- Texas GOP leaders unveil plan to freeze property tax revenue after Austin vote to cut police spending – popular but shortsighted
- Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, Speaker Bonnen Announce Legislative Proposal On Police Funding
- Two Texas Republicans Highlight Recourse for Localities That Raise Property Taxes Via Loophole
- Survey: More than 80 percent of Texas House members support temperature checks at Capitol, 82 percent favor mask requirement at the building – forced masking in the public square should be met with opposition.
- Texas Among The States With The Most COVID-19 Restrictions – yep, Abbott has worked hard to make us LIKE Illinois, New York and California!
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Response to Senate Democrat Caucus Letter on Confederate Monuments and Symbols
- Slaton Says First Bill Will End Executive Overreach During Crises
- After backlash to $295 million contact tracing deal, GOP powerbroker Colyandro looks to reform contracting while Legislature is away
- Opinion: Texas Supreme Court Bows to Abbott Instead of Upholding Constitution
- Courts in Texas To Begin Fully Online Jury Trials – this should be stopped immediately and never allowed.
- In reversal, court says Texas fee applies to ‘bikini latex clubs’
- State Rep. Poncho Nevárez reflects on 292 sober days since cocaine arrest
- US Rep. Gonzalez: Gov. Abbott has failed us
- Former Candidate for Lt. Gov. Blasts Abbott Over Handling of Pandemic Relief – Abbott needs blasting but not from Leftists who just want all to be an excuse for more government and welfare like Mike Collier.
- 7th Texas Execution Delayed as Attorneys Cite Pandemic
- Amid controversy about in-person proceedings in a pandemic, Sunset Commission Chair Cyrier cancels Aug 19 meeting
- Kent Sullivan to step down as Texas Insurance Commissioner
- Governor Abbott Appoints Four To Texas Physician Assistant Board
- TWC Approves an Additional $5 million for use in Skills Development Funds
- In Wichita Falls, 62% of car crash victims not wearing seat belt – another empirical example of how passing behavior laws rarely works to solve the alleged problem.
- DPS Announces Three Texas Ranger Promotions
- Three Texas Parks and Wildlife Employees Perish in Helicopter Crash During Bighorn Sheep Survey, more – terrible loss and Dr. Dittmar was one of the top.
- Governor Abbott Statement On Texas Parks And Wildlife Department Helicopter Crash, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Statement on Crash
- A&M can’t remove Sul Ross statue without the Legislature’s approval, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says
- AG Paxton Commends President Trump for Signing the Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act into Law
- AG Ken Paxton says local governments can’t stop or delay evictions
- AG Paxton Files Letter Brief in Support of Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Conducting On-Campus Development for Teachers
- DPS trooper arrested on sexual assault charge after on-duty incident
- In Wichita Falls, 62% of car crash victims not wearing seat belt – demonstrating the limited effectiveness of such laws whether seat belt or cell phone usage.
- Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Announces Highest Ratings for Texas Short-Term Notes
- Governor Abbott Reappoints Three To OneStar Foundation
- Szwarc: Will Lubbock Become the Abortion Center for West Texas? – is it competition? Austin considers increasing abortion services funding in new budget
- Willie Nelson and Paul Simon: Save Texas Hill Country and stop the Permian Highway Pipeline – Willie the old, old pot-head.
- ‘Return to sender’: US postal service problems affecting voters
- Texas Democratic Party targets big counties with mail-in voting outreach
- Postal Service Warns Texas That Ballots Mailed Too Close To Election Day Might Not Be Counted
- Bexar elections chief gets virtual blank check to expand access, ensure voting safety in November elections – sounds me like taxpayer money to increase Democrat turnout to me.
- Montague Co. Republican Party fill 3 positions for Nov. ballot
- ‘Joe Straus Middle School’ Coming Soon to San Antonio – with today’s rejection of flawed heroes, it’s now the time to honor the milktoast.
- How Texas became ‘home away from home’ for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – told you, this radicalism is in our own backyard.
- SD30: Scramble for Texas Senate seat could create a question about Texas House majority – losing Fallon is big. A strong conservative needed!
- TX4: Conservative Pat Fallon Wins GOP Congressional Nomination, more, more
- TX4: Pat Fallon wins GOP nomination in race to succeed DNI Ratcliffe
- TX10: Rep. Michael McCaul to Face Rematch from 2018 Challenger Mike Siegel
- Republican Chair West sees first test: Rep. Lyle Larson declares war on the party – Larson is an anti-conservative close friend of Joe Straus and that’s about all one needs to know about him and his ideas.
- After Criticizing GOP, Moderate State Rep. Larson Challenged to Run as Independent
- Railroad Commission candidate at center of lawsuit over troubled oil and gas waste disposal site
- Oil and Gas Lawsuit has Trivial Ties to Railroad Commissioner Candidate Jim Wright
- SD30: Salon Owner Shelley Luther Mulls Potential Run for Texas Senate
- COVID-positive Tyler Rep. Louie Gohmert postpones fundraiser but says he’s feeling ‘remarkably well’
- Andy Brown wins Democratic nomination for Travis County judge – another Leftist “operative” wins in Travis Co.
- Michael Lovins is GOP pick for Travis County judge
- After candidacy questioned, Green Party candidate quits Texas Supreme Court race
- Republican Mike Lee Named Dallas District Court Judge
- Cahn: Leftist Austin Journalist Attempts Maoist Defenestration of…Local Mommy Blogger?
- What you need to know about Colin Allred and Victoria Neave, two of the DNC’s “rising stars”
- TX21: TV ad blitz kicks off in high-profile battle between U.S. Rep. Chip Roy and Wendy Davis
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Going postal: the USPS conspiracy theory is the new Russiagate
- Pollak: Democrats Go Postal with Busted Mailbox Conspiracy Theory
- Photo of Locked Mailboxes Outrages Liberals — Then They See the Time Stamp
- Trump Administration Will Roll Back Obama Era Methane Regulations
- Trump Takes Executive Actions While Congress Remains in Gridlock over Coronavirus Relief Aid
- Chaos? Irrelevant? Pandemic shifts Affordable Care Act legal fight
- Sen. Cruz: Federal Government Must Stop the Deadly Abortion Pill
- Sen. Cruz Co-Sponsors the Purple Heart Commemorative Coin Act on Purple Heart Day
- Trump’s Art of the Executive Order: He was supposed to be better, or at least different
- Mask-shunning Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert draws ethics complaint from watchdog group – they way the system works to stifle differing views.
- Photo Surfaces Showing TikTok Executives Posing With Communist Flag
- Trump rule on transgender health blocked at the 11th hour – B.S. Leftist judges
- Chinese Diplomats Return From Houston Consulate Shut by US
- Trump Signs Executive Order: Payroll Tax Holiday, Enhanced Unemployment Checks
- AP Survey: States Uncommitted to Trump’s Unemployment Boost
- Scott Atlas Brings the Highest Medical Expertise to Public Service
- Minor FBI official pleads guilty of altering evidence in Russian collusion hoax
- Sen. Cornyn wants to be able to act on next version of CARES
- Rep. Arrington Announces New Legislation On Riots And Law & Order
- Trump to Pardon Susan B. Anthony for Voting Illegally
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Texas Democrats exult in Biden’s pick of Harris
- Joe Biden Selects Kamala Harris as Running Mate
- Should Kamala Harris pay reparations?
- Kamala chameleon
- RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel: Picking Kamala Harris Shows ‘Left-Wing Mob’ Is Controlling Joe Biden
- Flashback–Kamala Harris: ‘I Believe’ Biden Accusers
- Donald Trump: Kamala Harris ‘Meanest, Most Horrible, Most Disrespectful’ Senator VIDEO
- Kamala Harris’s Radical Green New Deal Vision: Ban Plastic Straws, Alter Food Pyramid to Limit Red Meat
- Why Sarah Palin Is Trending Ahead of Biden’s VP Pick Announcement
- 49% of Democrats Think Biden Wouldn’t Make It Through His First Term
- Joe Biden should debate
- Joe Biden’s Weak Ass Policies
- James Carville’s advice to Joe Biden
- Will Biden get away with his bad record on race? – why not?
- Democratic National Convention starts with a Texas-sized snub
- Editorial: The Democratic convention is missing Latino, Texas voices. That’s a mistake. – but wait, this is the party for minorities isn’t it?
- Democratic National Convention fails to ignore Texas
- Texas Democrats wish Texas had bigger role as convention begins
- Marco Rubio slammed for tweet criticizing Eva Longoria as host of Democratic National Convention
- Michelle Obama goes low on the first night of the virtual DNC
- Michelle Obama Replays Theme of Children ‘Thrown into Cages’
- Dems put divides aside, rally behind Biden at convention – really? I thought they were at home so how do they rally “at convention?” Stupid AP.
- Left-Wing Late Night Hosts Savage DNC Convention as ‘Long Speeches Over Zoom’
- Joe Biden Launches Swing State Ad Calling for Nationwide Mask Mandate ‘Starting Immediately’ – favoring tyranny
- DNC Chair: We need to be done with caucuses
- Online Trolls Mock President over Death of Brother, Robert Trump
- Donald Trump Meets Minnesota Business Owners Affected by Riots
- Rihanna visits Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, disparages President Trump
- Clyburn: Trump ‘Signing a Death Warrant for a Lot of People’ with Mail-In Voting Opposition
- St. Louis couple who brandished guns when protesters invaded neighborhood to speak at RNC
- It ain’t the national elections in November that matter
- In many ways, Andrew Cuomo is just a metaphor
- The folly of the intellectuals
- Hollywood’s rich and famous are fleeing in droves as liberal politics and coronavirus turn city into cesspit plagued by junkies and violent criminals
- Mitt’s Followers? Mormons cool to Trump are finding new influence in Arizona
- California’s Blackouts a Preview of the Green New Deal
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- Border / immigration
- Migrant Suffers Snake Bite After Illegally Crossing Border into Texas
- 22 Migrants Apprehended in Horse Trailer, Stolen Truck in Texas near Border
- Migrant Arrested After Shots Fired at Human Smuggling Stash House in Texas near Border
- July Border Apprehensions Increase to Pre-Pandemic Levels, Notably in Rio Grande Valley
- Mexican Cartel Labs Are Flooding U.S. with Meth
- DEA Agent ‘Kiki’ Camarena’s Killer Still Avoids Extradition to U.S.
- ICE is making sure migrant kids don’t have COVID-19, then expelling them to “prevent the spread” of COVID-19 – fine with me, they are here illegally thought that is a fact the Leftists at the Tribune think meaningless, if they think at all.
- Collaboration between US, Mexico authorities leads to rescue of 36 individuals
- Mexican Soldiers Kill 9 Alleged Gunmen at US Border
- Border Patrol Agents Witness Cartel Rifle Rounds Splash into Rio Grande
- 166 Pounds of Meth, Cocaine Seized at Two Texas Border Crossing
- ‘Defund the Wall’ Street Mural Painted in Laredo
- Texas Woman Found Tortured to Death in Mexican Border City
- Migrant Rescues Continue at Record Pace During Summer Heatwave
- Mexican Border State Governor Orders Bigger Guns to Fight Cartels
- ICE puts detainers on 10 associates of MS-13 in connection with sex trafficking of 13-year-old girl
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- Coronavirus related (while I hold over some stories for a while this is not a collection that grows each day. You must go to previous days’ posts.)
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 8/18/2020 (pdf) – 10,034* deaths. Official Texas 2018/19 flu season P&I deaths were 9249 by end of July last year, over 10,095 for the annual season. The # viral tested in Texas is now 4,476,167.
- Texas Coronavirus Update: Over 405,000 Recoveries
- Texas COVID-19 “recovery” rate is 98.7%
- Texas Becomes 4th State to Surpass 10,000 Virus Deaths
- Coding errors meant 504,000 COVID-19 test results were not previously reported to the state, Texas DSHS says
- Texas Coronavirus Positivity Rate Plummets After Record High Set From System Error
- * Texas COVID numbers appear no longer trustworthy – a MUST read.
- ‘Major disconnect’ between state, counties on COVID-19 deaths
- A third more died of flu in Texas by 31 July 2019 than died of COVID-19
- Abbott uses amalgamation of statutes to skirt due process
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- Thousands of scientists and doctors condemn COVID-19 panic, more
- Has Sweden been vindicated?
- More data from Sweden demonstrates failure of lock downs everywhere else
- Never has a virus been so oversold
- How Reliable Are COVID-19 Tests? Depends Which One You Mean
- Could mass testing for COVID-19 do more harm than good? – a must read
- ‘How many are we missing?’: Research shows 80,000 missed cancer diagnoses this year – more will die because of the COVID shutdowns
- Texas Among The States With The Most COVID-19 Restrictions – yep, Abbott has worked hard to make us LIKE Illinois, New York and California!
- Abilene man sues City Manager Robert Hanna for $1 million regarding COVID-19 – sounds like he has a case!
- Restaurants, bars and breweries scramble to reinvent themselves to get around Gov. Greg Abbott’s bar shutdown
- July Border Apprehensions Increase to Pre-Pandemic Levels, Notably in Rio Grande Valley – but they claim the illegal entrants have nothing to do with the case and hospitalization spikes, much like the looters and rioters elsewhere!
- Caregiver Activists Say Updated Nursing Home Visitation Guidelines Are ‘Not Enough’
- Ten experts on a NIH COVID-19 panel have ties to companies involved in coronavirus treatment
- Hillsboro assisted living facility holds ‘wild’ party with drinks, tattoos
- Majority of Texas Nursing Homes Still Not Able to Accept Visitors
- Texas agreed to allow nursing home visits. A week later, only four facilities were approved
- Cuomo’s nursing home death blame game
- City of Austin virus rules extended to December – pure tyranny
- Scott Atlas Brings the Highest Medical Expertise to Public Service
- Midland, Ector County WuFlu mortality rates lower than national average
- Texas Researchers Say COVID-19 Began Spreading Long Before Lockdowns – as we predicted would be discovered way back in March!
- COVID & masks
- Masks are neither effective nor safe: Summary of the science – ignore who the author is, it does not matter, simply check the sources/footnotes.
- Wearing face masks more than doubled Texas COVID-19 fatality rate! (But wait there’s more…)
- Now Abbott’s chief wants you to wear masks inside your homes!
- Sheriffs Across Texas Say Governor Abbott’s Mask Order is Unenforceable – things I pointed out the day the decree was issued from King Abbott
- Some “experts” claim we need to wear masks “for several years.”
- MASKS – manners, manipulation and maths – what are your odds of getting or dying from COVID-19? Healthy People Should Not Wear Masks
- Fauci urges Americans to wear goggles with their mask
- More on face masks and why we should object to decrees to wear such
- Europe’s Top Health Officials Say Masks Aren’t Helpful in Beating COVID-19
- Face masks are ‘NOT necessary’ and could even harm the fight against coronavirus, say Holland’s top scientists
- Government routinely warned against mask use — before it was political – exactly as I have written and spoken about. See: More on face masks and why we should object to decrees to wear such
- Some Taos Locals Spy Out-Of-State Visitors, Especially Texans
- Clash erupts outside California church after defiant pastor holds mask-free indoor service – bless this pastor. Note all the argument of late against the need of corporate worship, it’s just another tool, long in use, of Satan to destroy the Church.
- Joe Biden Launches Swing State Ad Calling for Nationwide Mask Mandate ‘Starting Immediately’ – favoring tyranny
- I’ve started a dating site for lockdown skeptics
- Rodríguez: Re-open schools? Districts must be allowed to make decisions without fear of losing state dollars
- Castillo: COVID threat too high to allow in-person teaching in Cameron County schools
- Army Team Fights Staff Burnout At San Antonio’s Baptist Medical Center
- COVID & schools
- CDC director says closed schools pose larger public health risk for kids than reopening, U.S. Pediatricians Call For In-Person School This Fall
- Dr. Scott Atlas: There Is No Risk To Children From Covid-19, I Don’t Know Why People Deny This; Too much hysteria over school reopenings VIDEO
- Amid calls for school shutdowns, U.K. scientist says student-teacher infections ‘incredibly rare’
- CDC to release new resources to support reopening schools
- AG Paxton Issues Legal Guidance on School Reopening
- ‘I beg you, think about us’: Cy-Fair teachers protest reopening plans – fire the ones who do not show up, great way to clean out deadwood
- AG Paxton Files Letter Brief in Support of Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Conducting On-Campus Development for Teachers
- Cy-Fair AFT union sues district to halt in-person professional development
- Cy-Fair teachers to return to classrooms after Texas Supreme Court suspends restraining order – get to work or resign.
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- Business
- Houston’s Hispanic businesses are being hit particularly hard by COVID, survey shows – thanks county Judge Hidalgo, Mayor Turner, and Governor Abbott.
- Dallas-based salon suite operator expands to Houston market
- Struggling Texas Farmers Thought Hemp Might Save Them. The Crop Hasn’t Yet Delivered. – it was mostly hype as I explained many times well in advance.
- Oxy loses $8.4 billion in second quarter battered by coronavirus
- Exxon Mobil to stop contributing to its employee 401k plans
- Restaurants, bars and breweries scramble to reinvent themselves to get around Gov. Greg Abbott’s bar shutdown
- Last Sears department store in San Antonio closes
- Houston billionaire Dan Friedkin buys Italian soccer club AS Roma
- Texas-based Mission Foods Expanding to Indianapolis Area
- Bludorn, one of Houston’s biggest restaurant openings in years, is almost here
- Dr Pepper trying to address soda shortage at grocery stores
- Innovation hub coming to Port San Antonio
- SpaceX begins first tests of Starship’s thermal tiles
- SpaceX launches three commercial plus more Starlink satellites this morning
- ‘Blood in the water’: Squeezed by shutdowns, Houston’s bar owners are on the rocks
- Hill Country pipeline project moves forward, despite pleas from Willie Nelson and Paul Simon
- Houston health care sector added 8,000 jobs in June, national numbers up in July
- Looking to refinance your home? Economists worry a new fee could hike rates.
- NASA contractors stake out San Antonio’s place in space
- Tech company Abaco Systems to expand in Austin
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- DPS Makes Additional Arrest for Criminal Activity Committed During May Protest at State Capitol
- Rewards Being Offered for Information on Suspects Involved in Crimes During Capitol Riots
- It ain’t the national elections in November that matter
- 22 Arrested in Austin During Another Weekend of Protests
- Fort Bend resident seeks ownership of monument honoring white supremacists
- Daughters of Confederacy claims ownership of Bastrop County monuments
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Criticized for Focusing on Beach Parties
- Chicago Mayor Lightfoot: ‘Vast Majority’ of Protests ‘Have Been Peaceful’
- Nolte: Magnificent Mile Riots, Looting Hit Democrat-Run Chicago
- Black Lives Matter Holds Rally Supporting Chicago Looters: ‘That is reparations’, more
- Seattle City Council Approves Plan to Defund Police, Layoff 100 Cops
- Seattle Police chief announces her retirement as city council votes to cut police budget
- BLM protesters met with jeers by armed crowd of counter protesters in Nevada city
- San Jose in a quandary over unauthorized ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural
- Activists: Police Killings of Latinos Lack Attention
- ‘Defund the Wall’ Street Mural Painted in Laredo
- Portland Rioters Drag Man from Car and Beat Him Senseless VIDEO
- Beanbag rounds caused horrific injuries, Austin doctors say – better than bullets and if you don’t want them leave when things become a riot
- The hateful violent Antifa/Black Lives Matter rioters
- Christopher Columbus is gone for good from San Antonio park – disgusting.
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Response to Senate Democrat Caucus Letter on Confederate Monuments and Symbols
- Goodyear employee says new zero-tolerance policy is discriminatory – looks to me that Goodyear should lose all police fleet tire business.
- Rep. Arrington Announces New Legislation On Riots And Law & Order
- Donald Trump Meets Minnesota Business Owners Affected by Riots
- St. Louis couple who brandished guns when protesters invaded neighborhood to speak at RNC
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- DPS trooper arrested on sexual assault charge after on-duty incident
- FBI reviewing actions of four San Antonio police officers fired after accusations of excessive use of force
- At least five horses have been possibly butchered for their meat in Pearland area, police say
- Nine Central Texas men including 3 soldiers snared in two-day child prostitution sting
- Woman run down by car during fight at ‘big party’ battles for life at Waco hospital
- Girl, 6, abandoned outside Temple police station
- Abilene police arrest woman who stabbed store clerk multiple times
- Lubbock Teen Accepts Plea Deal in Drive-By Shooting Case
- Lubbock couple seeks to get guns back after federal agents raided their home
- DPS, Other Agents Arrest 45 Suspects Over The Course of 2 Days Around Lubbock
- Police: Father arrested for throwing infant son
- Starr Co. health authority resigns in Texas border county battered by coronavirus
- Doctor Sentenced to 66 Months in Forest Park Med Center Fraud
- Odessa Councilman, Mayoral Candidate Named in Bank Fraud Lawsuit
- Astros coach Alex Cintrón suspended 20 games for part in A’s brawl
- Man arrested after shooting spree leaves three dead in Liberty County
- Otis Mallet clears his name, 12 years after conviction based on ex-Houston PD cop Gerald Goines’ evidence
- Weslaco Police Identify Armed Man Shot by Officers at Walmart, Texas Cops Clash with Active Shooter in Border-Area Walmart
- HCSO: Six arrested after beating, kidnapping 21-year-old man
- Man Accused of Rampage oustide of Dayton That Left 3 Dead, 2 Wounded
- Cedar Park: Hostage Suspect Surrenders After 3 Officers Hurt in Shootout
- 5 People Wounded in Shooting at Flea Market in San Antonio
- Five Dead, Including Three Children, in Vehicle Crash near Crane
- Some Radioactive Savannah River Site Waste Headed to Texas
- Ohio Police: Texas Man Arrested After 3-County Stolen Ambulance Chase
- Male Stripper Gets 16 Years in Prison for Threats to Witness
- Houston PD to release body cam footage of officer-involved shooting of Nicolas Chavez
- Killeen: One person airlifted to hospital after late-night shooting
- Federal Charge Dismissed Against Lubbock Man Shot By Police
- Killeen couple had roles in killing, dumping body of Fort Hood soldier, affidavits say
- Suspended Harris County judge arrested, accused of firing gun during fight with husband’s girlfriend
- Midland firefighters respond to fire in caused by pipeline rupture
- Man charged with sexually assaulting family member
- Man charged with stabbing another man in arm with knife
- Ex-San Antonio man sues for more than $1M after Coke bottle ‘exploded’ in H-E-B
- 15 people arrested during child trafficking operation in Brown County
- 19-year-old killed at party in Taylor County identified, no arrests made, more
- San Antonio man accused of sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl who was walking home
- 15 arrested from Abilene to Brownwood in child trafficking operation
- Anti-Wimp: Woman armed with handgun stops burglary in Bell Co.
- Fort Hood soldier killed while trying to direct traffic at minor accident scene in Killeen
- Waco PD issues warning to public after 3 overnight shootings, victims used ‘social media dating site’, possibly connected
- Abilene police: Woman who wrecked stolen SUV arrested
- Abilene police: Hotel guest threatened manager, fought officers
- ATF, NSSF offers pp to $10,000 reward on Gebo’s firearm burglaries
- Store clerk robbed at gunpoint in Lubbock
- Missing children may be in Lubbock or Wolfforth
- Gary, TX man dies in Garza Co crash
- Lubbock-Cooper ISD investigating defacement of Pro-Trump student parking spaces
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- Local government
- Austin Police Department seeing more officers leave
- Austin City Council Member’s Field Director a ‘Vulgar Marxist’
- Austin considers increasing abortion services funding in new budget
- City of Austin virus rules extended to December – pure tyranny
- Austin Council OKs $460M bond election for sidewalks, trails, bike lanes and more – they cannot stop spending yet their property tax base is taking a big hit
- Austin tax hike for Project Connect to go on November ballot
- Windsor Park Trash Flood Exposes Austin’s Struggle to Cope With Growing Homeless Population
- San Antonio: As mayor and VIA press forward on sales tax proposals, fate of aquifer protection still unsettled
- Sales tax proposal for San Antonio economic recovery now in voters’ hands
- Bexar elections chief gets virtual blank check to expand access, ensure voting safety in November elections – sounds me like taxpayer money to increase Democrat turnout to me.
- San Antonio ISD calls $1.3 billion bond election, largest in City history
- Houston: An appeals court has ruled on the District B runoff. Will there be an election?
- Harris County to consider replacing firm behind delayed $1 billion Ship Channel bridge
- Harris County Seeks to Achieve Zero Traffic Fatalities by 2030, Mirrors UN Plan – sound good? The only way it happens is by taking your freedom from you.
- Abilene ISD identifies Abilene Christian University as buyer for Taylor Elementary
- Abilene City Council to study two bids for T&P warehouse downtown
- Abilene man sues City Manager Robert Hanna for $1 million regarding COVID-19 – sounds like he has a case!
- Wichita Co: Flap over Commissioner Watts’ drainage projects generates questions
- WFISD Board of Trustees approves nearly $300 million bond, more – massive tax increase!
- Lubbock city council postpones decision on red brick streets
- Lubbock: Citizens, business owners should look closely at budget claims, language
- ‘It’s A Lubbock Issue:’ Lubbock Compact Unifies Around A Common Goal
- Dallas Budget Proposal Includes Minimum Wage Increase for City Employees, Racial Equity Spending – racial equity spending sounds like systematic discrimination.
- Dallas Police Plan Changes After Examining Protest Response
- Dallas Mayor Calls for Salary Reductions for Well-Compensated City Employees Amid Budget Talks – good.
- Pressing Williamson County sheriff’s office for answers, family rallies for Javier Ambler
- Williamson Co: Despite troubled pasts, sheriff cast them as ‘Live PD’ stars
- Round Rock Mayor, City Council Reverse Decision to Delay Election to 2021
- Hutto voids up to 17 severance agreements with city employees – why you need local watchdogs and media that will take them seriously.
- Former Laredo City Manager Received $880,000 Taxpayer-Funded Severance, Benefits Last Year
- Bellmead: Police and fire a step closer to tax-funded raises VIDEO
- Midland ISD board votes to continue superintendent’s evaluation
- City of Nocona finalizing its 2020-21 budget, tax rate
- Burkburnett residents have property tax cap raised during pandemic
- Wichita Falls city council plans budget with no tax-rate increase – again, that is meaningless reporting, see: The property “tax rate” is meaningless by itself. Also the mayor lies to the people in this piece about the tax rate.
- Former reality TV star joins Wichita Falls mayoral race
- City of Plainview Police Chief Ken Coughlin to retire
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- Colleges & universities
- Former TSU official tied to admissions scandal charged with theft
- A&M can’t remove Sul Ross statue without the Legislature’s approval, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says
- Baylor’s Mayborn Museum reopens following COVID-19 shut down
- A coronavirus vaccine is on the horizon, thanks to a key discovery by UT researchers
- McMurry University receives grant to support first-generation and low-income students
- MSU receives federal grant for first-generation, low-income students
- MSU: Laura Hetrick takes on role of Title IX coordinator amidst big changes
- Texas Tech Named 5-Star Institution, Premier Campus On National Inclusivity Index
- Texas Tech University names interim dean of Honors College
- TTU’s Pres. Schovanec announces new COVID-19 reporting platform
- National diversity, inclusion recognition affirms Tech’s commitment – they are proud of their extreme Leftism and promotion of homosexuality.
- WWII Prisoner, Texas Tech Alumnus Fiske Hanley II Dies At Age 100
- Texas Tech Reportedly Hires Krista Gerlich as Lady Raider Coach, more
- How UT plans to keep its 430 acres clean during pandemic
- UT System names Jay Hartzell as sole finalist for president of UT Austin
- Profs say adjunct instructors are hostages in A&M-San Antonio reopening plan – poor little babies.
- UTPB holding drive-thru commencement ceremony
- McMurry University Receives $261,888 Student Support Services (SSS) Grant to Support Student Success
- TSTC shifting all lectures and homework online for fall semester – B.S., refund our tax money
- Chapel Takes on New Look at Wayland – seems more like “ye of little faith.”
- Alamo Colleges board reverses course, places trustee election on November ballot
Pratt’s post for 8/18/2020
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