- Can governments commandeer private property during emergencies? Texas AG asked to weigh in.
- As Texas Local Debt Increases $11 Billion, School Districts Lead Local Taxing Entities in Amassed Debt
- Texas Unemployment Claims Swamp State Agency
- No grades this year: TEA waives state accountability ratings amid coronavirus pandemic – not good enough for the TSTA union which is calling for full pay and no work until next fall.
- TDI extends start of updated coastal building code
- Governor Abbott Proclamation Regarding Fort Worth Crime CPD Elections
- Texas Tells Locals They Must Delay Their Upcoming May Elections
- Texans have clarity on voting by mail
- Coronavirus fear expected to boost mail-in voting in runoff, general elections
- ACLU joins lawsuit to allow Texans to vote by mail during pandemic
- The Back Mic: How Runoff Candidates Fared Financially Before Election Day – the lobby has come to the rescue of HD2’s old Dan Flynn and HD59’s Sheffield
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- Coronavirus related
- For the purposes of Texas Executive Order GA-14 the following are considered “Essential Services”
- Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report, P&I mortality surveillance
- 2019-2020 Texas Influenza Surveillance Activity Report
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 4/3/2020 (pdf)
- Gov. Abbott: More than 800 hospitalized statewide for COVID-19
- Texas coronavirus death toll quadruples, mirroring U.S. rate – which is, by the way, extremely lower than we were being told would be the case in the rush to panic.
- Does Texas have one of the lowest coronavirus death rates? Yes.
- Local governments should be acting now for coming shortfall
- Shutdowns forcing hospitals to cut staff during Wuhan panic – this is a direct result of the ham-fisted order from governors, Abbott included, to shut down most all other medical procedures well in advance of clinicians having much Wuhan virus cases to handle. The orders should have required such shutdown by medical society area and triggered when a first certain percent of hospital admissions were made due to COVID-19
- Wake-Up Call: More Than 60 Infected at Texas Nursing Home – “wake-up!?” We already knew this from the first major U.S. outbreak. Same is going on in Lubbock (and getting worse as now it seems they were not still letting staff cross contaminate by working in multiple facilities, they were still allowing patient transfers between such!)
- Potential spread from San Antonio nursing home coronavirus outbreak widens after employees found to work multiple jobs – headline after headline showing I was right.
- Health officials wasted time on the speculative, didn’t harden the known
- Some workers at Denton state home — site of largest COVID-19 outbreak in Texas — fear for safety, jobs
- As McKinney Mayor Orders Closures, Daughter Gets COVID-19 – exactly the type of “hard cases make bad law” situation that leads to emotionalism over rationalism.
- Fauci: All States Should Have Stay at Home Orders – and yet the evidence supports this idea far less today than it did weeks ago. Ridiculous.
- Birx: Because of China, ‘We Didn’t Know How Contagious’ Coronavirus Is
- First estimate of the cost of the Wuhan panic shutdown
- “A church is hands on”: Why these Texas churches aren’t closing their doors
- DMN: Faith leaders can help prevent health care rationing by canceling in-person gatherings – ridiculous. Satan on the march.
- It’s still religion even if you’re not congregating in person – more attack on churches from the Left. And by the way TT, that’s opinion not “analysis.”
- Nearly half of Midland County’s 19 coronavirus cases are 20-somethings – yes but cases is not reflective of seriousness of cases. “Meyers said nine of 44 ventilators are being used, plus MMH has supply of 37 single-use or disposable ventilators. “We still have an ample supply,” Meyers said.
- Big Bend National Park and Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River closes to all visitors
- Daughter visits 97-year-old WWII vet father, every day outside of Abilene nursing home
- Woman recovers from COVID-19 after 10 days on ventilator at South Austin hospital
- Coronavirus in Austin: Construction crews back at job sites as work ban lifted
- Hospital guidelines will ensure coronavirus patients are treated fairly, but poverty puts people at greater risk – more of how libs “think” during a crisis. They don’t focus on results but in all the “injustice” or “inequity” they see.
- Coronavirus Escalates Internet Access Woes in Texas’ Rural School Districts
- San Antonians Cite Harassment of Asian Americans Over Coronavirus
- Physicians say they still don’t have enough personal protective equipment. So they’re seeking other solutions.
- Jim Geraghty shares fact-filled thread showing COVID-19 likely did not come from Huanan Seafood Market
- Shuttered Garland hospital to become COVID-19 treatment center for vets; then transition to VA outpatient center
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX24: Democdrat Latina underdog for Texas House seat picks up steam in Dem runoff
- Cruz on the Chad Hasty Show Talks COVID-19 & How the CCP’s Deceptive Actions Worsened the Outbreak AUDIO
- Trump: ‘I don’t like’ states releasing prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak
- Lawmakers pen letter to Mike Pence urging more Covid-19 testing in Harris County
- Pandemic-induced protectionism endangers lives
- ‘Making More of Our Own Stuff’
- President Invokes the Defense Production Act Against 3M for Medical Masks
- Pelosi: We Want to Get More Money for Voting by Mail in Next Bill
- Mass layoffs and payroll tax holiday will squeeze Social Security, already facing crunch in 14 years
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Biden wants to teach Trump some lessons from past crises
- Could Mark Cuban make a 2020 presidential run? ‘It’s definitely doable’
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Defends Deeming Churches ‘Essential’ – the very fact that this must be addressed shows the fundamental sickness of our culture.
- AOC: People Are Dying Unnecessarily Because of Trump – she’s an icon of that sickness (see above)
- Chigao Mayor Taps FAILED Ex-Dallas Chief to Head Chicago Police Force – see how it goes? He was a failure in Dallas but he fits the right political parameters.
- Californians learn that reusable bags are dirtier than plastic – as we have long pointed out time and time again!
- Rule of Law: Left to their own devices, powerful institutions will eventually serve only themselves—including our courts.
- Anti-Trump Bias at Work: See How Fauci’s Comments on Chloroquine Are Reported by The Hill vs Fox News
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- Border / immigration
- Group holding immigrant children settles ex-employee claim
- Border crossers subject to COVID-19 screenings when walking back to US
- Left out of government aid programs, undocumented [illegal alien] workers get help during the coronavirus pandemic from grass-roots groups – more of the same.
- For Migrants Under ‘Remain In Mexico’ Policy, Crowded Conditions Stoke COVID-19 Fears
- Reynosa, Tamaulipas: Authorities Return to the Recurrent Gravesite Used by Criminals
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- Business
- Baker Hughes Oil & Gas Rig Count Summary: Massive falloff in Texas!
- Oil industry on the brink with ‘world standing still’
- Crude sells below $6 per barrel in some parts of Permian Basin – cheaper than bottled water!
- Accident prompts Kinder Morgan to suspend Hill Country pipeline construction
- Dean Foods sells Meadow Gold Hawaii to LA group
- First estimate of the cost of the Wuhan panic shutdown
- SpaceX bans use of Zoom by employees
- H-E-B: Don’t bring entire family to the grocery store
- Target to limit number of customers in stores starting Saturday – I self-limit from that chain run by Leftwing liberals who want transsexuals in the women’s bathrooms.
- Hobby Lobby stores in Dallas forced to close by county after resisting coronavirus executive order VIDEO
- Aguirre: ‘Still plenty of jobs in Lubbock’ VIDEO
- These companies are hiring in Houston and Texas during the coronavirus pandemic
- Astros ask L.A. court to toss ex-pitcher Mike Bolsinger’s lawsuit
- Lack of drivers concerns ag retailers
- Owner of Jim’s Restaurants told employees by mail they were out of work
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Odessa police asking for public’s help after man kidnaps girlfriend
- Odessa: Man charged in fatal collision involving 18-wheeler
- Amarillo PD: Alcohol ‘a factor’ in crash that kills 2, injures baby
- Motorcycle stolen from San Antonio nurse, while working long hours to fight COVID-19
- Abilene police arrest person for failing to register as sex offender
- Lubbock ISD Employee Arrested For Causing Injury to Child
- Attorneys for Dr. Thomas Dixon seek to keep him out on bond
- Texas inmate who carved through brick to escape jail is back in custody
- 3 shot during robbery in southeast Houston
- Police officer shoots suspect in southwest Houston
- Flames engulf historic church in rural Central Texas; lightning suspected
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- Local government
- Local governments should be acting now for coming shortfall
- San Antonio Pauses $82 Million in Activities Amid Coronavirus Pandemic – exactly and this doesn’t reduce spending, it is a cash flow device.
- Austin could tap emergency funds amid coronavirus woes – cut spending now, it’s just going to get worse!
- Austin deploying IBM’s tech to share coronavirus info
- Dallas park board appoints new department director
- Wichita County issues fourth disaster declaration – me too, me too!
- Wichtia Falls council to consider extension of shelter in place to May 5 – ham-fisted “me too!”
- Big Spring mayor lashes out at Texas elections office
- City of Abilene moving forward with elections in May – really?
- Sweetwater ISD names lone finalist for superintendent – Drew Howard formerly at Petersburg ISD
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- Colleges & universities
- UT Permian Basin makes changes to grading policy, extends deadline to drop courses
- Texas Tech Named To 2020 Transfer Honor Roll
- TTU Campus Imagery Suitable For Webcam Backgrounds
- WBU Student’s Artwork Selected for Publication
- Commentary: Private Colleges Deserve Fair Share of Relief Package
- Rethinking the College-Credential Mania
Pratt’s post for 4/3/2020
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