- AG Paxton: State Government Offices and Agencies Should Remain Fully Operational During COVID-19 Disaster Declaration (pdf)
- Reports: Federal virus bailout bill appears to gut many Texas ballot integrity laws
- Glenn Hegar: Texas Economy Already Battered, Unemployment Rising
- Texas Comptroller Hegar: COVID-19: Help is Available on Taxes Due
- Are gun stores essential businesses? GOP lawmaker seeks AG opinion – as much as “big box” stores, lawn care, or liquor stores!
- Dan Patrick Says Texas Gun Stores Should Be Considered Essential
- Are Gun Stores ‘Essential Businesses’? Some Texas Gun Stores Refuse to Close
- Are gun retailers essential? Some question whether shops can be shut down during shelter in place – “Other states vary in their approaches. Gun stores are considered essential in Connecticut, Ohio and Illinois, but not in New York or New Jersey, according to The Washington Post.”
- Texas schools ask to give free meals to parents when kids aren’t present
- Texas cancels controversial Medicaid contracts after complaints of subjective scoring
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- Coronavirus related
- Conservative opposition grows as stay-at-home orders are enacted in Texas
- Officials are playing with a fire possibly more deadly than the virus outbreak
- Dan Patrick, conservatives push against business-closing policies
- Texas ramps up for potential uptick in COVID-19 cases
- Coronavirus updates in Texas: State reports 995 cases and 12 deaths; Texas gets federal disaster declaration – bet you more died of P&I (same illness but brought about by the flu) in the same time frame at almost any time any year.
- Texas to receive $80M in medical supplies to fight coronavirus
- Abbott Wants To Extend SNAP Recipient Benefits To TakeOut And Drive-Thru Restaurants, more – ridiculous! Criticizes people for driving around and then wants a policy to adds to what he criticized.
- Governor Abbott Waives Certain Licensing Renewal Regulations, Fees For Nurses
- Governor Abbott Takes Action To Expand Texas Hospital Capacity
- Governor Abbott Announces Approval Of Major Disaster Declaration
- Governor Abbott Announces Federal Grant for Senior Citizen Meals
- Worried about current compliance, Gov. Greg Abbott signals openness to stricter coronavirus order – hypocrite, see tomorrow’s morning commmentary
- These ‘essential’ businesses can stay open amid Harris Co. stay-at-home order
- Photos: Houston’s most popular places become stark, empty scenes during outbreak
- Inmate at Dallas Jail Tests Positive for Coronavirus, more – so let ‘em all out so they can infect everyone else!
- First Texas prisoner tests positive for coronavirus. It’s time to start releasing inmates. – this is everyday without the virus if these Leftists win control
- Travis County grants automatic personal bonds in many felony cases during outbreak – right, leave the most irresponsible out on the streets when telling us now is the time to be ultra-responsible.
- Austin Issues Legal Guidance on ‘Stay-Home’ Order, Halting Most Construction
- Which San Antonio businesses have to close under stay-home orders? – another joke of a house arrest order: “Car dealerships, big-box retailers, liquor stores, restaurants, hotels, home builders, construction companies, oil refiners, accounting firms, taxis and ride shares, news media, dry cleaners, trash collectors, banks and insurance companies, childcare facilities and funeral homes are just some of the businesses that can remain open under exemptions in the orders.”
- Tarrant County Officials Announce ‘Stay At Home’ Orders To Combat Spread Of Coronavirus
- Denton County Issues Stay At Home Order: ‘All Social Events Must Stop, Period’ – tyrants. Try stopping family and friends from visiting one another in their homes.
- Denton County asks state for temporary hospital after COVID-19 outbreak at state supported living center
- Midland city leaders vote against stricter measures – good
- Collin County orders all business is essential – fantastic!
- ‘All workers are essential’: Collin County orders residents to stay home, but businesses can remain open – Judge Hill is offering real leadership in not going along with the “we’re going to save you” crowd!
- Collin County Residents Mixed on New Shelter in Place Order That Says ‘All Businesses Are Essential’
- Wichita Falls council approves tightened disaster ordinance – why? It says only one person is in hospital.
- Unclear what stay-at-home order means for Austin building sector
- Convicted murderer Jermar Fuller’s ex-lover facing perjury charge after testifying
- Coronavirus shutdown having ‘catastrophic effect’ on San Antonio Zoo
- City of Abilene: 43 coronavirus tests conducted Tuesday, still no positive cases
- San Angelo hair salons, nail salons, tattoo parlors must close by 8 a.m. Wednesday
- Tye police chief offers to help get groceries so elderly residents can stay home
- Harris County running low on coronavirus test kits
- Spike in Harris County coronavirus cases Tuesday
- Essential: Denver mayor shuts down nearly everything then backtracks to open liquor stores, retail marijuana shops – it’s Colorado but it shows the silliness of these dumb orders
- Coronavirus Orders and Curfews in the RGV
- Central Texas Counties Enact Stay-at-Home Order
- Harris County’s New Coronavirus Orders Emerge After Days of Indecision, Disorganization, and Speculation
- Flawed County Decision Based on Flawed Data: As counties across Texas enact “shelter-in-place” orders, at least one county based their decision on questionable data.
- Texas hospitals brace for coronavirus surge with uncertain stocks of protective gear – that is 100% the responsibility of each hospital, not political leaders at the local, state or federal level.
- Texas Athletes Adapt To A Postponed Olympic Games
- Age Discrimination and Rationing during the Coronavirus Crisis
- Austin’s coronavirus stay-home order could swell utility bills
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- $1 trillion COVID-19 aid bill includes significant funds for foreign aid
- Federal virus bailout bill appears to gut many Texas ballot integrity laws
- Ben Sasse: Coronavirus Bill Would Promote Unemployment Over Full Paychecks
- Congress’ Coronavirus Rescue Plan Looks Like a Mess
- Arrington to give his views tonight about $2 trillion federal response to COVID-19
- “Stimulus” Is the Wrong Paradigm
- What If Democrats Stonewalled the Drug Companies’ Response to COVID-19?
- Democrats and Schumer surrendering on Senate coronavirus stimulus bill
- Basketball tournament possible commonality in Hockley County coronavirus cases, more
- Pelosi puts ‘aside some of our concerns’ on the leftist wish list to ‘get this done’
- Larry Kudlow: We’ll take another look at reopening safe areas for business
- WaPo: Trump doesn’t have the authority to reopen the economy from the COVID-19 shutdown, you know
- Civil liberties hang in coronavirus balance
- Rashida Tlaib: Make $1T coins to pay for ‘free’ debit cards! – some people in Congress are more stupid and ignorant than any others.
- U.S. Department of Energy Approves Four New Liquefied Natural Gas Projects in Texas
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Biden Holds Sizable Edge Over Trump in Swing Counties
- Jake Tapper Has to School Biden on How to Cough Properly
- Comrade Britney Spears calls for Americans to ‘redistribute wealth, strike’ during coronavirus
- Bernie Sanders Threatens to Hold Up Coronavirus Relief
- The Prius Party and the F-150 Party
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- Border / immigration
- Trump Administration Urged to Free Migrants as Virus Surges
- Tractor-trailers carrying $8.7 million in meth, pot stopped at South Texas border crossing
- Italian, Indian Migrants Apprehended After Illegally Crossing Canadian Border to U.S.
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- Business
- Billionaire Fertitta furloughs 40,000 workers at casino, restaurant empire
- Houston real estate icon John Daugherty Realtors files for bankruptcy protection
- Fracking giants warn shale crash will be faster this time
- Oil’s 60% crash is the tip of an iceberg
- Chevron cuts billions from its budget with oil stuck in the $20s
- Layoffs, pay cuts loom as Schlumberger plans to cut up to 30 percent from budget
- U.S. Department of Energy Approves Four New Liquefied Natural Gas Projects in Texas
- Airlines join cruise lines in offering incentives for not canceling tickets
- Many Airline Flights Nearly Empty as Virus Undercuts Travel
- MLB Ballparks To Remain Eerily Empty On ‘Opening Day’ VIDEO
- Albertsons, Kroger, Tom Thumb And Walmart Installing Checkout Sneeze Guards
- Texas crop and weather report for March 24, 2020
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- One killed, DPS Trooper narrowly escaped drunk driving crash, DPS said, more
- Hit & Run Suspect Arrested After Leading Police On High-Speed Chase
- Woman charged with filing false report, assaulting officer
- Man charged with shooting neighbor in West Odessa
- One woman arrested after fatal crash in Stanton
- Police warn public of two men in scrubs, masks trying to conduct in-home COVID-19 tests in Hawley
- Abilene Police: Woman jumps out patrol car window
- Man’s body found in drainage ditch in south Houston
- 7-year-old girl shot during robbery near Hobby Airport, police say
- Copperas Cove resident injured in house explosion, fire taken to local hospital
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- Local government
- As Texans Struggle, Will Local Officials Cut Their Own Pay?
- Odessa council member Malcolm Hamilton resigns before adjournment
- Ector Co. ISD to begin offering childcare for health providers
- State invokes eminent domain to obtain property for Lubbock’s outer loop project
- Government Emergency Relief Program Announced for Bexar County Artists
- Bexar County commissioners create loan program for small businesses
- Conroe Considers Postponing City Election
- City of Lubbock election pushed to November
- Allen Appoints Interim Mayor Amid Public Health Emergency
- Dallas mayor taps attorney Tim Powers as ethics czar, promises ‘teeth’ to city code
- Dallas mayor secures new job as partner at major law firm Locke Lord – making politics pay
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- Colleges & universities
- McMurry University Announces New VP of Enrollment Management
- UT Austin officially postpones May commencement, graduation ceremonies
- Dorms & TTU Lab Could Be Used If Needed In Fight Against COVID-19
Pratt’s post for 3/25/2020
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