Pratt on Texas

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Republicans are in convention in Houston and have elected a new state chairman, defeating the incumbent. D'Rinda Randall has been elected the new head of the Republican Party of Texas and David Covey has been elected as vice chairman. Also, the report of the temporary committee for Texas legislative priorities has reported a list of 15 priorities that will likely be reduced to about half by the convention. In the #15 item on AI, this could come right out of the Democrat Party's platform anytime over the last 40 years!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.DPS Releases Details in Midland Shooting.Attorney General Paxton ruling rightly declares that so-called ‘skill' gaming machines can still violate Texas gambling laws.Governor Abbott partly grandstand on directive making data centers pay their own infrastructure expansion (electric grid) costs. They, and every other industrial customer, generally already does this. Maybe he'll achieve a small incremental gain with this?Bill Clinton appointed, McGovern supporting federal judge in Massachusetts says Texas cannot sue the Dem money machine ActBlue because it helps Paxton's campaign. By that logic, this judge's order help's Talarico's campaign so he's wrong.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 A&M start its statewide polling like an Aggie joke by putting out wrong numbers. I'll bring you the corrected numbers and you can see the numbers here. Beyond that, we find that the “Platner Paradox” explains much about Texas Dems nominating Little Jimmy “The Creep” Talarico – and excellent read.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 Judges Refusing Same-Sex Weddings Get $950,000 in Fees – good.Even when liberal media people get somethings right, they get basics wrong! They may fix it before you see it but the Dallas Morning News Editorial Board got a foundational fact wrong in their otherwise good editorial on the Texas Tech gambling QB saga. The judge was not a hometown judge but a judge from their patch, Tarrant County. The Sporting News got it right days ago.City of El Paso's environmental franchise fee illegal, appeals court rules – Pickett sued and has won at trial court and the appellate level that the fee is an illegal tax.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 speak briefly, in relation to the conviction of Karmelo Anthony yesterday, to how unfair it is to so many “Black” people in this country that the liberal media very often amplifies race agitators of the most ignorant and stupid type as “Black leaders.” Well beyond the arena of bigotry or racism, much of what gets amplified as black leadership often leads people, not just “White” folk, to distrust and even hold in contempt, black people. I think it really shows that the Left/liberals are not really the supporters of minorities they claim, but actually the people who push narratives, in a sideways and often subtle style, that damage minorities.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 distribution for June was 7.4% more than in June 2025.  Look up your city here.Texas high school students show gains across all subjects on STAAR test.Texas Tech's gambling quarterback issue is disgusting in that it shows how easily some will set aside obvious right and wrong – and for something is inconsequential as possible football champion ship. I think Cedric Golden's piece especially good: Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby should never play football again. Also worth noting is this: NCAA's Charlie Baker eviscerates Brendan Sorsby reinstatement decision. The bit about courts and judges is correct, it's partly how we got to this point. This is interesting too: What to know about judge who granted Brendan Sorsby's injunction.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 Little Jimmy ‘The Creep” Talarico trans!? He sure is transitioning his positions on issues 180-degrees! Just as it is a lie to be a man but tell yourself and others you are a woman, Talarico blatantly lies. James Talarico Calls Biden's Border ‘Utter Chaos' In Attempted Immigration Rebrand Trump Aligned Group Drops Six Figures On ‘Talafreako' Ad In Texas Democrats' Acceptance Of Sex Changes Nosedived By Double Digits In One Year, Poll Shows New pro-Talarico super PAC courts GOP voters in Senate race Texas Rep. James Talarico blasts conservative blogger who published name of his girlfriend -t his leftwing press outlet admits it covered for Little Jimmy. Talarico Faces Questions About Relationship With Former Staffer, Second Capitol Staffer Confirms Past Relationship With 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.Karmelo Anthony found guilty of murdering Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet by a Collin County jury. The sentencing phase began after a brief recess.The real world effect of DEI: Real crimes become less important that “thought crimes” which actually diminished “justice” for everyone: House Report Finds Minnesota Officials Ignored Fraud To Avoid Racism Accusations.Houston ISD sees dramatic grade improvements after Texas state takeover. Demonstrating that the Democrat front groups really do NOT care about “the children.” According to them, it is racial discrimination to improve the education of minority and poorer students.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: Nathan Johnson, the Democrat nominee for Texas Attorney General, pledges to abandon Texans and leave them victim to the Left's cultural revolution if elected in November. What “governance” is he talking about? Clearly he doesn't understand that most everything, all from his side of the aisle, from trying to sex change children to banning gas stoves, are day-to-day issues that none of us should have had to have been facing over the last decade. These are the very things he callas “partisan” that Paxton has fought to protect us from and that Middleton will also fight hard to counter.Talarico Tale: Second Capitol Staffer Confirms Past Relationship With Talarico; Talarico Faces Questions About Relationship With Former Staffer, Abortion Lobbyist .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 World Screwworm issue worsens in Texas: New World Screwworm case confirmed in dog in Andrews Second case of flesh-eating parasite reemerges in South Texas cattle, Ag. Secretary Rollins warns Texas Governor Wants to Speed up Work on a Fly-Breeding Factory to Fight a Cattle Parasite– recommended reading Gov. Abbott Deploys State Resources To Combat New World Screwworm WATCH: Leftist Groups Attempt to Breach Police Line at Turning Point USA Event in San Antonio. This goes way beyond “protest.”Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby Defeats NCAA, Regains Eligibility to Play Football – despite breaking the rules and placing about $90,000 in gambling bets on sports!Court: Texas hemp ban (regulation) can be enforced while drug dealers' legal battle challenging the state plays out.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: Fourteen Texas Democrats missed the May 5th deadline to pay their fines for trying to tank “Democracy” by breaking quorum in the Texas legislature. Some who did pay wrote vulgarisms on their checks which is a reflection of who they are.Meanwhile, Democrat media is wondering if the extremely liberal, and on the record as such over and over for years and years, Austin-centric Dem ticket is that good of an idea for November (a little late, no?)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 Justices Toss Cities' Challenge to Cable Franchise Fee Cap – great!Texas Tribune cries that Republicans might further reduce the scope of local governments' power and this story is a good example of why it's not a bad idea: Harris County electronic monitoring program doesn't track defendants who become fugitives. They don't track those who cut off the monitors!!! What's the point of the program then?Oil and gas rig count shows Texas adding more drilling rigs. Meanwhile Chevron and Exxon/Mobile execs warn of a disastrous price spike possibility.Alamo renovation moving along.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 D.E.I. gone from Texas state colleges and universities because a law mandated such? Don't bet on it. The Texas Scorecard has a big piece out on the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center and its career homosexual and DEI organizer and advocate (and transsexual) who holds the senior position on institutional “culture.” Just remember, whomever sets defines the measurements, or metrics, controls who is recognized as having merit.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 sales tax collection was up in May significantly over May of last year.The fight over giving subsidized in-state tuition to Texas colleges to illegal aliens was heard at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals this morning.Lubbock leaders mostly claim to be conservatives but the City of Lubbock is hosting, at taxpayer expense, a “World Environmental Day Celebration” tomorrow.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: Ultra-pompous Texas native, a Dan Rather clone, Scott Pelley fired by CBS News. He and his forerunner Rather embody most everything that has gone wrong with the legacy news media. I recommend these stories: '60 Minutes' star Scott Pelley fired from CBS News after blasting Bari Weiss in heated showdown Scott Pelley's Departing Statement Contains the Most Cringe-Inducing Quote Ever From a Lib ‘Journalist' – Twitchy CBS Fires Professional Prevaricator Scott Pelley – PJ Media Scott Pelley's out at CBS News. His historic career started in Lubbock Exclusive | What CBS staffers are really saying about Scott Pelley's brazen attack on new ‘60 Minutes' boss Terry Moran Crashes Out Defending Scott Pelley … Demands Martyrdom for the Idiot Who Got Himself Fired Related: CBS's Margaret Brennan Tries to Paint America as a Nation in “Darkness” — Medal of Honor Heroes Shut Down the Narrative with Powerful Defense of American Greatness Nolte: Bari Weiss Accused of Killing '60 Minutes' After Pelley Firing (Let's Hope So) 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 has the most Fortune 500 company headquarters of any state in the new list.Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson Stepping Down After Three and a Half Years as Head of the Agency.Paxton at the White House with Dan Patrick and President Trump last night.National Democrats target Texas House seats but not enough to gain a majority.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 Daily Caller headlined it this way: Texas announces new tool to keep illiterate foreigners away from driver's seats. There is more to it than that but it is about being able to comprehend English to operate a commercial vehicle. DPS Announces Changes to CDL Knowledge Testing Texas lifts ban on CDLs for temporary agriculture workers Texas Begins Enforcement of Commercial Automated Vehicle Requirements 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.Want evidence of the utter stupidity of today's leftist credentialed class? Just take this editorial: Trump's messy mass deportations hurt American workers. By this reasoning a shortage of workers leads not to higher wages from demand pressures but to more unemployment!Decision take: The historic Downtown Dallas flagship Neiman Marcus to be closed at the end of September by bankrupt Saks Global.National Republican Senatorial Committee to back Paxton the same as all others.Judge cancels Ken Paxon's public divorce trial – because bother parties are coming to a settlement without a trial.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: We go to court today as numerous court decisions are rendered which involve Texas and Texans: Fifth Circuit Lifts Block on Texas Age Requirements for Apps, Paxton Secures Major Victory Protecting Children Online By Requiring Age Verification and Parental Approval for Minors' App Downloads Texas Supreme Court Denies Review Of Heartbeat Act Procedure Court Clears Way for Texas to Enforce Migrant Arrest Law Attorney General Paxton Secures Emergency Court Order Forcing Discord to Protect Texas Children and Stop Lying to Parents School Trustees Can Bypass Education Bureaucracy To Force Records From ISDs 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.City of Denton sued for violation of the Texas Women's Privacy Act related to homosexual “Big Gay Swim Day” at a city owned pool where the event expressly advertises it will be for all ages and that changing rooms will be “gender-neutral.” Denton failed to stop the violation despite having been put on notice.Oil and gas drilling rig count calmed down last week, Texas added only one rig.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: Can taxpayers and electricity rate payers be the victors, as opposed to the victims, of the data center boom in Texas? Pete Sepp, president of the National Taxpayers Union, says such can be the case, especially if the local deals are properly structured.Read and study the piece: Data Centers: Taxpayers Can Be Victors, Not Victims, in the AI RevolutionAnd note, Mr. Sepp said the NTU can help local activists/taxpayers to have the right information to use with local elected officials to do this right.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.Police: Man threatened to kill Erika Kirk at upcoming San Antonio event. Read it, it's a serious threat. Evil is with us.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 Texas state law allow for too much local control for local governments? If not, then how does a relatively small school district amass more than $1 BILLION in debt that is payable by taxpayers for generations?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 Central Appraisal District: Are accusations that company played property tax process to gain advantage a one-time issue or burgeoning problem? Yes, there are statewide problems with the way the appraisal side of the property tax system works but that's not what is really at issue here. In this case it seems more of a mattter of integrity of LCAD officials: If you give one firm a deal, you should give the same deal to the other firms representing taxpayers.Hearst's Chron.com lashes out at a Lubbock TV anchor implying he made “racist” statements on the air.What shoddy work by the reporter who neither shows how the comments are in any way racist or that what was said was demonstrably untrue. It is the reporter and media outlet that needs to issue an apology to the Eppler unless it can present actual information. And if Eppler was wrong on the statement, all that needs is an on air correction, it certainly isn't a racist or bigoted comment in and of itself.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 is post-primary runoff election day and I'll review all the big races that matter from around the state. Incumbents lost, in both parties, fresh matchups are set for November, and the Hearst newspapers editorial boards beg Cornyn to become a full out Democrat in the rest of his term in order to salvage his political reputation and get revenge on Trump. Here are two of those editorials: John Cornyn was humiliated by Ken Paxton. He still can leave a legacy. Dear Sen. Cornyn: Your defeat could be your redemption 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 service sector expanding at the same rate it did in April.Governor Abbott: Texas college tuition remains frozen for 2026–2027.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 is primary runoff election day across Texas. Will Cornyn survive? Will Dems nominate any candidates that can win with normal people voters? Texas Democrat's Campaign Launches Whites-Only Volunteer Program TX35: Trump-backed Texas veteran mocked for disability in rival's primary campaign ad Cornyn insists he can overcome Trump endorsing Paxton Republicans worry Texas' ugly Cornyn-Paxton runoff leading to deeper fractures in the party – typical B.S. story run every time. 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.SpaceX completes a largely successful 12th orbital test flight of Starship/Superheavy. ‘I haven't cried in years': SpaceX fans travel across country for 12th Starship launch.Texas factory output growth slows to a moderate pace, outlooks stable.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 big Texas school district, its board, and administrators, demonstrate what is all too commonly wrong in the management and governance of Texas school districts, counties, and cities. The ridiculous behavior is enabled only because these entities have access to your wallet and life savings.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 TEA measurement tool shows an average of over 200- Texas public school employees, per month, are arrested or have updates to their criminal records!Oil and gas drilling rig count jumps this week by a big number.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: Just what should “due process” look like in immigration cases, especially illegal alien cases? Should those who broke the bargain of living under the Rule of Law really be able to further clog up our federal courts, depriving citizens and the law abiding of swifter justice, or should the immigration system itself serve as due process? It seems to me that if an illegal entrant to the country goes through the process and is under a deportation order, that person has experience due process no matter what the open borders tear jerker crowd claims.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.Are Soros funded groups behind the ginning up much of the hysteria surrounding the build out of computer data centers in Texas?Lubbock County Justice of the Peace GOP runoff candidate Mary Hernandez joins us.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 Democrat Congresswoman unwittingly makes the argument for why majority-minority districts do not well serve those minorities. Also, the crazy sex therapist Democrat in a runoff for TX35 turns out to not be must nutty but also a raging Jew hater. Railroad Commission of Texas Chairman Jim Wright elected to IOGCC leadership Progressive [far left] justice reform groups go dark in Bexar County DA race Chip Roy gets multi-million cash infusion from Amarillo businessman Border Patrol union president endorses Abraham Enriquez in TX19 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.Lubbock judge recuses from TTU QB Brandon Sorsby's case against the NCAA. Brandon Sorsby's gambling habits exposed by Texas Tech QB's NCAA lawsuit.Governor Abbott Appoints University Student Regents, Representative To Texas Higher Education Coordinating BoardTexas justices dismiss challenge to COVID-19 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: After stringing it out for far too long, President Trump issues an endorsement in the GOP race for U.S. Senator from Texas. Trump fully backs Paxton, points out that Cornyn was “very late” in backing him and “not supportive.. when times were tough.” Liberals at the Dallas Morning News editorial board try to tell Republicans, who they want to lose in November, how to win! They are right that Texas is “in play” but not because of Paxton or Cornyn in the race but because of a general apathy this race by the GOP base to turn out. That will likely change by the fall.Court of Criminal Appeals Candidate, Alison Fox, Faces Criticism Over Event Hosted by Attorneys in ICE Attack Case. Her comments in this story are spot on, this is ridiculous.Jim Wright gets big money from Texas Sands PAC and the fake outrage is ridiculous. The RRC has nothing whatsoever to do with gambling. Adelson, who is Jewish, and her late husband have long been one of the biggest GOP donors in the country. No doubt it is true that Bo French's seemingly anti-Semitic “rhetoric” is the motivator 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.SpaceX's Upgraded Starship V3 Ready for Debut Launch Ahead of IPO – launch is likely tomorrow. SpaceX's IPO to Mint Millionaires in Poor Texas Border Town – Brownsville is a city and all there are no poor!NY Post story: Brandon Sorsby's gambling habits exposed by Texas Tech QB's NCAA lawsuit. His comments in the story show that despite being off to rehab, he doesn't yet take the gambling addiction as a serious problem.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 demonstrates the Cornyn campaign's big lie about him being better with voters than Paxton in opposing Little Jimmy “the creep” Talarico. And, a rumor about TX19 GOP candidate Abraham Enriquez, that goes back years well before he ran for office, finally hits the press.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 names nine to the the Texas Bicentennial Commission.Phillips 66 bets on growing demand for natural gas chemicals with new Texas projects.Feds cite national security to stall 54 Texas wind projects – good, it's about time this very real threat was taken seriously.Harris County Seeks $90k No-Bid Contract with Former Newsom Aide.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 slew of important Texas stories get report and comment today: Texas Lottery Commission and former director criminally charged in connection with 2023 Lotto scheme Federal judge blocks some SB4, Texas' controversial deportation law. State can still arrest people seen to enter illegally. Attorney General Paxton Makes History by Securing a Landmark Healthcare Fraud Settlement that Creates the Nation's First-Ever Detransition Clinic and Secures $10 Million from Texas Children's Hospital for “Transitioning” Children Texas Supreme Court rejects Abbott's bid to oust Rep. Gene Wu from office A big win for the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA) and for a pro-life activist at the Texas 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.Attorney General Ken Paxton Sends Letters Prohibiting Over 130 Texas Cities from Illegally Raising Taxes After They Failed to be Transparent With Taxpayers.Anti-Wimp update: Man escalates situation, homeowner neutralizes threat with firearm.Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Warns Dallas Judge Over Courtroom Mask Mandate.Oil and gas drilling rig count rises again 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: SB4: Texas migrant deportation law likely to be halted again by federal Judge David Ezra. I explain why the law isn't exactly the way it is portrayed.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.Our official dentist for Pratt on Texas is here – in studio! We visit with Dr. Silvia Zuñiga about the family of Pratt on Texas listeners that has developed since listeners have been going to her for dental care in Costa Rica going back to 2014.Abbott expands DPS repeat offender task force to D-FW, Dallas police chief supportive.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: Our official dentist for Pratt on Texas is here – in studio! We visit with Dr. Silvia Zuñiga about the family of Pratt on Texas listeners that has developed since listeners have been going to her for dental care in Costa Rica going back to 2014.  https://prattontexas.com/dento-care/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 Tech gets a procedural win in federal court in the case of the law school lefty who is alleged to have celebrated the murder of peaceful conservative activist Charlie Kirk.You know what you get with little Jimmy “the creep” Talarico as a Senator? You get more of terrible Obama from the open border to the soft on crime policies. Obama campaigns for Talarico in Austin.Interesting: Ex-Texas Lottery Director quietly indicted – then unindicted.We remember the great Bob Wills. He died this day in 1975.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: Campaign news including new polling in two big Houston-area Congressional runoffs; Cornyn flips on gas tax reprieve; Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna considering a bid to run for chairman of the Republican National Committee – she's a Trump ally and among the more conservative members of Congress, she also is strongly opposed to TX19 GOP runoff candidate Abraham Enriquez.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.Thanks to Attorney General Paxton the City of San Antonio is now following the law when it comes to licensed concealed carry at city hall.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 GOP primary runoff race for Texas Railroad Commissioner has an element to it of which voters should be aware: The challenger is being bankrolled by folks angry at a specific decision taken by the RRC. A Houston Chronicle story gets it about as accurate as can be: Railroad Commission runoff exposes bitter divide in Texas oil industry. If you read it you can tell that it's not a 50/50 split but most against a few.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.Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar faces removal attempt following indictment.May 11th is a big day for Texas tornado history: The great Lubbock tornado of 1970 – westernmost F5/EF5 tornado recorded in the United States. 1953 Waco tornado outbreak – On the same day as the Waco disaster, a high-end F4 tornado struck San Angelo, causing catastrophic damage. 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 Republican runoff candidate Abraham Enriquez joins us for half of the show to discuss his race against Tom Sell. His website is here: Abraham Enriquez for Congress.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 rotary rig count from Baker Hughes rises again in Texas.Paxton vs. Cornyn: Another poll this week shows Paxton with a commanding lead over Cornyn in the GOP primary runoff election. Read the summary here.Bad news!: You won't be able to get Fredericksburg peaches this year.Texas Tech paid $3.5 million for adjacent historic house for its new chancellor, $1.2 million more than the estimated market value. Always easy to negotiate soft when you are using other people's money!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: Queer Raiders and others hold a fake “funeral” for “academic freedom” at Texas Tech because they are so queered-up they don't realize that they are simply reminding the public of how, even at Texas Tech, so-called academic freedom has strayed from scientific Truth. Wake For The Woke: Texas Tech Funeral For Gender Programs Texas Tech students plan on-campus funeral for academic freedom Texas Tech's targeted grad research warnings draw concern – this story is quite ridiculous as it tries to claim doing the action correctly with the most personalization is somehow terrible. Dr. Steven Balch well explained on yesterday's show what academic freedom was defined as by the AAUP – it isn't anything like what today's perverts and Leftists claim it to be.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 receipt numbers released, it's up 7.7 percent of same period last year. Look up your city here.Attorney General Paxton investigating several school districts over compliance with SB10 & SB11. Lubbock ISD, Abilene ISD, Wichita Falls ISD, and many more are on the list.Two Muslim related stories: One is correct action by the state for breaking the law, the other is not and yet it is being praised by many of short sight.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: Steven Balch, Ph.D. may be America's original D.E.I. on campus fighter!  Today we talk about this term “academic freedom” that so many on campus are throwing about, claiming such is under attack by new laws in Texas and elsewhere.Two, of many, recent stories I had in the stack are the background for the interview: Former Texas Tech professors criticize course content changes, cite academic freedom concerns Left-Wing Faculty Association Threatens To File Complaints with TAMU, Texas Tech Accreditor Dr. Balch is an American conservative scholar and higher education reformer. He was the founding president of the National Association of Scholars from 1987 to 2009. Balch received a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Brooklyn College, City University of New York, in 1964. He received his master's degree (1967) and Ph.D. (1972) in political science from the University of California in Berkeley. It was during the Berkeley riots that he became a conservative and he is now a Republican. Dr. Balch was awarded the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush at the White House on November 15, 2007. The award cited him “for leadership and advocacy upholding the noblest traditions in higher education,” and went on to say that “his work on behalf of reasoned scholarship in a free society has made him a leading champion of excellence and reform at our nation's universities.”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: New polling is out on the Texas Republican Primary runoff election and there are few surprises but one thing of big interest to me: The “Latino” vote doesn't seem to follow the old RINO idea that we should comprise our conservatism to gain Hispanic votes. See the full poll 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.Texas sales tax revenue for April grew almost 10 percent over April of 2025.53,000 More Texas Students Awarded School Choice Funding Based on Income.About Cinco de Mayo and why it's good to celebrate a little!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 notes: Republican Brett Ligon easily wins the special election for Texas Senate District 4. Lubbock re-elects McBrayer mayor by 70%. An Obama Marxist organizer got over 40% of the vote in Lubbock's District 3 (Bruegel won it with 54%) Abilene has a runoff for city council Place 4 between Tammy Fogle and Benjamin Bailey. (Fogle is a friend of the show.) Dallas ISD voters pass $6.2 billion in bond debt on themselves Fort Worth voters double mayor and council member salaries Texas Supreme Court further humiliates Lubbock Co.'s Bowtie Bully Curtis Parrish. National Democrats are making moves in TX15 and TX35. 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: Driver saves women & children, shoots carjacker in Garland.Texas wins again, this time its a “triple crown”: Texas Wins 2026 Prosperity Cup As Top State For Job-Creating Business Investment.Some bad news on the pro-life front today: Supreme Court temporarily restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies. Pro-Choicers recognize that abortion is too evil to even describe; watch Rep. Brandon Gill in action.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 apparently has a problem with process servers who lie and it is a serious issue. Now there is a call for more regulation and stronger licensing rules but those things will not stop the dishonest. Fix it with very strong civil and criminal penalties and make it easier to prosecute them for dishonesty but don't grow government over the 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.The Texas Supreme Court has slammed the door shut, a door which should never have been opened, on the retail get-high drug business by ruling on the Delta-8 drug loophole. Too bad this couldn't have come a few years ago.Oil and gas drilling rig count climbed this week in Texas.Too bad local area media will not do the job but at least the Houston Chronicle is willing to tell the Toby Neugebauer story: This Texas billionaire's nuclear-powered data center company faces collapse (Fermi America.)Pope Taps Former Illegal Alien and a DEI Warrior As Leading US Bishops.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: More on the collapsing race-based political system the Democratic Party has used to gain power. A follow-up on yesterday's Supreme Court decision that was discussed 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.Talarico leads Cornyn, Paxton in Senate matchups, UT poll finds. Full polling detail.Governor Abbott demands Teacher Retirement System of Texas further lower Medicare Advantage costs.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. Supreme Court made another step toward stopping Leftwing Democrats from perverting our nation's foundational principles of non-discrimination. The court ruled against drawing political district lines for racial purposes – and the liberal Democrats are furious. Here is the best summary of the decision in the case of Louisiana v. Callais.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 Texas Tribune and Votebeat published a long feature story on Texas political party primary elections that, while containing much accurate information, is based on a falsehood, a false premise.Attorney General Paxton sues Houston-area “Birth Tourism” center for exploiting birthright citizenship by unlawfully facilitating the invasion of Chinese nationals into Texas for the sole purpose of giving birth.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: When is it ever a time not to spend more money and create more specialty positions in public schools? One would think that declining enrollments, including from illegal immigration which increase the need for hard to find and expensive bilingual specialists, would be a time for public school districts to catch their fiscal breaths. But no, it's just another crisis that needs more money despite the fact declining enrollments vastly lower expenses.Plus other border and immigration news: CBS report marvels that once-chaotic southern border crossing has gone quiet under Trump crackdown Trump Immigration Agenda Upends West Texas US Attorney's Office Mexican Navy Cracks Down on Gulf Cartel's Fuel Smuggling Operation near Texas Border State Department Warns About Cartel Violence in Mexican Border City Following Commander's Arrest | Reynosa Wakes to Narco Blockades After Capture of Regional Metros Officer 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 reports: Texas service sector resumes growth in April.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 gets two big court decisions. First, the U.S. Supreme Court formally puts Texas' newest Congressional district maps in service. Second, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals allows Texas' SB4 to go into effect allowing state arrests of illegal aliens in certain situations and state court orders for deportation. The court has not yet ruled on the constitutionality of the law but is allowing it to go into effect while the battle is waged a the district court level.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 survey: Texas manufacturing expansion strengthens in April.Related to the latest nutjob Leftist trying to murder the president and top officials: Barack Obama Is Still Annoying | National Review First Lady Melania Trump Blasts ‘Coward' Jimmy Kimmel, Urges ABC to Pull the Plug “You Should be Ashamed of Yourself” – Trump Blasts '60 Minutes' Anchor Norah O'Donnell to Her Face For Reading WHCD Shooter's Manifesto Illegal migrant ‘cannibal' attacks 3-year-old in San Antonio park, the Biden admin fumbled ‘completely preventable' assault.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 Seventh Court of Appeal for Texas slapped the City of Lubbock hard in a unanimous decision in favor of Gary Boren's ability to run for city council. Once again (we've been through this before), it appears that taxpayer are paying, and paying a lot, for a substandard city legal department that is delivering a bad work product. Looks like yet another area of needed reform in the Hub City. Gary Boren visits with us about the unanimous ruling in his (and our) favor.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.Cornyn ran Spanish language advert in 2020 calling for amnesty for all under Obama's illegal DACA program – pulled the ad off of YouTube when it was noticed recently.Baker Hughes oil and gas rotary rig count rises in Texas.Houston gets back to being right with ICE cooperation, Dallas and Austin are on the way with Gov. Abbott moving their deadline for compliance until Monday. Holly Hansen tells the story very well at The Texan.Texas Supreme court removed injunctions stopping the state from investigating families trying to medically change the sex of their children.Two gun rights issue in the news: Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Legal Victory to Protect Gun Owners from Federal Overreach by Blocking Biden-Era Gun Sale Rule Texas AG Paxton Loses New Try to Override Dallas Gun Ban – legislators need to get this fixed in the next session. 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 viral cut and past Facebook post on property taxes in Texas gets some general things right but perpetuates the biggest misunderstanding there is: Who raises your property tax burden?Here's the post:Hypothetically…….. I'm being taxed on money I never made. Let that sink in. If I bought my property outright for $120,000 in 2001 Now the county says it's worth $499,100. Did I sell it? No. Did I make a profit? No. Did I get a check for $499,100? No. But my taxes jumped like I did. That's the problem. This isn't income. This isn't cash. This is a number someone decided on paper — and now I'm being billed for it. If my stock portfolio doubles, I don't pay taxes until I sell. If my income doesn't increase, I don't magically owe more income tax. So why does owning a home work differently? Why am I being taxed on unrealized gains? A house isn't just an investment — it's where people live. And this system means you can do everything right, pay off your home, and still get squeezed harder every year because of a number you never turned into money. You don't truly own something if you can be taxed out of it. This isn't about “services” or “inflation.” It's about being charged for value you never received. And people are starting to notice.  COPY & PASTE this to Your page, this needs to be on everyone's mind…With few exceptions, the increased appraised value of your property did NOT raise your property taxes, local politicians did. They get away with it year after year because people think it was the appraisal that did it – and many politicians expressly lie to the public to perpetuate this blame shifting. Read 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.Governor Abbott tells Houston PD it had better get with the ICE program and until it does, the money is “no longer flowing.”  And, the City of Austin also changed its policing policy with ICE and is facing big money losses. It is negotiating with Gov. Abbott.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 at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal on its Ten Commandments in the public school classroom law. The decision makes a strong point that more citizens should understand about the “Establishment Clause” and reaction shows more of the hypocrisy of the Democrat left on “exposure” of things to children.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.Chip Roy, in a GOP runoff for Texas' attorney general, is praised by a Leftist Soros funded group for blocking a key pro-law enforcement bill in Congress.Judge Albright, Texas Patent Magnet, leaving bench in August.Mayor Whitmire, Houston council pass amendments to ICE policy as Greg Abbott threatens funding.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 victory day for Texas, San Jacinto Day!  We review the story of this battle that was “but a skirmish; but with what mighty consequences!” And, thanks to a good article at The Texan, we remember one of the heroes of San Jacinto: Henry Millard who laid out and named Beaumont.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 restaurant owners sounding alarm over immigrant labor shortages – what utter hypocrisy.Tanker Arrives at Golden Pass Texas Facility for Inaugural LNG Export.Michael and Susan Dell make huge gift to the University of Texas to establish an AI-native medical and research center.Governor Abbott, LCRA announce the Timmerman Power Plant is fully operational, a month early!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: For years non-liberal media reporting has shown serious problems, even potential crimes, by the Democrat funding machine ActBlue – even its lawyers admit the organization was untruthful. Now Texas, through Attorney General Paxton, is suing ActBlue.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 again! 22nd year in a row ranked as the Best State for Business. Other Lone Star State business news: Blue Orgin's New Glenn ruins Midland-based AST SpaceMobile's launch of BlueBird 7 Fermi co-founder and CEO Toby Neugebauer out, new management takes over. (from the I-told-you-so file.) American shoots down United merger talk Anti-Wimp update: Prepared Texan stops home invasion in Houston.Houston Mayor Whitmire calls Greg Abbott ICE fight futile; experts disagree. Whitmire says city may “amend” ordinance instead of repeal.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 sues Houston over its new sanctuary city for illegal immigration rules. Mayor Whitmire cancels today's special council meeting and moves it to next week. And, Governor Abbott sends an official letter to the City of Dallas threatening its grant funding over the same 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.Fundraising totals for key Texas Congressional runoffs, including TX19, and November races: The Texan and The Texas Voice.Governor Abbott doubles down, calls on Texas Supreme Court to remove Rep. Gene “BooHoo” Wu from office over 2025's House quorum bust.Baker Hughes oil and gas rig count unchanged this week.Texas Economy Hits Record $2.9 Trillion.Texas emerges as the top destination for companies leaving blue states– the new part of this is the “whole package” coming with our court system reforms.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 Stench of Local Government stories today and one is a repeat we've seen time and again across the state. It is astounding how much money and how much time local government bureaucrats can spend when allowed free reign so to do. About all we can do to choke it down is to force adoption of the No New Revenue tax rate so that increases in income are a bit more limited. City of Dallas looks to regulate churches, nonprofits distributing free food Austin interim police chief got $766K payout under unusual deal 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.John Cornyn outraises Ken Paxton as Senate runoff looms. Little Jimmy “The Creep” Talarico way outraised both of them, as reported yesterday.Justice Clarence Thomas spoke at the University of Texas yesterday: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas warns of polarization's impact At UT lecture, Clarence Thomas says America's values under are threat Two more immigration sob stories from today's press review, such are in the media daily, and in both cases, we discover that no, they didn't follow the law. After a month in detention, a Venezuelan family self deports Longtime immigration court interpreter arrested by ICE at South Texas airport Attorney General Ken Paxton victorious in suit against Live Nation 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: Enforcing America's longstanding immigration laws – why is such a basic thing so controversial, especially with Texas cities? Polling shows majorities support enforcing these laws and political history shows that even Democrats, when they control the Congress and Executive Branch, have not done much of anything to change the laws. But we're in a media propaganda storm telling all that most everyone is against enforcing immigration law. Texas cities try to address citizen anger over immigration crackdown without riling state leaders Abbott eyes other Texas cities' ICE policies after threatening Houston Ugly fight breaks out at City Hall as police union and council trade blows 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.Ken Paxton's work as attorney general nets two very important wins for Americans: Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Major Win Alongside the FTC to Stop Advertising Agencies that Conspired to Censor Conservative Commentators, News Agencies, and Social Media Platforms Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Major Win Alongside The Daily Wire and The Federalist by Defeating Media Censorship Attempts by the Corrupt Biden Administration Little Jimmy “The Creep” Talarico raises a bunch of money from fellow creepy anti-American leftists.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 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