The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Warnings of warnings of warnings! How much is enough? How many systems are needed, layered on top of each other, to warn of weather and similar emergencies? At what point to individuals bear some responsibility for paying attention to known risks and warning systems that are have been in place for decades?

Government officials are not our parents or masters, well that is the Leftist view I concede, and those officials are not automatically at fault for decisions we take.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.image via facebookCity of Lubbock is facing a big budget shortfall and now, due to what I believe to be incompetent and irresponsible management in the trash department, taxpayers are out even more money!

Oil and gas drilling rig count falls, again.

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