Nik Rajkovic

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Reporter and Anchor at KTRH-AM (Houston, TX)

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Judge Grants Injunction in Legal Battle Over Texas History

May 31, 2024 | ktrh.iheart.com | Nik Rajkovic

The latest battle to keep wokeness out of Texas public schools is pushed to the fall. Billionaire, philanthropist and museum owner J.P. Bryan Jr. is suing to keep his role as executive director of Texas State Historical Association. A Galveston judge on Tuesday granted an injunction preventing Bryan from being removed, for now. "This is all about me somehow inhibiting them from getting out their particular historical narrative, which was never my intention. Never has been.
Biden's "Pathways" Continue to Allow Record Number of Illegals Into the US

Nov 17, 2023 | ktrh.iheart.com | Nik Rajkovic

Another record-breaking year for Joe Biden's open border, allowing early 2.5 million illegals to use what the White House calls "legal pathways" into the U.S.One we've talked about is the CBP's mobile app, which basically allows illegals to make an appointment to walk across the border and seek asylum. "More than 200,000 of them in FY 2023 were released into the United States," says Andrew Arthur at the Center for Immigration Studies.
Texas House Could Strip Vouchers from School Choice Legislation

Nov 16, 2023 | ktrh.iheart.com | Nik Rajkovic

Texas House is scheduled to reconvene Friday morning, with the expectation of finally discussing the Senate's school voucher plan. Butter up that popcorn, Woodlands state Rep. Steve Toth says it should be a doozy in the Texas House. "A good bill is going to come before us on Friday. We then expect one of the RINOs or one of the Democrats is going to strip the ESA, the voucher portion, out of the bill. Then it's going to go over to the Senate.
DOJ Preparing for Surge of COVID Vaccine Injury Cases

Nov 16, 2023 | ktrh.iheart.com | Nik Rajkovic

Biden's DOJ is quietly looking to hire attorneys to defend the government from an expected surge of COVID vaccine injury cases. According to the New York Post, one case out of Louisiana seeks to overturn legal immunity for Big Pharma, but could force Congress to reform outdated vaccine injury compensation schemes. "The federal government. The local governments. The private companies. All of the places making you do an experimental procedure.
Report: Texas Taxpayers Shell Out $7B A Year to Educate Illegal Aliens

Nov 14, 2023 | ktrh.iheart.com | Nik Rajkovic

While President Joe Biden's open border policies continue to attract thousands of illegals into Texas each day, taxpayers across the Lone Star State are forced to educate a flood of non-English speaking school children, to the tune of $7 billion a year. That's according to the Huffines Liberty Institute, which measured a sharp increase is English as a Second Language students.
Whitmire Heavy Favorite in Next Month's Houston Mayoral Runoff

Nov 13, 2023 | ktrh.iheart.com | Nik Rajkovic

November's election results have yet to be finalized, but all eyes now turn to December's runoff for Houston mayor. State Sen. John Whitmire was the top vote-getter against Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and Rice University's Mark Jones expects the same next month. "The only thing that could adversely affect Whitmire is if you have lower turnout among Republicans and Independents, and higher turnout among African-American Democrats," he says.
House Republicans Oppose Biden Plan to Place Illegals at U.S. Airports

Nov 13, 2023 | ktrh.iheart.com | Nik Rajkovic

Texas Congressmen Troy Nehls, Chip Roy and Tony Gonzalez are among those urging "Mayor Pete" to reject President Biden's plan to house an overflow of illegal aliens at U.S. airports. Seventy House Republicans ripped off a letter to the Transportation Secretary, declaring it a 'national security risk' to house 60,000 illegals at four public airports.
Cornyn: Republicans Won't Approve Aid Package Until Border is Closed

Nov 10, 2023 | ktrh.iheart.com | Nik Rajkovic

Congress faces another budget deadline next week, and Republicans are standing firm against any more aid to Ukraine unless democrats agree to close the southern border. President Joe Biden last month sent Congress a $105 billion request for aid to Ukraine and Israel, but only $14 billion for the U.S.-Mexico border. Sen. John Cornyn says even those who want aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, like himself, still believe Biden's open border is the most pressing issue at this point.
Texas School Choice Still Up In The Air With Fourth Special Session

Nov 9, 2023 | ktrh.iheart.com | Nik Rajkovic

Gov. Greg Abbott ignores calls to hold off on a fourth special session, forcing lawmakers back to Austin ahead of the holidays. "The Speaker and lieutenant governor are setting aside their personal difference to try to get something done on border security, which is kind of what I expected at the beginning of the last special session. I think they probably will get that done," says Scott Braddock at Harvey Kronberg's The Quorum Report. But he says a school choice plan is still up in the air.
Oil Prices Fall As Saudi Arabia, Russia Continue Production Cuts

Nov 9, 2023 | ktrh.iheart.com | Nik Rajkovic

West Texas crude is down $7 a barrel since Saudi Arabia and Russia pledged to continue to production cuts through the end of the year. Oil prices spiked after the Hamas terror attacks on Israel, but have steadily dropped over the past month. "Not only oil, but other commodities have pulled back for a second straight week. This has a lot to do with an easing of the war premium," says Bloomberg's Sue Keenan.