Episode 3955: Dishonest Texas SNAP reporting | Sheridan to make Alamo film for Texas | Immigration news – Pratt on Texas 4/8/2026

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas congressman calls out yet another DC attempt at mass amnesty for illegal aliens; Houston trims its police cooperation with ICE due to Democrat pressure; El Paso County sues for information related to a big immigration detention facility the feds are building, and; Chip Roy wants Obama rule changed related to collecting immigration data in public schools – but why now and not years ago? Well he wasn’t in a GOP runoff for Texas attorney general back then.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.Local government sales tax collection report for April released. Look up your city here.Texas Tribune’s dishonest headline and reporting picked up by large amount of state’s media: Texas to pay $700 million in SNAP penalties to the feds. No, Texas isn’t to pay $700 million per year. Texas will only have to pay if it doesn’t reduce a specific error rate to under 6 percent by 2027.Acclaimed Taylor Sheridan to produce & direct Alamo Battle film for new Alamo museum.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com