The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: “Why the government school cartel hates innovation in education. PragerU allows teachers to supplement lessons in civics and history at their discretion.” Oklahoma’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ryan Walters, discusses this piece that appeared in the Washington Times.Also, I discuss the reason public education is producing ignorant, anti-American values students and what must be done about it.Dallas ISD Advises How to Transition GendersBeth Pratt column from which I quote.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.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Another press column reporting what I’ve explained to the audience since Greg Abbott’s first legislative session as governor. He’s strong on a lot of ideology, expert at building his personal political brand but, Abbott is a continuing disaster at working with the legislature – disaster because it’s of own party, often allies and political friends, and often with issues for which there already exists widespread general support.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.As I predicted, some Texas public universities are trying to keep the racist, Marxist D.E.I. by simply renaming it and shuffling the proverbial deck chairs. A big piece in The Federalist explains. The piece does not include this recent reversal: UTSA reverses plan to replace Office of Inclusive Excellence.Wichita Falls’ situation with developing Lake Ringgold mirrors many others including that of Dallas. I fully understand the property rights issue to which many have held however, takings for such purposes are fully constitutional and fully necessary. Too many in Texas are repeating the anti-development mistakes of California – it doesn’t really matter if it is Lefty enviro whack jobs or just those who don’t want something to change as the result is still the same: Cutting off economic and population growth.Big win against Leftist so-called Bail Reform with the U.S. Supreme Court refusing to take up a case challenging bail in Dallas County.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Democrats flip the script on violating the Constitution and court precedent with the NYC lawsuit again bus companies delivering aliens. It’s a stupid lawsuit on the face of it and even more stupid politically.Also border related: B.P. agents to get pay raise and Senator Cruz finally gets law passed to stop the hold up on federal permitting of border bridges.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.The “gun safety” and “gun control” hypocrisy of Texas Democrats is on display in crime story after crime story. The latest is another example where a Leftist D.A. and court system, Travis County, did nothing to keep criminals who illegally carry guns off the street – and it ended in murder.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Even with sanitizing the border and cooperation from Mexico, people still crossed the Rio Grande illegally during U.S. House Speaker Johnson’s press conference at Eagle Pass. And Johnson got it right: The border is a disaster of the President’s own making.And it is no surprise that Biden’s DOJ is suing Texas over SB4. I address, again, why we need to get this issue before the Supreme Court.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.Problem with the aprons: Grand Lodge of Texas masons are conducting an internal “trial” of their former Grand Master accusing him of theft. The accused is suing them for defamation. Somebody really must of messed up the secret handshake!An update of an Anti-Wimp Update from this week a year ago: Grand Jury no bills Anti.Wimp.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Is there a Texas GOP “Civil War?” No, the leftists at liberal Texas Monthly know so little that there reporting is near useless. There focus on Representative Dustin Burrows of Lubbock demonstrates how little they know. It’s as if their understanding of the who, what, when, and why is limited to the last couple of years.There are big disagreements within the GOP as well as active factions but, that has always been the case – there is no Texas GOP Civil War. Beware leftists telling you what is happening inside Republican circles; what Republicans believe, and; what Republicans are doing – it’s a world these people don’t understand and of which they have only surface knowledge.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 tax collection grew only “moderately” in December.More from the border as the U.S. House Speaker and a huge delegation visit Eagle Pass today. A Border Patrol source charges that things have been greatly cleaned up for the visit. Border residents to Congress: “Stop holding press conferences, shut down the border.”5th Circuit Court of Appeals rules for Texas and human life in emergency room abortion case created by an overreaching Biden Administration action.Governor Abbott, for the first time, openly criticizes the Texas House having Democrat committee chairs.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: While Texas easily circumvents Chicago and New York City restrictions on the voluntary relocation of illegal aliens, the media attention on these “sanctuary cities” and their economic plight is infuriating given how insignificant are their costs compared with Texas. Stories I mention:Record-Shattering 232K Migrants Apprehended So Far in DecemberIllegal immigrants land at Rockford Airport, bused to Chicago suburbsBuses With Migrants Dock in New Jersey, In Apparent Effort To Skirt NYC’s New RuleEagle Pass fire department hemorrhaging $20,000 a day dealing with migrant-related callsReleased Migrants Overwhelm Texas Border Town on New Year’s DayTexas Border Sector Reports 22K Migrant Apprehensions in One WeekTexas AG blasts Biden admin for ‘aiding and abetting’ cartels after migration numbers smash recordTexas sheriffs: Cartel influence is statewide, not isolated to certain communitiesOur 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.Two abortion related stories: Amarillo pols dither and Abilene pols tinker. Meanwhile there are people organizing to ensure babies can be murdered in the womb for the convenience of those who created them. The Abilene group even has an appropriate name from the Marxist-Left: Abilene Health Justice Advocates. Justice for whom, the babies?Third year in a row that U-Haul says Texas is the most popular state to which to move.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: As expected, Biden’s DOJ is threatening Texas with a lawsuit over our new law allowing the arrest of people who cross the border illegally. This is not a surprise and getting the issue before the Supreme Court again, to try and right problems with Arizona vs. United States is an important goal.Also, the liberal sanctuary city mayors continue their hypocrisy over sanctuary for illegal immigrants.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 is up.Believe me now? Speaker (Drinker) of the House Dade Phelan fundraiser is being hosted in San Antonio, way away from his SE Texas district, by legislative liberals including former speaker Joe Strauss and the Democrats’ former nominee for Lt. Governor. People who hitched to Phelan’s bandwagon are telling us something about themselves!Texas community college has to pay professor it fired because a student objected to having fair and open debate in the classroom.Texas GOP announces 13 propositions for the 2024 primary election ballot.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: A man the Left loves to hate, Marc Morano of ClimateDepot.com, joins me to discuss the risible recent global climate confab in Dubai. Marc also addresses one of the latest absurdities from the climate change crowd: Human breathing is destroying the planet – and it differs by, you guessed it, race!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.Census Bureau data now says “whites” are a minority in Texas. Current Revolt asked the SBA if whites now qualify for minority owned business benefits and the response will surprise you.Texas Nationalist Movement couldn’t even run its petition program effectively. Frankly, the TEXIT organization and any other has little business asking the Republican Party of Texas to do its work.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: William Barrett Travis’ famed “Give me Victory or Death” letter from the Alamo will be displayed for only the second time at the Alamo this coming February 23rd through March 24th. Learn details and get tickets here: https://www.thealamo.org/visit/return-of-the-travis-letterNote: “Admission to the Alamo Exhibit will be free to the public on Monday and Tuesday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. to make the viewing of the Travis Letter accessible to all.”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 service sector rebounds in December but the same cannot be said for the retail sector.Texas AG secures settlement with parent company of Optimum for customer complaints.Illegal immigration and border news continues to worsen:EXCLUSIVE: 29K Migrants Apprehended at Border During Christmas WeekendCBP Sneaks Out Report of 191K Migrant Apprehensions on Friday Before ChristmasSpeaker Johnson Asks Biden to Use Executive Action in Border CrisisMigrant caravan heading to US-Mexico border is largest in more than a yearListen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: NRA President Charles Cotton: No one should be forced to confront evil with empty hands. What Texas lawmakers did to solidify the 2nd Amendment. And, an Anti-Wimp update out of Arlington.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 employment growth continues to lead the nation but manufacturing activity has contracted and was flat in December.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com