The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Democrats are picking a new party chairman this weekend. All their talk about trying to find someone who can win elections is for nothing until they stop living in a false, alternate universe. The often quoted Matt Angle, in this DMN story, demonstrates such. No matter how much you say it, Abbott, Patrick, and the Texas GOP is not “failed” and no person in touch with reality can make that general claim.

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Now that the federal government is doing its job on the border, Texas officials don’t want to stop the state spending. This is terribly irresponsible and very much Democrat-like.

Army secretary: ‘Immigration facility’ at Fort Bliss has been ‘greenlighted.’  HUD Cracks Down on Government-Backed Mortgages for Illegal Immigrants.

Texas continues to set job growth records and outperform the country as a whole.

Insurance company CEO fired after admitting to a House committee that he had citizens, a journalist, and elected officials investigated. Some of the reaction to this is over the top because such is not illegal and is quite common place. However, the question the AG will be looking into will be: Did this turn into something that is illegal?

Oil and gas rig count from Baker Hughes.

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