- 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Lifts Part of Order Blocking Texas Abortion Ban
- AG Paxton Asks Fifth Circuit to Once Again Uphold Governor’s Order Halting Unnecessary Medical Procedures After District Court Enters Second Injunction in One Week Granting Special Treatment to Abortion Providers
- During a coronavirus emergency in her own state, N.Y. AG is sticking her nose in Texas’ abortion rules
- Texas abortion providers ask Supreme Court for temporary relief
- In crisis Texas Democrats focus on aborting babies and releasing jail inmates
- Judge halts Gov. Abbott, saying he can’t stop judges from releasing certain inmates during pandemic, more – already stayed by the Texas Supreme Court
- Governor Abbott, Goldman Sachs, LiftFund Announce $50 Million in Loans For Texas Small Businesses
- Coronavirus in Texas: Abbott ready to work toward economic revitalization
- Texas Business Restrictions Could Start to Be Lifted in ‘A Few Weeks or So’
- Texas Governor Says Economy Won’t Reopen All at Once
- Abbott’s Inaction Puts Democrats in Charge of Texas
- Texas regulators weigh production cuts to boost oil prices
- Texas prisons won’t accept new county jail inmates as coronavirus spreads in lockups
- County Judge Sues State to Preserve Ability Not to Officiate Same-Sex Ceremonies
- Governor Abbott Reappoints Hill And Lovell To Board Of Pilot Commissioners For Galveston County Ports
- Abbott Appoints Three To Angelina And Neches River Authority Board Of Directors
- Abbott Appoints Fourteen To Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Advisory Council
- Abbott Appoints Dillard To Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists
- Abbott Appoints 12 To Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities
- Gun Safety Groups Face Uphill Battle In Face Of COVID-19 – these are not “safety” groups, they are anti-2nd Amendment gun banners.
- Hilarity ensues when liberals go gun shopping, more
- Texas lawmakers should expand mail-in voting, but not without safeguards against fraud – no and it’s not possible
- Analysis: Is voting in person during a pandemic the best we can do? – the push to hand the Left a big electoral advantage due to “crisis” is underway
- Michelle Obama group backs expanding voting options for 2020
- Trump Administration seeks to delay delivery of redistricting data to states until July of 2021
- Texas redistricting could be affected by coronavirus-related delays of census
- TX7: GOP PAC Plans $3.1 Million Texas Ad Buy for Wesley Hunt Congressional Campaign
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- Coronavirus related
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- Governor Abbott Extends Disaster Declaration For COVID-19
- Abbott: Coronavirus numbers show glimmer of hope, but with red flags VIDEO
- Texas Remains Second in the Nation in Coronavirus Recoveries, Abbott Announces
- For the purposes of Texas Executive Order GA-14 the following are considered “Essential Services”
- AG Paxton’s Guidance Letter About Golf Courses Regarding GA-14
- Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report, P&I mortality surveillance
- 2019-2020 Texas Influenza Surveillance Activity Report
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 4/13/2020 (pdf)
- Texas Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 270 – that’s fewer, over several months, than expected deaths annually at this time for influenza in one month. CONTEXT: Official Texas 2018/19 flu season deaths were 9249 by end of July last year!
- Protect Yourself and Others from COVID-19 When Visiting Parks and Recreational Facilities
- To understand COVID we need evidence, skepticism — and vigorous debate
- ‘Bandito’ McConaughey shows how to make coronavirus bandana mask VIDEO
- Coronavirus Outbreak Inspires Texas Artist
- Field Hospital Built in Houston Ahead of COVID-19 Surge
- Austin traffic cut nearly in half amid coronavirus pandemic
- Lubbock deaths connected to nursing homes continue to rise – SEE: Health officials wasted time on the speculative, didn’t harden the known
- Lubbock’s nursing homes are still hardest hit by COVID-19
- More than 2,200 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes
- Coronavirus Coverup: How Chinese Censorship Led to a Global Pandemic VIDEO
- Wichita Falls police write 5 new citations for failure to shelter in place, including at a church – interesting how the paper gives no info on that church issue!
- Abilene sports bar found in violation of limited shelter in place
- Texas Business Restrictions Could Start to Be Lifted in ‘A Few Weeks or So’
- Willacy County penalizing residents with $1,000 fine if caught without face mask – tyrants
- Coronavirus Crisis Highlights Socialism in Government
- Following panic over ventilators maybe they weren’t the best treatment after all
- China restricts research on the origin of the coronavirus
- Fauci breaks ‘social distancing,’ grabs military officer who may have been exposed to coronavirus VIDEO
- More Fauci Remarks in March Blow Away Suggestion He Was Recommending Shutting Things Down in February
- CNN pushes op-ed claiming Trump ‘ignored urgent warning COVID signs,’ trips SPECTACULARLY over their own COVID past
- Ted Cruz has got some questions — and some news — for CNN hall monitor Brian Stelter after Stelter tries to bust him for sharing fake news
- A Laredo ER spent $500,000 on coronavirus tests. Health officials say they’re unreliable. – it’s what knee-jerk action often gets, sadly.
- Dallas County delayed a vote on the pop-up hospital because we might not need it after all
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- GOP lawmakers: Fauci may be doing more harm than good – no “may” to it.
- Trump likely to announce new curbs on funding for World Health Organization this week
- Airlines and Trump Administration Haggle Over Payroll Grants
- Sen. Cruz: Though These Are Dark and Challenging Times as We Battle the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Light of the Gospel Shines Through
- IRS deposits first wave of stimulus checks to Americans
- U.S. Supreme Court to hold May arguments by teleconference
- Trump says he’ll decide on easing virus guidelines, not governors – B.S.
- Business and National Leaders Ask Trump to Reopen Economy
- The 13 revelations showing the FBI never really had a Russia collusion case to begin with
- Democrat Senators Call for Bailout of the Journalism Industry – what “journalism” industry? They mean bailout for Democratic Party press outlets.
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Sexual assault allegation by former Biden Senate aide emerges in campaign, draws denial
- 2020 election: Joe Biden’s tax plans
- Sanders endorses former rival Biden for president
- Biden Campaign Insider Says Amy Klobuchar ‘Could Be #1’ on Short List for VP Slot; Provides Odds for Others
- Virginia Governor Signs Universal Background Checks, Gun Rationing Bill
- The pandemic strengthens the case for universal basic income – never stop pushing the Socialist agenda.
- At least politically, there was no good response to the pandemic
- Surgeon General is under fire for telling African Americans not to smoke, drink or take drugs – but it’s OK to tell me the same?
- We Have the Technology to Address Climate Change & Still Use Fossil Fuels
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- Border / immigration
- Border Patrol Agents Concerned over Lack of Information About Coronavirus-Infected Employees
- Most Americans don’t support stimulus cash but do want coronavirus healthcare for illegal immigrants – sickening
- Mexican Government Confirms Journalist from Acapulco was Beheaded
- “Restricted” Travel to Mexico—Thousands Cross Border for Tacos, Haircuts, Groceries, Family Visits
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- Business
- Struggling small-business owners hope fed money helps
- Governor Abbott, Goldman Sachs, LiftFund Announce $50 Million in Loans For Texas Small Businesses
- Economists Expect U.S. Unemployment to Hit a Post-Depression Record
- Cattle prices slump amid outbreak- induced economic fears
- As auto insurers give refunds, here’s how to get a break too
- Houston Billionaire Tilman Fertitta laid off 45,000 employees quickly as a ‘favor’
- Xcel Energy gets approval for $39.4 million fuel refund in Texas
- Pioneer Natural Resources CEO: The U.S. must do more to restrain oil supply
- Coronavirus Drives Telemedicine Use Among SA Doctors and Patients – I’ve been using such for years.
- Even In a Pandemic, Renewable Energy Projects Move Forward
- Meat production threatened with disruption; Spring breeding seasons need to stay on time
- Ag economist: ‘There’s just no confidence in where people believe this is going’
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Lobo Fire: Grass fires burn in Jackson County
- City: Midland PD officer charged with public intoxication
- Single-vehicle wreck on US 77 kills Hallettsville man
- Fire destroys Victoria home, damages second residence
- Deadly home break in reported in Gillespie County
- Border Patrol Agent Stops Assault Incident in Eagle Pass Restaurant Drive-Thru, Say Feds
- Man charged with shoving cake in wife’s face, pushing her
- Woman charged with pointing shotgun at man
- Big Spring man killed in rollover
- Abilene man arrested for child sex crime
- Eden man facing multiple charges after intentionally crashing into San Angelo PD vehicle
- Lubbock Wendy’s Employee Shot & Killed During Altercation, more
- Video shows break-in and burglary in Central Lubbock VIDEO
- Officials respond to dead body found in the water at Lubbock’s Mackenzie Park
- Lubbock man takes deal for death of baby boy in 2015
- Police continue to investigate East Lubbock shooting that left two injured Saturday
- Two children struck by drivers in unrelated crashes in Harris County
- Rescuers search for missing boater in Lake Houston
- Man’s body found in Halls Bayou
- Son questioned in father’s death in Houston’s South Union
- Houston man, Mohammed Rasheed, accused of killing mother as she cooked, police say
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- Local government
- Victoria Co. commissioners to talk forensic audit bids, Virtus updates
- Austin launches coronavirus info hotline for area restaurants
- Is Austin Ignoring Economic Warning Signs?
- Austin: Facial coverings required in new stay-at-home orders
- Closed for coronavirus and teaching remotely, San Antonio schools hunt for missing students
- Ector Co. sheriff sees influx of jailer applicants during downturn
- Montague Co. sheriff slows arrests to protect county jail; deputies to fill cases with enhancements
- Superintendent: Wichita Falls needs to offer wifi for all
- Abilene extends COVID-19 disaster declaration, shelter in place order
- City of Abilene fights hard to keep actions secret
- Lubbock Co. Commissioners Court unanimously approves paying county employees under FMLA act directly affected by COVID-19
- Willacy County penalizing residents with $1,000 fine if caught without face mask – tyrants
- Six months after the tornado, Dallas is still having to fight for federal disaster money
- Dallas County delayed a vote on the pop-up hospital because we might not need it after all
- County Judge Sues State to Preserve Ability Not to Officiate Same-Sex Ceremonies
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- Colleges & universities
- Angelo State University president reportedly steps down
- UTPB students help on front lines, behind the scenes
- Sul Ross BRI, Respect Big Bend partnership recognized by Laura Bush’s Texan by Nature
- MSU Texas student selected to participate in radiologic leadership program
- ACU: Bailey’s expertise in geothermal design primed him for role as NEXT Lab senior mechanical engineer
- UT student leaders: Campus diversity as a delicious lasagna – weird
- A Student Looks at the Switch to Online Courses – “So far with online classes, the workload seems more like busywork.”
Pratt’s post for 4/13/2020
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