Episode 3794: 2nd called legislative session underway; no quorum | TEA school ratings | Abilene ISD wants big tax increase – Pratt on Texas 8/15/2025

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The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: First called special session of the 89th Texas Legislature ended this morning and the second called session began at Noon – still short of a quorum. Dems are expected to be in their chairs Monday but this morning these morons with no cards to play issued their demands: Gov. Abbott doesn’t put redistricting on the call and the State of California must move forward on redistricting! What unearned hubris from this flailing bunch of people.
Speaker Burrows, founder of the Burrowcrat Coalition, vows runaway Dems will be arrested if they try to sneak home over weekend.
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TEA release school ratings. Look up the score of your campus or district here. Abilene ISD school board asking for big tax increase to correct their bad spending and to make taxpayers pay for the district’s failure.
Oil and gas rig countfalls, again.
Texas’ labor market added 8,700 jobs in July says the Texas Workforce Commission; unemployment rate remains at 4%.
Campaign related news:

• Emerson poll: Cornyn, Paxton in dead heat in Senate primary
• Incumbent GOP Senator [Cornyn] In Brutal Primary Battle In Hot Water Over Gun Control Stance
• Judge Dismisses 2 Counts Against US Rep. Cuellar of Texas, Moves Bribery Trial to Next Year
• National Border Patrol Council Endorses Aaron Reitz for Texas Attorney General

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