The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Local media, as is the norm, will not touch major reporting in what is a local story: The race for Texas’ 19th Congressional District. Is the reporting on Bienvenido and Abraham Enriquez legitimate? There is plenty online I will not touch but when a major national source, the Washington Examiner, does a feature story exposing all types of issues with a major local candidate, should those issues covered not be shared with local voters? There is more reporting going back years – see more here.

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Irrespective of whether or not one likes a president placing tariffs on imports, John Roberts and a Supreme Court majority got it wrong on the tariff case today. Roberts and friends undercut the Executive Branch while excusing sloppy law writing by the Executive Branch and inserted their own opinion as to what Congress meant in the IEEPA. The dissent was more true to textualism and originalism because, as Kavanaugh wrote, that tariffs “are a traditional and common tool to regulate importation,” something the IEEPA specifically grants the executive.

Baker Hughes oil & gas drilling rig report turns slightly positive for Texas this week.

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The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: From the campaign trail: TX23 affair issue has blown up on U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales. “Texas Defense PAC,” a casino gambling PAC fully funded by Las Vegas Sands gambling interests, is not only spending big backing Jay Hardaway in HD71, it’s now spending huge money to try and keep RINO Ken King in the HD88 seat. And a discourse on Senator John Cornyn’s own “character” problems. Also, state Senator Joan Huffman shows why she should not get your vote in the race for Texas Attorney General.

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Southwest’s new assigned seating isn’t proving so popular with customers reports the Dallas Morning News.

Firefly’s Alpha rocket set to resume flights as soon as Feb. 27.

Crews continue battling wildfires across the Texas Panhandle.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: A look today at the Republican Primary race for the 19th Congressional District of Texas. We visit with Donald May.

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We visit with Lubbock County Commissioner, Precinct 2, candidate Kevin Pounds.

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