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GOVERNOR ABBOTT shut down much of the service industry in Texas yesterday in response to the Wuhan Coronavirus.

During a Q&A Thursday evening, Abbott revealed ongoing negotiations over postponing the May runoff elections.

"The parties are working on this as we speak ... work[ing] on an agreement, and we may be making a decision as early as tomorrow out of the governor’s office about what our advice is.

The Texas Democrat Party is hell-bent on expanding the most fraud-prone mechanism for voting, balloting by mail.

This is the same group of folks who lied about Governor Abbott immediately following the session, painting him as a racist, using emails that contradicted their claims.

Related: Harris County will disclose records of illegal voting

YOUNG REPUBLICANS are using Wuhan Coronavirus as cover to ask for legalized weed. 

CHINA is adding insult to injury by expelling U.S. journalists and lying about the virus coming from the U.S.

Ignore the woke police; China is the enemy. Critiques of their wacky diets are a sideshow.

REP. MAYES MIDDLETON penned a letter to Comptroller Glenn Hegar on behalf of the Freedom Caucus requesting a waiver of penalties and interest associated with late sales tax collections and remittance.

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6 COVID-19 cases confirmed in McLennan County

CDC: Sick staff fueled outbreak in Seattle nursing homes

Texas Railroad Commission eyes production cuts ($)

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