Episode 3682: Hegar new chief Aggie, others announce run for Comptroller | Texas wins business award 13th straight time – Pratt on Texas 3/7/2025

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The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Finally, an opening in statewide office, all thanks to the Aggies! Texas A&M has selected Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar as sole finalist for Aggie system chancellor. The Guv will appoint someone to finish out the term once Hegar resigns and the office will be on next year’s ballot. Don Huffines and Christi Craddick say they are running for Comptroller.
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The Texas House, finally, turns over previously secret expense records from its political setup impeachment of Paxton debacle.
Texas wins Site Selections’ Governors Cup for the 13th year in a row with more than twice the total number of projects than the second-ranked state.

• Abbott Announces Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund Grant To KoMiCo
• Siemens opens $190M plant in south Fort Worth, adding 800 jobs by 2026
• Lunar Lander Is Declared Dead After Landing Sideways in a Crater, more
• SpaceX’s eighth orbital test flight of Starship/Superheavy ends like the seventh flight. Once again the leftist propaganda press takes out its knives to stab SpaceX and Musk.

From Closet Station: Texas Aggie Democrats Host ‘Day of Drag’ Protest. How’s this for demonstrating that our “best and brightest” at top schools are undereducated dolts: “[Drag queens] are a vital part of our culture,...” said one of the student protestors. I wonder if the student has even a small clue as to what “vital” even means.
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