- Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Supplies, April 25-27 – good timing!
- Spending Must Slow or This Crisis Will Certainly Lead to Another
- Will coronavirus lead to higher property tax bills? It can, under new Texas law
- Rep. Krause Asks Abbott for Return to Normalcy Plan, Provides Recommendations
- Texas Governor Says Economy Won’t Reopen All at Once
- Gov. Abbott: America Needs Texas to Get Back to Business VIDEO
- DMN: Here’s how Gov. Abbott can safely reopen the Texas economy
- 230,000 Texas families filed for SNAP food assistance in March, twice as many as same month last year
- 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Allows Medication Abortions in Texas During Pandemic
- Appeals court gives partial victory to Texas abortion providers
- Abbott: Appeals court agreed with ‘decision I had made’ on abortion ban
- AG Paxton Intervenes in Lawsuit Attempting to Release Thousands of Violent Inmates from the Dallas County Jail
- AG Paxton and FTC Warn Resurgence Medical Spa LLC Against Promoting False Cures for COVID- 19
- Officials, Special Interests Take Sides as Railroad Commission to Consider Artificially Limiting Oil Production, Midlanders weigh in on prorationing debate ahead of hearing
- Group That Wrote Austin ISD Sex Ed Curriculum Planned to Hire Abortionists for $1500/Day Workshops with Educators
- Many Texas prisoners have been approved for parole but can’t walk free yet. Advocates say coronavirus should change that.
- Appointing judges does not take perception of politics out of courts
- County Judge Sues State to Preserve Ability Not to Officiate Same-Sex Ceremonies
- With census data possibly delayed until next July, those who will lead Texas redistricting face substantial questions
- Texas Conservative Review: How low can the Houston Chronicle go? Harris Co. Follies
- Why the Democratic Party Is Suing Bexar County’s Elections Chief
- Expanding Texans’ Access To Mail-In Ballots Would Be Costly
- TX13: Dr. Ronny Jackson Says It’s Time For Some To Head Back To Work
- Amid primary, pandemic, Democrat MJ Hegar raises $1.6 million for U.S. Senate campaign
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- Coronavirus related
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- 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 4/14/2020 (pdf) – 287 deaths. Sad but 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, over 10,000 for the year.
- Between 250,000 and 440,000 Americans die annually from medical errors – more context.
- CDC chief expects second coronavirus wave, says wide scale antibody tests on the way
- Constructive Criticism of Covid Restrictions Leads to Less Harm
- Victor Davis Hanson: The thin facade of authority
- COVID-19-Induced Health Care Rationing a Preview of Medicare for All
- Surgeon General: We’re Working with Coronavirus Data Now, Not Models
- Dr. Anthony Fauci Repeatedly Downplayed Coronavirus Threat
- Rep. Toth Sounds Alarm on COVID-19 Lockdown’s Harm to Psychologically Fragile, The Trade-off Between the Medically and Psychologically Fragile
- Criminal complaint filed against Williamson Co. judge for violating stay home order
- Austin: Facial coverings required in new stay-at-home orders
- Austin’s facial covering mandate could last well past May 8, health authority says
- FEMA commitment may result in state releasing millions in aid to San Antonio Food Bank
- Herman: Been there. Done that. Looking back at my days with coronavirus.
- Pflugerville resident who lost job due to COVID-19 charged late fees on rent
- Abilene resident’s brain surgery postponed, one of many cases falling under ‘elective surgery’ category – this order is bad and needs changing now
- Child abuse cases rising in Big Country during coronavirus pandemic
- Many of Lubbock’s COVID-19 cases tied to nursing homes
- CHRISTUS Health now offering rapid COVID-19 antibodies test at Houston locations
- Did Fort Worth’s City Council Defy Abbott by Banning In-Person Worship?
- Gage Hotel Owner Fights for Constitutional Rights in Court Challenge
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Ted Cruz: Social-distancing restrictions are fine — petty authoritarianism is not
- Trump Declares ‘Mutiny’ as Power Struggle Builds over Reopening Country
- Cuomo Backs Down: ‘The President Will Have No Fight with Me’
- Susan Combs leaves Interior Department post
- FBI intel analyst dismissed for possessing child pornography, but not prosecuted
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Barack Obama Formally Endorses Joe Biden for President VIDEO
- Gillibrand says illegal immigrants should receive COVID-19 stimulus payments, unemployment benefits
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- Border / immigration
- Detained Immigrants Plead for Masks, Protection From Virus – on humanitarian grounds we will help but I am disgusted by this attitude of entitlement especially from those who have entered our country illegally.
- Mexican Cartel Gunmen Distribute Food Baskets amid Coronavirus, Easter – this systematic labeling and campaign shows Mexico to be near a failed state.
- Juarez reports high coronavirus death rate
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- Business
- San Antonio barbershops sue State Farm after coronavirus insurance claims denied
- Airlines Wait as Treasury Applies Strings to Payroll Aid
- Southwest CEO says airline hopes to avoid furloughs, dropping cities
- Battered by low demand for gas, Valero expects a huge 1st-quarter loss
- ExxonMobil utilizes new tech in effort to reduce methane emissions
- Round Rock Express Avoids Layoffs, Maintains Community Engagement Waiting for Baseball to Return
- Despite COVID-19-related plant closures, beef is safe as ever
- Texas and Oklahoma crop progress and condition
- Amazon booms: New customer waiting list, building own testing lab
- Austin False Claims Act Practitioner is Aiding Planned Parenthood in Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Wichita Falls Woman Allegedly Stabs Man Over Missing Marijuana
- Lubbock PD requests public’s help in identifying road rage shooting subject
- Man starts fire in home to get police attention after claiming his food stamps were stolen, police report says
- Shooting leaves man dead in Houston’s Second Ward, police say
- 4 killed, teen shot in overnight gun violence throughout Houston
- 2 shot at Houston apartment where man was killed 12 hours earlier
- Anti-Wimp: 65-year-old uses handgun to stop violent assault on 73-year-old
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- Local government
- Will coronavirus lead to higher property tax bills? It can, under new Texas law
- AG Paxton Intervenes in Lawsuit Attempting to Release Thousands of Violent Inmates from the Dallas County Jail
- Criminal complaint filed against Williamson Co. judge for violating stay home order
- Austin ISD buses, converted into WiFi hotspots, roll out – as I posted before: Why does a “broke” ISD have a bunch of WiFi equipped buses?!
- Group That Wrote Austin ISD Sex Ed Curriculum Planned to Hire Abortionists for $1500/Day Workshops with Educators
- 261K Unemployed Austinites Need City Hall to Finally Change
- Most Travis home values won’t change this year, appraisal district says
- Bexar County Judge Wolff rethinks goals for his final term as county braces for COVID-19 financial hit
- Why the Democratic Party Is Suing Bexar County’s Elections Chief
- WFISD switches to “progress/no progress” grading system
- Midland ISD launches student progress monitoring system
- County jails taking extra precautions with the threat of COVID-19 looming
- Eastland: During Coronavirus Residents Should Continue to Observe City Ordinances
- Paint Rock ISD becomes one of first districts near Big Country to announce closure for rest of school year
- Taylor County extends closure of courthouses, county offices through April 30
- City of Abilene braces for $3-5 million revenue loss
- Listener: City of Abilene fights hard to keep actions secret
- Abilene ISD, another “broke” ISD has buses with WiFi
- Wylie, Jim Ned school trustees postpone May elections
- South Plains airports to receive financial aid from the CARES Act Airport Grant Program
- Round Rock to Trim Budget At Least 2%, Delay Capital Projects
- Collin County Readies for Economic Recovery
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- Colleges & universities
- Abilene universities, college receive $8 million in federal grants to lessen blow of COVID-19
- MSU Texas to receive $4.4 million grant from CARES Act
- UTPB College of Nursing helps Ector County health professionals fight against COVID-19
- James Stafford named head men’s basketball coach for the nationally-ranked Ranger College
- Lubbock area colleges and universities to receive $37M for coronavirus response, Sen. Cornyn says
- TTU Physics Undergrad Helps Identify a Curious Defect in Silicon
Pratt’s post for 4/14/2020
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