Pratt on Texas

U.S. Navy Commander (Retired) Bob Gray of Gray Matters joins us for a special edition of Pratt on Texas.Gray Matters airs on my Lubbock affiliate KWBF and is a great show for thinking people. Bob helps keep Pratt on Texas on the air in Lubbock and is an interesting person with a equally interesting background.www.PrattonTexas.com

Famous Texas cold case mystery solved: What really happened to David Crockett at the Alamo. Did he go down fighting or, was he captured and executed by Mexican dictator General Santa Anna?Rick Range joins us to discuss the book David Crockett Went Down Fighting: How We Know It. Range and fellow researcher Phil Guarnieri put to rest a longtime controversy over what happened to Crockett at the Alamo.You know Rick Range from his Save the Alamo work.www.PrattonTexas.com

The Reverend Daniel Hinton joins us to talk about Christmas – and what it is not on this special edition of Pratt on Texas..Hinton is pastor for Christ Lutheran Church in Lubbock (an orthodox Missouri Synod Lutheran church.)www.PrattonTexas.com

On this special edition of Pratt on Texas, our friend Nathan Dahlstrom (S.J. Dahlstrom) talks about the success of the Wilder Good Adventure book series and about the latest, number 9, Never Curse The Rain which is published by Paul Dry Books.Order your copy here.Be Wilder, not wimpy! Keep up with all things Wilder at: http://wildergood.com/

Texas passed Senate Bill 840 to help with the growing state's housing shortage but some local governments claim it to be a “sledgehammer” and an infringement on their “local control.” Lawsuits have been filed yet other cities have embraced the law.Ben Crockett of the Texas Public Policy Foundation will discuss the issue with us on this special edition of Pratt on Texas.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: New polling shows Jasmine ‘Crocked' Crockett leading Talarico in the Democrat Primary for the U.S. Senate nomination. (By they way, both are equally whiny but in different ways.)  But was it Crocked's extreme narcissism that allowed Republican operatives to essentially lure her into the race? We know those polls played a big role because Crocked said so.By the way, ol' devil head Carville says Rep Crockett's rhetoric is ‘more about herself' than voters .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. A small bump up this week.Battleship Texas' restoration is getting closer to being finished. I'm ready to go and board her at Galveston Pier 15 in the next year or so. I've been following updates on Youtube, you can too at this link: https://www.youtube.com/@BattleshipTexasStench of Local Government stories: City of Houston tries to avoid liability by claiming a car crash is medical claim, court says no way. City of Austin to spend money on “gender-inclusive” restrooms to blunt state law. What hypocrisy! Aren't these the same people quoted often in the press about how silly it is for Republicans to be focused on bathrooms? Yet, who immediately starts spending money to build new bathrooms to appease a handful of sex-confused people? 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 held off on this story all week because it was confusing. The press release from the State Securities Board came across to me as a head-scratcher that looked a bit like an insider political hit on Paxton. Now I think that is the case even more as I wasn't the only one confused by the Board's odd comments and ruling over the Muslim “EPIC City” development. This very good story from the Dallas Morning News shows I wasn't the only one wondering about this: AG Ken Paxton, state agency clash over ‘EPIC City' development lawsuit.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 jobs reports show continued adding of jobs (21,700) in the Lone Star State with the unemployment rate remaining steady at 4.1 percent.More evidence that the Texas A&M System doesn't care much for West Texas (WT) or the NW region of the state: West Texas A&M University, Texas A&M System to end Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. The money to fix the state's oldest state museum is almost a rounding error in the A&M system budget.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: It's not disunity to have different approaches to something like property tax reform – it is healthy to attack the problems from all angles. Governor Abbott's ideas and Lt. Gov. Patrick's ideas are both good. Patrick's is more political achievable an Abbott's more desirable overall. Too bad Abbott wasn't hot phasing out school property taxes several years ago. It was Don Huffines who pushed such and Abbott didn't.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 city sales tax numbers released in December report. Look up you city here.Some campaign news covered: Crockett points to Mamdani-Trump, AOC-Trump voters when pressed on path to win – yeah, New York City's voter universe is just so similar to that of Texas! [sarcasm] Jasmine Crockett's 2025 Highlight Reel: Dallas Condo Lien, Hidden Debt, Luxury Donor Vacays, “Hot Wheels” Insults, Undisclosed Companies, Zero Accountability Can a GOP County Chair Run His Wife's Election? 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: Drama continues in the TX19 GOP race for Congress with the Bowtie Bully, RINO County Judge Curtis Parrish, having infuriated most people, even some of his supporters, by unilaterally, without a court finding of fact, removing Precinct 2 County Commissioner Jason Corley from office solely based upon Bowtie's opinion of the resign-to-run statute. Corley, now a candidate for Congress in TX19, appears on the show to give us an update on his lawsuit, filed last night, and discuss the matter generally.Here is a good write-up: Corley's future on Commissioner's Court waits for judge to be assigned; other commissioners stunned he was replaced.For those who have never understood why many of us say Curtis Parrish has no business in a position of responsibility, this gives a glimpse into his super arrogance and viciousness that permeates about everything he does but is hard for outsiders to perceive.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 rundown of who has filed in the GOP and Jackass parties for statewide offices; vacancies in the legislature, and; some local filings and comments.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: Drama in the TX19 GOP race for Congress as Lubbock County's Curtis ‘Bowtie' Parrish goes after Commissioner Jason Corley in a nasty, arrogant, and very questionable move. Jason Corley removed from Lubbock County Commissioner's Court after announcing bid for congress Corley says he'll fight back after Parrish replaces him on Court, saying Corley's Congress bid triggered resignation Will Parrish now decide Matt Smith can't run because he's not “fat”?! Leftist loudmouthed clown Jasmine Crockett jumps into the Democratic primary for US Senate, more Abbott Predicts Jasmine Crockett “Will Be Pummeled” As She Weighs Texas Senate Run Before Filing Deadline Colin Allred drops out of U.S. Senate race, will challenge homosexual fellow Democrat Julie Johnson for Congress Trump blasts Cuellar for remaining Democrat after pardon: ‘Next time, no more Mr. Nice guy' 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.U.S. Supreme Court turns away appeal of Fifth Circuit ruling challenging the ability of a governing body to remove books from libraries the body runs – and well points out the constant media lie that it is “banning” books.RIP: Texas business titan Tom Hicks. Also, former fake Republican beloved by Democrats, Bill Ratliff has died.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 new Congressional maps get okay for use in 2026 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The underlying issues will still be moving in the court system but a separate opinion by Alito and joined by Thomas and Gorsuch, was fairly specific on why the trial court majority of the panel of judges was wrong under both the Alexander and Purcell principles. Read a full report here.A bit of crowing: Attorney General Ken Paxton Successfully Protects Big Beautiful Map in SCOTUS Against Challenges by Left-Wing Groups.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.U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump's challenge to so-called birthright citizenship.Oil and gas drilling rig count unchanged in Texas after a big fall off last week.Houston gets slap down on property rights case at appeals court.Former Ector County auditor gets 41 months, ordered to repay over $1 Million for his theft of taxpayer funds over a ten-year period!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: What is Governor Abbott trying to hide, if anything, related to his last moment veto of the state ban on get-high hemp THC? The Feds have now closed the very loopholes that allowed a new multi-billion get-high drug industry that was never intended to be part of hemp production but Abbott, at the last moment vetoed Texas' bill doing the same. Abbott clearly doesn't want to make it easy to know who he was protecting as he's put a cost estimate of $25,000 on providing a simple list of all of those who petitioned his office for the veto.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.YCT endorses Don Huffines for Texas Comptroller in the GOP primary.Issa to stick with California district changing under Prop 50, rejects Texas run.Smith County Democrats withdraw from Tyler Christmas Parade in solidarity with illegal aliens. Showing that even in Texas the Democrat grassroots are more concerned with harboring illegal aliens than with the safety of citizens – that includes millions of “Hispanic” citizens.San Marcos becomes latest Central Texas city to cut ties with Flock camera. Way to go!Mentioned but not covered: Former Maduro Spy Chief's Letter To Trump Seeks To Expose Narco-Terrorist War Against U.S. Quite interesting.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 Democrat Congressman Henry Cuellar of Laredo pardoned by President Trump. Cuellar and his wife were under indictment for what seemed to be political retribution from the Biden Administration but now, with no trial we'll never fully know. A strong candidate for the GOP just announced his campaign for TX28 yesterday so will this hurt or help? One thing to remember is that Cuellar, who almost lost last time to an underfunded Republican, has a Democratic Party Primary opponent this time who said of the pardon: “Innocent people do not take pardons.”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.TX19: Conservative leader and Lubbock County Commissioner Jason Corley officially announced a run for Congress yesterday. Corley is not a banquets and balls self-promoting politician. He's an in-the-trenches worker for conservative government – sort of a working man's rep.In oral argument, it appears the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will likely back Texas' election integrity law clamping down on electioneering related to mail-in ballots.Texas DPS and border patrol continue to interdict illegal aliens making it across the border with several big busts in recent days.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 campaign news including another entrant into the TX19 race; Democrat Henry Cuellar gets a big Republican opponent in TX28, and; California's Issa could run for the newly drawn TX32 in the Dallas-region.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.Immigration and related: Biden Program Sent More Than $36 Million Into Texas for Afghan Relocation Noem Flags Sweeping Travel Ban on Countries Dumping ‘Killers, Leeches, and Entitlement Junkies' on U.S. DHS Slams Hochul: New York Freed 7,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens While Ignoring ICE Detainers Noem confirms completion of 10,000 ICE hires to come ‘within 10 days' Sad update: Missing Lubbock couple, Lightfoot, found dead in New MexicoListen 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 Republicans to lose another incumbent in Congress to retirement but this one has a twist of a twin thrown in. Plus other political and campaign news such as RINO state Rep. VanDeaver deciding a re-election bid to the House isn't something he wants to go through.Democrats throw in the towel on their legal challenge to Tarrant County's redistricting. Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare continues to impress as a true pro-taxpayer conservative leader.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.Corpus Christi man gains notoriety (or infamy) for handing out cheap Harbor Freight machetes to vagrants and bums. Gotta have something to clear out new bum camps with under those stream bridges!Another bad asylum call: Afghan national allegedly threatened to bomb Fort Worth. Afghan accused of killing national guard soldier in DC was known, and reported, by many to “spiraling into mania” but was given asylum anyway.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 violent, fatal attack on National Guard troops in the nation's capitol has the fully anti-immigration folks rattling their swords loudly. Frankly, they have strong points to make and the points on their rhetorical swords were sharpened by naive, careless, and incompetent Democratic Party policy that itself has served to sharpen those points enough to be turned back upon themselves, Democrats, as serious political and cultural weapons.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.An example out of Wichita County of how wasteful were COVID grant programs. What does a new tax office have to do with WuFlu?Can we please stop trying to one up each other over the so-called “first Thanksgiving?” It's pointless and while the Texas claim is correct over a mass being held in thanksgiving, it was not the same thing as what we recognize with the Pilgrims.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: Attorney General Paxton advise Texas universities that are part of the ACC, Big XII, or SEC athletic conferences not to sign the horrible, likely unlawful in Texas, settlement agreement demanded by the tyrants at the College Sports Commission. Paxton also sent a letter to other attorneys general warning the same.Background: Texas Tech Raises Concerns Over College Sports Commission Agreement.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.State of Missouri leads 22 states in arguing, to the Supreme Court, that the judicial panel's decision to stop Texas' Congressional redistricting is wrong.Big drop in a short week: Oil and gas drilling rig count.WKRP reporter Les Nessman makes his annual report from the WKRP turkey drop.Also, we end the program with important words about our national Thanksgiving.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 new ruling in the case of the City of Kemaj abusing citizens from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will have far reaching consequences for Texas and local governments that abuse the rights of citizens. One key takeaway: The court “…asserted that a “taking” of property occurs at the time a government takes an action that makes the property unusable.”Read the full story by the great Holly Hansen here: Federal Appeals Court Ruling in Kemah Lawsuit Dismantles Hurdles for Citizens to Sue Local Governments.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.Dallas Fed: Texas manufacturing activity accelerates. Texas service sector activity retreats slightly and retail sales fall.More bad polling for Senator John Cornyn.TX23: Brandon Herrera raises $1 million in primary challenge to Tony Gonzales. Are there “Go Brandon!” signs in this primary race?Webb County judge denies violating federal election law.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 United States Supreme Court temporarily blocked the judicial panel's 2 to 1 decision against Texas' new Congressional maps. I'll explain the legal argument Texas made in its emergency appeal Friday. The high court required briefings from all parties to be in by today at 5pm.Also, why the new districts being used is so vitally important to the nation.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.Stench of Local Government stories:  Brown County Judge Shane Britton arrested on multiple alleged charges. Uvalde County Judge suspended by state commission after indictment. On the brighter side: Gordon has 75 students. Their girls basketball team just beat a school with 5,300.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: Border and illegal immigration news continues to remind us that even with the Trump Administration getting a good handle on illegal border crossings, the crisis caused by years of abuse and fraud has left us with major problems. Stories covered: Chip Roy Unveils Plan To Fix America's Legal Immigration Revolving Door – why punish those who go about it legally through the years-long arduous process? Just stop all the other abuses. Government Ordered to Resume Deportation Protection Program for Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Leaked Houston council proposal would limit HPD's ICE cooperation DPS Celebrates Border Mounted Patrol Unit's Anniversary Austin ISD employees detained by ICE spark campus alarm – not that the district may have hired illegal aliens but that they've been caught! Governor Abbott Demands Action On Mexico's Water Treaty Violation – great but mostly meaningless 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.CAIR sues Texas Gov Abbott after it was labeled a terrorist organization.Oil and gas rig count unchanged in Texas this week.Why Senator Cornyn should lose the primary and retire, Cornyn pushes for yet another federal bureaucracy: The DC swamp proposes beating China in space by creating another bureaucracy here on Earth.SpaceX Superheavy booster intended for next test flight damaged during static fire test. Firefly to provide the launch rocket for Kratos' hypersonic test vehicles.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: Respected judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Jerry Smith, says of the ruling blocking Texas Congressional redistricting: “If this were a law school exam, the opinion would deserve an F.” Smith called the action of district court judges Brown and Guaderrama “outrageous conduct.” Smith said of the three judge panel that it was the worst he has ever seen in a case in which he was involved and accused Brown of “pernicious judicial misbehavior.”It wasn't just the terrible legal opinion, Brown and Guaderrama appear to have short circuited the judicial process with an attempt to derail Judge Smith's dissenting opinion. Judge's scathing dissent casts redistricting ruling as ‘judicial activism' Dissenting Judge Slams Colleagues for Blocking Texas Congressional Map ‘Nobel Prize for Fiction': Federal Judge Issues Fiery Dissent to Texas Congressional Redistricting Ruling Judge in Texas redistricting case slams move to strike down new map In addition, this is a must read: SCOTUS must save Texas from meddling liberal judges, by Mike Davis.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.Lt. Gov. Patrick spitting nails over a lawsuit filed over the creation of his favored new bureaucracy, the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.Attorney General Ken Paxton gets a win for law and order over Harris County's Soros-style soft on bail policies.TX19: Republican Abraham Enriquez announces campaign for Congress in Texas' 19th District.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: Once again, Judge Jeff Brown shows he isn't up to being a judge. More on the terrible ruling on Texas redistricting. It is a stupid ruling from Brown and Guaderrama and seems to be a Joseph Heller special Catch-22 all around.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.Governor Abbott asks for criminal investigation of the “Islamic Tribunal” in the D/FW-area.Texas voters may say they want officeholders who ensure arrest and prosecution of criminals but, in most all the large counties they have not voted that way.Illegal immigration: Rep. Brian Harrison gets action, again! Texas DMV issues rules to stop illegal aliens from registering vehicles. How Did An Illegal Alien, Wanted On Terrorism, Get A Commercial Driver License (CDL)? Legislation to fast-track removal of criminal aliens heads to U.S. House floor. 5 plead guilty to charges in connection with July ‘ambush' of North Texas ICE facility 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: Panel of federal judges in El Paso rule (2 to 1) that Texas Congressional redistricting maps are race-based and block use of such even though race was not used at all in the drawing of the maps. Typical. Texas will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.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.Governor Abbott Designates Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR As Foreign Terrorist Organization.Texas Monthly preposterously claims it is Lt. Gov. Patrick and conservatives trying to re-write the history of the Alamo!There must not be an ounce of integrity at the magazine anymore. The Leftists admitted all along that it was their intention to rewrite Texas history and the story of the Alamo to focus on other things, mostly of the woke nature. Thank the Lord that Patrick has a sharp person reviewing what goes into the new museum because as we learned recently, even the head of Alamo Trust is a woke history revisionist. She's out and now she has filed a lawsuit.Putting God's Ten Commandments up in public school classrooms gets the judicial treatment you would expect from a Leftist politician put on the federal bench by Bill Clinton: Ten Commandments displays blocked at Texas public school districts.RIP: Listener, friend, and conservative Republican Roger Key.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: Business in Texas: Google announces massive $40 billion dollar investment in Texas for data centers with big investment coming to West Texas in Haskell County.Also, the Austin American-Statesman has a get-you-up-to-date story on Samsung's giant chip fab project in Taylor that has seen much delay.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.Immigration enforcement & border news: Court blocks Trump bid to bar illegals from getting trucking licenses – these are the type of things that boggle the minds of the American people. If they are illegal how can they have any possible right to a commercial driver license? Plano woman, jogger, allegedly attacked with hammer by illegal immigrant in park – when I reported on this last week something just told me it was an illegal alien! Indian Man on Student Visa in Texas Sent to Prison for Financial Scheme Targeting Elders Suspected illegal immigrant allegedly sent nude photos to minor boy in Jasper Texas A&M doctoral student, green card holder finally released – another Hearst sob story that downplays the fact that the green card holder broke our laws. 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: Big-time lobbyist Tom Sell joins GOP primary race for TX19. Rep. Gonzales finally, briefly, says rumors are untrue that he was having an affair with his married staff member who committed suicide. We still don't know the truth but this is the first Gonzales has spoken on the subject. Plus other campaign news.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues to End Unconstitutional Taxpayer-Funded Higher Education Work Program that Discriminates Against Religious Students, Including Christians. More.Texas A&M regents, due to press pressure, move to further clean up teaching on all A&M campuses.Oil and gas rig countunchanged 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: What Governor Abbott ruined in a lasts moment veto, the U.S. Congress fixed: The spending bill to reopen government removed the unintended loophole that created a multi-billion dollar get-high drug industry using THC in hemp. Every grower, processor, and retailer knew from the beginning that they were operating via a loophole never intended but went into the drug business anyway – have zero compassion for them (if this holds up.)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.Former state representative, Chris Paddie, fined over $100,000 by the Texas Clown Court, a.k.a. the so-called Ethics Commission – and this time the clowns seem to have gotten it right.Campaign news items: YCT endorses either Middleton or Roy for Texas A.G. C.J. Peterson announces run for Lubbock County Commissioner Precinct 4 Familiar face joins race for Texas lieutenant governor, Mike Collier runs as an independent after many losses as Democrat HD17: Tom Glass to challenge GOP incumbent for state house TX23: Rep. Tony Gonzales refuses to address published accusations of affair with staffer who died by self-immolation 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 campaign related news today including: President Donald Trump endorses Gov. Greg Abbott for reelection TX19: Corley explores run for Congress, committee to be formed Jasmine Crockett's lavish expenditures on travel, luxury lodging and security exposed Jasmine Crockett Faces Ethics Complaint Over Financial Reporting Tarrant County GOP Chairman Bo French Announces Run for Railroad Commission 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.Coinbase Leaves Delaware For “Greener Pastures” In Texas As Exodus Continues – related: Marathon Wins Gas Dispute in First Texas Business Court Trial. Governor Abbott Celebrates Launch Of Nasdaq TexasHouston leads Texas in A-rated schools, new rankings show.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' 19th Congressional District (TX19) which contains both Lubbock and Abilene to provide voters with a big primary season as U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington announced today that he will not run for re-election.And in other campaign news: Abilene-based HD71 race has another would-be candidate drop out of the Republican Primary. – I've long said, “Wait until filing has closed – many end up not running.” “Rising Democrat star” James Talarico makes NY Post headline: ‘Devout Christian' Dem caught following prostitutes, OnlyFans models on social media. U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt takes Senate Republican primary pitch to Ken Paxton's home turf. 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.Attorney General Paxton sues Harris County for using taxpayer money for legal assistance for illegal aliens facing deportation.A big “I told you so” echoing across two decades of Pratt on Texas (it's why I said the school should be folded into another system and lose its own control): Officials Call for Investigation of Texas Southern University Over Financial Mismanagement Findings. Similar has been going on since I began Pratt on Texas in 2006.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:  Governor Abbott launched his campaign for a record 4th term as Texas governor. Is he truly committed to passing the very big issues and reforms he touted or, is it all a play to look super conservative for a 2028 presidential run? One thing is different from the past: Abbott has finally learned to be engaged with the legislature and push hard for some agenda items. That's something he didn't do for the first half of his time in the Guv's Mansion.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.Jasmine Crockett Spouts Conspiracy Theory About GOP Rigging Midterm Elections Using Dominion Machines – but wait, that's not the weirdest political story today. This among the strangest I've ever seen in a major Texas newspaper and the headline should read: Austin illegal aliens don't like Trump, but did…  It actually reads: A year later: Why optimism for Trump among Austin Latino day laborers has collapsed.Is it time for U.S. intervention in Mexico? Mexican President Denounces War on Drugs, Killing Narcos Israel: Mexico Stopped Iranian Assassination Plot Against Its Ambassador – but politicians are against such? Cruz, Cornyn push new retaliatory legislation that blocks U.S. water from going to Mexico 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, sanity prevails at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as it stops a block to Texas' law that treats sexually suggestive drag queen shows the same as other sexually suggestive performances. ACLU, homosexuals, drag queens and others sued claiming that not letting the performances be given before children somehow violates the crossdressers' constitutional rights. 5th Circuit Vacates Block on Texas' Ban on Drag Shows with Minors in Attendance Attorney General Ken Paxton Successfully Defends Law Protecting Children from Being Exposed to Sexually Illicit Content at Erotic Drag Shows Texas Can Enforce Ban on Erotic Drag Shows for Kids, Federal Court Rules 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 by one in Texas.Some of the campaign related stories covered: Texas Rep. John Smithee to retire after nearly 40 years of service Nearly one in five (19%) Texas Latinos regret voting for Trump, poll finds – there are important lessons in this poll I discuss Border and illegal immigration:  Trump's Border Policy Delivers: Zero Migrant Releases for 6th Month, Record-Low Apprehensions in October ICE Disputes Houston Church's Story About Detained Priest Deported pedophile ‘brutally beat' ICE agent during arrest in Houston ICE captures South American theft ring members in Texas break-ins after probe 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: In June of 2019, leaders in Waskom, Texas made a bold move to outlaw abortion in their city, becoming the first Sanctuary City For the Unborn by ordinance in America. Since the initiative in Waskom many other cities have reached out to Mark Lee Dickson wanting to follow in the footsteps of Waskom by outlawing abortion in their own city and declare themselves a Sanctuary City for the Unborn. Will your city be next?In this special edition of Pratt on Texas, we visit with Mark Lee Dickson of Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn movement.Find Mark on Facebook 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:  Two new Texas towns that might have been, will not be. And, more election wrap-up from around the state. Also, will the Marxist Mamdani's win in New York City be good for 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 number released by the Office of Comptroller – look up your city here. The state as a whole was up 4.6 percent over the same period last year.Texas Named Top Business Climate In America For 3rd Year In A RowUPS jet that crashed in Louisville was serviced in San Antonio.Texas plans to buy 54,000 acre ranch in western Hill Country as a state park; would be second largest.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:  In TX23, if the rumors of the affair are true, Rep. Tony Gonzales, should step aside for re-election before the filing deadline. The entire ordeal has been horrific.SD9: Pro-Casino, Anti-Gambling Interests Go All In on Texas Senate Special Election. One of the two Republicans is sure to face off with the lone Democrat in a runoff.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Border and immigration related:  ICE Houston Arrests Fleeing Illegal Alien Stuck on Sign Trump administration plans to build border wall in Laredo, mayor says Cartels offer $10,000 to shoot at Border Patrol agents, internal federal alert says 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 sob stories and stories trying to convince us that illegality means little, to stories showing that Texas is still making it easy for people to live and work in the state illegally, generally there is a failure to point out the fraudulent reality of living in this country illegally: It is theft from citizens. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Says SNAP Will Be Drastically Reformed After Thousands Of Illegals Removed from Program 85,000 immigrants at risk of deportation in Travis County: report – don't you think that might help that terrible housing shortage for working people? Houston police called ICE on a missing teen. They blamed his mom. They broke into the country to steal services; a ridiculous sob story from the Houston Chronicle editorial board. New data shows 1 in 4 ICE arrests happened in Texas under Trump's immigration crackdown – I was hoping for a larger share Texas still allowing illegal aliens to register vehicles 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.Houston traffic officer making $170,000 in overtime reassigned – why is he still on the force given he has been “disciplined for fraudulent overtime practices” not once, but twice!?Fort Hood: Texas law firms say they're representing victims of Army OB-GYN doctor accused of recording patients.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:  Does Senator John Cornyn have a ‘Hunter Biden' problem?, asks the Dallas Express. Well, it is quite different and not salacious and sordid but, Cornyn's ‘problem' is standard behavior for Swamp Swimmers and that makes it terrible in and of itself.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.Senator Ted Cruz: Arctic Frost is Biden's Watergate. Cruz calls on Judge Boasberg to be impeached by the U.S. House, and rightly so. Cruz says there must be consequences but will most Americans even know how bad this and other happenings were?Oil and gas drilling rig count falls again.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:  How many Texas, this election cycle, will vote property tax increases upon themselves and tremendous amounts more of debt? In Texas, among the worst 5 states for debt, it's not the state government with debt but local governments that cannot act with financial prudence. Read: 472 bonds on Texas ballots statewide totaling at least $90 billion in tax increases Texas is the only Republican-led state among the worst five with largest debt 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.Celina ISD sex abuse scandal continues to get larger: New Celina ISD lawsuit claims coach's son recorded over 30 children in locker room. State Rep. Mitch Little calls for transparency in Celina ISD sexual abuse scandal.Some Republican groups urge ‘no' votes on Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick priorities in Nov. 4 election. What happened to “lock-step conservatives” as the press described us for all those years? It was never true and there has always been disagreement.Hunt says GOP ‘has left' Cornyn; senator fires back, calling him a ‘show horse.‘ Cornyn is a longtime Washington swamp swimmer feeding at the trough.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 so-called fix for electric reliability for the Texas grid in the Permian Basin has now morphed into a very expensive case of government mission creep. It could actually worsen the fundamental problem we have with non-dispatchable electric power generation.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 Comptroller to Freeze New ‘Historically Underutilized Business' Certifications. Good, it's all reverse discrimination B.S. to begin with.A sane, sound decision out of the Texas Supreme Court on an old case out of Waco over so-called marriages of homosexuals.Local government good (DeSoto,) bad (Lubbock,) and the ugly (Odessa & Elgin.)They got this editorial right: NBA scandal was predictable. I just wish they would apply their sound reasoning to most everything else!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 sues Tylenol maker, Johnson & Johnson, claiming it mislead consumers over safety and that it violated the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act by fraudulently transferring liabilities arising from Tylenol to a separate company, Kenvue, in order to shield their assets against lawsuits.What you may not know if you mostly consume the legacy media is this: Tylenol Maker Privately Admitted Evidence Was Getting ‘Heavy' For Autism Risk In 2018.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 activity, retail included, weakens further. Also, read: D-FW the ‘headquarters of vehicle finance' as auto, personal loans surge.Fermi America Announces Nuclear Reactor Deals for AI Campus; South Korean firms to design and build.Illegal immigration, border, and basket case Mexico news: Waco police arrest undocumented immigrant caught with fake resident alien, social security cards – stupid media, he's an illegal alien and your own story demonstrates that he was not “undocumented!” Honduran Girl, 12, Tortured After Entering U.S. as Unaccompanied Minor ICE Floods Houston Hotspots in Nighttime Operation, Arrests 25 Criminal Aliens DPS Captures MS-13 Gang Member in Hidalgo Co. Mexican Border State Cops Abducted Travelers on Behalf of Cartel 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 border and immigration related news including: Biden-Era Border Policies Blamed by DHS for Alleged Murder of Texas Woman at Hands of 3 Illegal Aliens Trump Tackles Biden Rule Funding Alien Children's Abortion Travel 80-miles of buoys to be used as border barriers in Rio Grande Loss of in-state tuition forces many [non-legal resident] Texas students out of college Maine Democrat questions whether ICE is ‘legitimate' law enforcement Illinois State Rep Margaret Croke Sent Out an Email Doxxing ICE Agents, Lists Their Cars and License Plate Numbers, Putting Agents at Extreme Risk 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.Why is Abilene Christian University opposed public debate and to the phrase “abortion is murder?” More.Inside Jasmine Crockett's Secret Stock Portfolio and Failed Attempts To Become a Marijuana MagnateCampaign news: HD93: Rep. Nate Schatzline joining Trump's national faith board, not running for re-election to Texas House. HD49: Leftist Kathie Tovo announces bid for Texas House District 49 seat State Sen. Sarah Eckhardt announces run for TX10, Congress – wont' have to give up her senate seat to do so. Ousted Alamo Trust CEO replaced with former Texas secretary of state, Hope Andrade – goodListen 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 latest controversy to blowup about the Alamo should be in reverse. It's not that the Lt. Gov. called on the head of the Alamo Trust to resign and that she is now gone, as the press wants to present it. The controversy, in a sane world, is that we continue to have people in positions of power and trust who want to rewrite Texas History to fit a leftwing inaccurate template and wish to present the Alamo to people as something other than what it is and why they go there: A shrine to Texas Liberty and the Texas Revolution.Reminder, people don't visit Pearl Harbor to study the diaspora of the Polynesian peoples across the Pacific islands, they go to remember the attack on the USA by the Empire of Japan on 7 December 1941. It is the same at the Alamo. Indigenous Peoples post reignites Alamo history debate Kate Rogers is ‘no longer at Alamo Trust' Alamo Trust CEO Resigns After ‘Misaligned' Messaging 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.Abbott Names Former State Solicitor General Kyle Hawkins to Texas Supreme Court.Oil and gas drilling rig count falls, again.Interview: Senator Charles Perry addresses Proposition and discusses the Corpus Christi water desalinization debacle. Perry says talks are underway for other localities to pick of the project which is key to Texas and national energy infrastructure. Perry says the people of Corpus Christi will regret they day they decided not to plan for future water needs.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: It took Trump and a committee of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to do what hawkish on illegal immigration state legislators would not do: End the giant in-state tuition discount for illegal aliens 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.Judge blocks key parts of Texas READER Act over compelled speech issues.Stench of Local Government: Abilene might hike restaurant fees after state permit shift.Cornerstone Capital Bank to acquire Lubbock-based Peoples Bank. A city that once had more locally owned banks per capita than most anywhere has very few left. Thank Dems in DC for wiping out small community banks through regulation.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: Three Texas stories on how Democrats lie to their supporters and how their media friends shade meaning to send false messages: Voting rights and district drawing; Outright lies to voters about where money goes (demagoguery in this case,) and; reporting a poll on immigration policy that shows numbers consistent with the constant voter divide in Texas as being representative of some worse-than-ever split of Texans.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.Trump Nominates State Sen. Brian Birdwell as Assistant Secretary of DefenseSpeaker Mike Johnson: Dems' ‘Dirty' Counterproposal Included Restoring Funding of Left-Wing Pet Projects in Foreign Countries27 books in Abilene ISD under review for explicit content. First, it is untrue that staff cannot remove books, any books. They have the same authority to do so daily as they have to add books. All libraries turnover their collections regularly. Second, with the admission that some removals “are no-brainers,” the question then becomes, and must be asked, why were they put in the libraries to begin with?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: Would Texas liberals and Democrats support pro-gun rights or pro-life crosswalks and street branding? Of course not but they have no problem with turning public property and official traffic markings into signs that promote their leftwing viewpoints. Worse is how the Texas media can't even play this story straight. Montrose rainbow crosswalk officially removed, protesters arrested Houston officials float legal action over rainbow crosswalk LGBTQ+ board wants San Antonio to fight state to keep rainbow crosswalk Neighbors, city leaders in Houston's Third Ward concerned of possible removal of George Floyd & BLM tribute  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.Lubbock's sheriff named chairman of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and a Pratt on Texas friend, Monica McBride, named to the commission.Abilene's personnel director, Pamela Williams, appointed to Texas Municipal Retirement System Board Of Trustees.Don't be fooled by the headlines, Texas did not find 2,725 illegal aliens on the state's voter rolls.More reason to support Formula 1 and the U.S. Grand Prix: Exporting Texas culture, including gun culture, around the world!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: Early Voting is underway for 17 proposed changes to the Texas Constitution. I review and give recommendations.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 billionaire funded “no kings” rallies were big in some parts of Texas but overall it was a laughable display of old white baby boomers and circus-like folks dressed up for early Halloween: “Coup d'Flat”: Billionaire-Funded ‘No Kings' Color-Revolution Turns Into White Liberal Boomer Parade As Dems Become National Laughingstock The ‘No Kings' Protests Against Democracy Itself  San Antonio Church, Neighborhoods Tagged with ‘No Kings' Vandalism, Graffiti Why Are the Teachers Unions Backing the ‘No Kings' Protests? Wilbur Wright College Staffer Calls For ICE Agents to ‘Get Shot and Wiped Out' During Chicago ‘No Kings' Protest  ‘No Kings Day' Street Theater Meets Shutdown Politics: A March for Democracy or a Midterm Ad Buy? VIDEO: Interviewing Texas No Kings Protestors Who teaches the teachers? Illinois University Teaching Assistant Mocks Jesus As He Flips Turning Point USA Table on Campus UT Austin professor dismissed over ‘ideological differences' 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 City of Lubbock is being run by folks who are either pro-crime tax increase money grubbers who think the people they are paid to serve are stupid or, they themselves are too stupid to hold the positions taxpayers pay them to hold.I explain why the excuse for a new $50 per year fee (tax) to have an alarm system is pro-crime, and has nothing whatsoever to do with addressing the problem of “false alarms” officials say is behind the nasty scheme. I had high hopes for the new police chief but respect has diminished greatly.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.Follow up to last Friday's show: 60% of young liberals approve of political violence. What have our leftist infused schools and culture wrought?!Oil and gas rig count falls, again.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 Texas-sized embarrassment took place this week with some Texas National Guard troops being pulled from deployment for not meeting mission standards. Secretary of War Hegseth has lowered the gauntlet over fitness standards in the military but this is not a new issue. Back in the regular session of the Texas Legislature, a bill was pushed to help with a real fitness problem for Texas National and State Guard members but was opposed by the Texas Military Department – seems to me they now have egg on their faces.Ammon Blair, a senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, joins us to talk about the issue, what was in the bill, and why the brass opposed it.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.Attorney General Paxton successfully uses the Texas Health and Safety code to frustrate Malcolm Tanner's effort to recruit people to Loving County for a political takeover.Much change has been made but the folks at the Alamo Trust are still woke leftists lying in wait to destroy Texas heritage. Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham goes after the woke bunch at the Trust after those folks posted an “indigenous peoples” day message.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 expected, union lawyer and far-Left Democrat Gina Hinojosa announced she would seek the Democrat nomination for Texas governor to take on Greg Abbott. She's locked up most of the insider support already and why not? She is as Leftwing radical as any of them.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 conflict between Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and the USDA over the New World Screwworm fight is mostly mischaracterized to make it appear that Miller is fighting the Trump Administration. That's nonsense, Miller is clearly wanting to simply do more than USDA is willing to do to stop this situation that could decimate ranching and is pushing up beef prices for us all.Snyder ISD abuse case certainly make it appear that Scurry Co. has a weak on crime district attorney. Even if that is not the case, nothing excuses the DA's refusal to meet with local families in the matter.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: How did the week of hearings before a panel of three federal judges in El Paso over Texas' congressional district map redraw go? Travis Morgan, for the Texas Scorecard, covered the entire ordeal and has written this analysis. To see the daily hearing coverage, click here. Links to each day's coverage is at the bottom.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 U.S. Supreme Court is putting us all in the sites for Leftist lawfare by not accepting the appeal of Texas-based talk host Alex Jones. Few want to write about this topic as they don't want to be seen as defending Alex Jones. I understand that but they better start defending the issue because it is self defense.SpaceX had a wildly successful test flight, test 11, from Starbase, Texas on Monday evening. Space historian and writer Bob Zimmerman of behindtheblack.com joins us to summarize what happened.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 expected the Republican Party of Texas executive committee did not vote to ban anyone from the ballot in the big meeting this weekend. The committee did concur with local censure resolutions of five state legislators and did not do so for five others.Also in a development for the RPT, Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined Texas Republicans, as A.G., in urging the court to allow the party to conducted closed primary elections. This leaves the Secretary of State to fight to keep legislator control of Texas GOP primary elections.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 rig count plunges.Texas State Teachers Association parent union, NEA, sends three million members map that completely ‘erases' Israel. “The email also linked to shocking material that defended Hamas' depraved Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people and led to another 250 being kidnapped to Palestine, according to NAVI.”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: Has Leftist violence become mainstream, acceptable? We examine the issue from a very well written Douglas Murray column from The Spectator.Violent periods in American History are more common than many think but, does the country have the will to make a course correction now? Or, are too many institutions like the press and Democratic Party, as well as economic sectors, willing allies of the bad, violent actors? Van Duyne wants to treat Antifa like the mafia amid crackdown Musk Says “Far More Than $100 Million” U.S. Taxpayer Funds Funneled Into NGOs Fueling Chaos; Trump Briefed On Dark-Money Networks  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: City of Dallas faux pas shows that taxpayer funded lobbying may be an even bigger problem than we know. It's time we get action, not just words (acta non verba) from Speaker Burrows and the legislature and fully ban the practice of local governments using our money to hire lobbyists to lobby against our interests. More, more.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.Why is Lubbock ISD's superintendent under TEA investigation? More importantly why has local media not been covering the issue?Cause celebre Roberson execution and “shaken baby syndrome” is back with a stay issued by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Victim's Brother Pushes Back on Claims of Innocence for Convicted Killer Robert Roberson.Poll: John Cornyn, Ken Paxton tied, Wesley Hunt third in GOP primary; Why someone not yet running leads the Democratic pack in Senate race.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com