Pratt on Texas

The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: From a DACA recipient caught smuggling illegal aliens to new military deployments on the U.S./Mexican border, there is much in the illegal immigration stack today.

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Texas sales tax revenue totaled $3.8 billion in February showing growth.

Anti-Wimp update: Corpus Christi homeowner shoots trespasser.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: With the previously anti-any-war, pro-Russian Left in convulsions over the Zelenskyy shakedown attempt and Trump’s not having anymore of it, noted scholar Victor Davis Hanson sums up the current state of affairs with “10 bad takeaways the Zelenskyy blow-up.”

And note that for all the European bluster of help, they still need much U.S. support. And, Trump Stunned After Zelenskyy Says End Of War ‘Very Far Away’ is a headline showing he was right, Zelenskyy isn’t ready for a negotiated peace.

Poll: 4% Of Americans Back Russia In War, But 44% Don’t Back Ukraine Either.

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Trump Administration scrambling to build a deportation infrastructure and it will take Congressional action.

Is Xcel energy trying to California-ize Texas; engaging in retaliation for blame on Panhandle wildfires, or; dangerously trading possible “public safety” problems for assured public safety problems as it turns off power for Texans during wind events? Xcel is a Leftwing “climate change” champion.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: A blow up in the Oval Office today and a somewhat contrived blow up in the Texas House yesterday – and as usual the reporting, blaming the Republican or conservative, is opposite the reality. And also as usual, the hand-wringing crowd has it all wrong including BurrowCrat Dustin Burrows who admonished the innocent conservative and ignored the way beyond the line Democrat.

See for yourself here: https://x.com/brianeharrison/status/1895335410286669969

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Oil and gas drilling rig count rises.

The deaths of 76 Branch Davidians in April 1993 could have been avoided – so why didn’t anyone care?

DOGE and cutting back federal programs and employment is now the end of the world but the press didn’t cry over Clinton and Obama on the same subject.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: A very interesting story about the new Air Force One planes on order, much delayed and over budget, from Boeing being built in San Antonio.

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Scum: Saks still plans to close downtown Neiman Marcus despite efforts to resolve lease issue.

DOGE says Texas nonprofit with former Biden transition member reaped millions operating empty migrant facility in Pecos.

News from the 89th Texas Legislature includes:

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Our Lone Star story of the day: It was announced this afternoon that a deal has been made in Dallas that should (who knows with Saks?) keep the storied Neiman Marcus flagship store open in downtown Dallas. The ordeal is tied up in Texas history as much as any business story I’ve read.

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Repeated musician bus trips from Mexico to Houston was a successful cocaine smuggling ring – until the border folk finally searched that “anomaly” in the big Vovlo bus’ fuel tank. Also, 118 illegal aliens were arrested in Colony Ridge raids.

News from the 89th Texas Legislature includes:

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Shooting down drones over your property; competing tax cut ideas; Ivermectin over the counter, and; more from the 89th Texas Legislature. I explain why the Senate’s focus on property tax reduction through increasing the homestead exemption is the better path from a philosophical point of view.

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Dallas Fed reports the Texas Service Sector and Retail did well in February but with a very bad attitude!

More hypocrisy from the Left and media reporters on the much vaunted, by them, “separation of church and state.” When it comes to using churches to stop the enforcement of laws Leftists dislike, then it’s all well and good for government to hand out special accommodation to churches.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Governor Abbott has been sucked into two stories he’d rather have not had to deal with. He’s there though and his get-out-in-front-of-it swings at bat are really weak on both stories.

First is the Lottery Commission scandals – Abbott has chosen not to reign in the commission for some time despite widespread knowledge of bad actions. Today he asks the Texas Rangers to investigate – way too late and really off mark because the problems are more policy related than criminal. Abbott’s own appointee as lottery commissioner has now resigned.

And the ol’ Colony Ridge development is back in the news: Colony Ridge targeted in Trump deportation push, Greg Abbott says. Abbott makes like he’s getting tough on the place, built by big donors, but note the DPS sergeant who says they are doing what they’ve been doing for two years despite Abbott’s get tough social media post.

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Dallas Fed says Texas manufacturing took a dive in February. Apple announces new big server plant for Houston-area, and more business news.

A&M system’s list of 5 candidates for new Chief Aggie.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: The new national Democrat boss is putting Texas high on the list for action so what’s different this time? He seems to understand what matters most – redistricting.

Meanwhile the far Leftist Democrats in Austin squabbling and it is no surprise – Soros-backed district attorneys, purposefully soft on violent crime, are a disaster nationwide. However, Senator Sarah Eckhardt is just as guilty as D.A. Garza because she has spent a lifetime pushing the radical agenda of the Marxist Left.

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Texas lottery scandals are ballooning so it is a wonder that Gov. Abbott seems uninterested in addressing such. I wonder if legislators, despite any bloviating on the subject, actually have the guts to let the lottery die in Sunset Review this session. Here is a bunch of reporting on the scandals.

Oil and gas rig count unchanged this week.

Border news includes a really stupid report from the so-called “Human Rights Watch” blaming the Texas DPS for actions of the smugglers. Also, ICE raided a South Texas bakery that was knowingly employing illegal workers and the Leftist media acts as if it has never happened before. Heck, not that many years ago I remember reporting on the giant Shipley Do-nuts of Houston being raided for such.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas Senate has now passed real Bail Reform, again. Once again, it will be up to the House to pass the much needed reform.

Also, the House has finally filed its school choice bill while the Senate has already debated and passed its version. There are differences.

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Another “science” person needs to be corrected. I comment on this opinion column: Lubbock area measles outbreak was preventable.

Trump Orders Agencies to Stop Taxpayers’ Funding for Illegal Migrants.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas electricity ratepayers are paying huge amounts of money more than they should because of the variability (unreliability) of wind and solar electricity generation.

Brent Bennett, Ph.D. explains in detail the three “buckets” of cost from wind and solar variability and what needs addressing by the PUC and the legislature. You can find the full report on this matter here.

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Senator Creighton introduces ‘Texas Teacher Bill of Rights’ with pay raises for teachers.

Senator Kolkhorst files bill that would prohibit hostile foreign entities from purchasing land in Texas, reworked from last sessions poorly developed bill.

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