The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A look at some legislation filed for the upcoming Texas Legislature, including: Capriglione Files Bill to Ban Taxpayer-Funded Immigration Lawyers for Illegal Aliens Advocates Press for a Ban on Taxpayer-funded Lobbying in 2025 Will Lawmakers Provide Property Tax Relief in 202…

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas Supreme Court slaps down the libs at the State Bar of Texas for going after Texas Attorney General staff over 2020 election lawsuits filed by the state. The state bar libs didn’t like the politics of Paxton’s office and so, as they’ve done in other states, went afte…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: 2024 was a good year for the Texas economy as the Texas Miracle just continues to follow good policy choices. It was a very bad year for the Texas Lottery. And, a real pain for many of us goes away in 2025. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Serv…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The case of U.S. Representative Kay Granger is emblematic of what is wrong with a culture of elected people who begin to think of themselves as entitled to power and office. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service i…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Another reliable Texas electric power generation plant is going offline because Democrats are handing its owners over $ 1 BILLION of your money to bribe them into stopping use of coal generate power. Are they going to replace it with cheap, abundant, effective, and clean natu…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas colleges and universities are in need of more reform by the Legislature – but don’t forget that Governor Abbott’s appointed regents already have the power to act and stop the Leftwing foolishness and racism on campus. Why haven’t they? Why did we even need a DEI ban? Ou…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has found a good angle from which to sue the NCAA over its letting men play in women’s sports – suing them for violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Read the actual lawsuit filed in Lubbock County here– no matter it’s legal claim…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Member of Burrows’ Calendars Committee for two legislative sessions, Representative Shelby Slawson, joins us to talk about the race for House Speaker. Also, State Rep. J. M. Lozano is alleging that the BurrowCrat Coalition had former, now disgraced, Speaker Bonnen spying for …

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The BurrowCrat Coalition to advance Dustin Burrows’ goal of becoming Texas House Speaker has brought us an interesting side show which demonstrates many comments I have made on the air over the past couple of years about Republican groups selling themselves out for big donati…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Putting a Thumb on the Scale: The Growing Alarm Over ISD Electioneering and What to Do About It. James Quintero of the Texas Public Policy Foundation joins us to offer up four changes legislators need to make to put teeth into election law that is flouted more and more brazen…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The BurrowCrat Coalition posits an interesting charge: The Republican House Caucus is “broken.” The problem is that if you read Rep. Terry Wilson’s op-ed backing BurrowCrat Burrows for Speaker of the House, he never gives any evidence at all of anything “broken” in the caucus…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Much news of Texas including yet another example of how wrong are the Civic Cheerleaders and others who denigrate and disparage citizens who show up, watch, and question local government. Give this story a read. How does someone in a relatively small town sit on the city payr…

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 Trump’s big decision to appoint billionaire and private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator. Zimmerman hints at an essay he was workin…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The BurrowCrat Coalition of Democrats and mostly non-conservative Republicans led by Rep. Dustin Burrows continues to make enemies. Now Governor Abbott stresses that the Speaker needs to come from within the GOP caucus by majority vote and the Lt. Governor agrees. Burrows and…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The BurrowCrat Coalition to elect Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock as Texas House Speaker may prevail in the end but at this point it seems to be shedding support and making more enemies (understandable if you well know the people involved) than friends – a full BurrowCrat upda…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Among other border news items today is this: Governor Abbott says he wants to sign a law that stops Texas judges from letting criminal illegal aliens out of their parole early. Also in the border stack: Incoming border czar accepts Starr County land offered by Texas General L…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Demonstrating the height of hypocrisy and a low of integrity, the Texas House Republican Caucus process of nominating a candidate for Speaker of the House (without Democrat influence) Saturday turned into a mess of putting personal ambition ahead or principle and past commitm…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas House Speaker race has changed overnight: Without enough votes to win, the Austin swamp swimmer leader Speaker Dade Phelan has withdrawn from the race for re-election. His Austin swamp swimmer cabal is trying the old switcheroo in order to remain in power by running…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas Houses Speaker race now appears to be an effort by the upper-echelon of wealthy lobbyists to save Dave Phelan as speaker which begs the question: What’s in it for them? Mike Toomey, an elite huge money lobbyist, is very competent but reading this story, one is force…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The now common move by companies to block your right to tinker with or repair your own private property is a growing and costly concern. What will the Texas Legislature doe about such this next session? We talk about the Right to Repair issue with David Dunmoyer of the Texas …

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Will Republican state reps in West Texas sell-out their conservative voters and help re-elect Dade Phelan as Texas House Speaker or, will they put the good of Texas ahead of their personal power ambitions and elect a speaker who seeks to pass a Republican agenda? They meet in…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Biden’s decision to issue a blanket pardon for his miscreant son Hunter effectively blocks serious investigation into the Biden family’s “business” in China and Ukraine. It also reminds us of what a self-interested LIAR Joe Biden is and has always been as well as what hypocri…

A special edition of Pratt on Texas: Our Lone Star story of the day: We talk today with journalist and author Mark Patinkin about his book: The Holy Land at War: A Journey Through Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. (Click the link to order your copy.) Mark Patinkin has been writing a column for the Providence Journal for over 45 years, starting in 197…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Good space industry news from Texas including a win in court against Leftists trying to stop SpaceX from launching anything from Boca Chica; Firefly’s lunar rover may launch in January, and; AST SpaceMobile of Midland is getting competition for the cellphone from satellites b…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Legislature 2025: Rep. Brian Harrison, HD10, explains why Texas public colleges and universities need reining in and why the Univ. of Texas system may need a big budget cut from state appropriations. He also repeats what I have said for many years: The Leftism on campus has b…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The de facto open border policy of Democrats is immoral and leads to horrible things such as crime, human trafficking, kidnapping, as well as undermining national security. A Texas poll shows that even a majority of Hispanics want deportation of illegal crossers, but did you …

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Get ready for more local, state, and national misleading propaganda on the Texas Bluebonnet public school curriculum. The SBOE adopted part of such today and no, it does not teach the Bible or Christianity to students. It simply includes references, where appropriate, to the …

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Attorney General Paxton sues the City of Dallas over its pro-marijuana ordinance that contradicts state law. AG press release. 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 t…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas offers up use of its new Starr County ranch for Trump’s deportation efforts and Abbott thumbs his nose at Biden/Harris, adds more buoy barriers in the Rio Grande. Trump’s new “border czar” Tom Homan reveals how military will be used for mass deportations, dispelling lib…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Leftist media would have you believe that Texas public schools are about to start teaching from the Bible. One, this is not true. Two, our culture, history, and politics cannot accurately be taught without reference to the Bible and Christian principles. We create a huge gap …

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Tech, other state universities, are still teaching DEI and other similar Marxist doctrines. Most are doing as I predicted and simply renaming things to make it hard to find. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best ser…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: When building a foundation for something, why mix the cement poorly from the beginning? More Trump Team commentary including questions about Matt Gaetz as U.S. Attorney General. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best servi…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Tuesday began early bill filing for next year’s Texas Legislature and much was filed. Here are a few good rundowns: School Choice, Other Education Bills Filed for Upcoming 2025 Legislative Session Chinese Land Ownership, Border Security, Gender Privacy: Legislative Filing Ope…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Trump’s new Chief of Staff has it right: Trump has a window of opportunity of only “two years” to change the federal government for the better. This time he is getting good people in place early. Trump selects Lee Zeldin to head the EPA Former Trump Energy Sec, Dan Brouillett…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Border news and Trump’s 2nd administration news is all wrapped up together. Plus, what are the items with which Congressional Republican leaders have been working with Trump for immediate action? I sure like this item: Trump pushes for national concealed carry reciprocity. Ou…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Mandate, D-EXIT, or whatever you term it, the real question is if Trump, and at this point Vance, can keep it. Or, do they do as happened in other cases and turn to inward DC deal making in such a way that the people no longer perceive the fight to be on their behalf? Our Lon…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Some Democrats just don’t know what hit ’em Tuesday and others, our college babies, can’t cope very well with not getting their way. The inroads into the Hispanic vote in Texas, made by Trump, helped Senator Cruz and others. The real question is: How ignorant and insulated mu…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A full election review today which includes Republican gains across Texas, rolling back recent gains made by Democrats. Senator Cruz wins big and both the Texas House and Senate see GOP pickups as well as Republican judges winning back court benches in Harris County. About th…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A review of the key races across Texas to watch as election returns come in. Will the GOP make gains in South Texas and the RGV? Will a young Leftist beauty queen upset a longtime state representative in Richardson? Will Amarillo be the first Texas city to fail to pass a sanc…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Another very big stack of Texas and national news and commentary from Election 2024 including a visit with Texas’ top numbers guru Derek Ryan on what the Early Vote turnout predicts for the election in Texas. Texas Tells Biden-Harris Admin ‘No’ to Federal Polling Place Monito…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Federal judge says lawsuit brought by CAIR can move forward against University of Texas and University of Houston systems over Governor Abbott’s order against anti-semitism on state colleges and campuses. I explain why this is correct and why part of Abbott’s order is likely …

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Another very big stack of Texas and national news and commentary from Election 2024. Trump Humiliates Biden by Riding in a ‘Make America Great Again’ Garbage Truck in Wisconsin Orange Vest-Wearing Trump Tells WI Crowd Hilarious Story of How Garbage Truck Ride Came to Happen T…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A very big stack of Texas and national news and commentary from Election 2024. Sadly, part of the story is that more Texas school districts are blatantly violating the law by using taxpayer money to advocate for passage for their tax rate and bond election. Turkey-Quitaque IS…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A huge teacher scandal uncovered by the Harris County District Attorney: Dishonest “teachers” from around the state, well over 400, have paid big money to have a proxy take their official Texas teacher certification test. The ring is said to be led by a longtime Houston ISD b…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A new New York Times / Siena College poll shows Ted Cruz up over Allred just after a Dem-backed poll, made to help raise money, claimed the two were tied as of Saturday. Gromer Jeffers, Jr., of the Dallas Morning News, sure has it right: After spending the entire campaign act…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The local story from El Paso that I brought you earlier this week about the heavily Democrat city being down on Early Voting is now part of a bigger story that could be a good sign for Republicans. This explains why Harris left the battleground states to come to Texas for a b…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Office of Attorney General catches up to Pratt on Texas and calls state Reps. Joe Moody and Jeff Leach liars over their propaganda in the Roberson death penalty case. Court records back up the A.G.’s claim and match what I have been telling you. These records show that ad…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Roberson capital punishment case shows why traditionalism and conservatism often lose: Even when evidence supports the conservative position, one-sided presentations based in emotionalism (the Donahue or Oprah style complete with much omission) seems to turn off the skept…

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Democrat Leftists claim they are trying to “save Democracy,” but at about every policy point they oppose law and ordered government so what are the saving? Nowhere is this more flagrantly hypocritical than on illegal immigration* and also with voting integrity. *The Left, inc…