- Texas Leaders Seek Savings as April Tax Revenue Drops by Nearly $1 Billion
- Texas Comptroller’s Office Releases Updated Transparency Tool
- Troopers sue DPS over quotas, retaliation
- Gov. Greg Abbott condemns the death of George Floyd as “horrific” and “a consequence of poor police work”
- Texas Comptroller Fiscal Notes: Pandemic Drives Record Unemployment – Bull Bleep! See: Why Didn’t the 1958 and 1918 Pandemics Destroy the Economy? Hint: It’s the Lockdowns
- AG Paxton Reaches Bipartisan Agreement with Texas Counties and Cities in Preparation for Settlement with Opioid Defendants
- Cuellar: State of Texas needs to pass along more CARES Act funding to counties
- Texas tells ISDs to follow DeVos guidance boosting relief funding for private schools – “some education advocates believe will result in private schools getting millions of dollars more at the expense of public schools.” Crying wolf and greedy as usual.
- State of the Basin experts call for West Texans to invest in infrastructure
- As Texas inmates’ lawsuit over coronavirus response winds through courts, infections among prisoners surge
- Texas will extend early voting period this fall, Gov. Greg Abbott says
- Justice Boyd’s ‘Handlebar Mustache’ Test for Vote-By-Mail
- Analysis: Judges deal Texans more confusion about voting by mail
- Texas Vote-by-Mail Ruling Reveals Loopholes in Law – Yep, see: There is a “catch” in Supreme Court voting by mail ruling
- GOP conventions provide a grand stage for political drama
- As debate over mail-in ballots roars on, requests up in Harris, Bexar
- Dallas: Decision on Democrat Candidate Son’s Boondoggle Delayed
- TX13: Ronny Jackson, Josh Winegarner Tout New Endorsements
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- Coronavirus related
- Conservatives ask court to strike down Abbott coronavirus orders, law behind them, more, more
- With about 400 plaintiffs, Dr. Hotze and other conservatives file suit against Abbott calling his COVID-19 executive orders unconstitutional – originally posted here on 21 May 2020
- GOP Lawmakers, Leaders Allege Abbott’s Shutdowns Violate Constitution
- 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 5/29/2020 (pdf) – 1601 deaths in Q1 plus 2/3rds of Q2. Official Texas 2018/19 flu season P&I deaths were 9249 by end of July last year, over 10,095 for the annual season.
- CDC confirms COVID-19 tiny death rate, comparable to flu, more
- This is not a natural disaster, but a manmade one – beware the contextual numbers, those numbers will trigger those cowering under their beds.
- Why Didn’t the 1958 and 1918 Pandemics Destroy the Economy? Hint: It’s the Lockdowns
- Doctors admit: Masks are nothing more than “symbols”, do little
- WHO Advises Who Should Wear a Mask and When: The Mask Police Are Not Going to Be Happy
- The Levelland Basketball Tournament at the Center of a Coronavirus Outbreak – typical example of what Leftwing useless periodical Texas Monthly is. It’s all Trump’s and Abbott’s fault because of their words. Shameful.
- Workers quietly keeping ports safe from COVID-19
- You can’t tell Texas economy is reopening by our electricity use
- Reopening more of Austin will depend on hospitalizations, officials say – “the area has been oscillating between eight and 10 hospitalizations since the end of March.” There are 1,273,954 people in Travis County!
- Austin mayor extends city’s stay home orders until June 15 VIDEO
- Travis Co. judge responds to Texas Attorney General’s letter claiming county COVID-19 orders ‘unlawful’
- Abilene couple can’t cross into Canada to operate business because of COVID-19
- Lubbock restaurants adjust to coronavirus guidelines, reopenings – we turn and leave from collaborator businesses.
- A Handful Of Hospitals Bailed Out By CARES Act Are Suing Patients For Unpaid Bills
- As coronavirus spreads among inmates, advocates call for release
- Is El Paso ready to reopen? Not all Texas officials agree.
- CDC issues guideline on returning to work, offices – with focus on commuting
- Houston hospitals update visitation policies over coronavirus concerns
- 326 Sherman Tyson Foods employees test positive for COVID-19
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Sen. Cruz Calls for Criminal Investigation Into Twitter for ‘Blatant and Willful Violation’ of U.S. Sanctions on Iran
- Cornyn takes ‘wait-and-see’ approach to untested USDA contractors, including San Antonio event planner
- Trump Administration Secures Victory for Donor Privacy and 1st Amendment
- Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Join Bipartisan Call for Administration to Hold Nicaraguan Judiciary Accountable for Human Rights Violations
- D.C. watching Justice Thomas over retirement rumors
- In Congress, Doggett votes by proxy, Carter does not
- House approves bill spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy to ease restrictions on small-business loan program
- Trump terminates relationship with WHO, unveils trade and security punishments for China
- Proposals in Congress would mandate national gun owner database, licensing requirements, taxes
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Trump plans Dallas fund-raising dinner June 11, price tag $580k per couple
- Beto O’Rourke, local Democrats urge Joe Biden to pour resources into Texas to knock out Donald Trump
- Texas Democrats offer Biden a huge, virtual stage
- Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto withdraws from Biden VP consideration
- Twitter flags President Trump’s Minneapolis protest tweet for ‘glorifying violence’
- Van Jones: It’s not the KKK we have to worry about, it’s ‘the white, liberal Hillary Clinton supporter’, more
- Priorities: While Twin Cities burn, state police arrest … a CNN crew? Update: State police claims not to know they were media, more
- MSNBC reporter in front of burning liquor store: Protest “not generally speaking unruly”
- Pixar targets your children with their first homosexual lead character
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- Border / immigration
- Escaped U.S. Prisoners Try to Fake Being Illegal Immigrants to Get Deported
- Murder Suspect Wanted in Mexico Caught Hiding in South Texas
- Criminals deface ICE flag, demand release of illegals
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- Business
- Baker Hughes Oil & Gas Drilling Rig Count Summary – Texas continues to lose rigs in the double digits.
- Petroleum stockpiles jump; oil falls
- Crude demand helps gas prices, AAA Texas says
- March oil, gas production totals spike in Midland County
- Oxy shareholders give Icahn 3 board seats
- ‘We have no layoff plans,’ Exxon CEO tells shareholders
- NRG adds accounts from competitor
- ConocoPhillips sells Australian business to Santos for nearly $1.4B
- Texas energy companies get break from monitoring chemical leaks during pandemic
- SpaceX: New Starship engine test in Texas; launch license issued
- SpaceX raises $346 million more in investment capital
- Costly electric vehicles confront a harsh coronavirus reality
- Houston billionaire and restaurateur Tilman Fertitta Warns of Possible Commercial Real Estate Bust
- Apartment Renters Continue to Pay Up, and Owners Wonder: How?
- Produce shortage could follow meat as farm workers are infected
- Stephen Joseph Companies changing production to help nonprofits
- JCPenney to begin reopening stores after declaring bankruptcy
- ‘Negative’ Outlook for Banks Could Make It Harder to Get a Loan
- Baylor Scott & White Announces 1,200 Layoffs After Weathering Economic Damage – thanks politicians
- Nearly 70% of voters say laid off workers should be banned from unemployment if refuse rehire offer
- American Airlines to Slash Workforce Amid Pandemic
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Fort Bend County Sheriff: Constable Mistakenly Killed by Deputy, more
- Alamo Cenotaph marked with graffiti overnight – is it P. Bush’s handwriting? J
- After Georgetown pelted by hail, city assessing damage
- Ingrahm police officer revives victim from apparent lightning strike during heavy storm
- Midland: Tensions rise during community meeting set to discuss viral arrest video
- Midland man hires civil rights attorney, holds press conference after arrest video goes viral, more – this is ridiculous
- Herman: MPD is ‘antithesis’ of Minneapolis police
- City of Midland releases body cam footage in Tye Anders arrest
- Odessa: Woman charged with endangering 2-year-old with narcotics
- Seven injured during boating accident at Lake Brownwood VIDEO
- San Angelo man killed, another injured in head-on semi truck crash in Coke County
- Abilene police ask for help finding missing teenage girl
- Abilene police: Man hit self in head with pipe to set up wife
- 20 years later, Lubbock murder of Stefanie Hill remains unsolved
- WFPD: Traffic stop leads to discovery of pot, meth, THC
- Wichita Falls police: A woman is suspect in Thursday’s shooting
- WF police arrest man for allegedly threatening employees with hatchet
- Olney teacher murder suspect pleads guilty
- Houston man arrested after alleged assault of deputy following chase, manhunt
- Rescuers Recover Two Drowned Canoers in Del Valle
- Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office investigating homicide outside Del Valle grocery store
- Woman Arrested for Cooking Meth in Wells Branch Apartment
- Parole violator mistakenly freed from Harris County Jail faces felony murder charges
- Houston police shoot 2 armed men in separate overnight encounters
- Houston PD officer shoots man who attacked him with metal pipe
- Baytown man shoots and kills brother after night of drinking, police say
- Former La Villa detention center staffer pleads guilty to sex abuse
- Edinburg woman accused of shooting husband indicted
- El Paso man arrested after chase accused of beating ex-girlfriend, stealing vehicle
- Criminals living in Houston’s assisted living homes
- Tomball mom left infant twins, two other children home alone to get her hair done, Precinct 4 says
- Man who died by suicide at Tarrant County Jail needed mental health care, family says
- Man tracks girlfriend’s phone to jail, both charged with DWI, Arlington police say
- Driver dies after crashing into pole while intoxicated, Carrollton police say
- Arson suspect accused of threatening to burn Fort Worth hotel clerk alive arrested
- 1 woman killed, another injured in Dallas shooting
- 1 Person Injured in Overnight Shooting Near West Dallas
- Angelina County investigating grave desecration
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- Local government
- Austin to begin phased reopening of city offices starting June 1
- Travis Co. judge responds to Texas Attorney General’s letter claiming county COVID-19 orders ‘unlawful’
- Audit Finds ‘Community Policing’ in Austin Hampered By Call Volume, Understaffing
- Cortez explains how CARES Act funding will be distributed in Hidalgo County
- Wichita Falls city manager: County’s action means big cut in economic development dollars – good, less of other people’s money officials get to spread around
- Abilene City Council approves contract with Animal Services oversight organization
- New Taylor County Expo Center facility now open – just in time for… nothing.
- Dallas: Decision on Democrat Candidate Son’s Boondoggle Delayed
- Raising taxes in Dallas now? No, no, no.
- Montague County tornado property damage survey and assistance
- Starr County attorney seeks to crack down on illegal online raffles
- Edinburg councilman alleges discrimination in 2018 police demotion
- Port Arthur ISD refunds money to Motiva, could raise taxes
- Denison looking at fire prevention methods for downtown buildings
- College Station City Council approves lease of old police station to ILTexas
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- Colleges & universities
- Texas Southern University admitted 4,000 students over 3 years who were not qualified – and yet SIU wants to hire former TSU president!
- Texas A&M University System releases guidelines for re-opening campuses
- Condoleezza Rice, co-author talk international relations during Texas A&M online forum
- Texas A&M System Board of Regents approves railroad “Quiet Zones”
- TTU President Hosts Town Hall With Aspiring West Texas Students
- TTU Physics Major Passionate for Project Management Establishes Exchange Program
- TTU Professor Receives Page Center Grant to Study Organizational Communication
- TCU files motions to dismiss lawsuits against the university
- TCU reductions to retirement benefits spark faculty concern
- Texas State president makes LGBTQIA+ task force a permanent university entity
- SMU Staff Return to Campus Monday
Pratt’s post for 5/29/2020
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