The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Too much wind generated electrical power, as a percentage of grid resources, is once again endangering the Texas economic “miracle” and human life. It’s time the winds of change blow toward more reliable generation on the ERCOT grid. Legislators need to take bold action requiring much more dispatchable power on the grid and so-called renewables providers need to shoulder a big bit of the costs.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.Much on the Port of Brownsville.Border news – biggest groups of people appear to be crossing in places where Gov. Abbott has Operation Lone Star in force for the longest.Given history and the world as it stands, why are Jewish synagogue worshipers, at least in places like Texas where it is possible, among the most armed people on earth? It’s hardly as if Jewish teaching and history is one of pacifism.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Governor Abbott does it again: Takes a position on the border that sounds tough but turns out to be empty and more expensive for Texas taxpayers. Taking illegal aliens back to ports of entry to turn over to the Border Patrol for federal catch-and-release does nothing but add the expense of secure transportation onto the shoulders of Texas taxpayers. It’s yet another move that does nothing to reduce or discourage illegal immigration. Currently our Operation Lone Star operatives do nothing but help the folks up out of the river safely and around the few theater barriers we have constructed and hold them in groups for the feds to pick up. Now we’ll pay to transport them back to ports of entry to turn them over to the feds!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 & gas rig count and Biden selling some of our strategic reserve to China connected company to which his son is connected.The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a loss for the West. His commitment to stop China from invading Taiwan and other aggression was second to no one of importance in the region. America lost an important friend.RIP Ty Cooke.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas Medical Board continues to use anonymous “complaints” to go after physicians who offer successful treatment to WuFlu patients. Oddly they haven’t gone after doctors for off-label prescription use for sex-change procedures.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 see yet another big jump across Texas.The “preliminary” report out on the Uvalde school massacre gets much attention but doesn’t provide much we didn’t already know. I’m not sure we should be releasing “preliminary” reports – it might be wise to wait until the investigations are completed.Biden making you pay to take illegal aliens to other states so that they can obtain abortions.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: When media and advocates warn about public school teacher turnover they seem to never ask the key question: How does that turnover compare to other parts of the economy? Why do they not ask? Partly ignorance and partly because you’ll find that despite all the panic inducing stories trying to raise teacher pay turnover of Texas public school teachers is actually very low compared to other sectors of the economy and even very low when compared to general government employee turnover.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.As expected, Biden’s political DOJ going after Gov. Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. Meanwhile border counties are asking for more than theater border security – which is what Abbott’s OLS is to this point.Dirty pool played by Amarillo leadership.When it comes to State Veterans Cemeteries, the state needs to maintain them and leave local government out of the picture.New polling shows Abbott ahead of O’Rourke by 6 points and shows Sen. Cornyn with lower approval ratings than Joe Biden in Texas!Update on two A.G. Paxton legal issues.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Why are so many focused upon “gun violence” as opposed to violence itself no matter the tool? The gun is simply not central to the issue of stopping or understanding violence from one human upon others as such has existed in grotesque quantity since the beginning of time – thousands of years in recorded history before there were firearms.Our Anti-Wimp update demonstrates the neutrality of the firearm and how it can be used for either good or bad just like anything else.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 Supreme Court allows enforcement of existing law against abortion, putting a temporary stop the order from the Houston judge last week.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Charter schools have been a roaring success in Texas with most enrollment coming from traditional Democrat constituencies but, it’s the public school lobby, running the Democrat Party and controlling some RINOs, that works constantly to remove choice from parents. Good changes are likely coming to the Texas SBOE on charter schools and hopefully the public will also begin to understand what full school choice is as opposed to what it is not.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 space industry update with Bob Zimmerman of Behindtheblack.com – looking at Space X in Boca Chica and all the work Axiom Space is doing over in Houston.Sales tax revenue up big again in Texas, oil & gas rig count drops and the Biden Administration is working to kill off the oil business despite high gasoline prices.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: We all knew it was true but TPPF put out the numbers showing most of our local cities and counties have been growing spending well in excess of growth and inflation over the past decade.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.Two big U.S. Supreme Court decisions, in which Texas was a party, were released today. One was a big win on EPA overreach and the other a loss when it comes to border policy however, I think the Court got it right despite the fact that I disagree with the policy.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com 

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas officials who should know better are falling into the trap of just “doing something” after the massacre at the Uvalde school. Spending taxpayer money on so-called mental healthcare to significantly reduce, or even stop, mass shootings is a waste and not supported by the data as a solution.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.Ridiculous claims on illegal immigration pour out from the Left and its media propagandists after the latest embarrassment in San Antonio. Please liberals, tell us this: What and where are those “strict” border policies you talk about? See: 1, 2, or 3.Over a million voters have switched to the GOP over the last 12 months.John Cooper well points out that it’s not that sleepy Biden doesn’t have a plan – this, this pain and suffering, is the Biden plan.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

John Cooper has published a piece in The Epoch Times headlined “Stop Saying Team Biden Has No Plan—the Plan Is Your Pain.”It begins with:“Do I really look like a guy with a plan?” Heath Ledger’s Joker famously asks Harvey Dent in the 2008 masterpiece, “The Dark Knight.”Many Americans have been wondering for months if Joe Biden has a plan for, well, just about anything. The president and his administration continue to stumble from one crisis to another, solving nothing and, indeed, often overseeing crises that just get worse.…Because of course Biden doesn’t have a plan to solve these crises—the crises are the point. The pain we’ve all been experiencing for almost 18 months is the plan.John and I discuss the issue including a bit of talk about why so many people don’t seem to hear it when candidates such as Biden tell them, in advance, what they plan to do. Once again we have an example of a large plurality of the people having ignored the Democrats’ plans until it hits them in the pocketbook.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Is existing Texas law making abortion illegal “dead letter” law as a judge has claimed? I’ll explain the absurdity of that argument as well as much else surrounding the ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and sending the issue of abortion back to the people of the various states.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.Biden is making another effort to slow oil production in Texas.Much of the Democrat redistricting lawsuit effort has failed but the Texas Supreme Court does allow the “county line” rule issue to move forward.Illegal immigration tragedy strikes again in San Antonio yet the White House claims the border is closed.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com