The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Post primary election and pre-runoff work uncovers much incompetence by local government election officials in huge Dallas and Harris counties. The Harris County situation is by far the worst and local Democrat commissioners don’t even seem to care much about the rules. Holly Hansen has a new story on Harris County’s mess.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.Interviews with Abilene ISD school board candidates Reini King, Place 4and Jeff Carr, Place 5.Oil and gas drilling rig count jumps in the double digits in Texas.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: Gov. Abbott announces another round of expensive but ineffective theater border security.His pledge to send illegal aliens to the nation’s capitol is near a lie – it requires them to volunteer(!) for such and it’s only people already processed by the feds who are allowed to remain the country.As to the “razor wire,” we’ve already seen this and all our people do is help the folks get through it.Then to the vehicle safety inspections: Why in the world was this not done many years ago when we more than doubled spending on DPS specifically for the border build up? This was the type of thing we were told then Texas would be doing. Texans should be furious at Abbott playing them for fools.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.Big reports out on the number of mail-in ballots rejected in the Texas primary elections for not complying with new ID requirements. The disparity of the rejection rates from one large county to another raises serious questions.Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rules 5 to 4 in favor of a Texas law on harassment by email and other electronic communications. I agree with the minority that the law interferes with freedom of speech. The case will likely move to federal courts now.We have an Anti-Wimp update!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: Polling from the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation is quite interesting and should frighten Democrats. Getting much attention is the dislike of George P. Bush however the polling data shows large pluralities who are fully aware of his poor performance at the Land Office meaning it’s not just the unpopularity of the Bush name as some would lead you to believe.State Senator Beverly Powell simply quits, handing SD10 to Republican Phil King. She lost her lawsuit over the redrawn lines of the district and says she’ll withdraw from the ballot!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.Show I was right on 30 March, press reports out today show there is a push to get Gov. Greg Abbott to move to a position of real action on the border with Mexico. But as you’d expect, Abbott won’t use the term “invasion” in a constitutional context. Well guv, if it’s not an invasion then what is it?Sales tax receipts for Texas taxing districts show huge growth which means cities shouldn’t be raising property taxes next year.Another few moments pointing out that rising appraisals do not, in general, raise your property taxes. Taxes only go up when local government officials set a new tax rate for the next year that brings in more money from existing property (property taxed in the last year) than in the previous budget year.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

This is a Pratt on Texas podcast extra interview Konni Burton, founder of The Texan and a former state senator, on her efforts to provide straight news in a world of "advocacy journalism." From my perspective the interesting issue is how straight news reporting avoids being classified as "right-wing" or "niche" by the Leftist leaning traditional media. How do outlets such as The Texan begin to be seen by the public as "mainstream?"Recorded 5 April 2022.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Senator Bob Hall is rightly calling for much needed reforms of the Texas Medical Board. The problems have long existed, and in many ways are quite un-American, but it is WuFlu that has made those problems know to a wider audience. Holly Hansen at The Texan has provided excellent coverage of the issue.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.A visit with Konni Burton, founder of The Texan and a former state senator, on her efforts to provide straight news in a world of “advocacy journalism.”Texas Democratic Party fight for chairman heats up with allegations of “workplace violence.”Some Tarrant County “Republicans” want a Democrat County judge because the Republican nominee is actually a conservative.Lt. Gov. Patrick wants a Texas version of Florida’s new law to prevent schools from sexualizing young children. Texas press runs the Leftist propaganda phrase “don’t say ‘gay'” in headlines even though the bill has no such requirement.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: Anti-Second Amendment and self-defense advocates, Biden included, use California mass shooting to push for gun control already in effect in, where else?, California! Rep. Ronny Jackson making federal moves to stop some California action that taxes exercising one’s Second Amendment rights.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 sales taxes continue to rise in a big way.Lt. Gov. Patrick releases interim charges for state senators.Texas Lyceum poll is as bad as always but another real poll on the GOP primary runoff has interesting numbers. Abbott polls very bad in this poll as a GOP presidential nominee.And after getting your vote, Governor Abbott endorses the non-conservatives in runoffs for the Texas House – including two endorsed by the uber-Left American Federation of Teachers union.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: Little by little Texas legislators have fought local governments to force better honesty with voters on taxes. Tax raisers want you to be fooled but never forget that there is no free money, bond issues raise taxes and usually do so for decades.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.Another round of “woe is us” from the press about Texas teachers.Grand jury got it right in the no bill of Kyle Carruth.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 push to “normalize” homosexuality rolled most like a tsunami. Now it’s the tidal wave to convince you that girls and boys are not actually females and males. Will you be cowered into submission fearing a Leftist society more than you fear and respect God? And, what of these legislators who last session tried to tell us this movement of transsexualization wasn’t a real issue and was simply being pushed by a few radical conservative group?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.HD12 runoff featuring RINO state Rep. Kacal and a challenge from Ben Bius gives evidence to my long running admonition that often our office holders are among the least informed on the politics of the state and country.Enforcement of restrictive Texas “drone” photography law partly stopped by federal court just as I predicted years ago.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: With state spending at an all time high, by a multiple, on border security, some in the legislature seem to be moving to attempt to force the governor’s hand in apply real border security as opposed to the theater security we currently have with Operation Lone Star. Good for them but I doubt most legislative leadership has the stomach to challenge the feds and start truly stopping the invasion.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.Lubbock city council candidates know crime is the big issue but their campaign talk isn’t very clear or focused on the subject.Federal Election Commission fines the DNC and the 2016 Hillary campaign over hiding, in finance filings, the purpose of their expenditure for the debunked Russian “dossier” on Trump. Too bad the damage is already done.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

Another update on the blacklisting of Americans from author and historian Robert Zimmerman of behindtheblack.com.The blacklisting goes beyond absurdity as mindless Leftist followers work to shut down a pro-civil rights opera because a writer is white and a second grader is harassed for openly talking about Jesus and Christianity at school, plus more. Zimmerman discusses how the seeds of today's problems were planted some time ago.www.PrattonTexas.com  | Recorded 28 March 2022.