Pratt on Texas

The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: As if illegal immigration, in the millions now, isn’t enough of a problem and disservice to the American people, Texas Democrats want colleges and universities to hand out financial aid to children of illegals (which would include many illegals themselves.) What effrontery these Dems demonstrate!

54 illegal alien sex offenders arrested this fiscal year in one Texas border sector alone! Note the comments of the Border Patrols source in the story about how many didn’t get arrested over the last three years.

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Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick publishes interim charges to Senate committeesbeginning the shape of the next legislative session.

More on the big changes to Texas appraisal district board of directors including the election of  3 representatives to sit on the board the governs appraisals in counties with 75,000 or more in population.

Oil and gas rig count fell in Texas this week.

1 dead after 18-wheeler driver intentionally crashes into Washington County DPS office in Brenham.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Senate Bill 2, from the 2nd Called Session of the 88th Legislature,  provides a new law that allows the public to elect 3 representatives to sit on the board the governs appraisals in counties with 75,000 or more in population. This election is coming fast and I’ll explain how it works.

Also, spurring this bit of explanation and research, I interview Jon Bruegel who is running for Place 1 on the Lubbock County appraisal board.

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In the second half, as promised last week, I interview our friend Ross Aten to get a review of the three days of hearings last week held by the Texas House select committee on the recent Panhandle wildfires. There is interesting information that covers a wide array of issues.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas House Republican Caucus shows its members support their incumbent colleagues over voter trends – and that’s not surprising. However, Rep. Brian Harrison has it right overall in his pointing out the tone-deafness of it all.

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Local sales tax receipts released from the Comptroller’s Office. Look up your city here.

Three stories demonstrating just who Texas Democrats are these days:

The Inflation Spike Biden Cannot Run From– want to bet? And media will help him as is done with Democrats all the time.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Votebeat broke one of the strangest stories I have read in a while last week that was then picked up by other Texas outlets. “Texas counties surprise surcharge from voter registration software vendor.”

Counties should not be late on their payments but why did the firm not shakedown clients in other states too? And more importantly, why has is the Texas Secretary of State’s system been allowed to be so bad since an audit pointed out such way back in 2007?

There is room for much criticism on this issue. The failed state system is making taxpayers pay twice for the same, or similar, service!

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 rig count increased by 7 in Texas last week. And, the Railroad Commission reports that 2023 was another record-breaking year for Texas oil and gas production.

Two Denton ISD elementary school principals indicted for illegal electioneering. About time!

Some conservative Texas House legislators have proposed a new “Contract with Texas” and the Lefty Texas Tribune characterizes such as: “House Republicans issue demands for next Texas speaker.”

Attorney General Paxton sues Harris County over its new “guaranteed income” welfare scheme.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Democrat Chuck Schumer is attempting to coerce by political intimidation federal courts in Texas to run court business has he and other liberals want. So far, the Northern District of Texas is ignoring the New York Leftist and it is to be commended. Since the FDR-era, the Leftists have tilted the playing field to their advantage by setting the rules for the operation of our institutions. We must fight back and citizens pay attention to such as these moves have huge effect.

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Phelan Got $10k From Pro-LGBTQP Teacher PAC – he self-identifies as Speaker… for now. Opinion: The King is Dead. Long Live the King, But Not this Monarchy.

Company skips Texas Panhandle wildfire hearings – of course they did! They are facing massive liability issues.

Also I comment at length on this latest rehash: Joe Straus: Tim Dunn said only Christians should be in leadership.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Despite a media feeding frenzy, Texas did not “backtrack” or “reverse course” on SB4 in oral argument before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today. No, in a Rush-style I-told-you-so, Texas’ solicitor general told the court that SB4 does exactly what I have been explaining that it does, and does not do, since it was being passed in the legislature. I explain fully today, with my regular frustration, at how lazy most have been on such a big subject – press and politicians. 

SB4 has never had a mechanism for actual deportation; the purpose of the bill is to get some of the issue before the Supreme Court to reconsider the horrible Arizona case, and; the DOJ is stretching the Arizona case precedent too.

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Before renting our your property to strangers through AirB&B or others, you might want to consider your massive personal liability.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: While stripping Americans of their gun rights, the same “progressive” Leftist judges are arming illegal aliens! What could go wrong!?” That and other Second Amendment related stories:

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Texas bureaucrat want to build a very expensive state operated firefighting air force. There is no way such a program would be significantly more effective than the private sector and likely it would be a boondoggle of expenses. TDEM chief Nim Kidd sounds like just another gov’t bureaucrat using a “crisis” to spend more money and build government jobs.

El Paso District Attorney sets the record straight about the local magistrate judge who released dangerous illegal aliens on Easter Sunday.

Influential conservative PAC, Club for Growth, targets Phelan, other bad House Republicans incumbents involved in runoffs. It’s a good thing because Associated Republicans of Texas, ART, is no longer conservative and has gone all-incumbent, all-the-time.

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Our Lone Star story of the day:  Avian, or bird, flu is found in Texas. A dairy work has a case, it’s a mild illness, some dairy cows have it, and now poultry have it. The only area for panic is for the economic loss to dairies and poultry farms and that it might raise some prices but, don’t worry, the always reliable to push scare media is at work. I give a good example with a Politico story.

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Texas’ economy again grows faster than the nation’s and the March sales tax report is a good one – note that Q1, 2024 is not very strong and lags inflation.

Rick Perry’s slow destruction of his Texas political legacy and goodwill; Silliness in the Texas House GOP caucus, and; Abbott raises funds in NYC.

An interesting one for the local grand jury: ‘I got something gangster for you’: Waco man accused of threatening ex with ‘AK-47′ style weapon because she was listening to rap music

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Our Lone Star story of the day:  An El Paso magistrate judge, on Easter Sunday, let the rioting illegal border crosser go free on personal recognizance bonds and blamed the local district attorney.  More.

Also, one of our great historians points out that Mexico’s president has become an outright enemy of the United States and has no respect for Biden and his weak administration.

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Federal Northern District of Texas will not adopt Judicial Conference guidance on judge-shopping. This is great news! For more, see the collection of stories here.

Texas’ Third Court of Appeals upholds perverted ruling of Austin judge that the state cannot investigate, for child abuse, parents using pharmacology or medical procedures to attempt to change the sex of their child.

Texas Ethics Commission, a.k.a. Clown Court or Unethical Commission, adopts rule to require reporting for paid posts to social media by so-called “influencers.”

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Reverend Daniel Hinton joins us to talk about Good Friday, Holy Week, and about worship using the liturgical calendar. 

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

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