Pratt on Texas

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day:  Despite most Americans, by big numbers, knowing the border is not secure and wanting control over illegal immigration, Democrats are doing nothing to fix the problem. Why? Voters have not punished them in any big way for their decision to import millions of new Democrat voters so why would they change?Gorsuch may be right in the states’ challenge to Biden changing the Title 42 rule.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 and retail sector outlook not looking well.Has Lubbock’s debt happy city council really changed after elections? Now they’ve let their economic development agency sell 22-year bond debt. If LEDA cannot fund current operations with its current revenue (they claim they cannot,) then how will they be able to fund such in future years with part of the sales tax revenue having to go to retire debt?!Texas Supreme Court to Review James Younger Custody Case After Mother Took Children to California.Changes to Texas schools’ STARR tests are a good move when it comes to judging reasoning and knowledge.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 Biden Administration refuses entry into federally funded shelters in El Paso to a huge number of illegal aliens during record freezing weather over Christmas but condemns Texas and Governor Abbott for giving illegal aliens a free ride, voluntarily to the place they wanted to go, over the same period. That, and more border and immigration related news.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 manufacturing sector outlook is mixed and holiday retail sales did NOT grow relative to inflation.Power failures and the audacious, in your face, hypocrisy of the anti-fossil fuel crowd – especially Tomlinson of the Houston Chronicle.RIP: Golfer Kathy Whitworth. More.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: Reverend Daniel Hinton joins me to discuss Christianity in today's ever more secular, and even anti-God, society. Hinton is pastor for Christ Lutheran Church in Lubbock (an orthodox Missouri Synod Lutheran church.) 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 affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com 

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Senator John Cornyn joined Democrats to pass a grossly irresponsible pork spending bill which only adds to inflation. Senator Cruz voted “no.”  Can Cornyn in anyway now claim to be even a “fiscal conservative?” I don’t see how. He is “of” Washington now.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.Again, there is much in the border and immigration stack. I was going to play Trump’s new statement on the border but did not have time. Here is a link to it: https://twitter.com/Surabees/status/1605632495596208142?s=20&t=FesG9XY9mzstRFTrzCJgJwCensus figures show Americans are still fleeing, in big numbers, liberal Democrat dominated areas of the country for Republican led areas. Texas passes 30 million people.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: Will electric vehicle owners in Texas finally have to pay their share of road maintenance taxes after the 88th Legislative Session? Maybe and it is important that we focus on the heavier weight of these vehicles and the looming crisis coming from disposal of the extremely heavy-metal dirty batteries. There was a very good story on this in the Statesman today.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.A shocking story out of Midland of another questionable prosecution and abuse by school district police.Second Amendment stories:Texas Attorney General Paxton Works to Stop UPS and FedEx from Targeting Gun Sellers With New Burdensome and Intrusive RegulationsTexas Withdraws Challenge to Federal Court Decision Allowing Adults Under 21 to Carry HandgunsSenator Cruz stands tough against Biden Administration and gets big win for world, Texas LNG exports. Meanwhile Sen. Cornyn is off quibbling about whether its an “invasion” at the border!Much border news today including:National Guard, Texas troopers block, sort of, migrants at the border in El PasoDallas city, county officials say they’re working with El Paso on plan to help migrantsUntil the Border Is Secure, Ukraine and Everything Else Should WaitBiden should put up or shut up on immigrationAnd, 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: Governor Abbott steps us busing of illegal aliens from El Paso to other states; deploys more National Guard to El Paso and has them stringing some barbed wire, and; sends President Biden a nasty letter good for nothing but political points in the conservative press. So far its all political theater but a real crisis on the ground. Will Abbott actually send guard members and DPS troopers to actually prevent the illegal crossing of the border? Until that’s done it is mostly hot air.About the case the Supreme Court stepped into relating to Title 42.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.Very large companies in Texas are pressing for a renewal of the crony capitalism handouts of Chapter 313 in the next legislative session. If it is to be stopped, or even well curtailed, you need to contact reps and senators now through mid-January and tell them “no renewal of Chapter 313 or similar.”Texas Secretary of State releases Phase 2 Report on full forensic audit of 2020 General Election in Texas. The report shows what I have long said to be the truth: A bigger problem than any cheating is the incompetence at the job of running elections we see in so many counties.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 shows, sadly once again, that he is now more “of” Washington, DC than he is of Texas when he refuses to use the term “invasion” for what is happening at the border. Meanwhile the invasion leads El Paso to declare a disaster and liberal Democrat mayors, such as the one in New York City, decry the border crisis – but in a different way. To them, the illegal crossings of millions is not a problem and they are not calling to stop it. To them, the problem is not enough money being sent to them by the feds deal with the influx of people. Growing their government footprint is what they appear to want more than stopping the flow of people. Additionally, the Boston Globe shows just how silly and not serious liberals are over the illegal alien crisis.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 numbers for November.Oil and gas rig count falls.iHeart-Media settlement with Texas shows how you should beware of endorsements for products and services by many in the media.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: Bob Zimmerman of BehindTheBlack.com joins us to give an update on NASA’s SLS and moon mission plans as well as other updates on space related issues.We also discuss Zimmerman’s fantastic book: Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space.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.Jay Greene of the Heritage Foundation talks about data from Texas that shows that even in rural school district, faculty and staff overwhelmingly support the Democrat world-view. We talk about a way to provide school choice.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: Unaccountable spending and trouble at the Texas Military Department; zero net result in slowing illegal border crossing, and; a wall that would cost Texans at least $22 billion – when will Governor Abbott, who called the crisis an “invasion” take real action to stop the invasion? When will Abbott soberly review what hasn’t worked and stop pouring billions of taxpayer money ineffectively into Operation Lone Star?Reuters did real work on the mass kidnappings of illegal immigrants while in Mexico so, why did they leave out of the feature story that some of these folk were from Uzbekistan? My guess is: Do some legitimate work on the border crisis but don’t say things that might alarm the American people into action.ICE Quietly Fixes Misleading Data After DCNF Exposed Massive Flaws In Illegal Immigrant Stats.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.Another reason to stop most of the online court hearings: Explicit porn video pops up in Harris County courtrooms during Zoom sessions.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: While the Left believes it is okay to change society by political and social force, the same crew decry opponents using political or social power to simply maintain things or to oppose Democrat policy. The hypocrisy has always been blatant and we are seeing examples of such in the all out assault on society and institutions from the homosexual and “queer” political movement.Protest and counter protest of a “drag show” in San Antonio gives us a good place to start examining the issue. Here are some of the other stories I mentioned relating to this:App For ‘Gender-Questioning People’ Approved For Ages 4+ On Apple StoreBirth Certificate ‘Sex Changes’ on the Rise in TexasCambridge Dictionary redefines words ‘man’ and ‘woman’Outgoing Oregon governor commutes death row sentences, orders dismantlement of execution chamberPaxton Fights Back Against Liberal School District’s Attempts to Help Children Change Their “Gender Identity” Without Alerting or Involving ParentsOur 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.Odessa city council fires city manager and city attorney.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com