The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Stupid, shortsighted, “shocking,” and more can be used to describe why a group of conservative legislators today voted with Democrats to ruin SB10 – the bill that lowers the voter approval election trigger from 3.5% to 2.5% for local property tax increases.

Also, if Burrows is for the ban on taxpayer funded lobbying, as he has long claimed, why is he allowing RINO Ken King to kill it yet again?

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Oil and gas rig count actually went up Friday.

Is Plano ISD giving direct school support to anti-Israel demonstrations? Attorney General Paxton is investigating.

From the legal stack:

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Why do so many “Republicans” in a conservative voting county, Lubbock County, think that constantly growing government spending, at taxpayer expense with property tax increases, is good policy and reflective of good management and stewardship? Frankly there is a lot of Washington, DC swamp thinking going on such as calling reductions in the rate of increase in spending cuts to spending. Longtime taxpayer champion Lubbock County Commissioner Jason Corley joins me to discuss this issue and why he and commissioners Rackler and Shaw have stood firm for not raising property taxes.

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We meet Texas House District 71 Republican nominee candidate Joshua Ohlemacher. We discussed school choice among other things.

Alexander Duncan, a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, discusses his campaign and how previously living in, and being a police officer, in California has motivated him to love and want to protect Texas.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas House blew up the property tax reform bill [more] and now has to reconcile with the Senate. And, the House appears to be leaning toward Texas becoming a pothead legal drug state. Plus, the House voted to reform the public school STAAR test but Odessa’s state Rep. Landgraf makes clear his goal is to end testing all together – the great goal of the Leftist teacher unions that want zero accountability for the results achieved with taxpayers’ money.

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SpaceX: The most powerful rocket ever, built and financed by a private company, has a near perfect tenth test flight. Freedom!!!

Texas’ solicitor general ask the Texas Supreme Court to stop an illogical act of the 15th Court of Appeals in the Beto Pancho O’Rouke case.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Much from the Texas Legislature in special session including: Burrow’s leadership appears to go very soft on Dem quorum busting in GOP Caucus meeting; House passes lower percentage for voter approval requirement for local tax increases, and; Abbott adds an item to the call that makes it appear an amendment to election law in the regular session from Rep. Shaheen may have given the Dems part of their goal of same day voter registration in some cases.

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The State of Texas, in socialist fashion, buys the Crockett and Menger hotels that sit next to the Alamo. Why, with all the great talent in Texas, did they have to partner with a hospitality firm out of Ohio!?

Texas Service Sector and Retail reports from the Dallas Fed.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Democrats were thwarted again Friday night as new Texas Congressional maps passed the Senate. Standard Dem-front groups such as LULAC file suit nastily claiming racism in the maps. Myra Flores call the Dems out for their empty and nasty claims of racism.

Legislators are looking at new penalties for lawmaker who choose not to show up to work.

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Anti-Wimp update: Fake cops get the full Anti-Wimp treatment in Houston.

Media may not like it but legally, and that’s his job, Paxton is correct: Attorney General Paxton Instructs Schools to Display the Ten Commandments in Accordance with Texas Law.

Texas manufacturing sector is growing, reports the Dallas Fed. Dr Pepper to be split from Keurig and headquartered in Frisco.

Trump taps Airbnb founder Joe Gebbia, Texan, to remake federal websites.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Quorum breaking Democrats have been sent a notice of fines they owe for breaking House rules. See the letter here. It comes to $9,354.25 each.

Liberals and homosexual lobby attack conservative in House hearing on the Texas Women’s Privacy Act (SB8) but DPS punishes conservative.

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Candidates pour into HD71 GOP primary race as RINO Lambert retires:

Old liberal-Loyd Doggett bowing out of re-election due to redistricting.

Lubbock County’s Judge Bow-Tie Parrish and Sheriff Kelly Rowe whine like Democrats, again, over not passing a tax increase on the public. Way to go commissioners: Corley, Rackler, Dalby, & Shaw!

A.G. Ken Paxton Appeals the Politically-Motivated Attack Targeting Him and the OAG (Beto Pancho case)

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reins in the Clown Court, a.k.a Texas Ethics Commission. I had a ton of other court rulings in the stack today, you’ll need to listen to catch up.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: After passing new Congressional maps – less “gerrymandered” than the previous – Governor Abbott has added items to the called session agenda. One is asking for more penalties for lawmakers who do not show up to work while in session.

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Texas lawmakers revive effort to replace STAAR exam with three tests.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Democrats’ big show sells no tickets: Texas House Republicans to pass Congressional redistricting maps this evening.

Democrats illegally used the Texas House floor sleep-in stunt for political fundraising via video feed. This is very much against the rules. After being called on it, they altered their floor feed of the stunt.

Rep. Collier has indeed filed suit against Speaker Burrows and his escort policy. Burrows should know better, this is a future crimes arrangement. Despite the claims, however, Collier was not confined to the House floor, she chose that but overall the policy is fundamentally wrong.

Democrat protesters were cleared from the Capitol last night as DPS learned of a violent threat made to shoot and kill “those who will not allow lawmakers to leave.” Showing once again how ignorant of the situation the Leftist backers are.

Interesting AP story on Democrat experiences being watched at all times by DPS officers: Even at the Grocery Store, Texas Troopers Don’t Let Democrats Out of Sight After Walkout.

HD117 state Rep. Philip Cortez draws primary challenger because he didn’t leave to break quorum – makes it clear Dems do not approve of “working across the aisle.”

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Texas law on Ten Commandments Public School Display blocked by district court judge in San Antonio. – “Harm” comes from not obeying God’s laws, not the other way around. This document is central the entire American Experiment in the Rule of Law above persons.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Again Confirms 2026 Re-election Bid; Sen. Perry (SD28) announces for re-election, and; SD31’s Sen. Sparks does same.

Judge bars Paxton from taking legal action against O’Rourke’s PAC– I’d sure like to see the legal reasoning on this…

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Now we know: It’s not just political district maps, the ones passed by Republicans, that are “racist,” it is ALL maps are racist!

Redrawn Texas Congressional district maps are set to be voted on tomorrow in the House and now we can’t get some Democrats to go home! More.

Texas Senate passes much, including the Hemp THC ban.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Enough Democrats showed up at the Capitol today, as expected, to have a quorum in this 2nd Called Session that began on Friday. Speaker Burrows says they’ll have to be escorted by DPS if they want to leave. Overall, it is quite clear that not only did Texas Democrats accomplish nothing in their quorum bust but, they actually succeeded in having much of the country learn how badly Dems have already gerrymandered states like California, New York, and Illinois.

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NW Texas measles outbreak declared over. Remember all the panic and hate from the Left over those who choose not to vaccinate?

A new reason to rebuild the Texas Navy: A protest of boats now intends to violate the range and prevent the next SpaceX Starship/Superheavy test launch.

Another cyber attack at Lubbock city hall: city gave notice to Texas AG, topic added to special meeting of City Council. – utility bill paying online was working by last Thursday morning.

Another example of the complete incompetence of the City of Dallas city management.

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