Using gold & silver to buy & sell made easier in Texas | Texas-built icebreakers? | Border news – Pratt on Texas 6/26/2025

The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: A new way to pay for Texas: With precious metals via a debit-like card of some type. It should be all working in a year or so depending upon outside vendors. Read more here: Texans Can Use Precious Metals in Everyday Transactions Under New Law.

Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.

Eighth Circuit judges reject Gov. “Get High” Abbott’s rational for vetoing THC ban. Lt. Gov. Patrick says legislators should just re-pass the ban in the called special session.

Texas an ice breaker construction hub?

Rio Grande

Border news:

A tit-for-tat squabble amongst former Office of Attorney General employees and their former boss, Brent Webster. So far there isn’t much in press reporting that lends much credibility to the claims Stone and Hilton but there is some credibility the other way, in my view.

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