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The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Lubbock’s Covenant hospital system has been exposed as having embraced divisive Leftwing social justice programs. Given that all “social justice” movements are revenge and get-even-with-them focused, could such staff brain “reprogramming” to think of healthcare as political lead to disastrous patient outcomes? Of course such could and one wonders if such is already happening at Covenant. Do you really want medical staff, at any time but especially in times of crisis, having to stop and judge actions based on the politics of such?This Leftist DEI and related indoctrination is rampant in our institutions and must be stopped.University of Texas Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies ‘Vague and Politicized,’ Report FindsTexas A&M faces lawsuit over faculty hiring program, UT Austin professor sues Texas A&M over efforts to hire diverse facultyTexas Library and Archives Commission Removes ‘Equity Consultant’ Job PostingTexas School for the Deaf to Interview ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ ConsultantsTTU Associate Professor Looking to Increase Awareness, Diversity in Turfgrass ScienceTexas State Bar board creates new diversity committeeTexas Legislator Files Prohibition Against Higher Education Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Offices‘Diversity’ isn’t America’s strength; character isDEI & Higher Education: It Would Be Better Just to Burn Money Than Spend It on ‘Diversity’The One Kind of ‘Diversity’ That University Officials Don’t WantOur 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.And, other news of Texas.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: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick released Senate committee assignments today – here is the list. Texas legislative Democrats are back to calling Republicans xenophobes, racists, and more nasty things but don’t worry, House Speaker Dade Phelan and his inner-circle say Texas isn’t like D.C. and we can work with these folk!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.Border news including Kinney Co. “Sheriff Asks Law Enforcement in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas for Help With Border Crisis.” Why help? Because despite all the money and chest thumping on Fox News, Gov. Abbott is doing nothing to stop the actual illegal border crossing.Upset retired colonel drops lawsuit against state Rep. Carl Tepper that was filed as a campaign stunt (in my most learned opinion.) The colonel was the star of Tepper’s opponent’s advertising in which he, the upset colonel, attacked Tepper’s commitment to veterans (Tepper’s an Air Force vet himself!) KCBD omitted that the things said on “radio” were said on Pratt on Texas.Gov. Abbott just keeps dragging COVID on with emergency decrees and his reasoning is a big dishonest.And, other news of Texas.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: Lubbock’s city leaders signed on to a legislative priorities list but never bothered to discuss the issues of list with its legislative delegation. Who is pulling the strings on such amateur and counterproductive behavior? How many other city leaders are going about this in the same way? For decades I know that most of these people met with, or spoke with, their delegations to discuss these matters before session.By the way, it’s emblematic of how far the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal has fallen when it published the priorities list this week – KCBD published it back in November!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.Border news includes last contract, for now, awarded for Texas-built border wall.Unemployment rate now below 4 percent in Texas; Texas oil and gas drilling rig count up; SpaceX and Starlink Internet, and; much more Texas business news.PUC’s plan to protect the Texas electric grid is wrong, wrong, wrong! Fortunately some in the legislature stand ready to right the wrong.And, other news of Texas.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 wide look across issues before the 88th Texas Legislature from casino gambling and gun control to election security and leaking from courts.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 Attorney General Paxton has been busy:Pax­ton Sues Biden’s Depart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices to Pre­vent the WHO from Exert­ing Alarm­ing Author­i­ty Over the Unit­ed StatesPax­ton Files Law­suit to Strike Down the Biden Administration’s Unlaw­ful Waters of the Unit­ed States RulePaxton Files Brief Against Facebook’s Effort to Move ‘Texit’ Censorship Lawsuit to CaliforniaAnd, other news of Texas.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: Texas House and Senate committee chairmen have released their draft biennial budgets for the 88th Session. What's the press and Democrat reaction? They're bothered that there's no plan to massively grow government and spend all the new money. That shows, again, that they miss the key to the Texas Miracle which is predictability combined with responsible spending.Don't let all the stories about how Abbott and Patrick are mostly in line with one another fool you. It is proven by the draft budgets that, at this point, the House and Senate do not share any vision on how best to bring tax relief and how significant such will be. They could tear each other apart over this issue and such wouldn't be something new.Interestingly, the best write-up on the budget and spending came from a trade group before the budgets were released, read it here.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.There are legislators not afraid to fight the Left's perverted cultural revolution and they are at work trying to protect children and the family unit. Too bad they get a cold shoulder from so many of their colleagues.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com 

Another update on the blacklisting of Americans from author and historian Robert Zimmerman of behindtheblack.com.Blacklisted Americans is Zimmerman’s term for victims of what is currently called “cancel culture.”In this episode we look at blacklisted Americans and those who are fighting back against this tyranny. We also discuss the sad patterns we find in all of this including an unwillingness to put a stop to such.See all Blacklisted Americans stories here: https://behindtheblack.com/blacklisted-americans/Find other Pratt on Texas Podcast Extra blacklisting updates here: https://prattontexas.com/?s=blacklistStories discussed include:Essay: The modern American blacklist culture is wide and deep, and will require a lot of dredging to clearToday’s blacklisted American: Black scientist blacklisted for doing good research (James Webb issue)Pushback: Court denies school principal immunity from lawsuit for squelching free speechPushback: Blacklisted Virginia Tech soccer player wins $100K settlement but coach doesn’t appear to suffer punishmentPushback: Southwest flight attendant demands Southwest be sanctioned for violating the terms of her court victory 

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Governor Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Patrick were invested with the power of office for the third time today. I’ll take a look at what both said in their inauguration speeches about policy priorities in the 88th Legislative Session. Clearly there is still no agreement as what tax relief will look like or how significant such will be.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 usual there is more border and illegal immigration news and it contains more inconvenient data for Democrats who pretend they champion the poor and minorities in our country.Democrat pushes “climate change” legislation in the legislature but what do we actually know about “climate change?”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: From gun control* to excuses for limited tax relief, there is no shortage of causes for concern from the 88th Texas Legislature. And while odds are good that much bad Democrat policy will be stopped, the real worry is that timid Republicans will not accomplish the things needed to save our culture and Texas from Leftists.*Note that Phelan will let gun control come out of committee and to the floor for debate but has kept many very mainstream Republican bills from the same – and will likely do again this session.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.New York City’s mayor showed up at the Texas-Mexico border in El Paso this weekend. He put the blame on Biden for the crisis by calling a national problem needing a national solution. But, don’t misunderstand Mayor Adams and other Democrats as they are not pushing for a secure border – they just want billions of federal taxpayer dollars to spend to mitigate the effects of the illegal immigration waves in their jurisdictions while using such to grow their local governments as spending is political power.Texan wins Miss Universe.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: Public school superintendent gets it exactly backward: Claims cultural issues are in the discussion of public education because of the push for education choice. And, equally awful, Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) pushes schools in the direction of accommodating the woke trans movement and it seems Speaker Phelan may be on their side. And plenty of other top leadership folk seem to be going along: Texas Lawmaker, Charlie Geren, Unwilling to Condemn Transitioning Children.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 rises again. Exxon about to open an expansion at a Beaumont gasoline refinery that is equal in output to a mid-sized plant.Bogus propaganda: Anti-ESG Drive in U.S. Could Have Cost Taxpayers up to $708 Million – Study. See: How Wall Street is working to ruin Texas, America with Kevin Stocklin – Pratt on Texas 1/5/2023And, 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: In Texas House rules fight, Speaker Phelan once again went overboard to show loyalty to the trangender-homosexual-woke political agenda as well as to the Democratic Party. Is this what you elected Christian conservative Republican state reps to support?Want “mainstream” press? GOP conservative-backed rules changes over LGBTQ issues fail in Texas House.Phelan also proved me right again by doing things in a way that prevents reps from ever having to cast a vote on these deeply controversial and political issues.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 hypocrisy of the Biden classified document scandal versus that of Trump, both in the press and in the government, is causing our county to lose its legitimacy in the minds of others on the globe which is necessary to remain the global leader. It’s a donation to our enemies.It’s different when Biden gets caught with classified docsCNN Defense of Biden Collapses as 2nd Batch of Classified Documents FoundBiden classified memo drama reignites concern about first family’s ties to Beijing, China influenceTexas state senators drew, due to redistricting, for 2- or 4-year terms. Also, the Senate voted to re-open redistricting as a safety measure against a Dem-filed lawsuit.The pro-racism of Texas public medical schools must be stopped. “Affirmative action” all these generations later is not justified and certainly dangerous when it comes to medical school admission. Systematic discrimination as policy should not be acceptable in any case even if the intentions are said be good.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com