDI adjusts licensing, continuing education requirements
- DPS Issues Update on Last Week’s Release Regarding Employee Who Tested Positive for COVID-19
- Pelosi’s latest power grab already afoot in Texas
- Campaigning in Crisis: How the Chinese Coronavirus is Affecting Texas Campaigns
- Four former Bloomberg workers in Texas claim he reneged on pay promise
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- Coronavirus related
- Surrendering to the stampeding crowd on the virus is not responsible
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Explains Why, At Almost 70, He’s Willing To Take The Risk And Put America ‘Back To Work’ VIDEO
- Texas’ Lieutenant Governor Says US Should Get ‘Back to Work’ – funny how people are coming around to the position we discussed a week ago.
- Listener on media coverage of Dan Patrick interview & local gov’t transparency
- WaPo completely mischaracterized Dan Patrick’s comments on Fox
- Patrick, conservatives push against business-closing policies
- Abbott’s coronavirus approach draws praise in rural Texas
- Gov. Greg Abbott orders hospitals to report number of beds and coronavirus tests to state
- Governor Abbott Announces Increased PPE Supply, Issues Executive Order To Strengthen Reporting Capabilities
- Governor Abbott Authorizes Restaurants To Sell Bulk Retail Product From Distributors To The Public
- Why Abbott’s coronavirus logic might be flawed VIDEO
- 11 coronavirus deaths in Texas, Abbott says
- Health Care Professionals and Facilities, Including Abortion Providers, Must Immediately Stop All Medically Unnecessary Surgeries and Procedures to Preserve Resources to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic
- Here are the ‘essential businesses’ during Dallas’ coronavirus lockdown – so absurd is the broadness of exceptions that it undermines the basis of the house-arrest order to begin with.
- Dallas issues shelter-in-place orders, other jurisdictions need to follow our lead – media and Leftist driven house arrest
- Houston, Harris County Issue ‘Stay-At-Home’ Order
- ‘Stay Home’ Order Issued for Harris County, Including Houston
- San Antonio Officials Issue ‘Stay Home, Work Safe’ Order as Coronavirus Cases Rise
- Travis, Williamson counties issue stay-at-home order
- Epidemiologists: Austin May Have 500+ Unconfirmed Coronavirus Cases
- Stephens County becomes first in Big Country to give ‘Shelter in Place’ order
- Hidalgo Co. joins Cameron County with ridiculous curfew
- Lubbock further destroys business, restricts freedom, more
- Grassroots Respond to Tarrant County’s Coronavirus Policies
- Power is what the COVID-19 government panic is really about
- Mortality burden of the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 patient in Midland County has died, first death in the Permian Basin
- First confirmed COVID-19 case reported in San Angelo
- DPS: Employee lied about positive coronavirus diagnosis
- Doctor Working in Italy Says They No Longer Allow Those Over 60 Access to Respirators – this is how gov’t medicine works, death panels for rationing
- Police across Texas are enforcing social distancing, but they’re hesitant to make arrests – they are increasing interactions between people when they interact with people. Plus, if I were a police officer I’d be very concerned about my own safety.
- Rural Texas hospitals should be staffing up. Many can’t afford to.
- Already Hurting, Small Businesses Slammed By Coronavirus ‘Shelter-in-Place’ Order
- How Copper Stickers Might Reduce COVID-19 Risk
- Coronavirus updates in Texas: Quarantine ending for cruise ship evacuees at Lackland Air Force Base
- Analysis: Coronavirus, family, economics and false choices – b.s.
- Front Line ER Physician in Dallas Sees Coronavirus Treatment Success
- George W. Bush, citing Birx and Fauci, has ‘absolute confidence’ in nation’s coronavirus experts
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- What If Democrats Stonewalled the Drug Companies’ Response to COVID-19?
- Trump Agencies Steadily Push Rollbacks as Pandemic Rages
- Trump pushes back Real ID compliance deadline in response to coronavirus concerns
- Americans wait for help as Dems demand leftist ideological wish list in coronavirus aid package
- Ted Cruz urges Trump to use Defense Production Act to combat coronavirus
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Biden Addresses a Visibility Question: ‘How Do We Get More of You?’
- Joe Biden tries to appear relevant as a shadow president – What could go wrong?
- Trump lashes out at networks, newspapers: All I see is ‘hatred of me’ – he perceives correctly
- Speaker Pelosi’s Daughter Encourages Violence Against Senator Rand Paul
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- Border / immigration
- Mexican President Encourages People to Still Mingle amid Coronavirus
- WHO Puts Mexico on List of Countries with Local Coronavirus Transmissions
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- Business
- Texas unemployment rate headed toward double digits, comptroller warns
- Grocers Stopped Stockpiling Food. Then Came Coronavirus.
- Though Scuttled, SXSW Still Goes Ahead With Film Awards
- Local oilman highlights Saudi presence in Texas
- Grocery workers are risking their health during the pandemic to keep stores open. They want better pay and protections. – no more than a customer buying. All are free to quit and work somewhere else or go home.
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Fatal crash in Katy area leaves man dead, juvenile hurt
- Odessa police investigating body found in Odessa
- Suspect arrested after shooting in Ector County
- Early, Brown Co. collect supplies for San Saba after only grocery store burns
- Over 600 people without electricity in Shallowater, says Xcel Energy
- 14th Reagor Dykes employee pleads guilty in Amarillo federal court
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- Local government
- What Law Says County Government Can Commandeering Private Property
- Harris County officials settle lawsuit, agreeing to disclose records of foreign nationals who tried to vote in Texas
- Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt pushes back resignation to focus on coronavirus response – she could scare the virus away with a look
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- Colleges & universities
- TTU students move out of residence halls amid COVID-19 concerns
- WT: How Copper Stickers Might Reduce COVID-19 Risk
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- Military
- Dyess AFB increases health protection level to bravo
Pratt’s post for 3/24/2020
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