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Day 24 of the Alabama Legislature's 2025 Regular Session is in the books, and we'll get you caught up on what happened tonight on @CapitolJournal. Rep. Terri Sewell joins Todd to discuss her efforts to deal with Trump administration cuts in her district.  

Send us a textLouisiana Forestry Association Executive Director Buck Vandersteen talks about the 2025 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature where insurance and tax reform will be the big issues it will address. How those bills will affect the forest products industry, especially forest landowners and loggers, will be included in the upcoming LFA Legislative Reports. If you would like to be added to the list for those updates, send us an email request to lfa@laforestry.com.Minding the Forest is a podcast of the Louisiana Forestry Association and his hosted by LFA Media Specialist Jeff Zeringue. Comments can be sent to jzeringue@laforestry.com.If you want to find out more about the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), go to forests.org.Check out our website at laforestry.com.Click this link to join the LFA.

Completion NoticeLewis General Contractors, Inc.hereby gives notice of completion ofcontract with theCity of Grove Hill for construction ofa new Fire Station, in Clarke County.This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning February 6,2025 and ending February 27, 2025.All claims should be filed at 25 WestFront Street, Thomasville, AL 36784during this period. Lewis GeneralContractors, Inc.The Clarke County Democrat February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2025BILNOTICE is hereby given that a billsubstantially as follows will be introduced in the 2025 Regular Session ofthe Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactmentwill be made. A BILTO BE ENTITLEDAN ACTRelating to Clarke...Article Link

Guest: Becky GerritsonOrganization: Eagle Forum of AlabamaPosition: Executive DirectorTopic: an update on legislation in the 2025 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature, including bills that are consistent with a Christian perspective and that protect childrenWebsite: alabamaeagle.org

Paul talks with Representative Rebecca Dow about good and bad legislation that is being considered at the 2025 Regular Session of the New Mexico Legislature. They also discuss issues facing education and whether the legislature is considering items that improve New Mexico's low performance.  Don't miss this informative discussion.

Bryan Barrett talks with State Rep. Mike Sparks (R-Smyrna) about the upcoming Special Session and Regular Session of the General Assembly beginning next week.

10:05 – 10:15 (10 mins) Weekly: Tim Jones @SpeakerTimJones “The Tim Jones and Chris Arps Show” weekdays 4p-6p on NewstalkSTL 10:41 – 10:56 (15mins) Mark Mix National Right To Work @Right2Work @RightToWork @NRWFamerica Troy-Based Eaton Corporation Worker Challenges IAM Union Scheme Pushing Termination, Fines on Workers Who Oppose Union Federal charge: IAM officials illegally demanded money, threatened termination of workers who resigned union membership after divisive strikeSt. Louis, MO(January 9, 2025) – An employee of power management firm Eaton Corporation’s Troy, Illinois, facility has just filed federal charges against the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union for violating the rights of multiple employees at his workplace.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10:05 – 10:15 (10 mins) Weekly: Tim Jones @SpeakerTimJones “The Tim Jones and Chris Arps Show” weekdays 4p-6p on NewstalkSTL 10:41 – 10:56 (15mins) Mark Mix National Right To Work @Right2Work @RightToWork @NRWFamerica Troy-Based Eaton Corporation Worker Challenges IAM Union Scheme Pushing Termination, Fines on Workers Who Oppose Union Federal charge: IAM officials illegally demanded money, threatened termination of workers who resigned union membership after divisive strikeSt. Louis, MO(January 9, 2025) – An employee of power management firm Eaton Corporation’s Troy, Illinois, facility has just filed federal charges against the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union for violating the rights of multiple employees at his workplace.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Let's see what's going on this week, beginning Monday, June 3! FCC STORM DEBRIS COLLECTION After last week's storms, FCC will begin Storm Debris Collection today. Please place your debris on curb in sections no longer than 6 feet. Additional resources have been deployed and crews will be working on Saturdays. Each route will be completed before moving to the next, which may take days. FCC anticipates completion by Saturday, June 15. https://www.rowletttx.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2508 REPORT STORM DAMAGE Do you have property damage from severe storms? Please report any damages to your home or business on Rowlett.com. This helps pinpoint affected areas and determine needs. https://damage.tdem.texas.gov/ LUNCH AND HYDRATION EVENT Thank you to State Representatives Rhetta Andrews Bowers and Angie Chen Button for organizing a drive-through Lunch and Hydration Event at Kids Kingdom last week. Those impacted by the storms were able to get a free lunch and cases of water. https://www.facebook.com/reel/757888429863986 Also participating were the Kiwanis Club of Northeast Dallas County, Miss Juneteenth Rowlett Scholarship Pageant, CenterPoint Energy, Lisa Sherrod with AT&T, Freedom Place Church, and Alex Weaver with Ben E. Keith Foods. COUNCIL MEETINGS The City Council Work Session starts at 6pm on Monday, June 3 and the Regular Session starts at 7pm on Tuesday, June 4. FARMERS AND CRAFT MARKET Swing by the Downtown Rowlett Green this Thursday night for the Farmers & Crafts Market from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Enjoy a variety of food trucks and visit with local vendors while shopping for crafts and more! https://www.rowletttx.gov/2170/Farmers-and-Crafts-Market-2024 CRIME PREVENTION TIPS SEMINAR The Crime Prevention Tips Seminar is Monday, June 10 at 6pm at the Rowlett Community Centre. This free seminar is hosted by the Senior Advisory Board and the Guest Speaker is Officer Erick Mitchell. SENIOR TRIP TO FT WORTH STOCKYARDS Giddy up, seniors! We're off to the Fort Worth Stockyards on Friday, June 14. The cost is $10 to reserve your spot, plus whatever you spend on shopping, food, and activities. We'll meet at the Dart Station and leave at 9am. Space is limited, so lasso your spot today! Call 972-412-6170 to register. https://www.rowletttx.gov/305/Seniors ROWLETT COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM The Rowlett Community Services Grant Program provides funds to eligible nonprofit organizations through a competitive process to support services for Rowlett residents and their community. Application deadline is July 19 https://www.rowletttx.gov/2184/Community-Services-Grant-Program JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY The Juneteenth Block Party will be held on Saturday, June 15 from 4pm to 7pm at the Downtown Rowlett Green. The party will include live music from the EJ Mathews Band, fantastic food, craft vendors, face painting, bounce houses, slam poetry and a crowd favorite: Fit with Daniel! https://www.rowletttx.gov/2180/Juneteenth-Block-Party FIREWORKS ON MAIN Make your plans now! Join us this 4th of July for Fireworks on Main at Pecan Grove Park starting at 5pm. It's a night of dazzling fireworks, live music, kids' activities, and tons of great food! And back by popular demand, the Emerald City Band returns as the headlining musical act! https://www.rowletttx.gov/780/Fireworks-on-Main  

Welcome to BG Podcast Episode 247! On this episode the Bingham Group CEO A.J. Bingham and Associate Hannah Garcia wrap up the week of April 8, 2024 in Austin politics, and discuss the week ahead. Topics include:

It's Thursday, and that means it's time to catch up on politics with Stephanie Grace, The Times-Picayune/The Advocate's editorial director and columnist. This week, she shares the latest on the start of the regular legislative session in Baton Rouge.  Under a law passed during the recent special session on crime, 17-year-olds can now be tried as adults in many criminal cases. Gov. Jeff Landry says the new rules will help make communities safer.  But many researchers say similar juvenile justice policies have actually led to more crime. One of those researchers is Anita Raj, executive director of Tulane University's Newcomb Institute and the Nancy Reeves Dreux endowed chair. She's also a parent, and wrote about child incarceration recently for the Louisiana Illuminator. Hunger in Louisiana has reached startling levels. Close to 20% of residents receive some type of public assistance to buy groceries or eat meals at school. Last month, the Landry administration turned down $71 million dollars in federal food assistance. The money was part of the summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program, that's mainly used to feed children when schools are closed. Natalie Jahroe, Second Harvest president and CEO, explains how the refusal affects local food banks.  ___ Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Bob Pavlovich. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber; our contributing producers are Matt Bloom and Adam Vos; we receive production and technical support from Garrett Pittman and our assistant producer, Aubry Procell. You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at 12:00 and 7:00 pm. It's available on Spotify, Google Play, and wherever you get your podcasts.  Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to. Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the Catch Up on 3 Things for the Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.It's the 29th of February and here are the headlines on leap day.Weeks before the general elections, the Indian Express today released IE 100, the list of the 100 most powerful Indians this year. For the seventh year running, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah remain No. 1 and 2 in the power list, with the top 10 comprising all RSS/BJP names, barring Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud. Business titan Gautam Adani, climbed into the top 10 from No. 33 in his bounce-back from the Hindenburg controversy.Absconding Trinamool Congress leader and the party's strongman in Sandeshkhali Shahjahan Sheikh was arrested by the West Bengal Police today. He was sent to police custody for 10 days by a local court. Following his court appearance, the TMC leader, who had been on the run since the last 55 days, was brought to the CID headquarters in Kolkata. According to sources, the case is likely to be handed over to the CID.A special court in Ajmer today acquitted Abdul Karim ‘Tunda' in the 1993 serial blasts case. Two other accused, Irfan and Hameeduddin have been sentenced to life imprisonment. All three were accused in the serial bomb blasts that took place in trains at Lucknow, Kanpur, Hyderabad, Surat and Mumbai on December 6, 1993. The lawyer for the accused said they would appeal the sentence given to Irfan and Hameeduddin in the Supreme Court.Aviation regulator DGCA today imposed a fine of Rs 30 lakh on Air India for the incident where an 80-year-old passenger collapsed and later died after walking from plane to terminal at the Mumbai airport after not getting a wheelchair. The incident happened on February 12. A senior official at the DGCA today said, quote “Air India did not inform about any action taken by the airline against the erring employee(s) and the airline also failed to submit any corrective actions taken to prevent the recurrence of such incidents in the future,” Unquote.Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are an integral part of India and the measures taken there are matters internal to the country, India told Pakistan at the United Nations. India made the statement while exercising its ‘Right of Reply' to Pakistan's comments on New Delhi at the High-Level Segment of the 55th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council. First Secretary Anupama Singh, speaking at the session, added that New Delhi cannot pay attention to “a country that speaks while being soaked in red.”This was the Catch-Up on the 3 Things by The Indian Express.

Lawmakers are returning to the State Capitol on Monday to convene the new regular legislative session and hear the governor's State of the State Address.

Source: Laws of the State of Mississippi, Passed at a Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature, held in Jackson, October, November and December, 1865 (1866) 82-93, 165-167 http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/mississippiblackcode.html

Tim Temple was selected Louisiana insurance commissioner before the primary election. Now he faces challenges to an ever-growing crisis in insurance in many areas. Temple talks about the issues and his hope to have insurance in a special session in 2024 before the Legislature's Regular Session in March. Minding the Forest is a podcast of the Louisiana Forestry Association and his hosted by LFA Media Specialist Jeff Zeringue. Comments can be sent to jzeringue@laforestry.com.If you want to find out more about the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, go to forests.org.Check out our website at laforestry.com.Click this link to join the LFA.

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick crows loudly that the Senate has handled almost all of the Special Session call agenda in the first week – and rightly points out that the House has done nothing.Lot's of the Senate crowing is over passing a so-called school choice bill that effectively would apply to only about one-percent of Texas public school children!Governor Abbott is saying the school choice bill must apply to all Texas school children and that he will only put teacher pay on the call if the House passes the school choice bill. Will Abbott go along with the ruse that a bill that only works for one-percent, or heck even twenty-percent, of Texas school children is actually school choice?If it stays as is, with the funding that has been passed in the Regular Session, of courses the House can pass a bill but it won't be an effective, authentic school choice bill. Government schools need to earn their way in society as does every other sector.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.House Speaker Dade Phelan Bans Lawmaker From Asking Question.Judge rules Galveston County violated Voting Rights Act in redistricting – more perpetuation of a soft bigotry that certain minorities are not able to play in the same sandbox as everyone else! The very idea that a black community cannot be adequately represented by a non-black person is little different than a Democrat-KKK argument that whites cannot be represented well by a black person – a pernicious way of thinking.Oil and gas drilling rig count rises.San Antonio lands another big manufacturing plant: JBC of Great Britain. 1,500 jobs expected over next few years. Meanwhile, “Texas employers are cutting over 1,400 jobs, with the ax falling heavily in D-FW.”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: If the early bill filing and comments are the guide, school choice in the 3rd called special session of the 88th Texas Legislature appears to be not so much authentic, universal school choice but a ruse to hand over billions more of our money to the  public school lobby. SB1 is certainly not impressive as a school choice, through Education Savings Accounts, program.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.Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT,) releases its respected legislator rankings for the 88th Regular Session. Look up your legislators here.Polling shows core Democrat voter groups do not share the Democrat Party's narrative that the border situation is not a serious problem. Plus more from the border stack.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

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The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Agriculture Commissioner, and former state rep., Sid Miller talks about his disappointment with the legislature and how is now going on a “RINO hunt!”Among the key comments in the two-segment interview is this about Governor Abbott failing to get a property tax relief deal done in the Regular Session, then failing in the first Called Session, and then calling a second Called Session for the same thing: “Why call another special session when know you don't have a deal?” Exactly, and there is much more for Commissioner Miller in the interview.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, again.More key U.S. Supreme Court decisions out today and the Court announced a key Second Amendment case it would take up in its next term: Supreme Court strikes down Biden student-loan forgiveness program Supreme Court Sides With Christian Web Designer In Compelled Speech Case Justices take up major Second Amendment dispute And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

This week we welcome Texas Impact's outside legislative counsel, Beaman Floyd, as we discuss some of the factors at play as state leadership continues to figure out what is happening with the special session, or sessions. Weekly Witness will take a look back on the 88th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature and what Texans of faith should be watching this summer.  Head to Texas Impact's YouTube Channel to watch the interview and subscribe to access all Texas Impacts video content. txfaith.org/WWyoutube

Today on the Pro-Life Podcast, we recap the Pro-Life bills that did and didn't pass in Texas this year. Make a difference on Pro-Life laws; give a life-saving contribution: https://texasrighttolife.com/help-our-legislative-efforts/  Call to Action:  Ask Governor Abbott's office to add Pro-Life bills to a special session. Email greg.davidson@gov.texas.gov and copy and paste this message! Dear Governor Abbott and team, I ask you to keep your promise to protect preborn babies and Texas families. Please add the following Pro-Life Priorities to a special session call: a) Establishing the Texas Adoption Assistance Program (such as House Bill 4138 from the Regular Session); and b) Stopping the promotion and distribution of illegal abortion pills (such as House Bill 2690 and Senate Bill 1927 from the Regular Session) By adding these unfinished Pro-Life Priorities to the agenda for a special session, the Legislature will have another chance to protect innocent human Life and show that Texas is not just anti-abortion but truly Pro-Life and pro-family. Thank you. Sources:  The 10-Day Rule Explained: https://youtu.be/b6i9GPMdwuQ  Texas Lawmakers Neglect Preborn Children in First Legislative Session After Roe, yet Improve Protections for Vulnerable Patients: https://texasrighttolife.com/texas-lawmakers-neglect-preborn-children-in-first-legislative-session-after-roe-yet-improve-protections-for-vulnerable-patients/  —– Donate now to support us and keep our efforts going: https://TexasRightToLife.com/Lawsuit Get started and download the MyLifeAngels app today! Use "TRTL20" at checkout for 20% off: https://www.mylifeangels.com/ Fight big tech censorship and sign up for direct alerts! Text PROLIFE to 40237 Msg&data rates may apply. By participating, you agree to the terms & privacy policy (tandcs.us/trl) for recurring autodialed organization & donation messages from Texas Right to Life to the phone number you provide.    You can subscribe to the ProLife Podcast at: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prolife-podcast/id1612172721 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3povSwEEJ37aESIoeqPx2q Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/prolife-podcast Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id4813902?country=us RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/prolife-podcast-6rmx3N Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1dea935a-608a-4fed-8174-427f256e9d72/prolife-podcast iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-prolife-podcast-105028810/ Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy84MWRmNWIwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw  And Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/9gmni47j   Or visit https://anchor.fm/prolifepodcast   FOLLOW US: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TexasRightToLife/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/txrighttolife/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/txrighttolife Website - https://texasrighttolife.com

LFA Executive Director Buck Vandersteen takes a look back at the 2023 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature. Some bills were close calls for the forest industry. You can contact Mr. Vandersteen  if you'd like to learn more by emailing lfa@laforestry.com. Minding the Forest is a podcast of the Louisiana Forestry Association and his hosted by LFA Media Specialist Jeff Zeringue. Comments can be sent to jzeringue@laforestry.com.If you want to find out more about the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, go to forests.org.Check out our website at laforestry.com.Click this link to join the LFA.

We have part one of a two part interview with Joe and Heather from Tactical Response. What is new in Camden and what does the future hold for Tactical Response? During our Duracoat Finished Firearms segment, we will consider the value of patience as well as play “Name that Tune”. Also, are you ready to build a rifle this summer? Paul and Jarrad discuss the ARMED project rifle and how you build something similar. The Montana Senate passed a bill, and the governor signed it, making it unlawful for banks to require special or unique designation for firearms sales when using credit or debit cards. Other states have followed suit. This is the type of leadership we need in our state capitals. Thanks for being a part of SOTG! We hope you find value in the message we share. If you've got any questions, here are some options to contact us: Send an Email Send a Text Call Us Enjoy the show! And remember… You're a Beginner Once, a Student For Life! TOPICS COVERED THIS EPISODE [0:06:30] DuraCoat Finished Firearms - DuraCoat University TOPIC: Patience! Huge thanks to our Partners: Brownells | Duracoat Firearm Finishes | Hi-Point Firearms [0:23:35] Brownells Bullet Points - Brownells.com TOPIC: ARMeD Rifle www.brownells.com [0:39:13] SOTG Homeroom - CrossbreedHolsters.com TOPIC: Montana Bans Financial Institutions From Imposing Gun Sales Tracking Codes www.ntd.com MT SB359 | 2023 | Regular Session legiscan.com/MT/bill/SB359/2023 Bill Text: legiscan.com/MT/text/SB359/2023 [0:46:37] Heather and Joey Glover from Tactical Response (Part 1) FULL Interview is available now on GETSOTG.COM! FEATURING: Legiscan.com, NTD.com, Madison Rising, Jarrad Markel, Paul Markel, SOTG University PARTNERS:Brownells Inc, DuraCoat Firearm Finishes, Hi-Point Firearms FIND US ON: Juxxi, MeWe.com, Gettr, iTunes, Stitcher, AppleTV, Roku, Amazon, GooglePlay, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, tumblr SOURCES From www.ntd.com: Republican Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte enacted a bill last week that would bar financial institutions from requiring that retailers in the state apply a special code to track firearms purchases. Last year, a committee on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)—a Switzerland-based organization that sets and monitors quality standards for a variety of industries—voted to establish a new merchant category code (MCC) for firearms. The firearms-specific MCC would allow financial institutions to track gun sales separately from the “general merchandise” category on other retail products. Gun rights advocates have pushed back against the firearms-specific MCCs, and lawmakers in several states have begun pursuing legislation to block the gun-purchase tracking agenda. (Click Here for Full Article)

In Episode 19 of the Texas Legislative Podcast, David Blackmon and Texas Alliance of Energy Producers President Jason Modglin review the final days of the 2023 Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, along with the first few days of the special session that began immediately after.[Follow us on Twitter at @JasonModglin, @TexasAllianceEP and @EnergyAbsurdity]Run of Show:Episode 19: Session Review/Special Session Preview- Standoff on property tax cuts – special session to resolve it underway – how does Gov. Abbott's endorsement of the House plan impact the debate?- HB5, the Section 313 replacement bill, passed.- SB 2627, the bill to incentivize more thermal reserve capacity also passed, along with SJR 93- Attorney General Ken Paxton impeachment - Jason explains the process and anticipated timeline- Sunset Bills for PUC and TCEQ passed, include important reforms- Jason reviews several big events he never thought he would see in any session.EndSponsorships are available or get your own corporate brand produced by Sandstone Media. David Blackmon LinkedInDB Energy Questions Energy Transition Absurdities SubstackThe Crude Truth with Rey TrevinoRey Trevino LinkedInEnergy Transition Weekly ConversationIrina Slav LinkedInArmando Cavanha LinkedIn ENB Top NewsENBEnergy DashboardENB PodcastENB Substack

Governor Kevin Stitt has been taking action on various bills passed during the 2023 regular session, including vetoing two bills related to state-tribal compacts.

Reactions to Paxton impeachment... A look at the Special Session starting today.

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Where do we get our money back (salary, per diem, and staff and office costs) for a Texas House of Representatives that doesn't want to work early OR late in the 140 legislative session? Texas House leaders told everyone to prepare to work Saturday but then, Friday night, decided to close up shop until Monday which automatically killed key bills included restoring to a felony the penalty for illegal voting; stronger penalties for gun-related crimes; banning Leftist and bigoted CRT from state universities, and; other key legislation.Much other coverage from the last week of the 88th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature: School Choice Finds New Life in Teacher Pay Bill After Abbott Threatened Veto of Watered-Down Proposal. Sen. Creighton one-ups RINO Rep. Ken King and puts the school choice issue the House leadership killed by adjourning Friday night onto the House RINOs' big teacher pay boost bill! Replacement plan for the former Chapter 313 corporate giveaway program gets yet another makeover – demonstrating the best policy is just to abandon these much abused crony programs. Texas House Passes Ban on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Offices in Public Higher Education. This is a sham of a ban on DEI and it even requires us to keep the people running this Communist stuff on staff. Who with a brain thinks getting rid of an “office” means they get rid of the programs, ideologies, and tenets of DEI? (Oh wait, that's unfair to put a “brain” test on some legislators!) Sen. Creighton finds a way to save the ban on public schools indoctrinating your children with pro-transgender and other sexual immorality. The Dallas Morning News headline on this demonstrates the paper's Leftist propaganda style reporting. Many have worked on this for at least a dozen years and finally it has passed but, will Governor Abbott sign it? Vehicle Safety Inspections Could Become a Thing of the Past 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.Anti-Wimp Update: Armed Texan puts Beaumont burglar in hospitalBorder news: Biden to end familial DNA testing at border, key deterrent to fraud and child trafficking. This is a horrible, nasty move by Biden. And in other border news: Del Rio Border Sector Returns to Number 1 Position in Migrant Apprehensions.And, other news of Texas. Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

With education funding bills now approved, the House and Senate are working quickly to draft the state budget for the next fiscal year.

Rep. Laurie Jinkins was chair of the House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee when her colleagues changed her title to Speaker of the House of Representatives at the beginning of the 2020 legislative session. Since then she's led the House through a pair of unprecedented remote sessions necessitated by the pandemic, overseen the creation of an impressive number of landmark laws, sat at the head of the most diverse Democratic caucus in the history of the state, and backpacked all but 40 miles of the Washington section of the fabled Pacific Crest Trail. She'll talk about all this and more in today's special edition of Capitol Ideas.

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Teacher pay; election cheating penalties; crony taxpayer handouts; rogue district attorneys; air conditioning Texas prison; wasteful huge handouts for rural Internet broadband; budget conferees named, and; much more for the 88th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature.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.Stories on how promotion of child sex changes and homosexuality are indeed part of our public schools, a very small rural district in this case, as well as in our major hospitals in Texas.Oh, and there is this: UT Arlington attempts to charge conservative students $26,000 for security over an event hosted last year that only needed security because of campus Leftists.Border and immigration news including this latest Democrat ploy: Democrats Float Bill To Allow LGBTQ Migrants [Homosexual Illegal Aliens] To Walk Into U.S. Unrestricted. And as if that was absurd enough, note the provision about not being English language proficient!Oil and gas rig count unchanged in Texas. Exxon ups oil production; Iran seized Chevron-chartered tanker headed for Texas, and; why a takeover boom looms for the Permian Basin.And, other news of 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: From the Texas Capitol in the 88th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, I visit with freshman state Rep. Carl Tepper (HD84) about happenings in the legislature, property tax relief differences with the Senate, and his hopes that the House will move on serious bills to end the menace of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in our state institutions.House Calendars Committee chairman, Rep. Dustin Burrows (HD83,) joins me to talk about the passage of, and big Democrat fight against, his major bill (HB2127) stopping Texas cities from imposing regulations of their own in areas where state law is supreme. This fight on the House floor this week was the first major fight with the liberal Democrats of the session.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 Belle's Chicken Dinner House in Abilene for sponsoring our week of broadcasts from Austin! Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

Lots of issues are expected to be debated in the 2023 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, including how surplus money will be spent, property rights and the possibility of a ballot initiative. Louisiana Forestry Association Executive Director Buck Vandersteen talks about those issue and more in this episode of MTF.  If you're a Louisiana Forestry Association member and want to receive the Legislative Newsletter each week during the session, send an email to lfa@laforestry.com. Not an LFA member? Click here to learn how to join.Minding the Forest is a podcast of the Louisiana Forestry Association and his hosted by LFA Media Specialist Jeff Zeringue. Comments can be sent to jzeringue@laforestry.com.If you want to find out more about the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, go to forests.org.Check out our website at laforestry.com.Click this link to join the LFA.

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: It's all legislation today as the 88th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature is underway.Representative Carl Tepper talks with us about the evolving effort to strike “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI) political activity from our state colleges and universities. Tepper also discusses his efforts to reform extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ) abuse of landowners by Texas municipalities.Rep. Tepper also discusses his new experience on the House Appropriations committee and just how convoluted and complicated it is with federal and state dollars, formulas attached to all, and how it leads to the agencies not being able to answer basic questions on spending and related issues.Then we move to a discussion with Daniel Dew of the Pacific Legal Foundation and formerly of the Heritage Foundation. Dew talks about two Texas bills and how Texas should work to end “judicial deference to executive agencies.”In federal and state courts around the country, Americans often face an uneven playing field when they square off against executive agencies thanks to doctrines that require judges to rubber stamp agency interpretations of the law. Unfortunately, court doctrines favoring big government have leaked into Texas' state court system as well, but HB 1947 and HB1948 will ensure that Texans will have a fair shot in court.This is important for Texans because as it stands, courts are so infused with a systemic bias favoring government agencies that successful legal challenges are nearly impossible for every Texan. Likewise, rulemaking by unelected bureaucrats is a grave perversion of the government's checks-and-balances structure, and its correction is also long overdue.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: The 88th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature came into being today in Austin and the House re-elected Dade Phelan as Speaker. With all the new “surplus” money will there be enough limited government Republicans, or how about those self-described “fiscal conservatives,” to pass a responsible budget and give us a substantial amount of our money back? Five Pressing Fiscal Questions (and Answers) for 2023 Should Fears of Recession get in the way of Property Tax Relief? Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Releases Biennial Revenue Estimate Texas' budget surplus soars to $33B, fueling demand for tax cuts, one-time ‘investments' Texas property tax bills decreased in 2022. What to expect in 2023 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.Texans in DC: Representatives Kay Granger of Fort Worth, Jodey Arrington of Lubbock, Michael McCaul of Austin, and Rep. Roger Williams of Weatherford get key committee positions.“Damn TCU!”  TCU loses to Georgia by biggest deficit in national college football championship history.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

This Pratt on Texas Podcast Extra (42 minutes) contains the nominating speeches for Texas House speaker for the 88th Regular Session of the legislature.Much can be learned by listening to these speeches.From a conservative standpoint, Rep. Slaton and Rep. Tinderholt layout a strong case for change in House leadership. From an internal political self-interest side the others layout a case for Phelan, at least that's how I heard it (and I mean that objectively and separate from my opinion of who would make the best speaker.)Those speaking, in order, were: Rep. Cody Harris (R) – Nominating Phelan Rep. Bryan Slaton (R) – Nominating Tinderholt Rep. Angie Chen Button (R) – for Phelan Rep. Nate Schatzline (R) – for Tinderholt Rep. Tracy King (D) – for Phelan Rep. John Lujan (R) – for Phelan Rep. Toni Rose (D) – for Phelan Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R) – for himself, Tinderholt Rep. Shelby Slawson (R) – for Phelan Make up your own mind. For me, from the speeches, it was a choice between folksy he's-a-great-guy stuff and supports some Democrat policy or, those focused on making substantive changes in how we govern and empowering conservatives to pass what their constituents want them to pass.It is Secretary of State Jane Nelson presiding.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Tax breaks using the Texas surplus; the electric grid and its generating capacity; big political egos, and; divided power – it all comes together to define the biggest fight brewing for the 88th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature.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 troubling Twitter censorship revelations continue.Gov. Abbott to nominate Senator Jane Nelson as Secretary of State.City of Houston sued by LULAC and it is yet another example of the Democrat-front group's hypocrisy.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: With the 88th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature approaching, I'll begin to provide more looks at issues and argument to which we'll be treated in the session. Already an issue, Governor Abbott pushed school choice and parental empowerment in his re-election campaign. Most all admit that overcoming the giant bureaucracies, fears, and habits of thinking make school choice very much an uphill battle.As expected the public school lobby is trying to get more of your money for schools with less and less accountability. Now they want to get paid for students who don't even attend!Also, a key Senate committee has put sent up quite a major flare over the Public Utility Commission of Texas' electric grid power generation plan. Let's hope that legislators will stop what's happening and do what is right: Put the burden of cost for unreliable power generation directly upon the investors of unreliable power as opposed to putting such on rate payers.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 revenues in November hit an all time record.Oil and gas rig count report.More bad border news.And, other news of Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

We're pleased to have as our guest today Mississippi's Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann. He's going to share what he's been up to and what he hopes happens in the next session.https://ltgovhosemann.ms.gov/The 2023 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature convenes at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 that's the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January and lasts 90 days this year.http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/htms/timetable.xmlDuring legislative sessions, visitors may view the Senate and House of Representatives from their respective galleries. Public galleries are accessible from the fourth floor of the Capitol. Visitors are asked to silence any electronic devices while in the galleries and not take photographs.http://www.legislature.ms.gov/about-the-capitol/public-galleries/Questions:ARPAPost Partum careUMMC / BCBS Medicare ExpansionBlock grantsDid you know that there's a House Webcast, a Senate Webcast, and a Mississippi Legislature You Tube Channel? http://www.legislature.ms.gov/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, however, we're doing something a little different. We're talking poetry. Specifically, we're talking about the role of New Mexico's Poet Laureate. First, a little history. In 2014, companion memorials in the New Mexico House and Senate requested that the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs develop a "New Mexico Poet Laureate position and program to foster a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry and to highlight the importance of poetry in the everyday life of ordinary and extraordinary people to the creation of the New Mexico Poet Laureate position." Lack of funding, however, prevented the recommendation from being implemented. Ultimately, SB 536 of the 2019 Regular Session of the New Mexico Legislature — signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on April 5, 2019 — allocated $107,000 to the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs for the creation of a state poet laureate program. On January 30, 2020, Albuquerque poet Levi Romero was appointed New Mexico's inaugural Poet Laureate. This made New Mexico the 46th state to offer an official state poet or state writer position. Romero served as New Mexico Poet Laureate until Sept. 1 of this year, when Lauren Camp was named as the state's second poet laureate. This week, we're honored to be joined by both Levi and Lauren, who will talk about the role, the importance of poetry in everyday life, and the reward that comes from promoting literacy in the state.

The Executive Director of Eagle Forum of Alabama, Becky Gerritson, commented on a subpeona that the organization had received from the U.S. Department of Justice for documents in association with its advocacy on behalf of the VCAP (Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act) bill, that passed the AL Legislature during its 2022 Regular Session and was signed into law by the Governor.  You can learn more at alabamaeagle.org.

The Executive Director of Eagle Forum of Alabama, Becky Gerritson, commented on a subpeona that the organization had received from the U.S. Department of Justice for documents in association with its advocacy on behalf of the VCAP (Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act) bill, that passed the AL Legislature during its 2022 Regular Session and was signed into law by the Governor.  You can learn more at alabamaeagle.org.

As they raced toward the 5:00 p.m. Friday deadline for completing the 2022 legislative regular session, members of the state House and Senate decisively overrode six of Governor Kevin Stitt's bill vetoes and hinted at more differences of opinion in the upcoming special session.

As they completed their work in the 2022 Regular Session, Oklahoma lawmakers sent to the governor a state budget for fiscal year 2023 that provides additional appropriated dollars for various law enforcement agencies.

2021 brought us the 87th Texas Legislative Session and a whole lot more-- an inauguration, Snowvid, and vaccine rollouts, to name a few. After quite a school year, the Legislative Session has come to a close. Charter schools serve less than 7% of Texas's students, but the controversy around school choice looms much larger. Each session is an opportunity to continue to define and refine public school education in our state. Enjoy the second episode in our 2-part series regarding advocacy at YES Prep.

“Motion made, and motion seconded to adjourn sine die!” With those words, on March 30, the 2021 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly ended. Now, to wrap up, Director Tom FitzGerald covers the environmental and public health bills of this year's Assembly.