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Episode 3967: Court slaps Lubbock hard over Boren ballot issue | Cities moving to comply on ICE – Pratt on Texas 4/24/2026
Episode 3967
Friday, 24 April, 2026
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
