The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: The tribalism of Uvalde’s mayor as well as state senator is unhelpful, irresponsible, and immature. Emotions must be set aside to have honest appraisals made of what happened and did not happen at Robb Elementary School. It’s not about whether it looks good or bad for Uvalde but about what went wrong so, hopefully, systems and training can attempt to stop such error in the future.Also, I have a deep seated but hard to express problem with tearing down the school just because the massacre happened therein – I think this trend is symptomatic of a very bad trend in our culture.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.Anti-Wimp update: Robbing Houston gun store with knife gets perp killed.RIP: Former state Rep. Bob Turner dead at 87.Rep. Mayra Flores’ inaugural speech on the U.S. House floor.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: As I have suggested before, the daily clarifying picture of what happened, and did not happen, at the Uvalde school is leading toward a disgusting suggestion that not only incompetence was at play with police but possibly, and I do not say it lightly, possible some cowardice.Texas Top Cop: Uvalde Police Could’ve Ended Rampage Early OnDPS Director Steve McCraw says officers in Uvalde could have taken down gunman within 3 minutes had commander not hesitatedFirst Image From Inside Texas School Shooting Released Ahead of Senate HearingClassroom Door in Uvalde School Shooting Was Not Locked, Official SaysPolice Officers Chose Not to Shoot Texas Gunman: DeputyOur 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.Fortunately for Texas, State Board of Education District 15’s Jay Johnson lost the GOP primary in his re-elect bid. He and another Republican, along with Democrats, are doing harm to school choice in Texas. Also, it is clear that it is teacher unions not parents and students that matter to some on the SBOE.Why, other than owing his office to Democrats, is Speaker Phelan opposed to having Republicans serve as chairmen of all House committees?And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Senator Cornyn was booed at the Texas Republican Convention (and not for the first time) over red flag laws but wait until people learn of how his enabling of a federal bill that destroys the nation with CRT and similar. Stanley Kurtz sounds the alarm at National Review: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/bogus-civics-bill-will-push-crt-on-states/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.Amazing claim on the Uvalde school massacre surfaces in the press over the weekend that if true is despicable.Victor Davis Hanson: Biden and Oil: Destroy America in Order to Save ItTexas GOP Convention summary.Texas taxpayers to build charging stations (effectively gas stations) for electric cars despite electric cars only making up 1% of vehicles on the road - those owners already cheat by not paying the gasoline taxes that build and maintain our highways!And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com 

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: The border situation is so bad with Biden that the number of illegal aliens entering plus official “got-aways” dwarfs the population of 23 states. How’s that for evidence of a plan to remake America’s political culture?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 GOP Convention news includes good and right words from Chairman Rinaldi.Oil and gas rotary drilling rig count and related news.Texas unemployment numbers, the rate fell by by a 10th in May.The problem with the “mental health” catch all to stop mass violence.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Republicans are gathered for the largest political convention in the free world in Houston and two very good messages are coming out on closed primaries and blocking lawmakers from trying to run our political party.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.Kuddos to state Rep. Jared Patterson for talking about the a problem in our society as it relates to school shootings and other violence: The breakdown of the family, which the Left advocates for, and especially the absence of strong fathers.Abilene residents voted a tax upon themselves with a sunset. As predicted local officials want to keep it going and raise the fees. And note, the money collected didn’t make a dent in the street maintenance problem they decry.Polling in the Texas gubernatorial race shows O’Rourke behind Abbott but the media ignored the poll this week that shows Beto Pancho way back but is promoting the poll showing it much closer.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: A Republican from the Valley will be the first Mexican-born U.S. Congresswoman as Mayra Flores wins special election to serve in Congress for TX34 until the end of the year.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.Mayor Joven gets it right with Odessa’s water outage: Basic infrastructure maintenance should have always been the highest priority. But, it isn’t anywhere because such is not politically “sexy” to office holders.Caterpillar moving global HQ from Chicagoland to Irving, Texas.Border news.The Uvalde school massacre and the petulant tribal behavior of some politicians. Also, the Texas leader response doesn’t seem much better than that of the feds (see Monday’s show.)Texas Supreme Court rightly rules on vote by mail “solicitation.”U.S. Supreme Court wrongly rules on Indian reservation bingo in Texas.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: It is clear the Biden Administration, through regulatory agencies, is trying to shackle SpaceX’s launch operations at Boca Chica in South Texas. Democrats dominate the Rio Grande Valle – will they allow their party to ruin the most transformative economic investment in RGV history? Bob Zimmerman of behindtheblack.com walks us through the latest.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.This week Texas Republicans meet in convention in Houston. I talk with two more candidates for the State Republican Executive Committee, Senate District 28. Lynda Hogue of Lubbock and Lyleann Mcclellan Thee of San Angelo.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Senator Cornyn’s gun compromise makes you less safe, less free, and grows government spending and federal power. It’s all a bit like LBJ’s Great Society war on poverty – you’ll spend and spend not on your family but on government and wake up decades later with no change in the percentage of people in “poverty,” or in this case crime rates.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.ERCOT’s big heat test the past few days set a new record but does show the need for policy change on wind and solar generation on the grid.Governor Abbott once again demonstrates his commitment to the fighting the far Left is only poll deep. His regent appointees to UNT ignore the deep problems there.Texas wins, Biden loses on ICE policy on deportations, again.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Energy prices reflect bad government policy at both the federal level and even at the State of Texas. Bad policies are hitting many in the pocket harder than any direct taxes they pay and most of the problems are forced errors. See:The Texas Grid Should Pass Its Test this Week, But the Problems Are Not FixedWhy Energy Companies Won’t ProduceOur 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.A lengthy story in the Texas Tribune on the Uvalde school massacre demonstrates, among many glaring things, how spending taxpayer money on things like school police departments does not mean taxpayers get what they think they are paying for.Lawyers file petition to remove Midland County D.A. on behalf of David Wilson – and rightfully so.The Republican Party of Texas will be in convention next week. We visit with Senate District 28 Committeewoman candidate Joni Matthews.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: How prescient I was Tuesday on schools and asking “How can you help those who refuse to help themselves?” Texas has done more than any other state to give effective tools to school districts and their staff and faculty to save lives but largely it is those folks who have refused to take responsibility for the world as it is. And too many conservatives fall into the trap of utopianism as well by thinking the right policy or throwing money at, for example, mental health services, will somehow significantly stop evil and murderous criminal behavior. It’s time to put the policy blame where it belongs: School districts have largely ignored and not implemented the programs Texas legislators have given them that would put an armed response to evil in most buildings if not every classroom.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 Tribune headline makes it appear that the U.S. House has approved the “Ike Dike” but the House did not fund the huge program it just authorized agencies to study and plan for the massive civil engineering project.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com