- Texas Supreme Court Says Virus Fear Doesn’t Qualify for Mail Voting
- Property value freeze gimmick designed to mislead you
- Local Democrats Are Raising Taxes, but Abbott Is Responsible
- Rising property values — and taxes — during an economic slump
- Asked to Trim Spending by 5 Percent, Ag Commissioner Sid Miller Pledges Double, more
- As coronavirus results in less traffic, transportation funding in Texas and beyond takes a hit
- Homosexual LGBT Texans would get nondiscrimination protection under proposed bipartisan Texas House legislation, more
- Texas Lawmakers Call for Moving the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Away from China
- Texas Joins Amicus Brief Defending Lawful Search and Seizure
- Secretary Of State’s Office Releases Guidance On Recommended Health Protocols For Texas Election Officials And Voters
- Bring your own sanitizer, pen: State sets safety standards for in-person voting
- UIL changes requirements for physicals in response to pandemic
- ACLU drops lawsuit against 7 East Texas pro-life cities
- Abbott Requests U.S. Small Business Administration Declare Polk County A Disaster Area, Provide Disaster Loans
- Tarrant County Commissioner Suggests Use of Election Grant for Mail-In Ballots
- Warren, Harris, Castro to speak at Texas Democratic [virtual] Convention – bring on the list of losers.
- Texas Democrats see virtues in virtual state convention – First, it’s a party that rejects “virtue,” and two, it’s almost a virtual party in Texas.
- Log Cabin Republicans of Texas announce new officers
- Could Republican National Convention Come to Texas?
- TX10: A Balance Between Campaigning And Coronavirus
- National GOP group unveils plan to take back at least 6 Texas House seats won by Democrats last cycle
- Far Left “think tank” drops Soviet-style CPPP label for “Every Texan” – yep, they want to have a gov’t that controls every Texan.
- Progressive groups hope Asian American voters will help flip Texas – more race and ethnicity focus by the Left; there are no individuals just groups.
- Young Conservatives of Texas Welcomes New State Board
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- Coronavirus related
- Not admitting mistakes is subverting freedom
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- Lawmakers Respond to Governor Abbott’s Latest Reopening Plans
- Map of Texas COVID-19 Test Collection Sites
- CDC confirms COVID-19 tiny death rate, comparable to flu, more
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 5/27/2020 (pdf) – 1536 deaths in Q1 plus almost 2/3rds 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.
- 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.
- Gov. Greg Abbott’s press conference on coronavirus in Amarillo VIDEO
- State surge response team target meat plants in Amarillo, panhandle region
- Bonnen says masks are key to reopening economy – continuing to prove he’s an idiot. The health dangers of wearing a mask improperly
- Texas’ New Coronavirus Criteria Could Artificially Spike Collin County Cases
- AP-NORC Poll: Half of Americans Would Get a COVID-19 Vaccine
- All City of Rising Star staff members ordered into quarantine, police services limited
- Lubbock bars see success with reopening
- ‘Let Our Children Go’: A Pediatrician’s View of the COVID-19 Outbreak
- Kansas governor vetoes bill limiting her emergency powers
- Some Texas hospitals continued to sue patients for unpaid medical bills during the coronavirus pandemic
- Testing sites lacking in black and Hispanic neighborhoods, NPR finds
- Vince Young Steakhouse calls out Adler on Twitter; Austin mayor responds
- UTSA professor’s ‘rabbit fever’ vaccine to be tested against coronavirus
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- DOJ Lawyer Named New US Attorney in Texas After Resignation
- Democrats urge Trump to cancel ‘Salute to America’ on July 4 – they’ve been against it since way before the virus.
- House to begin proxy voting; GOP sues to block historic change
- Sen. Cruz: China Undeniably Violated Hong Kong’s Autonomy
- As China Builds Nuclear Arsenal, Sens. Cruz, Cotton, Cornyn Urge President Trump to Continue Unwinding U.S. From Nuclear Arms Control Treaties That Exclude China
- Sen. Cruz Applauds Trump Administration for Ending Civil Nuclear Waivers
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Trump’s 2016 campaign brass warns he’s in trouble in 2020
- Twitter jumps into the 2020 presidential election by flagging Trump tweet
- Joe Biden: Donald Trump ‘absolute fool’ for not wearing face mask
- Isn’t she the best? Kayleigh McEnany fires back at Chris Wallace, leftist reporters
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- Border / immigration
- 23 Migrants Rescued from Box Trucks at Texas Immigration Checkpoints
- Ex employee of ICE facility in Anson says company didn’t do enough to stop COVID-19 spread
- El Paso Ramps Up Cross-Border COVID-19 Contact Tracing
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- Business
- Texas Service Sector Activity Declines But at Slower Pace; Texas Retail Sales Decline Eases Notably
- Tuesday Morning Becomes 5th Big Retailer to File Chapter 11
- Oil rallies with producers showing confidence by hiking prices
- Oil slips from 11-week high with Russia set on easing cuts
- San Antonio Airport Passenger Counts Go From Sky High to Record Lows
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- FBI: Only 1 Attacker in Texas Naval Base Shooting
- Texas Man, Ex-Nebraska Outfitter Sentenced in Hunting Sting
- Game wardens recover reported drowning victim at Lake Colorado City
- Abilene man arrested for child sex crime
- FedEx truck crashes into tanker truck on Hwy 277
- Teenage boy arrested for aggravated kidnapping, indecency with a child in San Angelo
- Multiple shots fired at Lake Fort Phantom, 2 taken into custody
- Escaped inmate captured by Tulia PD
- Lubbock Man Indicted for Sexual Abuse of a Child
- Slaton man indicted on 2 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 6-years-old
- Teen arrested after chase with Lubbock County Sheriff’s Deputies ends in crash
- Lubbock Police searching for suspect who stole ATM from gas station
- Lubbock bum indicted, accused of hitting man with metal bar and stealing his pizza
- Lubbock: Five indicted in two separate street racing crashes
- Tank battery fire SE of Midland sends smoke soaring
- Man charged with pointing handgun at common-law wife
- Man charged with sexually assaulting 15-year-old he met on Grindr
- Man charged with pointing BB gun at occupied vehicles
- Drunk Driver Arrested After Hitting and Killing Woman on Sidewalk in Austin
- San Antonio Ranks 5th in Installed Solar Capacity Among Major US Cities
- For Houston Fire Department, Enforcing Pandemic Rules Is More About Carrots Than Sticks
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- Local government
- ACLU drops lawsuit against 7 East Texas pro-life cities
- Property value freeze gimmick designed to mislead you
- Local Democrats Are Raising Taxes, but Abbott Is Responsible
- Dallas weighing 8% property tax hike as city faces revenue shortages
- Amid Economic Crisis, Austin Taxpayers Forced to Buy $8.75M Homeless Hotel
- Abilene City Council to consider contracting with organization to manage its animal shelter
- Higher Property Tax Bills for Denton Taxpayers: School Districts
- Vernon appoints first female mayor
- All City of Rising Star staff members ordered into quarantine, police services limited
- Theft and burglary cases caught on video, Golf USA in Lubbock hit multiple times by criminals
- Brownfield Police search for woman not seen since February 9
- Midland County judge releases court priorities – don’t see much on efficiency and spending less per capita.
- Midland County Commissioners to purchase disinfectant machines
- Ector County tax money falling
- City of Andrews says water well tested positive for E. coli bacteria
- Edgewood ISD Back in Hands of Elected Board for First Time in 4 Years
- Tarrant County to Dole Out $30 Million in Small Business Relief
- Tarrant County Commissioner Suggests Use of Election Grant for Mail-In Ballots
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- Colleges & universities
- TTU School Of Veterinary Medicine Receives $1.4 Million CPRIT Recruitment Grant
- UTPB to offer Three New Computer Science Tracks
- Sul Ross coach receives 2019-2020 Academic Excellence in Coaching Award
Pratt’s post for 5/27/2020
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