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The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Has your insurance company blamed skyrocketing rates on “global warming” to the media? Like with most such claims, the data doesn’t support the assertion. Texas legislators should include clear language that blaming price hikes, denial of coverage, reduction of coverage, etc. on the politically loaded idea of climate change is a form of consumer fraud 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.Important: Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Temporary Restraining Order Against Biden Administration, Stopping Unlawful ATF Rule from Taking Effect.Trump says Texas A.G. Ken Paxton would make good U.S. attorney general. And, Trump directly addressed the threat to the Second Amendment in his talk to the NRA annual meeting in Dallas this weekend. Governor Abbott spoke as well.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 I said yesterday, don’t expect an honest media narrative on Abbott’s  pardon of Daniel Perry who was wrongly convicted of murder in Travis County for defending himself against a “Black Lives Matter” protester. Dems fume! And, Texas Monthly takes the prize as the most outrageous and stupid reaction I saw in general press review: Why Did Greg Abbott Pardon a Racist Murderer?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.Comment on the race for chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. If you’re a delegate to convention, this is a great resource: In Their Own Words: The Six Candidates for Texas GOP Chair – Texas ScorecardAcross the nation, and even here in Texas, don’t expect government to protect your children from sexual perversion, pornography, or homosexual recruitment. Sadly government is helping spread the sin.    “But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.” — Matthew 18:6 Texas oil & gas rig count up by one.Texas employment number set yet another record with the unemployment rate falling in all Texas MSAs.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 more than two years, a judge has substantiated claims of substantial illegal voting in the 2022 General Election in Harris County and declared a do-over for a state district judge race. Holly Hansen at The Texas has the story.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, upon recommendation from the Board of Pardons and Paroles, has issued a pardon for Daniel Perry who was wrongly convicted of murder in Travis County for defending himself against a “Black Lives Matter” protester. Don’t expect an honest media narrative on this one!Anti-Wimp update: Armed deacon stops Beaumont burglar.A&M’s Sharp calls news stories wrong but only after being caught! (By the way, this link from KBTX is a full rewrite from the earlier version that I used on the show.) The evidence plainly shows that Texas A&M was working rapidly to implement Biden’s perverted changes to Title IX to let men play girls sports. If the reports weren’t true then why is the A&M Title IX chief now suspended?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 entire 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, en banc, heard arguments on Galveston County’s redistricting case yesterday. At issue is whether the Voting Rights Act can be perverted to allow for “coalitions” of minorities. It is a major case that stands to greatly affect most of Texas. If the Left prevails, it will lead to further Balkanization of the country and further empower Leftist revolution in our society.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 hits back at Democrats claiming that public schools are in a budgeting “crisis.”An interesting story on the happenings related to the prosecution of a man accused of slaying a Lubbock County deputy sheriff in Levelland.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 Biden Administration, through the IWBC, is claiming that it owns Texas’ Fronton Island in the Rio Grande from which drug cartels were working their evil. Texas secured the island from the cartels but Biden’s folks now want Texas to remove its work and effectively hand it back over to the cartels. It makes you wonder if the administration, like that of Mexico, is now directly working to help the murderous cartels. Suing over ownership is one thing, but demanding Texas remove barriers and other works which stopped the island from being a cartel asset raises serious questions.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.Democrat, at campaign event, says that Speaker of the House Phelan met with Dems before they acted on busting the House quorum. The implication was that Phelan essentially gave them a free hand so to do.The Hemp hype has proven to be what I said it was from an agricultural point of view but the negatives from the rush to legalize its growing continue to plague Texas. Lt. Gov. Patrick is attempting to fix much of that.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: Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted by the Biden DOJ. Now two former Democrat Party “political consultants,” a.k.a. swamp swimmers, are taking a DOJ plea deal to cooperate in the prosecution of the Cuellars. Also, a woman from Azerbaijan who lives in Houston, has taken a plea deal as well.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: Pizza delivery driver uses firearm to stop robbery.Local government sales tax take report for May is out. Lookup your city here.Much in the illegal immigration and border stack:Mexican Government Provides Buses, Trucks to Aid Migrant Caravan’s Trek to U.S. BorderConservative immigration law enforcement crusader wins Panamanian presidential electionDem Senate candidate, Colin Allred, attends event where illegal immigrants were informed on how to evade law enforcementGOP Legislation to Exclude Noncitizens from Census Draws Opposition from Texas DemocratsEl Paso Democrat Judge Dismisses 211 Border Rioting Charges Filed Against MigrantsListen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com