- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- AG Paxton: Fifth Circuit Upholds Governor’s Order Halting Unnecessary Medical Procedures During COVID-19 Disaster, more
- Legislators, Law Enforcement Sound Alarm On Jail Releases in Harris County
- Rep. Lance Gooden Introduces Bill to Allow Lawsuit Against China for Coronavirus
- WIC expands eligible food as fight against COVID-19 continues
- Potential for hacking and other security issues prompt Chairman Geren to warn Texas House members and staff against using Zoom for government business
- Lt. Gov. Patrick Appoints Business Task Force to Re-Start the Economy: Brint Ryan Will Chair
- Analysis: A fast drop for the Texas economy — and for the state budget
- Texas lawmakers call on feds to stop work on Dallas-to-Houston bullet train after coronavirus layoffs – the constant attack on a private company building a railroad in Texas is ridiculous and oddly pushed by many conservatives.
- Governor Abbott Prepares State Resources As Severe Weather Approaches Texa
- Texas Democrats sue to expand mail-in voting during coronavirus pandemic
- Democrats Scam Suit Cites Debunked Study
- Voting-Rights Disputes in Virus Era Spark Court Battles
- Using COVID-19 Crisis, Democrats Seek Radical Changes In How U.S. Votes
- Poll: Contra Trump, 65% of Republicans want mail-in ballots this fall if coronavirus is spreading
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- Coronavirus related
- Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas will increase coronavirus testing
- With Brighter Coronavirus Projections, Should Texas Rethink Response?
- New Model Suggests Texas Has Adequate ICU Beds, Ventilators for Coronavirus Peak
- 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 4/8/2020 (pdf)
- Birx says government is classifying all deaths of patients with coronavirus as ‘COVID-19’ deaths, regardless of cause – so now they are cooking the statistical books and our scientific data will be as polluted as temperatures are for climate science!
- Lost freedoms and media lies
- CDC considers easing safety guidelines in some cases of coronavirus exposure, report – probably will be nixed because what it does is demonstrate how over-hyped the virus was as to it being so much more easily spread than other viruses.
- Texas Prisoners Lock Down, Make Masks to Fight Coronavirus
- Three Texas prison units on complete lockdown related to possible COVID-19 exposure
- Texas Military Department, Prestige Ameritech Partnership To Increase Mask Production
- Governor Abbott Waives Certain Pharmacy Regulations To Increase Workforce Capabilities
- Governor Closes Texas State Parks to ‘Prevent Large Gatherings’
- Abbott goes full stupid by ignoring law of diminishing returns
- More Than 100 Texas Counties Don’t Have A COVID-19 Case – Or Do They?
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- Health officials wasted time on the speculative, didn’t harden the known
- Coronavirus is spreading in Texas nursing homes. But the state won’t share the details.
- City: 51% confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lubbock are associated with nursing homes
- More assisted living center virus outbreak in San Antonio
- One nursing home now accounts for almost half of S.A.’s COVID-19 deaths
- Two more residents die due to novel coronavirus contracted at San Antonio nursing home
- Keeping the Elderly in Nursing Homes Amid Coronavirus Concerns May Bring Other Health Risks
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- Hospitals are likely seeing more COVID-19 patients than currently reported
- Midland/Odessa hospitals having to discuss furloughing employees! – the overreaction is destroying even the medical care industry!
- More Questions Surround Flawed Coronavirus Data in Dallas County
- Dallas County Prepares Overflow Hospital for Coronavirus Patients, Amends Disaster Declaration to Allow Pawn Shops
- Travis County preparing new shelter-in-place order; hospitals only at 50% capacity
- Wichita Falls City Council Extends Shelter in Place Until May 5th
- Nearly 800 tests, only 25 positive cases of coronavirus in Tom Green County – just over 3% of those symptomatic have it and yet civil liberties are violated and a local economy shut down.
- Coronavirus and shopping for supplies: Getting to the bottom of the toilet paper shortage
- Why Do Prices of Essential Goods Increase During Times of Uncertainty?
- 100 American Airlines flight attendants test positive for coronavirus
- Scammers are working overtime during the coronavirus. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself
- Hays County Judge: ‘Report,’ ‘Take Pics’ of Non-Essential Customers – and many support this Soviet-style activity!
- Man handcuffed in front of daughter at Colorado park for allegedly violating social distancing – if he’d fought back and I were on a grand jury I’d no-bill him.
- Austin Police Chief Says Officers Aren’t Issuing Citations For Shelter-In-Place Violations – this isn’t because they are nice, it is because all but the limits on gathering orders are likely so extra-legal that a well place court challenge could open a city and police officers up to big liability.
- Atheists upset that churches, other faith-based organizations can get coronavirus stimulus aid
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX11 Rep. Conaway to host virtual meeting for small businesses
- Sen. Cruz Issues Statement in Observance of Passover
- Democrats want additions to Trump $250B emergency virus aid
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Bernie Sanders Drops Out of Presidential Race, Clearing Path for Biden Nomination
- Sanders drops 2020 bid, leaving Biden as likely nominee
- Bernie Sanders has tough task of leading revolution, convincing supporters to embrace Joe Biden
- Fact Check: Trump Does Not Own Stake in a Hydroxychloroquine
- Nolte: CNN’s Chris Cuomo Caught Selectively Editing Trump Comments
- Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘racist’ claim against Amazon goes unnoticed by mainstream media
- A Truly Bad SCOTUS Decision at Age 50: Goldberg vs. Kelly
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- Border / immigration
- Illegal Aliens Not Screened for Coronavirus Found Locked in Trailer at Texas Checkpoint
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- Business
- Comptroller Distributes $702 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments, Down 0.5% over April 2019
- April Texas sales tax report Top 20 Cities, All cities
- Permian producer says 20% TX output cut might not be enough
- U.S. natural gas output expected to fall by most ever next year
- Texas real estate market headed for slowdown
- Economists fear national housing crisis – things are bad enough, some “economists” are always fearing everything like other people do
- Former Bowie Central Hospital owners file bankruptcy
- Hundreds of Lubbock eviction cases on hold as Texas Supreme Court extends suspension on hearings
- D-FW company will make 2 million masks a week for Texas, Gov. Abbott says
- USAA, Other Auto Insurers Cut Premiums As People Drive Less During Coronavirus Crisis
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Amber Alert issued for abducted Texas 12-year-old girl VIDEO
- Midland: 2 die in a 3-vehicle wreck on I-20
- Man charged with causing girlfriend to fall off back of truck
- Man arrested for alleged Wichita Falls Walmart crime spree in February
- Wichita Falls firefighter respond to a 3-alarm apartment complex structure fire
- Decades of memories, over 35 years lost in a Hawley house fire
- Abilene police arrest teen on airport flight line
- Lubbock police report provides new information on shooting and chase
- Man intentionally hit woman with car, police report says
- One arrested after hitting man with rebar, stealing pizza in Lubbock
- Lubbock PD Arrests Suspect in 10-month-old Murder
- Woman ‘accidentally’ shot, killed by friend in west Harris County, detectives say
- Man’s body found in street after shooting in west Harris County
- ‘Persons of interest’ sought in death of 5-year-old shot while making home videos
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- Local government
- Knox County Hospital District asks TDI to investigate $12 million claim against Aetna
- Dallas County commissioners vote to limit judge Clay Jenkins’ emergency powers
- Travis County preparing new shelter-in-place order
- Midland ISD implements changes to make learning from home easier
- WFISD letter: Students must take part in remote education
- Wichita Falls City Council Extends Shelter in Place Until May 5th
- Taylor County won’t facilitate May elections, City of Abilene to postpone
- Lubbock Mayor Discusses City Budget and More During Covid-19 – more on this B.S. on tomorrow’s commentary
- Nearly 300 municipal employees furloughed in San Antonio amid coronavirus fallout
- Hays County Judge: ‘Report,’ ‘Take Pics’ of Non-Essential Customers – and many support this Soviet-style activity!
- SAWS Board Expands CEO’s Authority in Response to Coronavirus
- City of San Antonio Will Use Hotel to Shelter Vulnerable Homeless Population
- Austin ISD to create ‘temporary learning centers’ for students of essential workers during COVID-19 pandemic – I thought that what schools were. Temporary learning centers.
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- Colleges & universities
- The Good and the Bad for Conservatives in Higher Education
- UTPB Food Pantry still available
- UTPB sets first online event Wednesday
Pratt’s post for 4/8/2020
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