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Stories of people who reach the here, the near, the hard, and the far. The vision of Acts 1:8, put into practice "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8
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Episode 3773: Hit-’em-while-they’re-down property tax loophole | Campaign finance numbers | Our proportionality problem – Pratt on Texas 7/16/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Much reform has been accomplished on Texas’ local government property tax system but many exceptions that were needed to get bills passed need ending – especially the “hit ’em while they’re down” disaster loophole abused by local politicians. A new law takes effect next year …
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Episode 3772: Will Dems flee to stop redistricting? Will they be punished? | More evidence: It’s not a “warning systems” problem – Pratt on Texas 7/15/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Will Texas Democrats once again flee the state to attempt to stop redistricting in the upcoming Special Session? If so, will leadership finally make them pay a serious political price for breaking the law and leaving? Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Comp…
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Episode 3771: 1978’s “largely forgotten” flood; more flooding today | Tepper’s HB31 | Texas redistricting – Pratt on Texas 7/14/2025v
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A Hearst story on a “largely forgotten” flood event says much including contradicting the media outlet’s extreme climate change narrative. I explain. And another point to make related to all the stories like this: Before Camp Mystic expansion, FEMA took buildings off flood pl…
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Episode 3770: How many layers of warnings do we need? | City of Lubbock dept. lets heavy equipment flood – Pratt on Texas 7/11/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Warnings of warnings of warnings! How much is enough? How many systems are needed, layered on top of each other, to warn of weather and similar emergencies? At what point to individuals bear some responsibility for paying attention to known risks and warning systems that are …
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Episode 3769: Dallas Morning News sells to Hearst | Abbott’s special session call | Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce – Pratt on Texas 7/10/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Governor Abbott updates items on his Called Session of the Legislature list. Most are good but two are not. One is a cave to teacher unions and less accountability for public schools. The other is something that sounds good on the surface but in practice is bad policy for the…
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Episode 3768: 17-miles of floating barrier coming for Rio Grande | San Antonio voters authoring “Military City” demise – Pratt on Texas 7/9/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Not only have the feds, under Trump, stopped objecting to Texas’ 1000-foot floating barrier in the Rio Grande, DHS has announced it is going to build 17-miles of floating barrier from Browsnville to the Gulf of America– and all using money left over from an appropriation in F…
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Episode 3767: IRS moves to end threat to church tax exemption for political speech | Texas Dem calls for killing ICE agents – Pratt on Texas 7/8/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: After failing, in 2007, to well clarify the reach of the Johnson Amendment, the IRS has now joined plaintiffs asking a federal court in Texas to stop enforcement of the horrible restriction on political speech aimed mostly at churches and pastors. Sadly, many have used the un…
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Episode 3766: Flood deaths remind we are not “in control” | Armed attacks on Border Patrol, ICE, & police in Texas – Pratt on Texas 7/7/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A natural disaster hit Texas at just the wrong time on the calendar and wrong time of day from our perspective. The disaster is already exposing who are the real adherents of “hate” and our arrogance that we can be “in control.” Some go dark at such times, others reflect the …
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Episode 3765: More indictments in big Texas vote fraud probe | Illegal alien healthcare costing Texas taxpayers – Pratt on Texas 7/3/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: 15 suspects, including former Texas House candidate and Bexar Co. Democrat chairman have now been indicted in vote harvesting investigation despite media telling us election fraud almost never happens. These latest indictments were handed down earlier this week and yet I didn…
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Episode 3764: “Uniparty” label is very wrong on governance | Texas sales tax take up | TWIA still underfunded – Pratt on Texas 7/2/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A story from today’s press review demonstrates why Democrats and Republicans are NOT a “uniparty.” On spending, maybe you can make a partial claim on such but it is universal to all elected government, all places. However, on governance, which is often the most important part…
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Episode 3763: Left wants it both ways on unborn being people | More protest against Rule of Law planned – Pratt on Texas 7/1/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Leftists can’t make up their minds on whether a baby in the womb is a human being. They want it both ways depending upon the issue of the moment but even if a person, they are consistent in wanting to right to murder the child. It all shows the fundamental failure of situatio…
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Episode 3762: Cuban communist behind wheel of truck, killed 5 on I-20 | Another open Texas Senate seat – Pratt on Texas 6/30/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Man who is alleged to have fallen asleep and rammed his 18-wheeler into others, killing five and injuring more, on I-20 near Terrell this weekend appears to be a communist who likely obtained his place here illegally, reports Current Revolt. Given what is know about this guy,…
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Episode 3761: Nine big court rulings to cover from the U.S. & Texas supreme courts & other levels, mostly good! – Pratt on Texas 6/27/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Big U.S. Supreme Court and Texas Supreme Court ruling, as well as from other courts that involve Texas cases or affect Texas greatly. Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship case -good ruling Court decides against Plan…
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Episode 3760: Using gold & silver to buy & sell made easier in Texas | Texas-built icebreakers? | Border news – Pratt on Texas 6/26/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A new way to pay for Texas: With precious metals via a debit-like card of some type. It should be all working in a year or so depending upon outside vendors. Read more here: Texans Can Use Precious Metals in Everyday Transactions Under New Law. Our Lone Star story of the day …
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Episode 3759: Abbott’s legal reason to veto THC ban falls apart, in court; Congress looking at similar ban – Pratt on Texas 6/25/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Oops! Gov. “Get High” Abbott’s legal warning over SB3, the full THC ban, has already fallen apart – it was a ridiculous assertion to begin with. And, as if that is not enough, Congress is looking at reforming the hemp growing law too as it being abused beyond Texas. Our Lone …
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Episode 3758: “Get High” Abbott’s Special Session; veto & signed review | Campaign news | Texas wins, again – Pratt on Texas 6/24/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The called Special Session of the 89th Texas Legislature will begin on 21 July; what will be on the call? Much followup on bills signed and vetoed by Governor Greg “Get High” Abbott. And followup on yesterday’s big news on the veto of SB3. (Story mentioned today.) Our Lone St…
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Episode 3757: Gov. “Get High” Abbott protects illegal drug industry; Lt. Gov. Patrick explains what Abbott has done – Pratt on Texas 6/23/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: He flipped on gambling expansion and now, after having told leaders differently, Governor “Get High” Abbott has flipped on marijuana legalization in Texas. Greg Abbott vetoes Texas THC ban, calls for special session to regulate hemp industry You must listen to what Lieutenant…
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Episode 3756: Never ignore when officials can’t smell the stink: Abbott’s hand pick of Hancock for Comptroller – Pratt on Texas 6/20/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Austin insider crowd has pulled out all stops to ensure it, the power crowd, chooses Texas’ next Comptroller of Public Accounts instead of voters. But don’t worry, these extreme and legally questionable measures can still be overridden by voters in the Primary Election. I…
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Episode 3755: Actor Glenn Polk on his farewell performance | Were Texas Capitol threats real? – Pratt on Texas 6/19/2025 Juneteenth
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The man arrested over threats at the Texas Capitol last Saturday says he feels “set up.” The lack of charges and the way it wall was handled make you wonder if he is right. He is correct in asserting that the entire matter needs investigation. Our Lone Star story of the day i…
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Episode 3754: Texas loses case to stop nuke waste license in Andrews | Abbott being too clever in Comptroller case? – Pratt on Texas 6/18/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas loses one at the U.S. Supreme Court and it’s a bad decision as the dissent points out. And, Texas wins one indirectly with the victory for Tennessee. SCOTUS Tosses Texas’ Legal Challenge to NRC’s Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage License Supreme Court Blocks Texas Lawsuit Over…
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Episode 3753: Black judge shows folly of lens-of-racism | Texas Dems elect “pan-sexual” socialist to official post | Lubbock Co. budget – Pratt on Texas 6/17/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Choosing an attitude of victimhood, especially seeing everything through the lens of race, leaves a person as, or more, poisoned than one who is a nasty racist bigot. A Bexar County-Court-At-Law judge is claiming that the only reason another Democrat is planning to run agains…
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Episode 3752: Special session for taxpayer-funded lobbying ban? | Texas GOP working to end “open” primary – Pratt on Texas 6/16/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: In Harris County speech, Governor Abbott hints at a possible special session call to attack taxpayer-funded lobbying as, once again, even a watered down bill didn’t get out of the Texas House. And, the Republican Party of Texas is planning to push forward with a “closed” prim…
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Episode 3751: Left no longer favors strong presidential power in immigration? | Abilene council cuts voters out – Pratt on Texas 6/13/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: After lifetimes of supporting strong centralized federal power, the confused and angry take to the streets to now tell us they oppose strong centralized federal power. Under Biden and Obama, they were all for a president ignoring immigration law and importing millions into th…
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Episode 3749: Robert Zimmerman: Ted Cruz terrible on NASA spending | Private sector race to build space stations – Pratt on Texas 6/12/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Noted space historian Robert Zimmerman of behindtheblack.com(he really did write the Encyclopedia of Space) joins us to talk about about the private sector race to build space stations and much more. But first, Zimmerman has very critical words for Texas Senator Ted Cruz and …
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Episode 3750: It appears some prefer rioting by opposing preemptive measures | McKinney’s despicable behavior – Pratt on Texas 6/11/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Demonstrating that even Texas Democrat leaders must hope for the spectacle of rioting, San Antonio’s leftist mayor is furious at Governor Abbott’s preemptive call-out of the Texas National Guard for planned pro-criminal illegal alien protests. Our Lone Star story of the day i…
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Episode 3748: Mid-decade Texas redistricting? | Abilene raising property taxes? | ICE arrests wrongly contextualized – Pratt on Texas 6/10/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: There is a push from the Trump camp for Texas to consider mid-decade redistricting to aid in picking up more Republican seats in Congress. The rumor that such might be considered has been around for a while but now there has been a meeting of Texas Republican members of Congr…
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Episode 3747: Texas protest organized by Marxist group, LA too | San Antonio’s leftward devolution continues – Pratt on Texas 6/9/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Non-assimilating immigrants, illegal and legal, are showing the American people who they are and why it is dangerous to life and property, as well as society and our country, to not have strict, effective border enforcement. The rally this weekend in San Antonio shows two thi…
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Episode 3746: Immorality of forcing “vision” projects onto taxpayers | House wouldn’t vote on taxpayer funded lobby ban – Pratt on Texas 6/6/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: One of the key issues that Rep. Ken King and the BurrowCrat House leadership made sure did not get record votes was one overwhelming supported by Democrat and Republican voters in Texas: Banning taxpayer funded lobbying. Cutting Out the Middleman: The Effort to Ban Taxpayer-F…
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Episode 3745: Legislators wouldn’t, a judge did: End Texas’ wrong in-state tuition for illegal aliens scheme | Eddie Dixon joins us – Pratt on Texas 6/5/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Trump Administration sues Texas and wins over Texas’ unfair and “unconstitutional” in-state tuition for illegal aliens program. It all happened fast yesterday evening. I have opposed this program from the beginning and it has been terribly frustrating that the House has conti…
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Episode 3744: Report: Texas not in 287(g) agreement with ICE despite leadership rhetoric | Gun bills that passed – Pratt on Texas 6/4/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Report shows that despite all the rhetoric from Governor Abbott and other state leaders, Texas itself is not participating with ICE under 287(g) agreements. This despite a bill that was just passed, SB 8, that sort-of (with no teeth) makes the state’s sheriffs participate. Wh…
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Episode 3743: Taylor Co. GOP moving to censure Rep. Lambert | Cornyn polling remains dismal | SB974 needs a veto – Pratt on Texas 6/3/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Taylor County Republican Party Chairman Ryan Goodwin joins us to explain why the TCRP has begun a Rule 44 censure process against HD71 State Representative Stan Lambert of Abilene. A formal meeting the public may attend is set for Monday, 9 June 2025 at 7 p.m. at the MCM Eleg…
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Episode 3742: 89th Legislature ends – 3 significant items failed in the last moments | OAG court victory – Pratt on Texas 6/2/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Today endeth the 89th Texas Legislature as the 140 days have come to an end. Three big bills that were thought to be likely to pass did not. One of them puts election integrity in Texas in peril and is a handout to the “community organizers” of the Left; another is a big surp…
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Episode 3741: ISD’s lose Sovereign Immunity is sex abuse cases | Election integrity at risk | Border news – Pratt on Texas 5/30/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: More coverage from the final days of the 89th Texas Legislature which must end on Tuesday, 2 June. Election integrity still in jeopardy; a bill passes stripping school districts of asserting Sovereign Immunity in sexual abuse cases, and; much more including: Gun Rights Advoca…
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Episode 3740: Top pro-life bill killed in Texas House | Patrick, Bettencourt brag on property tax relief package – Pratt on Texas 5/29/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Bills that have passed; bills still in play, and; bills that were killed or failed – another update in these closing days of the 89th Texas Legislature. Also, you’ll hear from Senator Bettencourt and Lieutenant Governor Patrick on the successful property tax relief package th…
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Episode 3739: House lets time run out on important bills, others pass through | Zimmerman on SpaceX Starship test – Pratt on Texas 5/28/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A big deadline for the Texas House passed this morning and as usual, many good bills died because leadership waited until the very end of the session to get to work hearing and voting on bills. I review key items that failed and passed including: Texas bill allowing colleges …
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Episode 3738: Huge update from the Legislature | Lottery scandal widens | Manufacturing steady in Texas – Pratt on Texas 5/27/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: It’s the final days of the 89th Texas Legislature. Here are some of the late breaking items covered today: Texas Poised to Enforce Age Verification on Apple, Google App Stores House Approves Legislation to Protect Students From Sexual Content – or how the Leftist media charac…
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Episode 3737: Memorial Day Edition: Legislature passes key bills, much still to do in final days – Pratt on Texas 5/26/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The House and Senate are working in these final days of the 89th Texas Legislature with the House working all through the weekend. There is much to catch you up on and that includes the stories below plus much more on the show: House approves bill to save beleaguered Texas Lo…
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Episode 3736: Much legislative news including public ed. bills | Alleged UT-RGV discrimination | Starship test coming – Pratt on Texas 5/23/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Much from the 89th Texas Legislature in its waning days filled with deadlines. There is a big stack of items related to government public schools: It’s Time to Truly Protect Our Kids from Obscene Materials – SB 13 Lawmakers Look to Slash School Superintendents’ Severance Pay …
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Episode 3735: House rightly ignores Rep. Ken King, passes Sen. Perry’s THC ban | Key abortion bills move – Pratt on Texas 5/22/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas House gets it right, does not cave into the fallacy that selling THC to get people “high” is a productive “industry” we must save in Texas. I talk about this and the good role of Senator Perry and the bad role of Rep. Ken King. Other key items from the Legislature: …
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Episode 3734: Report: School funding deal reached | Ken King working to keep get-high THC for sale in Texas – Pratt on Texas 5/21/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Report says a deal has been struck on the now $8.5 billion increase in funds for Texas public schools between the House and Senate. On the get-high THC front, where Rep. Ken King and other House members are working hard to keep THC-infused drinks and edibles for sale in Texas…
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Episode 3733: Legislative update including on tax relief, bail reform, gun rights | Double Anti-Wimp update – Pratt on Texas 5/20/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas House passes property tax relief package and we’re lucky they went mostly with the Senate’s version. Bail reform passes the House finally but not until Democrats significantly watered it down. And today is set to be the big “Rope, not Dope” vote on THC and hemp. See the…
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Episode 3732: Lubbock-native named head of Geo. W. Bush Presidential Library | Legislators pass anti-“spying” bill – Pratt on Texas 5/19/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Lubbock native, Brownfield born, man to be the new chief of the George W. Bush Presidential Library as well as the overall Bush Center. Shilo Brooks was announced today as the new president and CEO of the Bush Center. The Lubbock High School graduate’s mother, Bettina, still …
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Episode 3731: House leadership runs out clock, finds time for homosexual lobby win | School finance bill winner/losers – Pratt on Texas 5/16/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: House leadership engineers a bill massacre, including many conservative priority bills, by running out the clock at midnight this morning. First legislative deadline of Texas session slashes 80% of bills in House. Texas House deadline leaves hundreds of bills as casualties. B…
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Episode 3730: Bad bill on free speech (SLAPP) killed; some good bills pass House | Full legislative update – Pratt on Texas 5/15/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Today is the first kill-the-bills-day in the Texas House. I comment on the following: Governor Abbott Signs Pro-Growth Business Legislation Into Law House Speaker Agrees to Senate’s $8B School Funding Bill Texas bill passes to address ‘sexual abuse crisis’ in public schools, …
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Episode 3729: Stalled, passed, & still have a chance bills in Austin | Mom aids son’s threat to attack middle-school? – Pratt on Texas 5/14/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Once again the Texas House and its Speaker appointed committee chairman are killing important legislation – with the clock. Why do they not have the integrity, or guts, to just admit they oppose certain bills? Well, because they have neither integrity or guts. But even with t…
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Episode 3728: Dumb, Deaf, & Blind: Lambert, Darby, King vote for Dem Texas guest worker bill | Legislative update – Pratt on Texas 5/13/2025Dumb, Deaf, & Blind: Lambert, Darby, King vote for Dem Texas ...
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Illegal use of foreign drivers is killing small Texas trucking companies, others are using the drivers illegal to underpay for labor, and we’ve had two decades of national emergency on the border importing 10 to 20 million illegal aliens into the country. Yet with all of that…
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Episode 3727: Ruling: Local government not supreme to Legislature | More bad news for Cornyn | Legislative update – Pratt on Texas 5/12/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A Texas Supreme Court ruling last week is important in reminding local governments that the Legislature is in control of what they can and cannot do. It is also an important private property rights ruling: Texas Supreme Court Overturns Rulings in College Station Extra Territo…
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Episode 3726: Red Flag laws, “misgendering,” AG prosecuting election crimes, tort reform & much more from Austin – Pratt on Texas 5/9/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Much news out of the 89th Legislature in Austin including: Texas House Lawmakers Take Aim at Red Flag Laws Texas Renews Call for Convention of States To Curb Federal Power. TPPF Celebrates Passage of HJR 98, the Article V Convention of States Resolution How taxpayer funded “p…
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Episode 3725: Taylor County leaders should let windmills come down | 2 good gun-related bills & more from Austin – Pratt on Texas 5/8/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A good concealed carry bill related to election polling places passes the Texas House. And, the “State Fair” bill has moved out of the Senate and needs a vote in the House. The Texas House, short of time, finds time to vote on a Democrat’s bill to setup a state “guest worker”…
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Episode 3724: Frio Co. vote harvesting indictments | House set to weaken higher ed. governance reforms | Bail reform – Pratt on Texas 5/7/2025
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Six indictments and arrests for alleged vote harvesting in South Texas follow a “multi-year investigation.” But don’t worry, the media narrative remains: Vote cheating happens rarely, if at all. And, investigating allegations of such remains a way to harass minorities. Our Lo…
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