Listen "Episode 3799: Absent Dems fined $9K+ | HD71 race | Lubbock Co. Judge & Sheriff whine over no tax increase – Pratt on Texas 8/22/2025"
Episode Synopsis
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Quorum breaking Democrats have been sent a notice of fines they owe for breaking House rules. See the letter here. It comes to $9,354.25 each.Liberals and homosexual lobby attack conservative in House hearing on the Texas Women’s Privacy Act (SB8) but DPS punishes conservative.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Candidates pour into HD71 GOP primary race as RINO Lambert retires:
Liz Case enters race for House District 71
Former Abilene City Councilman, Jay Hardaway, announces
Ohlemacher joins race for Texas House District 71
Old liberal-Loyd Doggett bowing out of re-election due to redistricting.Lubbock County’s Judge Bow-Tie Parrish and Sheriff Kelly Rowe whine like Democrats, again, over not passing a tax increase on the public. Way to go commissioners: Corley, Rackler, Dalby, & Shaw!A.G. Ken Paxton Appeals the Politically-Motivated Attack Targeting Him and the OAG (Beto Pancho case)Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reins in the Clown Court, a.k.a Texas Ethics Commission. I had a ton of other court rulings in the stack today, you’ll need to listen to catch up.Business news:
Oil & gas rig count.
Foxconn’s Apple and Nvidia plants in Houston to train AI workforce.
Starbase Brewing launches space beer experiment.
‘Gigabay’ project may create more than 500 new jobs in Cameron County.
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