Rural Texas Reporter

We talk data centers, rural economic development, and how he believes he can win over rural red voters in Texas. #txlege #txag #ruraltx

A new Texas Rural Report podcast has dropped, and my interview with Clayton Tucker, Democrat candidate for Texas Railroad Commission. Link to Podcast👇️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tex…

China is moving faster than the U.S. in drug development. • 50–70% faster R&D • $25K per patient trials vs. $69K in the U.S. (Source: McKinsey, Morgan Stanley) Who controls the future of medicine? @SenTedCruz @JohnCornyn @RepRonnyJackson @RepArrington #PBM #MFN #ruraltx

Rural healthcare runs on thin margins and fragile supply chains. When drugs get harder to source, small-town pharmacies feel it first. That’s a real risk for rural Texas. Who will be our champion? @RepRonnyJackson @RepArrington @RepPfluger #RuralHealth #PBM #MFN

If your town loses its pharmacy… it’s not coming back. That’s what’s at stake in this drug pricing fight. Washington calls it policy. Rural Texas calls it access. @JohnCornyn @tedcruz @RonnyJacksonTX @RepArrington 👉 atr.org/50-free-market… #PBM #MFN

A looming crisis in #ruraltx @tedcruz @JodeyArrington @RepDanCrenshaw @RepCraigGoldman @RonnyJacksonTX @chiproytx

Great article by @GOP Natl Cmteman @DrR_Armstrong. CMS acknowledges rural doctors incur real costs serving nursing facilities under POS 32. SNFs under POS 31 are no different. Fix the fee schedule. galvnews.com/opinion/guest_… @RepArrington @JamesBlairUSA @RepNateMoran @AugustPfluger

Smokehouse Creek—the largest wildfire in TX history. In Plainview, lawmakers, firefighters, air support & ranchers said what matters most: systems responded better this week—but interoperability & utility accountability still need fixing. #RuralTexas #txlege

I hate to be unwelcoming, but it’s never good when @ReedTimmerUSA comes to the #txpanhandle #txlege Please send prayers for our communities, first responders, ag folks and energy companies who are facing threats today. Pray for the Panhandle.

Powerful winds FLIPPED a semi in Dumas, TX as seen by MyRadar storm chaser @jordanhallwx. Those same 30–40+ mph gusts, humidity near 10%, and dry fuels have created extremely critical fire weather across the High Plains today. Avoid anything that could spark a fire.

Vouchers are open in Texas. But for most rural families, the hard work of educating kids is still falling on public schools — with no real plan from the state to fix what’s broken. I wrote about what this means out here. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/texasrural…

HB 13 by @KingForTexas would have provided grants to local governments for emergency warning systems. It died in the Texas Senate, and @wesvirdelltx, who represents Kerrville, voted against it. @Burrows4TX @toddahunter @GovAbbottPress @DanPatrick Lessons not Learned. , by @sbellsnyder open.substack.com/pub/texasrural…

OPINION: Stop Texas’ youth vaping crisis by reining in illicit vape shop sales | Lone Star Standard lonestarstandard.com/stories/Lone%2…

And add to this passing school vouchers. Ouch.

Op-ed by former Rep @FourPriceTX on #opiod pain management alternatives. shermangazette.com/articles/14/vi…

@RogersForTexas "It's not the Texas Way to Give up on the Public School System" @TxRuralReport #txlege #txed Listen to today's full Interview at: open.substack.com/pub/texasrural…

School Vouchers are subsidies for the wealthy. They are not conservative.

RT @sbellsnyder: The Texas House Speakers Race. You can't make this stuff up! , by @sbellsnyder open.substack.com/pub/texasrural…

#ELECTION2024 "It is always about the economy!" open.substack.com/pub/texasrural… #txlege @TxRuralReport

In this Report: -The 2024 Political Money Game #TXsen -Harris leapfrogs Trump in a @jaselzer Iowa Poll -#Vouchers on the Ballot -My Watch List: Run Down of the #txlege Races -@DanPatrick with his Garbage Rural Texas Field Report 11.4.2024 (#2), by @sbellsnyder open.substack.com/pub/texasrural…