Pratt on Texas

The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: What do the recent census estimates show about Texas’ major cities and counties? One result is a flip-flop on the which is the fourth largest city in Texas – but don’t worry, it will flip back as Austin keeps raising taxes while Tarrant County keeps lowering property taxes.

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 Manufacturing Outlook Survey for December.

Elon Musk’s X backs Texan’s free speech fight in case of tranny photographed in the Texas Capitol women’s restroom.

Murder warrant issued for man wanted in shooting death of Eddy Betancourt, prominent Rio Grande Valley businessman.

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The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: What’s going on with free speech in the City of Dallas? Dallas police arrested, or detained, street preachers preaching the Gospel on public property, outside the American Airlines Center.

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.

On a short week report, the Texas oil & gas rig count grew again.

Abilene’s growth and key position on I-20 near the Metroplex nets Bass Pro Shops as anchor tenant of an $80 million retail development. (I think I may have credited this story to the DMN but is was in the Houston Chronicle.)

Here’s a bonus story for you: Dallas CEO ventures into Ukrainian warzones.

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The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: More about Governor Abbott’s fight against CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood in Texas:

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Melania Reigns as the Queen of Christmas, Trouncing Jill Biden and Michelle Obama in New Poll 

India launches Mildand-based AST SpaceMobile’s sixth Bluebird satellite

Starlink added a million new customers in just the past month

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The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Odessa and Ector County exemplify the Stench of Local Government at present: Citizens said no to bonds to build a new courthouse; officials gave them the middle finger and went ahead anyway with a $200 million project with debt from C.O. bonds. Odessa’s civic cheerleader crew ran a RINO/liberal slate with big money backing for city council, swept out the conservatives, and immediately went on a tax raising spree that may turn out to be illegal. But don’t worry, city officials are going to spend more of the people’s money to protect their tax increase! Notice how in both stories the reporter left out the background.

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.

ACU graduate and left-liberal Obama appointed federal judge, Robert Pitman, blocks Texas new age verification law for app stores. Pitman claims minors have a right to access anything without verifying age so when will he overturn all the other things we require age verification for?

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The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Congressional candidate (TX19) and Lubbock Co. Commissioner Jason Corley talks about his reinstatement to office by a court on Friday and the appellate court rejecting his tormentors appeal this morning. It’s all a glimpse into why the Bowtie Bully Curtis Parrish should not hold any elected office.

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 drilling rig count. Another mall bump up this past week.

All the Texas high school football champions.

Trump switches endorsement from Mayra to Eric in the GOP battle for TX34 where Republicans hope to beat liberal U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in the Rio Grande Valley next fall.

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U.S. Navy Commander (Retired) Bob Gray of Gray Matters joins us for a special edition of Pratt on Texas.

Gray Matters airs on my Lubbock affiliate KWBF and is a great show for thinking people. Bob helps keep Pratt on Texas on the air in Lubbock and is an interesting person with a equally interesting background.

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Famous Texas cold case mystery solved: What really happened to David Crockett at the Alamo. Did he go down fighting or, was he captured and executed by Mexican dictator General Santa Anna?

Rick Range joins us to discuss the book David Crockett Went Down Fighting: How We Know It. Range and fellow researcher Phil Guarnieri put to rest a longtime controversy over what happened to Crockett at the Alamo.

You know Rick Range from his Save the Alamo work.

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The Reverend Daniel Hinton joins us to talk about Christmas – and what it is not on this special edition of Pratt on Texas..

Hinton is pastor for Christ Lutheran Church in Lubbock (an orthodox Missouri Synod Lutheran church.)

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On this special edition of Pratt on Texas, our friend Nathan Dahlstrom (S.J. Dahlstrom) talks about the success of the Wilder Good Adventure book series and about the latest, number 9, Never Curse The Rain which is published by Paul Dry Books.

Order your copy here.

Be Wilder, not wimpy! Keep up with all things Wilder at: http://wildergood.com/

Texas passed Senate Bill 840 to help with the growing state’s housing shortage but some local governments claim it to be a “sledgehammer” and an infringement on their “local control.” Lawsuits have been filed yet other cities have embraced the law.

Ben Crockett of the Texas Public Policy Foundation will discuss the issue with us on this special edition of Pratt on Texas.

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