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		<title>GOP runoff for Texas Railroad Commission &#124; 11 May is a big day in Texas tornado history &#8211; Pratt on Texas 5/11/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/05/11/gop-runoff-for-texas-railroad-commission-11-may-is-a-big-day-in-texas-tornado-history-pratt-on-texas-5-11-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 21:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>TX19 hopeful Abraham Enriquez interview &#124; Another poll has Paxton well up on Cornyn &#8211; Pratt on Texas 5/8/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/05/08/tx19-hopeful-abraham-enriquez-interview-another-poll-has-paxton-well-up-on-cornyn-pratt-on-texas-5-8-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 21:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Queers &#038; Leftists make mockery of academic freedom at TTU &#124; Local sales tax numbers &#8211; Pratt on Texas 5/7/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/05/07/queers-leftists-make-mockery-of-academic-freedom-at-ttu-local-sales-tax-numbers-pratt-on-texas-5-7-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Queer Raiders and others hold a fake &#8220;funeral&#8221; for &#8220;academic freedom&#8221; at Texas Tech because they are so queered-up they don&#8217;t realize that they are simply reminding the public of how, even at Texas Tech, so-called academic freedom has strayed from scientific [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Steven Balch on &#8220;academic freedom&#8221; &#038; is such truly under threat in Texas? &#8211; Pratt on Texas 5/6/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/05/06/dr-steven-balch-on-academic-freedom-is-such-truly-under-threat-in-texas-pratt-on-texas-5-6-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 20:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Steven Balch, Ph.D. may be America&#8217;s original D.E.I. on campus fighter!  Today we talk about this term &#8220;academic freedom&#8221; that so many on campus are throwing about, claiming such is under attack by new laws in Texas and elsewhere. Two, of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New GOP runoff polling has an interesting subset on &#8220;Latino&#8221; voters &#124; Tx sales tax &#8211; Pratt on Texas 5/5/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/05/05/new-gop-runoff-polling-has-an-interesting-subset-on-latino-voters-tx-sales-tax-pratt-on-texas-5-5-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 21:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;Latino&#8221; vote doesn&#8217;t seem to follow the old RINO idea that we should comprise our conservatism [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>About Cinco de Mayo and why it&#8217;s good to celebrate a little!</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/05/05/its-cinco-de-mayo-celebrate-a-little/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lost on many in these modern times is just how much we share in common with the Mexican people and numerous others in Latin America. I’m not talking about the cultural history we all know, I’m talking about political history. From Mexican Hero Miguel Hidalgo to Simon Bolivar in South America – we share with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anti-Wimp: Driver saves women &#038; children, shoots carjacker</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/05/04/anti-wimp-driver-saves-women-children-shoots-carjacker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 22:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Sunday afternoon in Garland, police responded to a vehicle crash near Texas 66 and Dairy Road at about 3:30. A driver had struck two vehicles with his own before coming to a stop nearby at a gas station. Trying to flee the scene, police say the man tried to take several cars by force [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anti-wimp update &#124; Election review &#124; Texas wins again! &#124; Dems working TX15 &#038; TX35 &#8211; Pratt on Texas 5/4/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/05/04/anti-wimp-update-election-review-texas-wins-again-dems-working-tx15-tx35-pratt-on-texas-5-4-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 21:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s District 3 (Bruegel won it with 54%) Abilene [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Silvia Zuñiga from Costa Rica is coming to Lubbock &#038; Abilene to meet you!</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/05/02/dr-silvia-zuniga-from-costa-rica-is-coming-to-lubbock-abilene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 20:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our Pratt on Texas official dentist, Dr. Silvia Zuñiga, is coming to Abilene and Lubbock to meet you! Many dozens of listeners, several in the last few months, have been to beautiful Costa Rica for dental care from Dr. Silvia Zuñiga and now, she is coming here to meet you and answer your questions about potential dental care [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dishonest process servers &#124; Delta-8 drug loophole closed &#124; Toby Neugebauer&#8217;s latest mess &#8211; Pratt on Texas 5/1/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/05/01/dishonest-process-servers-delta-8-drug-loophole-closed-toby-neugebauers-latest-mess-pratt-on-texas-5-1-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 21:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dem&#8217;s race-based system collapsing &#124; Troubling poll &#124; Abbott tells TRS to lower Medicare Adv. costs &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/30/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/30/dems-race-based-system-collapsing-troubling-poll-abbott-tells-trs-to-lower-medicare-adv-costs-pratt-on-texas-4-30-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Supreme Court decision that was discussed here. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Story on Tx primary elections has false premise &#124; Historic racial gerrymandering ruling &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/29/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/29/tribune-story-on-primary-elections-has-false-premise-historic-racial-gerrymandering-ruling-pratt-on-texas-4-29-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s foundational principles of non-discrimination. The court ruled against drawing political district lines for racial purposes &#8211; and the liberal Democrats are furious. Here is the best summary [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Even declining expenses a reason to raise school spending! &#124; Service sector grew in April &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/28/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/28/even-declining-expenses-a-reason-to-raise-school-spending-service-sector-grew-in-april-pratt-on-texas-4-28-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Texas can now arrest, order deportation of illegal aliens &#124; Tx manufacturing grew in April &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/27/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/27/texas-can-now-arrest-order-deportation-of-illegal-aliens-tx-manufacturing-grew-in-april-pratt-on-texas-4-27-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217; newest Congressional district maps in service. Second, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals allows Texas&#8217; SB4 to go into effect allowing state arrests of illegal aliens in certain [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Court slaps Lubbock hard over Boren ballot issue &#124; Cities moving to comply on ICE &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/24/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s ability to run for city council. Once again (we&#8217;ve been through this before), it appears that taxpayer are paying, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Viral post misses key point on property taxes &#124; Houston, Austin still in trouble on ICE policies &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/23/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/23/viral-post-misses-key-point-on-property-taxes-houston-austin-still-in-trouble-on-ice-policies-pratt-on-texas-4-23-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s the post: Hypothetically…….. I’m being taxed on money I never made. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chip Roy blocked pro-police bill in Congress &#124; Texas wins on 10 Commandments on appeal &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/22/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/22/chip-roy-blocked-pro-police-bill-in-congress-texas-wins-on-10-commandments-on-appeal-pratt-on-texas-4-22-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;Establishment Clause&#8221; and reaction shows more of the hypocrisy of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>We celebrate San Jacinto Day, Texas&#8217; 1836 victory over Mexico &#124; Much news of Texas &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/21/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/21/we-celebrate-san-jacinto-day-texas-1836-victory-over-mexico-much-news-of-texas-pratt-on-texas-4-21-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: It&#8217;s victory day for Texas, San Jacinto Day!  We review the story of this battle that was &#8220;but a skirmish; but with what mighty consequences!&#8221; And, thanks to a good article at The Texan, we remember one of the heroes of San [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Victory! Texas is born! Celebrate San Jacinto Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[April 21st is Victory Day in Texas, it is San Jacinto Day! Here again, are the wonderful words of Kate Scurry Terrell describing the scene among refugee families on the Sabine River: “………waving his hat and shouting “San Jacinto! San Jacinto! The Mexicans are whipped and Santa Anna a prisoner.” The scene that followed was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anti-Wimp: Prepared Texan stops home invasion in Houston</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/20/anti-wimp-prepared-texan-stops-home-invasion-in-houston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[About 2 a.m. Sunday morning in the Independence Heights area of Houston, a homeowner heard a man break a window on his back door. The home invader, unknown to the resident, reached through to let himself into the house at which time the homeowner opened fire.  Lieutenant Khan of the Houston Police Department described the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Texas sues Dem money machine ActBlue &#124; Anti-Wimp update &#124; Texas wins again! &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/20/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/20/texas-sues-dem-money-machine-actblue-anti-wimp-update-texas-wins-again-pratt-on-texas-4-20-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; even its lawyers admit the organization was untruthful. Now Texas, through Attorney General Paxton, is suing ActBlue. Our Lone Star story of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Texas economic record &#124; Paxton sues Houston, Abbott warns Dallas on ICE non-cooperation &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/17/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/17/texas-economic-record-paxton-sues-houston-abbott-warns-dallas-on-ice-non-cooperation-pratt-on-texas-4-17-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stench of Local Gov&#8217;t &#8211; 2 stories &#124; Immigration sob stories &#124; Cornyn, Paxton fundraising &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/16/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/16/stench-of-local-govt-2-stories-immigration-sob-stories-cornyn-paxton-fundraising-pratt-on-texas-4-16-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Paxton gets big wins for Texans &#124; Why is enforcing immigration law controversial? &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/15/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Enforcing America&#8217;s longstanding immigration laws &#8211; 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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Houston to reverse on ICE help? &#124; Lubbock&#8217;s duplicity on Boren&#8217;s ballot access &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/14/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/14/houston-to-reverse-on-ice-help-lubbocks-duplicity-on-borens-ballot-access-pratt-on-texas-4-14-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; will the council make the reversal in a special meeting this Friday to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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