Episode 3961: Stench of Local Gov’t – 2 stories | Immigration sob stories | Cornyn, Paxton fundraising – Pratt on Texas 4/16/2026

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’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. About all we can do to choke it down is to force adoption of the No New Revenue tax rate so that increases in income are a bit more limited. City of Dallas looks to regulate churches, nonprofits distributing free food Austin interim police chief got $766K payout under unusual deal 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.John Cornyn outraises Ken Paxton as Senate runoff looms. Little Jimmy “The Creep” Talarico way outraised both of them, as reported yesterday.Justice Clarence Thomas spoke at the University of Texas yesterday: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas warns of polarization’s impact At UT lecture, Clarence Thomas says America’s values under are threat Two more immigration sob stories from today’s press review, such are in the media daily, and in both cases, we discover that no, they didn’t follow the law. After a month in detention, a Venezuelan family self deports Longtime immigration court interpreter arrested by ICE at South Texas airport Attorney General Ken Paxton victorious in suit against Live Nation in court.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.  www.PrattonTexas.com