- Abbott stops short of statewide shelter in place, extending social distance measures through April 30; closes schools until May 4
- Governor Abbott Issues Executive Orders In Accordance With Federal Guidelines To Mitigate Spread Of COVID-19 In Texas
- For the purposes of Texas Executive Order GA-14 the following are considered “Essential Services”
- Abbott to hold briefing amid mounting calls for statewide stay-at-home order
- On coronavirus response, is Abbott leading from behind? – the media pressure to be a draconian dictator is strong.
- Texas Hospital Association urges Gov. Abbott to order statewide shelter in place – tyrants who only care about hospitals making money (I know, I know what they lobby for in Austin.)
- A statewide shelter-in-place would benefit the Texas economy by billions of dollars – ridiculous! More truthful: COVID-19 pandemic could cost the US economy $973 Billion
- AG Paxton: Governor’s Order Halting Unnecessary Medical Procedures, Including Abortion, Must be Enforced
- Liberal Federal judge blocks Texas from enforcing coronavirus-related abortion ban
- Texas wins appeal to enforce its coronavirus abortion ban while federal court hears lawsuit
- Appellate Court Allows State to Continue Enforcing Temporary Abortion Ban, Issues Stay
- Judge Blocks Texas Temporary Abortion Ban, Texas Immediately Appeals
- Texas Businesses Must File Property Tax Renditions by April 15
- Texas Shale Producers Ask State to Cut Oil Output as Demand Plummets During Coronavirus Pandemic
- Texas Railroad Commission Could Limit Oil Production for First Time in Nearly 50 Years to Recover Prices
- Harris County, state officials wrestling over releases at jail amid coronavirus crisis
- Federal Judge Allows State to Join Lawsuit on Release of Inmates in Harris County
- The CPS ‘System’ Against Texas Voters: CASA
- Statewide business groups and organized labor clash over ruling on Dallas paid sick leave ordinance
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- Coronavirus related
- For the purposes of Texas Executive Order GA-14 the following are considered “Essential Services”
- We will know this is real “war footing” emergency when…
- Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report, P&I mortality surveillance
- 2019-2020 Texas Influenza Surveillance Activity Report
- Context: 2009-2010’s H1N1 experience versus Wuhan virus numbers in Texas
- Texas COVID-19 situatio report for 3/31/2020 (pdf)
- Dr. Fauci: Coronavirus Could Return in Fall
- Letter from the Vice President to Hospital Administrators
- Ben Carson: Build Homeless Tent Cities Outside, Solve Problem Now
- Surgeon General Urges People to Stay Home VIDEO
- Trump Eyes More Travel Bans to Stop Coronavirus: ‘We May Add a Few More’
- Birx: Could Be Up to 200,000 Deaths ‘if We Do Things Almost Perfectly’ – very doubtful but that’s a heck of lot less than 2.2 million.
- Texas-Louisiana border enforcement in question after Gov. Abbott’s order restricts drivers
- Additional Locations Added to Quarantine Mandates for Air Travelers Coming into Texas, Road Travel from Louisiana Now Impacted
- Governor Abbott Announces Approval Of 1135 Medicaid Waiver
- Governor Abbott Waives COVID-19 Medical Cost-Sharing For Public Safety Employees
- COVID-19 pandemic could cost the US economy $973 Billion
- Gun control advocates slam move to keep gun shops open during crisis
- Wichita County’s self-important county judge is making threats to shutdown grocery stores! – a pure example of the thinking of those who crave to have power over other people. (Only 6 are in hospital there.)
- McKinney eases overeaching ‘Shelter-in-Place’ Religious Restrictions
- Collin County Charts Coronavirus Case Data for Public
- Think Tank Argues Austin’s Coronavirus Shelter Order Should Raise Concern, Local Governments Disagree
- Someone says they have 2 million N95 masks for sale. The asking price is six times the usual cost. – so what? Should have bought before demand soared.
- Abilene police shuts down food truck event involving 35-year-veteran of the department VIDEO
- John Wiley Price: Coronavirus is illuminating societal inequities – how the libs see everything.
- Supermarket rationing is the only way to stop the cycle of hoarding that could lead to a crash – more ignorant Leftism
- Australians hoarded booze & beer instead of toilet paper!
- ‘So many patients dying’: Doctors say NYC public hospitals reeling from coronavirus cases – read this carefully and you’ll see that this is an indictment of government (public) health care. Rationing, poor planning, even in good times and when pressed it leads to letting people die. Same all over the world with government healthcare.
- Why do elected officials dismiss positive information about coronavirus pandemic?
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- House Judiciary panel pressures William Barr to release federal inmates amid coronavirus pandemic
- Sen. Cruz Calls on Saudi Arabia to Stop Flooding Oil Market, Driving Down Prices
- Sen. Cruz Applauds Trump Administration’s ‘Democratic Framework for Venezuela’
- Can Federalism Survive the Coronavirus?
- Can We Protect Our Agricultural Supply Chain? Sí Se Puede!
- IG report: FBI screwed up on every single FISA warrant application it submitted
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Bursting the Cuomo bubble: He might be having a good crisis, but he’s not your next president
- Al Gore: Trump Has Learned ‘You Can’t Gaslight a Virus’
- The Boeing Board Member Who Quit Rather Than Support a Bailout – Nikky Haley
- NYT’s: “Fracking Once Lifted Pennsylvania. Now It Could Be a Drag.” – this is how the Left always sees economic success, it’s always a bad thing long term!
- Federal Judge Who Slammed AG Barr Obtains Unredacted Version of Mueller Report
- Pelosi’s Phase 4 coronavirus relief: Reinstate SALT deductions for high earners
- Dan Bongino: Pelosi, Dems Now Preparing New Investigation of Trump; Will Be Based on Denial, Equipment Delays
- Democratic Attorneys General Urge the FDA to Loosen Chemical-Abortion Safety Guidelines
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- Border / immigration
- Nearly All New Illegal Border Crossers Are Getting Sent Back, Say Feds
- Los Zetas Cartel Strike Team Commander Dies After Mexican Border City Ambush
- Coronavirus on the border: Why Mexico has so few cases compared with the U.S. – another example of ignorant reports who judge a country as if it is the USA.
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- Business
- Texas Service Sector Sees Unprecedented Decline in Activity; Retail Sales Plummet
- Why there will soon be tons of toilet paper, and what food may be scarce, according to supply chain experts
- Work strikes at Amazon, Instacart and Whole Foods show essential workers’ safety concerns – typical unions, wait until it harms customers the most and then use a crisis to hurt the employers. Right now there are millions who would be more than happy to have these very good jobs.
- Parsley, Pioneer ask RRC for market demand hearing, more
- Texas industry associations, producers form methane coalition
- Rent average in Midland drops over 10 percent
- Journalists at 20+ Texas Newspapers No Longer Working Full Time
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Man charged with punching, choking pregnant common-law-wife
- A reported stolen vehicle yields two drug arrests
- WFPD: Man arrested for harassing police dispatchers, threatening harm
- Police identify man found dead near Odessa convenience store
- Haskell man arrested for child pornography
- Children present when police arrest Haskell man for possessing hundreds of images of child pornography
- Abilene police searching for runaway teen
- Runnels Co. man hospitalized after wife shoots him during family argument
- Lubbock Police Respond to Shots Fired Call
- Driver finds man shot dead in roadway in north Harris County
- Children left alone with dead mother inside northeast Harris County home
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- Local government
- Ector Co. DA prepared to enhance crimes during disaster declaration
- Wichita County Clerk suspends marriage license, passport service
- Lubbock ISD approves child care agreement with Covenant Hospital
- Harris County, state officials wrestling over releases at jail amid coronavirus crisis
- McKinney eases overeaching ‘Shelter-in-Place’ Religious Restrictions
- Collin County Charts Coronavirus Case Data for Public
- Trump-appointed judge blocks Dallas paid sick leave ordinance
- Statewide business groups and organized labor clash over ruling on Dallas paid sick leave ordinance
- Think Tank Argues Austin’s Coronavirus Shelter Order Should Raise Concern, Local Governments Disagree
- Red Light Camera Company Profits Crash During Pandemic
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- Colleges & universities
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University Join Forces To Develop 3D-Printed Face Masks, Shields To Fight COVID-19
- Museum Of Texas Tech University Appoints New Executive Director
- South Plains College closing campuses
- Gillispie back in Division I close to home at Tarleton State
Pratt’s post for 3/31/2020
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