- Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, Speaker Bonnen Direct State Agencies To Reduce Budgets By Five Percent
- Texas state agencies directed to slash budgets by 5%, more
- In spite of it all, a Texas government that’s running full-steam ahead
- Lawmakers question $295M emergency deal to expand Texas contact tracing network – agreed, it simply is not needed
- Contact Tracing Coming to Texas?
- Gov. Abbott’s base comes with gloves and masks off
- AG Paxton Issues Statement on District Court Order Unlawfully Permitting Voting by Mail
- Federal appeals court puts coronavirus mail voting expansion on hold again
- All Texas voters eligible to vote by mail amid coronavirus, federal judge rules
- Federal judge says all Texans can vote by mail during coronavirus – utter insanity! Get his quote: ““The Court finds such fear and anxiety is inextricably intertwined with voters’ physical health.”
- Coronavirus throws Texas Supreme Court justices into the spotlight — and into Democrats’ crosshairs
- Texans still able to refuse work and receive unemployment benefits if they lack child care
- AG Paxton Joins Amicus Defending Separation of Powers and Urging Court to Dismiss Case Against Lt. General Michael Flynn
- Hurricane season hits early; emergency officials worry about American’s ‘disaster fatigue’
- Gov. Abbott waives late fees for TABC license and permit renewals
- Governor Abbott Appoints Greenberg And Names Chair Of Correctional Managed Health Care Committee
- UIL targets June 8 for return for extracurricular activities in Texas
- Teachers’ union, TSTA, says June 1 too soon for in-person classes – of course the union says this. They are all getting paid – at our expense.
- Year-Round Schedule Coming to Texas Schools?
- Texas school districts raise hands for shares of $1.29 billion federal infusion
- School Districts Adjust Plans After Governor OKs In-Person Summer School
- Rep. Biedermann: Texas Public Education and the Challenges Ahead
- Roe v. Wade was filed 50 years ago, but Texas still won’t release the full legal files
- As Democrats Exploit Virus to Expand Vote-by-Mail, Texas Fights Back
- DA: Bexar Voters Can Apply for Mail-In Ballot to Avoid Coronavirus
- Paxton appeals order allowing Texans to vote by mail during coronavirus pandemic
- Lobbyist reporting reform needed in Texas
- Texas GOP proceeding with huge convention in Houston in July – way to lead! Way to trigger those hiding under their beds while getting their gov’t checks.
- SD14 hopefull Sarah Eckhardt says Abbott’s actions to reopen Texas are divisive, scary and confusing
- HD47: Young Conservatives of Texas Endorse Jennifer Fleck
- HD47: Very different candidates face off in Central Texas GOP runoff for a shot at regaining a newly Democratic House seat
- TX13: Democratic candidate re-enters congressional race
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- Coronavirus related
- Not admitting mistakes is subverting freedom
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- Map of Texas COVID-19 Test Collection Sites
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 5/20/2020 (pdf) – 1369 deaths in Q1 plus half of Q2. Official Texas 2018/19 flu season P&I deaths were 9249 by end of July last year, over 10,000 for the year.
- Sweden has pioneered an alternative to lockdown — and it works
- Health officials wasted time on the speculative, didn’t harden the known
- This is not a natural disaster, but a manmade one – beware the contextual numbers, those numbers will trigger those cowering under their beds.
- 1 case of COVID-19, 1 COVID-19 related death removed from Abilene-Taylor County’s totals
- Tiny Texas towns feel impact of global pandemic
- City of Lubbock lobbying state to let amusement park open
- Travelers return to San Antonio International Airport — a few of them, anyway
- Large events in Austin not likely through end of 2020, officials say – local tyrants ignoring the “science” as we learn more.
- Coronavirus hitting Austin Latinos harder than most, data show
- Editorial: Small Social Gatherings Shouldn’t Be Prohibited in Texas – we all have a right to assemble and of free association. The wording is not misleading, it is not “shall” which is a command thus it is all merely suggestion.
- Gov. Abbott is rightly reopening Texas. But Texans must do our part – speak for yourself and do your part. I’ll define my own part, that is freedom.
- Dallas County will send $72 million to cities after clashing with the state over federal coronavirus relief aid
- Judge Clay Jenkins Repeatedly Rebuked by Dallas County Commissioners
- Dallas County Calls on Governor to Apologize to Judge Over Salon Owner Controversy
- Lawmakers question $295M emergency deal to expand Texas contact tracing network – agreed, it simply is not needed
- Contact Tracing Coming to Texas?
- Dallas Pulls Off One Of The Nation’s First In-Person Graduations, Despite COVID-19 – oh no! We’re all going to die!!!
- Abbott can’t pick and choose his favorite COVID-19 data
- Wisconsin governor says Covid-19 statewide ‘rule-making process’ not worth our time; blames GOP
- Oregon Hair Salon Fined $14K, Plans To Stay Open Despite Further Threats From State
- Back to work? Some blue state coronavirus lockdown orders could last a year!
- Justice Dept.: California pandemic plan discriminates against churches
- Are Airplanes A Low-Risk Environment For Coronavirus Transmission?
- A Million Texans Will Lose Health Insurance Due To The COVID-19 Recession, Study Finds – and yet the same who whine about such support stringent lock down!
- She walked out of jail into a pandemic. Now she can’t find the help she needs to get back on her feet. – guess you libs should have thought about that, and a million other circumstances, while you begged for harsher restrictions on freedom.
- Eight Fort Worth Businesses Cited for Violating Local Closure Order
- Will Government Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations?
- All 50 states have eased coronavirus restriction, with Connecticut’s partial reopening
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Leading Texas election law attorney, Trey Trainor confirmed to Federal Election Commission – so proud of our friend Trey. This should not have taken over 2 years.
- After Nearly 3 Years, Texas Election Expert Trey Trainor Confirmed to FEC
- Republicans put brakes on new coronavirus aid bill in U.S. Congress
- Trump withdraws ATF nominee amid 2nd Amendment concerns
- Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Let States Approve and Distribute Diagnostic Tests During Public Health Emergency
- Texas Lawmakers Respond to Chinese Coronavirus Mishandling, Gooden, Crenshaw Request Sanctioning of Chinese Officials
- Senate Republicans issue first subpoena of investigation into Obama administration activity
- Mnuchin says those who won’t accept job offers will lose their unemployment benefits
- Trump threatens to withhold federal funds to Michigan, Nevada for expanding vote by mail
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Donald Trump Blasts ‘Some Wacko in China’ for Coronavirus Statement
- Analysis: 9% of Trump 2016 voters plan to vote for Biden, twice the number of Clinton 2016 voters who plan to vote for Trump
- Joe Biden falsely accuses President Trump of nixing White House portrait unveiling for Obama
- A party divided: just 55% of Democrats say Biden is strongest candidate to run against Trump
- Biden Falsely Accuses Trump of Ignoring Anti-Semitism
- Biden Pledges Not to Fire Inspectors General, Gets Tripped up When Reminded It Happened Under Obama-Biden
- Biden Claims Trump Should Enact a Program He’s Already Enacted
- Joe Biden vowed to pick a woman VP. Some Democrats say she must be a woman of color – disgusting racism by Dems
- Liberal mag gushes over wannabe VP candidate
- Whitmer: I had a ‘conversation’ with Biden campaign about vice presidency
- Joe Biden’s fowl new enemy
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- Border / immigration
- Largest Yet: $1.3 Billion Contract for Border Wall Awarded
- 6 Illegal Aliens Apprehended in Texas at Border, Smuggler Escaped
- Three Men from Yemen Apprehended After Illegal Border Crossing in Arizona
- US Extends Travel Ban on Canada and Mexico Border Crossings
- Border economy takes another hit with Wolf decision
- Garza: US/Mexico: Reeling, but moving to reopen
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- Business
- American Airlines just removed one of its most beloved award tools
- United Supermarkets acquires rights to beloved August Pies
- Astronauts Arriving for NASA’s 1st Home Launch in Decade (by SpaceX)
- Permian leads declines among US shale basins
- San Antonio’s Clear Channel, iHeartMedia adopt ‘poison pill’ to thwart hostile takeover
- Some USAA Workers to Return to San Antonio Campus in Mid-June
- Local Newspapers Are Dying, for a Good Reason
- SCOTX: “Anti-Washout” Clauses Can Violate Texas Constitution
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Houston police union voices outrage after recently released career criminal fatally stabs grandma, 80, in broad daylight – this is the “bond reform” being pushed in all Texas cities by the Left.
- Dallas judges should be clamoring to keep criminals off the streets. So why aren’t they? – they are not because they are Leftist Democrats you morons. See the story above.
- Lubbock murder defendant claims bond is oppressive and illegal, requests court hearing – more of this “excessive bond” stuff
- Dallas mother fatally shoots 8-year-old daughter before taking own life
- Two injured after oil storage tank explodes in Galveston, officials say
- Man charged with huffing sealant, yelling at people outside shopping center
- Man, woman charged with assaulting security guard, stealing groceries
- Teens charged in Big Spring armed robbery case
- Midland PD searching for 36-year-old woman
- Midland man hires civil rights attorney, holds press conference after arrest video goes viral
- Man arrested for allegedly raping roommate in Wichita Falls
- Bowie traffic stop leads to discovering of six pounds of marijuana
- Abilene scorched by 107-degree reading Tuesday
- U.S. Marshals, DPS arrest Levelland man Tuesday
- Lubbock Police Arrest Two Men After Car Chase
- Austin: Man Struck By Car and Killed Trying to Cross I-35 at 2:30 AM
- Houston: Stranded driver hit, killed crossing Southwest Freeway
- 1 killed, 2 injured in shooting at northeast Houston home
- Houston ISD cop injured in rear-end crash near downtown
- Suspect killed resident before stealing TV in west Houston shooting, witnesses say
- Woman says fatal shooting of boyfriend was self-defense at home near Jersey Village
- Former Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst suffers fractured ribs after girlfriend kicks him in the chest, report says
- Frisco City Council elects new mayor pro tem and deputy mayor pro tem
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- Local government
- Salary bump, longer terms among Wichita Falls city charter committee recommendations – incredible!
- Wichita Falls claims virus hit to budget over $5 million
- Wichita Falls municipal court offers temporary warrant amnesty
- Wichita Falls charter review committee proposes salary increases, different term lengths at city council meeting
- Meadow ISD to begin four day school weeks next school year
- Lynn Co. Hospital District receives $128k federal grant to expand telehealth
- Bastrop County flagged for 2018 election violations by Leftist group – most of these things are not serious in any way.
- Austin public safety panel members balk at police budget requests
- Austin ISD Asks for Feedback on New Superintendent Search
- Dallas County will send $72 million to cities after clashing with the state over federal coronavirus relief aid
- Judge Clay Jenkins Repeatedly Rebuked by Dallas County Commissioners
- Will Dallas County Raise Property Taxes Again? – most likely
- Brackenridge Park Conservancy, Zoo Tussle Over Garage Signage
- Harris County appoints new Clerk
- Houston ISD to launch curbside summer meals program June 1
- Houston police chief partially blames PR bonds for rise in murders & officer-involved shootings
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- Colleges & universities
- Under budget strain, UT eyes layoffs amid coronavirus pandemic
- Budget Cuts at UT-Austin Will Likely Bring Furloughs and Layoffs, Campus Leaders Say
- UT students to return for the fall semester, but leave after Thanksgiving – yeah, working a full semester is just too hard! Legislature should cut their funding to compensate.
- Hardin-Simmons University Mabee Complex To Add Video Board
- TTU Researchers Collaboratively Test Mask Effectiveness To Fight Spread Of COVID-19
- Infectious disease expert joins faculty of School of Veterinary Medicine, TTU
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- Military
- Visitors once again allowed on Dyess Air Force Base
Pratt’s post for 5/20/2020
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