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The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: A longer look at the unethical election for bond debt, with a huge tax increase, by the Lynn County hospital district. Lynn County citizen Jennifer Ritz joins us to express the frustration of many in the county that sits just south of Lubbock.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.Judge issues TRO against City of Austin’s public comment restrictions.California to Texas: Largest state-to-state move in the US, Texas Realtor report says.Democrat Sues Tarrant County GOP for Place on Executive Committee. Another sign of the general lack of ethics and integrity of our society.Long-Lost First USS Enterprise Model Is Returned to ‘Star Trek’ Creator Gene Roddenberry’s SonListen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: A slew of court related items involving Texas dominate the news today and I provide commentary on all:
Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Unanimous SCOTUS Win on Texas Property Rights Case – ridiculous spin and I explain why
Both sides claim victory after Supreme Court rules Texas rancher can sue state over flooded lands
Supreme Court allows Winnie ranchers to sue Texas over flooding
Appeals court blocks $100K daily fine against Texas in foster care suit
Appeals court knocks down Texas school book-banning law – what a terribly biased and factually misleading headline!
Adult entertainment industry [pornographers] asks Supreme Court to block Texas age-verification requirements for porn sites
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.More comment on the current, inaugural, election for public members to Appraisal District Boards of Directors across Texas. Story shows how ignorant some legislators are: Houston voters to elect property tax board members for first time.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: The old fossil federal judge, Janis Jack, is at it again – thinking she can just mandate, fiat, that a giant government bureaucracy work the way she wants. Jack demonstrates much of what is wrong with liberal Democrats. Texas fined $100,000 daily in foster care abuse lawsuit.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.New likely voter polling out in Texas shows Trump with huge lead but Ted Cruz in a much tighter race.DeVillier wins at U.S. Supreme Court, can sue Texas for flood damage the state created.Lynn County’s hospital district engages in a setup election to pass a huge tax increase. Unethical and immoral – one polling place in the county and it’s at the hospital!New Braunfels ISD’s Staffing Decision Hints at a Larger Problem – what it reminds is that “temporary” government spending almost always become permanent government spending which translates into permanently higher taxes.Border related news:
Report: Indiana National Guardsman Shot Migrant Stabbing Two Others at Texas Border
Sinaloa Cartel Moving Fentanyl Labs Closer to Texas Border
Texas Gov. Abbott blasts Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border crisis: ‘Bunch of lies’
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The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: State Rep. Gary VanDeaver (R-New Boston) was a paid consultant for a lobbyist group representing public schools while in office and serving on education committees. VanDeaver’s two-timing the taxpayer is an example of what is grossly wrong in Austin and hopefully voters will turn him out in the upcoming GOP primary runoffs.Also in the campaign stack of interest:
SD30 runoff hopeful Hagenbuch recorded calling property tax elimination “ridiculous” and yet advocates of such have endorsed him – go figure!
Dallas donors rally to protect Speaker Dade Phelan from anti-incumbent groundswell
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.The historic criminal trial of Trump in New York is itself criminal and a sign of the debasement of our nation. Turley points out: Prosecutor’s Case Against Trump Hinges On ‘Serial Perjurer’.The same type of lawfare used against Trump is being used in Texas by the State Bar Association.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: As if illegal immigration, in the millions now, isn’t enough of a problem and disservice to the American people, Texas Democrats want colleges and universities to hand out financial aid to children of illegals (which would include many illegals themselves.) What effrontery these Dems demonstrate!54 illegal alien sex offenders arrested this fiscal year in one Texas border sector alone! Note the comments of the Border Patrols source in the story about how many didn’t get arrested over the last three years.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.Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick publishes interim charges to Senate committeesbeginning the shape of the next legislative session.More on the big changes to Texas appraisal district board of directors including the election of 3 representatives to sit on the board the governs appraisals in counties with 75,000 or more in population.Oil and gas rig count fell in Texas this week.1 dead after 18-wheeler driver intentionally crashes into Washington County DPS office in Brenham.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Senate Bill 2, from the 2nd Called Session of the 88th Legislature, provides a new law that allows the public to elect 3 representatives to sit on the board the governs appraisals in counties with 75,000 or more in population. This election is coming fast and I’ll explain how it works.Also, spurring this bit of explanation and research, I interview Jon Bruegel who is running for Place 1 on the Lubbock County appraisal board.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.In the second half, as promised last week, I interview our friend Ross Aten to get a review of the three days of hearings last week held by the Texas House select committee on the recent Panhandle wildfires. There is interesting information that covers a wide array of issues.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas House Republican Caucus shows its members support their incumbent colleagues over voter trends – and that’s not surprising. However, Rep. Brian Harrison has it right overall in his pointing out the tone-deafness of it all.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.Local sales tax receipts released from the Comptroller’s Office. Look up your city here.Three stories demonstrating just who Texas Democrats are these days:
Democrat Congresswoman Tells Students The Moon Is Made Of Gas
Texas Dem suggests black people shouldn’t pay taxes as form of reparations
Borderland leaders urge expansion of work permits for illegal aliens
The Inflation Spike Biden Cannot Run From– want to bet? And media will help him as is done with Democrats all the time.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Votebeat broke one of the strangest stories I have read in a while last week that was then picked up by other Texas outlets. “Texas counties surprise surcharge from voter registration software vendor.”Counties should not be late on their payments but why did the firm not shakedown clients in other states too? And more importantly, why has is the Texas Secretary of State’s system been allowed to be so bad since an audit pointed out such way back in 2007?There is room for much criticism on this issue. The failed state system is making taxpayers pay twice for the same, or similar, service!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.Oil and gas rig count increased by 7 in Texas last week. And, the Railroad Commission reports that 2023 was another record-breaking year for Texas oil and gas production.Two Denton ISD elementary school principals indicted for illegal electioneering. About time!Some conservative Texas House legislators have proposed a new “Contract with Texas” and the Lefty Texas Tribune characterizes such as: “House Republicans issue demands for next Texas speaker.”Attorney General Paxton sues Harris County over its new “guaranteed income” welfare scheme.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Democrat Chuck Schumer is attempting to coerce by political intimidation federal courts in Texas to run court business has he and other liberals want. So far, the Northern District of Texas is ignoring the New York Leftist and it is to be commended. Since the FDR-era, the Leftists have tilted the playing field to their advantage by setting the rules for the operation of our institutions. We must fight back and citizens pay attention to such as these moves have huge effect.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.Phelan Got $10k From Pro-LGBTQP Teacher PAC – he self-identifies as Speaker… for now. Opinion: The King is Dead. Long Live the King, But Not this Monarchy.Company skips Texas Panhandle wildfire hearings – of course they did! They are facing massive liability issues.Also I comment at length on this latest rehash: Joe Straus: Tim Dunn said only Christians should be in leadership.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Despite a media feeding frenzy, Texas did not “backtrack” or “reverse course” on SB4 in oral argument before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today. No, in a Rush-style I-told-you-so, Texas’ solicitor general told the court that SB4 does exactly what I have been explaining that it does, and does not do, since it was being passed in the legislature. I explain fully today, with my regular frustration, at how lazy most have been on such a big subject – press and politicians. SB4 has never had a mechanism for actual deportation; the purpose of the bill is to get some of the issue before the Supreme Court to reconsider the horrible Arizona case, and; the DOJ is stretching the Arizona case precedent too.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.Before renting our your property to strangers through AirB&B or others, you might want to consider your massive personal liability.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: While stripping Americans of their gun rights, the same “progressive” Leftist judges are arming illegal aliens! What could go wrong!?” That and other Second Amendment related stories:
Biden Administration Launches New Gun-grabbing Scheme – Texas Scorecard
Big win for NRA members in battle with Biden’s ATF – it pays to be a member!
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.Texas bureaucrat want to build a very expensive state operated firefighting air force. There is no way such a program would be significantly more effective than the private sector and likely it would be a boondoggle of expenses. TDEM chief Nim Kidd sounds like just another gov’t bureaucrat using a “crisis” to spend more money and build government jobs.El Paso District Attorney sets the record straight about the local magistrate judge who released dangerous illegal aliens on Easter Sunday.Influential conservative PAC, Club for Growth, targets Phelan, other bad House Republicans incumbents involved in runoffs. It’s a good thing because Associated Republicans of Texas, ART, is no longer conservative and has gone all-incumbent, all-the-time.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliate. www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Avian, or bird, flu is found in Texas. A dairy work has a case, it’s a mild illness, some dairy cows have it, and now poultry have it. The only area for panic is for the economic loss to dairies and poultry farms and that it might raise some prices but, don’t worry, the always reliable to push scare media is at work. I give a good example with a Politico story.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.Texas’ economy again grows faster than the nation’s and the March sales tax report is a good one – note that Q1, 2024 is not very strong and lags inflation.Rick Perry’s slow destruction of his Texas political legacy and goodwill; Silliness in the Texas House GOP caucus, and; Abbott raises funds in NYC.An interesting one for the local grand jury: ‘I got something gangster for you’: Waco man accused of threatening ex with ‘AK-47′ style weapon because she was listening to rap musicListen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: An El Paso magistrate judge, on Easter Sunday, let the rioting illegal border crosser go free on personal recognizance bonds and blamed the local district attorney. More.Also, one of our great historians points out that Mexico’s president has become an outright enemy of the United States and has no respect for Biden and his weak administration.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.Federal Northern District of Texas will not adopt Judicial Conference guidance on judge-shopping. This is great news! For more, see the collection of stories here.Texas’ Third Court of Appeals upholds perverted ruling of Austin judge that the state cannot investigate, for child abuse, parents using pharmacology or medical procedures to attempt to change the sex of their child.Texas Ethics Commission, a.k.a. Clown Court or Unethical Commission, adopts rule to require reporting for paid posts to social media by so-called “influencers.”Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Reverend Daniel Hinton joins us to talk about Good Friday, Holy Week, and about worship using the liturgical calendar. Hinton is pastor for Christ Lutheran Church in Lubbock (an orthodox Missouri Synod Lutheran church.)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.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: More reporting is out bolstering all I have told you about the demise of those so-called “fraud” charges against Ken Paxton that were held onto for 8-years without trial.Be familiar with the entire history with my assembled links here.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.Oil and gas rig count is down this week.Ted Cruz is up over Allred in recent polling and there are interesting Trump numbers for Texas too.Risible: Dade Phelan says it’s ‘Not Appropriate’ for candidates to announce for Texas House Speaker now!Another caravan headed to the border. Former top ICE official sides with Texas Gov. Abbott over Biden in ongoing border battle.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Political goals trump justice for much of the state’s leftwing media as well as many politicians – a sinful shame. Headlines such as “Ken Paxton is Not Vindicated” and “This is Ken Paxton’s Texas” show the media going nuts over the dropping the spurious charges levied against Paxton way back in 2015.There never was a case worthy of a trial and once the special prosecutors had a firm court date, a thing they’d worked for years to avoid, they dropped the charges. See enough story links to the Paxton ordeal to be among the most informed here.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.Dallas Fed: Modest growth continues in Texas service sector, retail sales continue to fall.Fifth Circuit continues block on Texas immigration law.Governor Abbott Fights Antisemitic Acts At Texas Colleges, Universities. “Acts” yes, speech “no.” The answer to speech we don’t like is more speech. Greg Abbott orders colleges to revise free speech policies.We remember the Massacre at Goliad, this day 187 years ago with Brian Burns great song “Goliad.”Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: A MUST LISTEN SHOW! For well over a decade, I have covered the charges lodged against Ken Paxton over the so-called “securities fraud,” which was never fraud by the way.All that time, the evidence has shown it all to be a political revenge issue and I have said that the reason it didn’t come to trial was because it was being used by Paxton’s enemies as a political weapon.I said that the case would fall apart on appeal even if a guilty verdict was obtained before a Democrat jury. It didn’t even come to that – as soon as a judge finally set it for trial, the case, which was nothing to begin with, fell apart and the prosecutors dropped all charges today.I’ll give you a full refresher going back to 2014 with some items as far back as 2004. Here are some, not all, of the stories I reference: (for story list and links, click here: https://prattontexas.com/2024/03/26/paxton-charges-dropped-ill-give-more-in-1-hour-today-than-youll-get-from-all-the-state-press-pratt-on-texas-3-26-2024/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. Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, a Texas WuFlu heroine, is still fighting and has won a big victory over the Food and Drug Administration that tried to frighten Americans away from treating COVID-19: Houston Doctor’s Lawsuit Forces FDA to Remove COVID-19-Related Ivermectin Posts.Remember the FDA’s B.S. on Ivermectin: FDA publications and actions cited by plaintiffs include a 2021 post with pictures of a horse captioned, “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it,” and a link to an agency article entitled, “Why You Should Not Take Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19.””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.Dallas Fed: Texas manufacturing sector back in the negative in March.Great news for Longview and East Texas: Eastman Chemical to invest $1.3 billion in Longview expansion facility.Texas, New Mexico officials investigate mystery dairy cattle illness.Texas AG Ken Paxton could settle his securities fraud case with deal. I will cover in-depth if an announcement of such comes as predicted in this story.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Governor Abbott repeats the goal of eliminating public school M&O property taxes at TPPF summit. Lt. Gov. Patrick gets standing ovation for committing to passage of school choice.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.Pro-homosexual and trans-sexual political action committee formed in Denton ISD and I kid you not, it’s the SODPAC!Rig count remains flat in Texas.Texas continues to have low unemployment and to set employment records. Job growth “surged” in February.How things work under Democrat bail or criminal justice reform: 26-year-old woman given 16 bonds in about a year accused of seriously injuring fast food employee.Border news:
Illegal immigrants storm US border in El Paso, knock over guards
Border Patrol chief suggests ‘jail time,’ tougher ‘consequences’ to stop illegal US-Mexico border crossings
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The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Middle-of-the-pack, voting wise, Republican state Representative Tom Oliverson has announced a very public run to be the next Texas Speaker of the House. It is a practical admission that Phelan is finished as speaker even if he wins his runoff election. I’ve much about the announcement and run in today’s show.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.U.S. Supreme Court hears case of Texas grandmother thrown in jail after criticizing city government in Castle Hills. Amy Howe provided a very good summary of the case. Here is Howe’s follow-up after the hearing.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
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