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The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Attorney General Paxton and Governor Abbott push Houston into reversing its newly adopted limits on police cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Mayor Whitmire is clearly pleased – will the council make the reversal in a special meeting this Friday to save $110 million in public safety grants?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.Travis County-based District Judge put the discriminatory HUB program back on track, sets a trial date to determine if “Acting Comptroller” Kelly Hancock had the authority to gut the program. May turn out to be yet another Hancock bungle.Kristin Tips deep-sixed as chairwoman of the Texas Funeral Service Commissionfollowing several years of agency troubles.TX23's Tony Gonzales resigns from Congress over sexual improprieties. How he and Swalwell's resignations affect the U.S. House balance of power.Lubbock city council race news: Gary Boren says city hired Fort Worth law firm to handle simple appeal response to his case over ballot denial. Word is that the city had on its own website, until recently, that one only needed to be a resident upon filing to run for city council – exactly Boren's legal argument.“Higher” education news: Texas A&M Regents Name New TAMU Presiden: Susan Ballabina Texas Tech law student sues over discipline for Charlie Kirk reaction Baylor to host homosexual ‘Christian' speakers at TPUSA counter event 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: Rep. Charlie Geren's House Admin. committee finally gets around to voting to fine House Democrats who broke quorum last summer. But wait, there's more: They don't owe it until officially served with notice of the vote and given how long it has taken to get the vote, who knows how long that might take. Even if quickly, Dems may not pay with personal funds rendering the penalty much ado about nothing. In responding BooHoo Wu qualifies as a Captain Obvious contestant.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 edition of Talarico Tales: Little Jimmy “The Creep” Talarico says that police in schools enhances a culture of violence; sought to force hiring of 4 social worker counselors for every one police officer at a public school campus. This guy is not just a nutjob, he's the whole fruit basket of crazy.Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals declares 158-year-old U.S. home distilling ban unconstitutional. It's a panel of the court and the decision may be appealed. It only applies to states, like Texas, that are in the 5th Circuit at present so I'd wait a bit before firing up that still at home.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: As much as $111.5 million of your money is being spent by local governments in Texas to lobby the Legislature – often for things contrary to your interests. The amount of taxpayer funded lobbying has doubled in the last decade and involves over 1000 lobbyists. The Senate has passed bills to limit this egregious practice but it's in the House, including under BurrowCrat Speaker Dustin Burrows, that the good reform bills die.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.Baker Hughes oil and gas drilling rig report.Anti-Wimp update: Car burglar stopped by armed Arlington owner.San Antonio's big Northeast ISD may face takeover due to refusal to fully implement cellphone ban.Several DEI-related stories today involving Texas state universities: Texas Tech system to cut sexual orientation and gender identity degree programs Professor Who Manufactured ‘Plato Censorship' Hoax Resigns from Texas A&M; liberal SMU takes him aboard. Undercover Video Shows Continued DEI at UNT. Attorney General Ken Paxton investigates UNT officials over DEI policies, calls for firing staff member who bragged about illegal teachings. 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: At the State Board of Education meeting, Democrats show they are dead set against teaching our History and show their hypocrisy over so-called “experts.” Our friend Don Frazier and Schreiner University are now suspect because the school received a grant from a conservative think-tank. Dems have never had a problem with university “experts” fully funded by Leftwing grant money!And also as you'd expect, advocates of Islam are upset that radical Islamic terror is tied to, well, Islam in the history curriculum! Plus, they want Islam portrayed, quite wrongly, as being influential in American and Texas History.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.Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says that the Texas House of Reps. could have a Democrat takeover this cycle. Dems have gained big in the past in certain cycles but Patrick doesn't provide any evidence that Dems could pick up the seats needed to take the majority this time around. Would Burrows remain Speaker if they did? He was elected such by Democrats.Record oil production in West Texas helps stabilize U.S. supply amid Iran war. Yes, and this is by Republican design and only exists because we have fought back the Democrats policies to hobble production and refining.Will Abilene's mayor and council members commit to adopting the No New Revenue Rate for this next year, avoiding another property tax increase? Report shows the city flush with revenue.Attorney General Ken Paxton Demands Documents from Over 1,000 Municipalities as Part of New Effort to Stop Cities From Illegally Raising Taxes.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 congressman calls out yet another DC attempt at mass amnesty for illegal aliens; Houston trims its police cooperation with ICE due to Democrat pressure; El Paso County sues for information related to a big immigration detention facility the feds are building, and; Chip Roy wants Obama rule changed related to collecting immigration data in public schools – but why now and not years ago? Well he wasn't in a GOP runoff for Texas attorney general back then.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.Local government sales tax collection report for April released. Look up your city here.Texas Tribune's dishonest headline and reporting picked up by large amount of state's media: Texas to pay $700 million in SNAP penalties to the feds. No, Texas isn't to pay $700 million per year. Texas will only have to pay if it doesn't reduce a specific error rate to under 6 percent by 2027.Acclaimed Taylor Sheridan to produce & direct Alamo Battle film for new Alamo museum.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 local property tax appraisal notices are out and roiling households across the state. Often appraised value increases are wrong but, Texans need to understand the other side of the property tax system to put blame for tax increases where such belongs: on local elected officials. Texas cities with the biggest property tax burdens Lubbock homeowners see property appraisals increase as the city continues to grow – growth doesn't mean higher values in all cases. O'Hair: Lubbock's appraisal district management antagonistic toward taxpayers, full board needs electing Pratt on Texas columns and more on Texas property taxes 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.Once again, after being proven wrong time and again, the Left claims that work requirements for food welfare, SNAP or food stamps, will kill tens of thousands of people: Report: More than 2,500 Texans could die as result of new SNAP requirements.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:  TX23's now disgraced Tony Gonzales has long been held up by the RINO establishment of what a congressman should be. But it turns out he has been a sexual creep and adulterer the entire time he's been in Congress with new evidence showing he was up to it all during his first campaign.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 City Hall shenanigans in Lubbock to keep taxpayer friendly Gary Boren off the ballot in an upcoming special election. The city secretary appears to be completely wrong on this matter (remember the secretary is hired directly by the council and thus is subject to political pressure.)New LNG export facility in East Texas, Golden Pass LNG, has its first “train” coming on line at the right time market-wise.Texas sales tax collections were up 10 percent in March report over March of last year. Texas employment boom continues: The Lone Star State added 40,100 jobs in January.Our friend Richard Meek gets big write-up in Texas Tech publication.Follow NASA's Artemis II mission at behindtheblack.com.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: Reverend Daniel Hinton joins us to talk about Good Friday, Holy Week, Easter, and about worship using the liturgical calendarHinton is pastor for Christ Lutheran Church in Lubbock (an orthodox Missouri Synod Lutheran church.)(Originally ran on Good Friday, 2024.)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 radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day:  Following up yesterday's show, I speak with Lubbock County Commissioners Jordan Rackler and Jason Corley.Do local elected officials get honest, correct information on budgeting in order to set a tax rate? Do they get the information that would let them know they could be fine with setting the property tax rate at the No New Revenue Rate or, are they numbers they are given skewed to support more spending, by those presenting the numbers, who have a stake in more local government spending?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 drilling rig count rises slightly. $100 oil is back. Why aren't Texas oil companies drilling?We get an update on NASA's Artemis II rocket launch from noted space historian Bob Zimmerman. Keep up with all at behindtheblack.com.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:  While the headline plays to the bad and regular soap opera style of reporting, the story and the financial facts reported show that I, and others, have been right in our opinion all along: Lubbock County's auditor, with support from Judge Curtis “Bowtie Bully” Parrish, has been misleading officials as well as has been pushing policy decisions she has no business chiming in upon. The question becomes: Is it form ignorance and incompetence or, is it to push the Parrish dream of substantially larger county government.Make no mistake, this misdirection from the auditor effected GOP runoff races in both commissioner precinct one and four races.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.More developments in Texas Killing Fields murders: Texas Killing Fields: Man indicted in Laura Miller, Audrey Cook deaths Tim Miller says man charged in Texas Killing Fields reached out to him TDCJ's estimated cost to fully cool Texas prisons rises to $1.5 billion – coverage of the bench trial.Watching the launch of the Artemis-2 mission.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 story about a judge in Harris County set me off. We have become such a weakling, pansy society that we will not be able to take out the directed energy of China and other competitors unless our populace decides to grow up and toughen up. Headline: Harris County judge's harsh treatment of IT worker goes viral. What “harsh” treatment? This is nothing, nothing!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.TX9 GOP runoff: Mealer gets backing of Don Huffines.A big piece in the Texas Tribune on the GOP Railroad Commission runoff. I backed Jim Wright and stand by that. Bo French is talking nothing about the oil and gas business or anything else that has anything to do with the Railroad Commission.Texas Service Sector was steady in March according to the Dallas Fed report.Big growth in the Rio Grande Valley: Cowen: SpaceX has generated roughly $99 million in tourism-related economic impact; $13 billion into the regional economy. I sent this to our friend Bob Zimmerman and he had an important political point to make. Cowen: Port of Brownsville contributing an ‘astounding' $11.9 billion to Texas' GDP 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' $1.3 Billion Fix to Cool Deadly Hot Prisons Goes to Trial – these lawsuits are ridiculous as Texas is spending huge money to address the problem. Pitman and other federal judges too often want the cache of controlling the states. And even at the most inflated number estimating deaths in Texas prisons due to, or exacerbated by, heat, is that number actually any greater than that of the non-prison population?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.Student dead after shooting teacher at Hill Country Preparatory College High School in Comal ISD.Texas manufacturing continues to grow according to the Dallas Fed.The Texas Supreme Court rightly ends 2021 winter storm litigation against power generators.Paxton wins CPAC poll more than 3 to 1 over Cornyn, gets CPAC endorsement in U.S. Senate GOP runoff race. In speech, Paxton says he'll be more like Senator Ted Cruz and look out for Texas as opposed to Cornyn's DC values.TX19 Runoff: Several former candidates endorse Tom Sell.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: There is much to detest about the Flock surveillance camera company and its odd utopianist founder as well as many reasons governments should not allow the private firm's cameras to be recording all of our movements. Why would anyone believe the firm takes seriously data privacy when it didn't even care enough to be properly licensed in Texas? Texas says Flock surveillance violated state law over licensing issue.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 falls despite high prices.Lieutenant Governor Patrick releases more charges to interim Senate committees.Perry's Steakhouse Ordered to Pay $21.2 Million for Tip Theft– and Mr. Perry himself is on the hook, no corporate veil protects. All business that involve tips should read this.Dallas County jury awards $1.1 billion in child abuse case against stepfather tied to early Humble Oil fortune.We remember the massacre of Texans at Goliad. For podcast listeners, here is Brian Burns' great song Goliad.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: The U.S. Census Bureau has released new numbers and while Texas urban areas continue to grow, a bit slower, Dallas County actually lost residents. People, and businesses, keep choosing to move to the exurban areas over the Democrat dominated, and poorly run, core cities. “Among some of the largest metro areas, the fastest-growing counties tended to be on the outer edges, a pattern especially pronounced in Texas,” the Census Bureau reported 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.Texas House of Reps. leader, founder of the BurrowCrat coalition, Dustin Burrows released a very long list of interim study charges for House committees. He also created three new committees – and the unwieldy bureaucracy of the Texas House just grows and grows so that enough members get fancier titles and a little more budget money.Embattled Johnson County sheriff to be arrested for aggravated perjury in connection with sexual harassment allegations.Wichita Falls lawyer among those discipline by the Texas Bar.Fifth Circuit revives homebuilder's Sherman Act antitrust suit against Mansfield. Mansfield has acted as a monopoly outside its own city limits in the often abused extraterritorial jurisdiction.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: Much from the campaign stack today including: Aaron Reitz Endorses Mayes Middleton in Attorney General Runoff – so do I Democrat whines at not being included on interim committees Cornyn says he will not speak at CPAC as he's busy with his work in Washington– CPAC is being held in Texas where Cornyn has been campaigning for over a year and which he supposedly represents! He really is just a man of the DC Swamp. Cornyn Camp Slams Paxton Over Alleged Misuse of Taxpayer Funds– where, what, when? There is nothing here but saying something of some type might have happened. 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.Enmity between Hancock (Chief Clerk!) and Paxton blows up. (more) Frankly, Paxton's office gave Hancock what he wanted and now he's casting stones at the AG's office for his own failure – I explain in the show.The Corpus Christi water debacle gets saltier; effort begins to remove mayor.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: New polling is out in the Texas Republican primary runoff race for U.S. Senate between Ken Paxton and ol' John Cornyn. One might say about it: The more things change, the more things remain the same. Paxton is leading Cornyn and as expected has picked up the majority of Wesley Hunt voters. See the full breakdown from Quantus 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.Anti-Wimp update: Incident leads to home invasion; homeowner was ready for action.Federal court in Texas strikes down FinCEN's horrible real estate surveillance rule that burdened title companies with big expenses and fines. Hub City Title's Lee Williams discusses the issue with us.Microsoft to rent data center expansion in Abilene from which Oracle backed away.TEA orders public schools to suspend instruction and activities related to the nasty Cesar Chavez. Also, new leadership for Fort Worth ISD announced.UNT to cut its leftwing Women's and Gender Studies minor.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: Are Democrat voters in San Antonio and Bexar County racists? Didn't they know that they are supposed to vote in the Democrat primary election according to DEI principles? I examine the liberal hand wringing over Dems voting against black judges in Bexar County.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 falls despite rising prices.Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announces new chairmen of Senate standing committees, fills vacancies, and creates interim select committees. Patrick also sets up select committee on religious liberty.Musk Says SpaceX and Tesla to Build Advanced Chip Factories in Austin.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: I recently mentioned the recent Forbes magazine story on Michael Novogratz who ended up owning the little data center in very rural Dickens County. Well, it's in the news in a big way today: Massive $3.5 BILLION expansion planned at data center in Dickens County owned by Novogratz's firm Galaxy.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.More Little Jimmy “The Creep” Talarico Tales: Talarico called out for suggesting men in women's sports is ‘far right conspiracy' – said it wasn't happening in Texas but of course it was.More on the bursting of the César Chávez bubble. Lubbock's Democrats want to rename the street after Huerta who was César Chávez's enabler! (As I well covered in yesterday's show.) Gov. Abbott says Texas will not honor the state holiday (that should have never been passed) and lawmakers should take it off the calendar.4 Islamic schools admitted to Texas school choice program after suing.Texas traffic stop under scrutiny after video shows woman's arrest. In this case it appears, after watching all video, she is 100% in the wrong and is the one who “escalated” the situation needlessly.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: News from the campaign stack including more little Jimmy Talarico Tales: Talarico faces backlash over viral anti-meat, pro-vegan comments Talarico insists that white people are inherently racist, spread “virus” of racism Talarico's Dangerous Record on Taxes: Opposing Income Tax and Death Tax Bans TX32: Jace Yarbrough is GOP nominee in North Texas congressional district after second-place finisher bows out TX15: Democrat Bobby Pulido faces scrutiny over controversial music video, posts Deadline to withdraw from runoff passes, neither Cornyn or Paxton withdraws while Trump still plays with an endorsement 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 Education Agency Investigating Islamic-Tied Charter School.In Leftism, the ends always justify the means. They take such straight from Marx and in the César Chávez SCAM Dolores Huerta knew! Don't give her victim status, she knew what ol' C.C. was about and didn't tell because it might hurt the “movement.” Scum all around. Texas Values had the best take on the scam's disclosure: Texas Values Calls for Austin ISD to Restore Good Friday; Cancel Cesar Chavez/ Dolores Huerta Day Amid Child Sex Abuse Allegations.Lubbock to get Chick-fil-A distribution center. Abilene regains United Express flights. Will connect to Denver and Houston.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: The scam that was, and is, César Chávez, has come home to roost! Tear down those street signs that capitulating ignoramuses allowed themselves to be bullied into a few years back. The Left never cared that he was violently against both legal and illegal immigration, but now they care that he appears to have used his position of power to have sex with young girls and women. Chávez and his group were never anything other than power and money seeking thugs and that was long known to any who would look, even Leftists.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.Preposterous: Democrats and their front groups are upset that Texas is finally concurring with a Clinton-era law and refusing to issue occupational licenses to people who are not actually legal to work in the USA! They say it “punishes immigrants who try to work with the system.” That is beyond ridiculous as anyone here illegally or trying to work illegally is inherently themselves working outside of our system.School choice in Texas has proven very popular as judged by applications for the funding slots. A judge has just ordered the application window remain open through 31 March due to a lawsuit filed by Muslims. Oddly, Pre-K seems to be a big demand which I think is often just parents wanting free childcare.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: Forbes says 88 of the 989 billioniares in the USA are in Texas, including the world's richest. A run down on who are some of these people.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.Funniest story of this last week spills over into this week: Lina Hidalgo says Houston rodeo revoked her ex officio title after dispute. Now, Harris Co. Commissioner Tom Ramsey calls for Judge Lina Hidalgo to resign.Harris County Commissioners to Consider Pro-Union Policy for County Employees. Another job for legislators – stop this for all local governments.Lubbock city council races set for May 2nd election. A special election will be needed for District 4 from which Brayden Rose resigned. Our old friend Gary Boren has announced he will run for the District 4 seat.A great piece on the crown prince of Iran's Lubbock connection. He was living in Lubbock when the Islamic revolution took place.Texas Lottery scandal followup: How Australian gamblers took down the Texas lottery for $US95 million. Gambler ‘The Joker' confirms he bankrolled 2023 Texas Lotto operation.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: Because Trump announced it, the Hearst newspapers are down playing, even belittling, the planned $300 billion, yep, with a “B”, refinery at the Port of Brownsville. Such a massive investment is transformational for the Rio Grande Valley as well as Texas and it will mainly refine West Texas Intermediate crude. It would be the first new, and modern tech, refinery in the county in almost half a century. But note how hard the Houston Chronicle goes to downplay it all: Trump's $300B Texas refinery project draws skepticism from experts. (Note how light the story is on these supposed “experts!”)Oil and gas drilling rig count down this week in Texas.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.Local sales tax numbers are in for the March report. Look up your city here.Funniest story of the week and yet I will likely not have time to cover it on the show: Lina Hidalgo says rodeo revoked her ex officio title after dispute.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: John Cornyn has defended support from Texas pastors directly linked to a major recipient of Soros money that has lobbied massively for near complete amnesty for illegal aliens in the U.S.I told you that Paxton was clever in his offer to withdraw. Cornyn and his swamp buddies just can't bring themselves to pass something as simple as nationwide Voter ID in elections with federal offices on the ballot: Cornyn Flip-Flops Again on Filibuster After Promising ‘Whatever It Takes'.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.Tilman Fertitta's Houston company aims to buy Caesar's in $7B deal. “Caesars, headquartered in Reno, operates more than 50 resorts, including Harrah's and Circus Circus, as well as properties branded as Caesars.”Lubbock County Expo Center project comes with [more] strings attached before county borrows money, as approved by oversight board. Boren changes vote to “yes.”Everything you need to know about this weekend's IndyCar race in Arlington: When it starts, what tickets cost and free events surrounding the race.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: Noted space historian Robert Zimmerman of behindtheblack.com(he really did write the Encyclopedia of Space) joins us for a space industry (and government space program) update.Some the items we discuss are: The Senate cries “Uncle!” on SLS and big goverment with its latest NASA authorization bill. Sierra Space raises $550 million in private investment capital Vast raises $500 million in new private investment capital Medical company making artificial retinas buys payload slots on Starlab 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 radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Talarico Tales are proliferating across media as I predicted. Here is one of several today: Rising Texas Dem Talarico faces backlash for ‘creepy' remark about trans kids.Today I bring you a column from The Federalist by Chris Bray that is a Talarico Tale also involving the truly damaged, by TDS, David French: David French Suffers An Apparent Brain Injury Over James Talarico.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.Oracle denies Abilene AI data center expansion reports. Watch the wording carefully because the expansion issues was not as presented. The issue was whether the expansion would be for OpenAI and its Oracle partnership. I think there are real problems. Compare the stories I covered yesterday, below, with the email from competitor AWS I received today.From yesterday's show: “Oracle's spending on AI data centers has the company in a pinch, layoffs expected. The giant Abilene Stargate data center proposed expansion may, or may not, happen as Oracle and its OpenAI customer are backing out. However, Meta may step in for that project.”ExxonMobile may move legal headquarters from New Jersey to Texas. Governor Abbott Statement On ExxonMobil Redomiciling In Texas.Here is the story involving our friend Cassie Daniel: Friends remember beloved Austin woman shot and killed in Houston. This is Cassie's firsthand telling of it via facebook.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: Oracle's spending on AI data centers has the company in a pinch, layoffs expected. The giant Abilene Stargate data center proposed expansion may, or may not, happen as Oracle and its OpenAI customer are backing out. However, Meta may step in for that project.Meanwhile: Texas expected to be world's largest data center market by 2030. Stop complaining and ride the boom!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.Steve Toth beat RINO Dan Crenshaw for Congress and now explains why he is endorsing Ken Paxton in the Texas GOP U.S. Senate runoff.RIP: The legendary Texas musician Augie Myers, last of the original Texas Tornados, had died at 85. We honor Myers and the sound with most of today's show bumper music.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: TX23's Rep.Tony Gonzales gives it up but he sure doesn't sound very repentant to me in his official statement. That makes Brandon Herrera the TX23 GOP nominee. This adds to other races that move Texas' GOP congressional delegation more conservative.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.If you missed it, go listen on this Alamo Day: Rick Range: What really happened to David Crockett at the Alamo? – Pratt on Texas 12/18/2025Paxton's offer on national Voter I.D. hands Trump a much bigger lever over Senate leadership and he's already using it. Could this gift to Trump play in his senate race endorsement decision?Oil and gas rig count rises in Texas but not elsewhere.Sheets is promising to do something that is as unethical as he claims Sid Miller would do: Sheets promise to fire “every one of the cancerous people that were pro-Sid” in the Texas Dept. of Agriculture. That statement goes well beyond the traditional few at the top that normally change.Trump administration signals change in course on Big Bend border wall. Appeasing the rich and influential at our expense?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: Trump tries to take the vote choice from Texas Republicans in the U.S. Senate race prodded mostly by the Cornyn and DC Swamp insiders. Paxton says he'll run even if Trump backs swamp-swimming Cornyn but cleverly says he might step out, but only if the Senate passes the SAVE Act AND ends the filibuster which is something Cornyn and his buddies do not want to do at all.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.TX23's Rep. Tony Gonzales sees his world crumbling around due to finally admitting, after vehement denials, that he did indeed have a sexual affair his staff member who later committed suicide. The top House leadership has now asked Gonzales to withdraw from the primary runoff. Rep. Luna files censure resolution against Tony Gonzales over affair allegations.Texas Bullion Depository goes for the gold, winds up in court.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: Full Texas Primary Elections review. Runoffs abound, a few upsets transpired, and now President Trump thinks it is his job to pick one of the Republican U.S. Senate runoff candidates (Cornyn or Paxton) and do away with our votes in the primary runoff to select our own nominee!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.Democrats once again, like with Voter ID, essentially say a large amount of their base is too ignorant to know how and where to vote. The Texas Supreme Court put a stay on their little trick.James Talarico takes down firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett in bitter Democrat Texas Senate primary.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: Even after a deadly attack in Austin by an Islamist terrorist, Texas Democrats don't want to deal with the subject. Instead they want to talk about inanimate objects that, without human agency, do nothing. It is neither bigoted or racist to demand that visitors and immigrants to a county, any country, share the basic values of a country and adopt much of its culture.And, will Crocked Crockett be the gift that keeps on giving after today's primary? Or, will we be treated to milktoast little James Talarico's false use of religion to push what is, at its essence, an anti-religious movement from the Left?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 potential Lubbock district court juror found out the hard way that the world does not always conform to each person's wants. Juror jailed over disruption and refusal to hear evidence.There is more and more reason to move to close the Texas Republican Primary Election to Republicans only. Here are two of stories out of today's press review: GOP candidate questions opponent's Republican credentials “Not a RINO” Candidate Takes Donations From Leftist Donor 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: New and interesting primary election polling is out from Emerson College/Nexstar as well as from Quantus Insights. Most interesting in the generational breakdown in the Republican U.S. Senate election.Trump endorsed Sid Miller for Ag. Commissioner and Don Huffines for Comptroller (matching my picks) going against two of Abbott's top recruits.Trump also endorsed in more Congressional races but did not do so in the TX19 race despite Abraham Enriquez running as if he were Trump's man. Earlier Trump endorsements in Texas.Here is the opinion piece I mentioned: DAVID MARCUS: Ken Paxton devours John Cornyn as Texas GOP craves a fighter in Senate primary showdown.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 Wins Governor's Cup For Record-Smashing 14th Year In A Row. This is about recruiting business to Texas and business expansions.Much on the terrorist attack in Austin covered today. Good coverage is here.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: Election turnout and the Big Lie being pushed on Republicans on combative, contested primary elections. There's a reason for the untruthful narrative and it's not to help the GOP. As Trump Allies Battle in Texas, a Safe Republican Senate Seat Suddenly Looks Fragile – typical of the false narrative Texas Democrats are surging in early voting Incumbent Ken King Faces West Texan John Browning in Republican Primary for House District 88 – vote Browning Texas Values Action Proudly Endorses Mayes Middleton for Texas Attorney General – I discuss why I went for Middleton over Reitz. Both would be fine AGs. 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 oil and gas drilling rig count unchanged today.President Trump spoke at the Port of Corpus Christi today about his agenda and American energy dominance. He introduced and man and his wife from Andrews in the speech.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: Is Abilene, Texas the Christian and conservative city it is often touted as? When it comes to filth in public schools, Abilene seems more Austin than the Big Country of Texas.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.Northlake lands $1.25 billion factory from rare earth magnet maker MP Materials. 1500 jobs!5th Circuit clears the way for Texas' SB12 to take effect, protecting children from sexually explicit and lewd performances including those often given by “drag queens.”The great singer, songwriter, and playwright Chip Polk talks with us about Jesus, Son of Man which is coming back to the stage of the Ragtown Gospel Theater on March 7th. I have seen the play more than once and found it to be very thought provoking – Isabel and I will be there again in the coming run.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: From the primary campaign trail: New polling out from UT. Poll detail. Casino Interest Betting Big in in the 2026 Texas Primaries – HD71's Hardaway and HD88's King getting huge support from the gambling lobby. We hear from HD71's conservative candidate, Liz Case. Our Lone Star story of the day: Much fOur 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.Trump delivers entertaining and update State of the Union address in the year of our nation's 250th birthday. The state of our union would be much stronger if Democrats actually played on the side of Team USA! Houston Congressman Al Green ejected from State of the Union, again. Trump's home-run State of the Union 2026 showed exactly how crazy are today's Democrats Democrats refused to support the basic idea that the first role of the federal government is to protect its citizen owners! Dems Hold 5 Events to Counter Trump's SOTU, Including an Antifa Frog Rally, more Democrats Stay Seated While Mother of Murder Victim Weeps in Congress Trump spotlights Dells' $6.25 billion pledge 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: Much from the campaign trail and a bit on tonight's State of the Union address: 3 Reasons Democrat State of the Union Stunts Will Likely Fail El Paso Democrat Escobar will boycott State of Union address Casino-Backed PAC Dumps Millions Into Final Stretch of Texas GOP Primaries At $110M, Texas blows past Senate primary spending record James Talarico campaigns in Lubbock – the perversion of “love” by the Left 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 sector still growing, says Dallas Fed.Federal Judge pauses Texas DEI ban in 3 school districts.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates, or hear the podcast of the show after 6pm Central here.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: U.S. trained soldiers took down a major Mexican drug cartel thug. The reaction of the Mexican people shows the lies of Mexico's Leftist leadership and our complicit media. Mexico Confirms 25 National Guardsmen Killed in Cartel's Terror Response to El Mencho's Death Mexico Erupts in Flames After Death of Largest Terrorist Cartel Boss Governor Abbott Directs DPS To Increase Public Safety Operations Amid Cartel Violence $9.9 million liquid meth bust in Dallas gave glimpse into El Mencho-led cartel operation Big Bend border wall to be completed by 2028 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 growth remains solid, says Dallas Fed.Attorney General Paxton Secures Injunction Against Electric Company that Caused the Devastating Smokehouse Creek Fire – Xcel/Southwestern Public Service.Hitchcock mayor's arrest on gambling charges tied to “game rooms” in Galveston County. A perfect example of why Lubbock Co. Commissioner Jason Corley fought so hard, against the county judge and sheriff, to get a better handle of these operations. Today, Lubbock Co. further tightened its regulations on these places.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: Local media, as is the norm, will not touch major reporting in what is a local story: The race for Texas' 19th Congressional District. Is the reporting on Bienvenido and Abraham Enriquez legitimate? There is plenty online I will not touch but when a major national source, the Washington Examiner, does a feature story exposing all types of issues with a major local candidate, should those issues covered not be shared with local voters? There is more reporting going back years – see more 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.Irrespective of whether or not one likes a president placing tariffs on imports, John Roberts and a Supreme Court majority got it wrong on the tariff case today. Roberts and friends undercut the Executive Branch while excusing sloppy law writing by the Executive Branch and inserted their own opinion as to what Congress meant in the IEEPA. The dissent was more true to textualism and originalism because, as Kavanaugh wrote, that tariffs “are a traditional and common tool to regulate importation,” something the IEEPA specifically grants the executive.Baker Hughes oil & gas drilling rig report turns slightly positive for Texas this week.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: From the campaign trail: TX23 affair issue has blown up on U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales. “Texas Defense PAC,” a casino gambling PAC fully funded by Las Vegas Sands gambling interests, is not only spending big backing Jay Hardaway in HD71, it's now spending huge money to try and keep RINO Ken King in the HD88 seat. And a discourse on Senator John Cornyn's own “character” problems. Also, state Senator Joan Huffman shows why she should not get your vote in the race for Texas Attorney General.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.Southwest's new assigned seating isn't proving so popular with customers reports the Dallas Morning News.Firefly's Alpha rocket set to resume flights as soon as Feb. 27.Crews continue battling wildfires across the Texas Panhandle.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 look today at the Republican Primary race for the 19th Congressional District of Texas. We visit with Donald May.Candidates, to appear on the show request time 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.We visit with Lubbock County Commissioner, Precinct 2, candidate Kevin Pounds.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates, or hear the podcast of the show after 6pm Central here.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Voting is underway in the Texas party primaries. Several stories today: Abbott backed candidate for Texas Ag Commissioner opens up on the campaign trail about his alcoholism, porn addiction, and an extramarital affair Trump undecided on Texas Senate primary between Cornyn, Paxton and Hunt Cornyn Campaign Accused Of ‘Doxxing' Hunt In Escalating Texas Senate Primary Fight CONFIRMED: Huffines' Epstein Ranch Purchase Benefited Victims Chip Roy and ‘MAGA Mayes' go all in in crowded Texas AG primary 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.Southeastern New Mexico Eyes Secession Vote To Become Part Of Texas AgainAttorney General Ken Paxton Launches Illegal Voting Tipline to Stop Unlawful Voting Activity Ahead of March Primary | Office of the Attorney General — To report suspected election law violations, email illegalvoting@oag.texas.govListen 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 Republican Primary Election recommendations from Pratt on Texas.Also, scandal follows Abraham Enriquez in the Texas 19th Congressional District race. There is more in my race summary 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.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 wins an important election integrity case at the federal Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on paid ballot harvesting. All you have to know about today's Democrats is that their front groups sued Texas to allow paid mail-in ballot harvesters to be able to do what is not allowed at the polling place – electioneer in the presence of a voter completing a ballot by mail.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.February distribution of local government sales tax collection. Click here to find your town.Texas oil and gas drilling rig count falls again.HD88's Ken King: Failing Texas Taxpayers for over a Decade.HD71: Gambling PAC works to elect Jay Hardaway in open seat race for the Texas House.Attorney General Ken Paxton Takes Legal Action to Support Mary Talley Bowden and Defend Her Constitutional Rights.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 look today at the Republican Primary race for the 19th Congressional District of Texas. We visit with Matt Smith.Candidates, to appear on the show request time 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.We visit with Lubbock County Commissioner, Precinct 2, candidate Justin Martin.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 look today at the Republican Primary race for Lubbock County Judge. We visit with Wes Houck who is challenging the always tax raising Curtis “Bowtie Bully” Parrish.Candidates, to appear on the show request time 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.We visit with Lubbock Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Susan Rowley.Attorney General Ken Paxon pulls a legal opinion from John Cornyn, from when he was attorney general, that allowed illegal aliens to obtain Texas occupational licenses. More.El Paso airspace shutdown by the FAA this morning – what we know.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: The Democrat race war continues with Colin Allred going after more comments, this time of an anti-family nature, alleged to have been made by Little James Talarico. Is Crocked Crockett bothered by slanderous rhetoric in the campaigns? Nope, she won't even admit it is bad when what she said was factually wrong – Leftism always says the end justifies the means.Some Republicans are again talking about forms of amnesty for illegal aliens under the guise of immigration reform. An online post by TX19 GOP candidate Abraham Enriquez seems to show his support for such. He's not very clear but then again, that is often what is used to hide a candidate's real convictions.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: Woman stabbing vehicles with knife shot at gas station in Arlington.Ken Paxton gets Turning Point USA endorsement in Texas GOP U.S. Senate race. TPUSA also endorses Don Huffines for Texas Comptroller.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 political race war blew up in the Texas Democrat Party race for U.S. Senate last week and it is still erupting on the national level.Now, the Democrat Caucus leader in the Texas House, old Gene ‘Boo Hoo' Wu is having his race war comments exposed. It's all evidence that the Democrat Party wasn't just the party of slavery, racial segregation, and the KKK, it is still the party of racial separatism and conflict.And note the polling data (see page 14) just out on the Dem race for U.S. Senate – that party is massively divided upon racial lines.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 University of Houston's Hobby School of Public Affairs has released new polling on the Republican and Democrat races for U.S. Senate as well as sentiment on President Trump. I offer evaluation of the GOP race on the show.An RGV Republican Texas House candidate gets it right: “It's kind of funny that they put fascism on here, but this is the real fascism, is them stomping on free speech. I'm just the opposite and I am from American values and for free speech and will fight for that.” Read more: ‘No Nazis', ‘No Fascist' spray-painted on Texas House candidate's campaign signs in McAllen.The Best Thing About the Super Bowl Halftime Show Was Trump's Response to It – PJ Media.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 look today at the Republican Primary race for Texas' 19th Congressional District made on open seat with the retirement of Jodey Arrington. We visit with candidate Tom Sell.Candidates, to appear on the show request time here (just as Corley did.)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.We visit with Anah Menjares, Republican Primary candidate for Lubbock County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2.A Trump appointed federal judge makes an absurd ruling on Texas anti-ESG law, SB13. Albright may get away with hanging his hat on some “overbroad” provision upon appeal but his ruling that the law violates the First Amendment free speech rights of the plaintiffs is ridiculous. The law does not stop anyone from saying anything, or joining the anti-human ESG movement. The law simply sets policy standards regarding the investment of public money by the state and its institutions. Does Albright believe that a legislature cannot set such policies? The leftwing states have policies in place to favor investment in the evil ESG movement.Attorney General Paxton sues the Muslim Brotherhood, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (“CAIR”), and CAIR's Austin, Houston, and DFW chapters to ban the terrorist organizations from operating in 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: Many Texas public schools supported students leaving class for leftwing agitation/protest events. This has to stop whether Left or Right, class time is class time. They can learn all their First Amendment rights outside of school hours just fine. But worse, in this case, faculty and staff put students in harm's way outside the campus ‘security' bubble. TEA has reacted strongly but lawmakers need to add more avenues of personal accountability for faculty and staff engaged in this type of behavior. TEA To Districts: Student Walkouts Risk Funding Loss And State Takeover.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.Is expensive public school security all a farce? How does this go on with no faculty, staff, or administrators noticing? Wylie ISD Responds to Islamic Handouts at School. District officials said the group Why Islam? did not have approval to distribute materials on the Wylie East High School campus.Former Texas A&M teacher files lawsuit, paid for by Leftist groups, wanting her job back after being fired for including gender-fluidity ideological material in what was supposed to be a course on children's literature. Where she and her type get this idea of a First Amendment right to “academic freedom” is hard to pin down. Certainly no one has a right to free speech on someone else's dime or property.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: Media and its Democrats keep saying the ICE operations to arrest and deport illegal aliens is going to kill Republicans in the mid-term elections – but what does polling actually say? Do American really oppose aggressive immigration enforcement? A major poll has numbers that grossly contradict the leftwing narrative: More than 60% of midterm voters support deporting illegal immigrants, poll finds.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 Democrats get about a day to gloat over their surprise Senate District 9 special election victory before they devolve into a race war in their U.S. Senate primary contest: Colin Allred unleashes on James Talarico over alleged ‘mediocre Black man' comment Texas Democratic Senate primary erupts after Talarico accused of remark about ‘mediocre Black man' Democrat Talarico, who said God is ‘nonbinary', now says atheists are more ‘Christ-like' than Christian colleagues Houston Chronicle editorial, among the longest I have ever seen for an endorsement, tells Democrats they need to support Talarico because he's less extreme outwardly and talks like Democrats of old – Ha! He sure does…. “mediocre Black man!” Many Texas public schools seem to be supporting students leaving class for leftwing agitation events. This has to stop whether Left or Right, class time is class time. They can learn all their First Amendment rights outside of school hours.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: Saturday's special election in Texas Senate District 9, a heavily Republican district, saw an AFL-CIO trained “union leader” beat Trump, Abbott, and Patrick endorsed Republican activist Leigh Wambsganss. Florida's Ron DeSantis is right, we cannot just ignore this, the weather effected both sides and Republicans generally vote higher in early voting than Democrats. Dems did organize big, and spend big money, for this special election as a morale booster but the defeat should be taken very seriously.Democrat Christian Menefee wins Texas' 18th Congressional District runoff against Amanda Edwards. Will face Edwards AND old cane knocker Al Green in the upcoming primary for the same district.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.Much on immigration enforcement which includes: Dear ICE Protestors: We Need to Talk – by Jenna McCarthy – she asks the important question others do not. Sex offender paid smugglers $5,000 to bring Honduran girl and her mother across the border Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting from South Texas Judge Orders 5-Year-Old Liam Conejo Ramos and His Dad Released From ICE Detention Todd Blanche disputes asylum claim for 5-year-old, dad detained by ICE Hundreds of Protesters, Student Walkouts Occupy Downtown San Antonio to Demand Abolishing ICE Boston Mayor Wu Claims ‘Every Single Human' on Earth Has ‘Legal Right' to Come to the U.S. 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: First slate of Texas Senate interim charges have been released today by Lieutenant Governor Patrick – it's mostly a list reactive to recent headlines.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.Libs, RINOs, and others who mostly care what other libs will think about them, go crazy over Texas A&M ditching its women and gender studies program. That's a program that should be absent from most every university. Many serious scholars have long argued that these programs are ideological in nature and somewhat illegitimate. Here's the typical reaction of someone who thinks he is conservative but really isn't.Texas oil and gas rig count falls in Baker Hughes report.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com