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The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Illegal use of foreign drivers is killing small Texas trucking companies, others are using the drivers illegal to underpay for labor, and we’ve had two decades of national emergency on the border importing 10 to 20 million illegal aliens into the country. Yet with all of that, Dumb, Deaf, and Blind – Drew Darby, Stan Lambert, and Ken King – voted for a Democrat’s bill that has the State of Texas creating a guest worker program if the feds give permission. See: Texas House Rejects Mexican Guest Worker Program; 9 Republicans joined Democrats in an attempt to create the guest worker program.

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Items from the 89th Legislature mentioned:

U.S. Inflation Stays Cooler Than Expected, Prices Up 2.3%, Smallest Annual Increase Since February 2021. Oh, and: It Turns Out That Even More of Joe Biden’s Jobs Creation Numbers Were Fake.

Qatari 747 jumbo-jet Trump wants as Air Force One is in San Antonio.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: A Texas Supreme Court ruling last week is important in reminding local governments that the Legislature is in control of what they can and cannot do. It is also an important private property rights ruling: Texas Supreme Court Overturns Rulings in College Station Extra Territorial Jurisdiction Case.

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From the 89th Texas Legislature:

Senate Leaderhip Fund poll shows Cornyn getting creamed by Paxton – as all other polls has shown. And, a far-Left union Democrat says he is running in TX19 to ultimately challenge Rep. Jody Arrington.

Secretary Rollins Suspends Live Animal Imports Through Ports of Entry Along Southern Border, Effective Immediately. Sheinbaum calls US halt on Mexican cattle imports unfair. 

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Much news out of the 89th Legislature in Austin including:

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U.S. Rep. Jody Arrington (TX19) has a fine opinion piece in The Daily Caller: America Cannot Have Free Trade Without Fair Trade.

Oil and gas drilling rig count – Texas up this week.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: A good concealed carry bill related to election polling places passes the Texas House. And, the “State Fair” bill has moved out of the Senate and needs a vote in the House.

The Texas House, short of time, finds time to vote on a Democrat’s bill to setup a state “guest worker” program but has not found time to move priority immigration items such as mandating e-Verify.

Senate’s time at school for prayer and scripture bill finally gets a hearing in a House committee.

And the radical Left really hates this one: Bill to further restrict sexually explicit material from public school libraries gets House hearing.

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Taylor County’s judge and commissioners trending in the right direction on property tax breaks for a wind energy farm.

Libs protesting at the illegal alien holding center in Anson miss the only point they have which is due process. People who entered our country without being subject to proper due process to get in, don’t really deserve much of any due process to be deported.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Six indictments and arrests for alleged vote harvesting in South Texas follow a “multi-year investigation.” But don’t worry, the media narrative remains: Vote cheating happens rarely, if at all. And, investigating allegations of such remains a way to harass minorities.

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Local city sales tax numbers released by the Comptroller – report is much better than last month. Find your city’s numbers here.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Speaker of the Texas House Burrows, fires his general counsel and policy director. His holding the position to begin with shows the incestuous nature of the Austin power crowd and how they don’t even notice such anymore. These types of conflicts of interests, often through self-serving “power couples,” are all too common in Austin and Washington.

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Key bills are being held up by Rep. Ken King and pressure, from you, needs to be brought to bear.

House State Affairs Committee Members: 

 Also, pressure needs to be brought to the House Public Education committee to get a hearing and vote on HB 1313, banning taxpayer funded lobbying by school districts.

Watch: Reining in the Texas Association of School Boards.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas House and Senate appear to have made a deal on property tax relief that, if it holds, will remove a time consuming issue from the limited time left in the 89th Session. Overall it is a good deal. Read more here and here.

Governor Abbott signed the landmark school choice bill, SB2, on Saturday. The unions are not happy: Texas AFL-CIO protests voucher program with banner at Governor’s Mansion.

More from the 89th Legislature:

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About Cinco de Mayo and why it’s good to celebrate a little!

Starbase, Texas is now a thing after SpaceX employees and residents vote to incorporate.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: A nail-spittingly angry Texas Railroad Commissioner, Wayne Christian, tells how big oil has switched sides at the 11th our of the legislative session and joined with the enviro-left to undermine a major bill to firm up the Texas ERCOT electric grid. Click here to see Commissioner Christian’s full email and op-ed on the issue.

Commissioner Christian also points out how AEP has choked off a rebirth of Texas coal power made possible by the Trump Administration.

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Oil and gas drilling rig count down; Texas sales tax collections up.

We’ve seen this movie before – every two years!: Far too many Texas Republican priority bills are being held up in the Texas House. Members are rightly concerned and many fingers are accurately pointing at Rep. Ken King. But remember, the Speaker can fix all of this in a brief moment. House leadership is blocking a vote on banning Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying, says Rep. Money. Again, the Speaker can fix this in a heartbeat if he desires.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Speaker Dustin Burrows is lining up to have his legacy as the man who backdoor legalized the get-high THC marijuana/hemp industry in Texas. I have been following the fight in the legislature over THC and have read most every story about what is happening. Saying that, I can assure you that Karen Brooks Harper’s story in The Dallas Morning News is accurate and the headline has a correct slant on the story: Bill that would save THC retailers from total ban advances in Texas House panel.

The people pushing this the hardest are West Texas reps that Speaker Burrows put on the powerful State Affairs panel and are of his leadership circle. The BurrowCrats are directly fighting state Senator Charles Perry’s effort to roll back this unintended legalization loophole that came from the Hemp bill in 2019. House leadership is using much time and energy to fight to SAVE the get-high retail business of selling THC infused products. This is nothing more than the backdoor legalization of a get-high drug culture.

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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick appointed Chairman of Presidential Religious Liberty Commission.

Lawyer John Bash Withdraws From Texas AG Republican Primary. Sad to see it.

Republican and Democrat polling shows Senator John Cornyn 10 to 20 points behind Ken Paxton if the Republican Primary for U.S. Senate were held today! This a shockingly big and consistent spread.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick points out that the Texas Senate has pass all top 40 “priority bills.” The Senate has, as of Friday, passed 631 bills while the BurrowCrat House has passed only 182. Both officially began work on the same day but as usual the House plays around with its internal politics for months before getting to the work it must do in the 140-day session.

And speaking of convening for legislative work, Senator Birdwell has gotten a bill out of the Senate to the House that allows the Legislature to come back into session after the deadline for the governor to veto bills for the purpose of overriding vetoes.

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More evidence of how much legitimate bail reform is needed, a job the Texas House has failed on in the past: Harris County Magistrates Awarded More than 10,000 PR Bonds for Felonies in 2024.

Governor Abbott goes after the City of San Marcos and its anti-Israel resolution.

Abbott and Nimm appointed by President Trump to the new FEMA Review Council.

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