- Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Releases Biennial Revenue Estimate
- Lt. Gov. Patrick: Statement on the Biennial Revenue Estimate
- Texas Lawmakers to Face $1 Billion Budget Shortfall
- Estimated $950 Million End-of-Biennium Budget Shortfall Projected, Better Than Expected After 2020
- Recession cuts how much lawmakers can spend with the next state budget, but decrease isn’t as bad as feared
- Abbott, Patrick, Phelan look to set legislative course
- Phelan Q&A: COVID will color everything this Legislative session
- Phelan Confirms He Will Appoint Democrats to Chair House Committees – told you!
- As the Texas legislative session begins, education advocates worry about damaging cuts – as regular a “worry” as sunrise and sunset. They’ve plenty of money.
- Legislature kicks off subdued session Tuesday
- Deficit of up to $20 billion points to no-frills 2021 Texas legislative session
- What you need to know about 6 key issues before the Texas Legislature
- Redistricting: Will late arriving data force a special session?
- Statesman’s No. 3 issue of the legislative session: Austin police spending cuts
- Texas abortion opponents pro-life advocates vow a major push in 2021
- COVID, money woes nagging legislators
- Texas Capitol security a top priority after deadly riot at U.S. Capitol – security there was stepped up this past spring after the Leftists did damage. Has nothing to do with what happened in DC.
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility: New site shows us how lawmakers spend our money
- The Texas Legislature is about to meet. Here are the priorities for Fort Worth lawmakers.
- The Texas Legislature isn’t like Congress, right?
- The Texas Legislature’s toughest 2021 challenges
- Middleton Files Election Integrity Bills Ahead of Legislative Session
- Calling opening day a super spreader event, Representatives Beckley and Ramos say they will not attend – typical, they should resign if they are frightened.
- Leftist activists call for Ken Paxton’s resignation outside Texas Attorney General’s Office – good reason to keep Paxton!
- Texas Vents at France, Fake News and the Woke – they are so upset that Wayne Christian doesn’t buy into their globalist control model!
- Texas Drilling Permits and Completions Statistics for December 2020
- Governor Abbott’s Executive Order Did Not Significantly Increase Second-Trimester Abortions in Texas
- Abbott Reappoints Lunceford To Board For Lease Of Texas Department Of Criminal Justice Lands
- Abbott Appoints Three To Real Estate Research Advisory Committee
- Ann-Marie Carruth appointed 72nd District Court Judge replacing late Judge Ruben Reyes, more
- Governor Abbott Releases Video Resource For Active-Duty Military And Spouses Transferring To Texas
- Gun Background Checks in Texas Increased by 800,000 in 2020
- Pay attention to the show in Austin as much, or more, than in Washington
- Pratt’s charge to all good citizens for 2021
- Joe Biden says Texas voters should oust Ted Cruz in next election
- Sen. Ted Cruz Was At The Center Of The Capitol Drama. How Will It Affect His Political Future?
- Leftist minority coalitions that helped flip Georgia set sights on Texas, Florida
- Early Voting Begins for Special Election in House District 68 to Replace State Sen. Elect Drew Springer
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Air Force plane at Harlingen airport preparing for presidential visit
- RGV political parties react to President Trump’s planned visit
- U.S. Rep. August Pfluger: My first week in Washington
- GOP senators urge Trump to resign; impeachment gains support – morons
- George W. Bush Childhood Home eyed for National Park designation
- House Republicans Block Resolution Calling on Pence to Invoke 25th Amendment
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Now we’ll never know about voter fraud
- Controversy Surrounds Kamala Harris February Vogue Cover
- Rush Limbaugh Leaves Twitter Following Trump Account’s Ban
- Rush Limbaugh Leaves Twitter; Mark Levin, Ben Ferguson and Other Hosts Push Fans Toward Parler
- Twitter and Facebook and Google and Apple have joined forces, like Marvel’s Avengers, to bravely eliminate the bad guys in our midst
- Joe Biden’s Big Tech takeover
- Trump’s social media ban sets a dangerous precedent
- Trump’s Twitter suspension is a crime against literature
- Social media and why perception is real
- Twitter’s Totalitarian Path
- ‘Capitol Hill is the 9/11 Moment of Social Media’ — EU Commissioner Calls for Government Control of the Internet – how it always works
- Facebook suspends account of Virginia GOP state senator, gubernatorial candidate after Trump rally
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls Twitter ban on Trump ban ‘problematic’
- ACLU Warns of ‘Unchecked Power’ After Facebook, Twitter Suspend Trump
- Cumulus threatens on air personalities w/termination if they speak about fraudulent election
- The Storming of Congress and the Normalization of Violence
- The ‘Virtue’ of the New Totalitarians
- PGA terminates deal to hold 2022 PGA Championship at Trump’s Bedminster golf course – even the golf folks are Lefties.
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- Border / immigration
- Trump to Visit Texas to Laud Border Wall on Tuesday
- Migrant Caravan Heading to U.S.A.
- Houston Woman Attempted to Traffic 137 Pounds of Meth Across Border, Feds Say
- US Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Sweeping Asylum Rules
- Local Cops in Mexican Border State Accused of Raping Car Crash Victim
- Border City Residents in Mexico Protest Disappearance of Arrested Teens VIDEO
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- Coronavirus a.k.a. WuFlu related – See this link for archive of essential WuFlu-related stories
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 01/11/2021 (pdf) – 29,877* deaths & “active cases” of 350,164 (out of over 29,000,000,000 people, about 1% of the population.) * Texas COVID numbers appear no longer trustworthy; Is US COVID-19 death count inflated?; Here’s how the media is misreporting COVID-19’s death toll in America
- 7 scholars weigh in on COVID-19
- Midland hospital: Doctors shouldn’t prescribe inhaled steroids for COVID
- Watch Gov. Greg Abbott discuss Texas vaccination hubs VIDEO
- ‘Effort is unprecedented’: Gov. Greg Abbott said COVID-19 vaccination hubs will make process more efficient
- Greg Abbott’s Politics Create a Vaccine Stampede – bull bleep
- COVID expert Peter Hotez worried Texas down to its ‘last arrow’ with vaccine – this guy is a constant sky-is-falling alarmist, and they love him in the Houston press.
- After a rocky start, Gov. Greg Abbott promises to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations across Texas
- Florida Nurse Used $420K in Virus for Personal Expenses
- COVID & masks – See this link for a group of essential mask-related stories
- Sheriffs Across Texas Say Governor Abbott’s Mask Order is Unenforceable
- Masks are neither effective nor safe: Summary of the science – ignore who the author is, it does not matter, simply check the sources/footnotes.
- Leftist media attempts to shame people into wearing masks
- Senator (and doctor) Rand Paul: Masks ‘Are All About Submission’
- COVID & schools – See this link for more.
- CDC director says closed schools pose larger public health risk for kids than reopening, U.S. Pediatricians Call For In-Person School This Fall
- Study: Children are so immune to COVID-19 that even after extensive exposure they test negative
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- Business/Economy
- Cryptocurrency ATMs flood San Antonio
- Tall City Brewing Co. beer hits store shelves
- Plans for Twin Peaks in Wichita Falls put on hold
- DoorDash gives $500,000 to help Texas restaurants
- Homebuilder’s agent challenges industry pay program
- Construction workers claim wage theft at Sheldon ISD project
- Mattress Mack vows to make good on election payouts
- Oil Companies Lock in Drilling, Challenging Biden on Climate
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Washington Post profiles Midland’s Jenny Cudd as part of ‘Capitol mob’
- FBI confirms they’re reviewing tips about Jenny Cudd’s participation in Capitol riots, Who is Jenny Cudd?
- Texas man arrested in connection to siege at U.S. Capitol following FBI investigation VIDEO
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Nancy Bush Ellis, sister and aunt of presidents, dies
- 1 arrested following officer-involved shooting in Odessa
- 18 wheeler hits black ice resulting in a rollover accident on I-20
- 1 dead, 1 injured in overnight Wichita Falls shooting
- Affidavit reveals details, no motive for fatal shooting in Wichita Falls
- Alleged shots fired at his dog leads man to point gun at neighbor
- San Angelo man dies in single-vehicle rollover on FM 765
- San Angelo police officer arrested for DWI
- Abilene PD arrests Snyder man on child pornography charges
- Abilene police arrest man who threw rock at Jail lobby window
- Man injured in Sunday morning fire in Abilene
- Abilene police arrest Snyder man for child porn
- Semi-truck jackknifes on Marsha Sharp Freeway Monday morning
- Houston PD: Prostitute shot by man who refused to pay
- Pizza delivery driver kidnapped, robbed at gunpoint in Dallas, police say
- Man dies when his car hits tree in NW Houston
- Woman killed, another injured while standing outside disabled pickup on I-20
- Woman faces charges after 4 killed in crash, Dallas police say
- Homeowner fatally shoots woman during possible theft, Fort Worth police say
- Two women arrested for assault in Harlingen
- One person dies in Donna rollover crash
- Illegal fishing nets kill sea turtles in waters off South Texas near maritime boundary line
- Houston woman charged for lottery fraud
- Williamson County sheriff’s office seeking info in disappearance of Rachel Cooke
- Texas Rangers investigate deadly shooting involving Killeen police officer
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- Weather
- Snow blankets Midland/Odessa
- Gallery: Snow day in the Basin!
- Listener Submitted Pictures of Abilene’s First Snow of 2021, more photos, more
- Snow puts on a show: Winter storm blankets High Plains region
- Snow slams the South: Texas city sees biggest snowstorm in 39 years
- Snow blankets Dallas-region: Photos of the wintry weather
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- Local government
- Wichita County official calls for safeguards on who can issue arrest warrants
- Wichita Falls Bulls*** Basketball Hoop City Ordinance Needs to Go
- Second Community Response Team hits Abilene streets
- Williamson County deputies in Ambler case resign, are fired, more
- Mercedes Police Department swears in new assistant chief
- San Antonio needs real police reform, not feel-good press conferences
- Lawsuit for tenant facing eviction accuses Alamo Heights ISD of violating law
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- Colleges & universities
- Robert E. Howard biographer to speak at Ranger College on January 22
- ACU: 10 Questions with NEXT Lab oversight committee chair, energy expert Doug Robison
- TSTC, Cisco College returning for next semester
- TTU Researcher Examines COVID-19 Impact On Fruit And Vegetable Production
- South Texas College of Law Houston names Darcy Douglas as vice president of advancement and alumni engagement
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- Military
- Governor Abbott Releases Video Resource For Active-Duty Military And Spouses Transferring To Texas
Pratt’s post for 1/11/2021
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