09/30/2009

Found: Owners of $147 Million in Lost Money - www.claimittexas.org

Cornyn: Raising oil-industry taxes would cost jobs in Texas

Hutchison lambastes "cap-and-tax" on carbon emissions

Countless locked out of Perry's Webcast

Perry’s schedule full of fundraisers

Perry: Washington Should Follow Texas' Lead on Alternative Energy

Perry's OneStar Foundation gets stimulus money

Menendez: Bill White, Dems can take Texas Senate seat

Buddy Winn to challenge Fred Brown in HD14 primary (Republican - College Station)

Liberal: SBOE Shapes Education of Children Toward Founder’s Visions of America- exactly what I've told you. There is much propaganda being put out about the SBOE which is not based upon truth.

State rep. Dan Flynn Recognized as Courageous Conservative

Straus: TX speaker hearts higher ed, Higher ed hearts TX speaker

Gov. Perry replaces head of agency investigating Texas arson findings

Perry names DA Bradley to lead Forensic Science Commission

Gov. Perry Grants Pardon for Innocence to Woodard

Stimulus money might come back to haunt Texas

Texas Pathologist Shortage Poses Autopsy Concern

Flash floods force rescues in Laredo

Parker County sheriff's deputy shot

Police Arrest 2 In Killeen Discount Computer Scam

Falls County Jail Guard Who Married Inmate Fired, Then Arrested

KHFI-Austin's Morning Show Host Robbed In Station Parking Lot

Football: Strong Texas teams battle as if still in the old SWC

CPS Energy eyes reducing stake in South Texas Project reactor

Seeing Rio Grande as uniter, not divider

Anti-toll road Bexar Co. commissioner fails to explain cost difference

Port San Antonio applies for stimulus funds

Congressman Neugebauer Announces He Is Being Treated for Prostate Cancer

Angry Texas woman eats ex-husband's goldfish

George W. Bush's Lubbock Speech & Local Reaction - includes comment from Alberto Gonzalez

Shoeless Casa Ole robbery suspect arrested

Orange Shipbuilding to build N.C. ferry

Dan Rather interviews anti-pill mill parents from Hardin County

PRO/CON: Should the book 'Friday Night Lights' be banned from Beaumont schools?

Austin cited as one of the next "youth-magnet" cities - meaning it will stay weird

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $105 million

Sweetwater high school football players in gang

Amarilloan could lead Texas GOP - poor GOP. Tom Mechler is an absolute do-nothing and a disaster

Copper Theft at Texas Tech Abilene

Safety goblins are trying to hijack Halloween

Corpus Christi Harbor Ferry returns Saturday - no longer government but a private company - great!

Corpus Christi homeowner takes shot at teen burglar, police say

2 of 3 teens arrested for burglary wearing T-shirts from previous crime

2 men found asleep on bundles of pot face charges in Brownsville - an expensive siesta

San Juan police bust panhandlers lying about cancer-stricken daughter

Two more arrested in rural Mercedes fake-cop case

Dallas Agrees to $250k Settlement in Boy's Death

Southwest Slashes Fares for Fall, Winter Travel

Gingrich group withdraws invitation to topless club

SMU censures Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity over Watermelon Bash event

Flu Closing Schools Around Texas

Chisum ISD closed due to excessive illness

Cost of closing school for swine flu will be hefty

Dallas Co. Expects To Run Out Of Flu Shots Today

D-FW unemployment steady at 8.3% in August

Report: Houston-area construction jobs down 11 percent in August

Regulators freeze assets of investment firms in Arlington, Waxahachie

Bomb Threat Found On AA Plane From DFW

Civilian review board clears officer who arrested KVIA's newsmen on I-10 of excessive force charge

Accused Texas immigrant smuggler pleads guilty

Galveston: Outdoor smoking ban not a good idea - the fact that such is considered should frighten all Liberty lovers

Report: plane crash in Inks Lake in Burnet Co.

Four men indicted in Houston doctor's death

Texan lives in airports to keep flying

League City Begins Red-Light Cameras

Water rate hike likely as Houston foresees financial trouble

Convicted cop killer Carl Wayne Buntion gets new punishment trial

Hope for justice: Killer behind bars after 11 years of non-compliance

Comcast offers Houston Zoo On Demand

Texas' oil and gas industry continues to be hammered by low commodity prices

Houston National Cemetery design contract awarded

San Antonio police officer named 'Officer of the Year'

UT chancellor: System must attract excellent faculty, students

Leader of Texas Polygamy cult also accused of money laundering and fraud

Final Lawsuit Against Waco-Area Coal Plant Thrown Out

Shiner carries on tradition of making kosher beer

Illegal immigrants prompt lockdown at Donna school

Brownsville customs officer arrested in bribery case

Belton Dam repairs may cost $2 million

DA to seek death again in Houston PD killing

Houston man to forfeit nearly 1000 animals
 

09/29/2009

Hutchison campaign responds to KBH's own comments on Lubbock's KFYO - I've not said she was about to leave the race. My point was that she has been so wishy-washy, not a characteristic of a leader, over the resignation issue that it is cause for concern.

Prescription for bailing out of the race for Texas Governor

Lubbockite's respond to Congressman Neugebauer's support of KBH

Second tea-party caravan headed to Texas—with an Austin stop

Perry camp charges political sabotage in computer meltdown

Not Talkin' Texas...

Perry Continues Push Against Big Government in Online Speech

Campaign: Gov. Perry hacked as he announces tax, immigration proposals

Hutchison campaign weighs in on "Perry Home Headquarters" plan

Perry paying campaign volunteers 20 bucks a head for recruiting

Perry Runs Amway-Style Voter Program

Democrat 2-time loser Bill Moody to run again for Supreme Court

Widow of Lloyd Bentsen fundraising for Bill White's senate bid

Senate Democrats see opportunity in Texas

List of top Texas-based political correspondents

New state law helps fights abuse

ACORN continues its work in Texas amid national controversy

New report: Drug courts

Pending warm weather to give boost to South Plains cotton harvest

Author's jail ministry leads him to write about giving up judgment

Lubbock's church celebrates its 2nd year ranked among top 100 fastest-growing churches

Warden among 4 named in lawsuit - TDCJ's Jordan Unit in Pampa

Tech admissions officials required to deny prospective students on Facebook

Navarro County in Texas seized pot crop worth $7.5 million

Sheriff believes marijuana fields were worked by illegal aliens

Swine flu:

	Another 1,300 Flu Cases Reported In Waco Area
	Fort Worth Teen, 14, Dies From Flu
	16-year-old becomes fifth to die from swine flu in Dallas County
	Nueces Co. officials: 12-year-old dies with H1N1 flu virus
	Huntsville schools closed, few prison effects
	Third flu tent opens at Dell Children’s as volumes stay high

Texas district adds metal detectors after stabbing - wrong response

Missing 12-Year-Old Texas Girl Now Believed To Be In Mexico

Rural Central Texas Couple Found Shot To Death

The house friends saved

Man Hangs Self While Trimming Trees

Heated debate over expansion of South Texas Nuclear Project continues

Alamo got less than site in Austin - fine, that's their business. DRT has many differing programs central to their mission.

Dallas-Fort Worth home prices fall only 1.6% in latest measure

Ike debris removal ends in Galveston bay system

Northwest Austin MUD orders tax cut from City of Austin - great!

Bell gets $76.3 million contract modification

Officer Makes Two Busts While Filling Up with Gas - something about the Early bird gets the...

Pilot suspected in UPS cargo thefts at D/FW airport

Bush School to gain Mosbacher program

Sheriff: Man murdered over $10 and bragging rights

McAllen who tried to rape 13-year-old babysitter pleads guilty

Dad found guilty of not helping his little girl who died from beatings

Rowlett grandma pleads guilty to dealing 'cheese' heroin

Kerrville man arrested for child pornography

Teen charged with killing newborn son

Ex-North DeSoto High teacher pleads guilty to improper relationship

School bus crash sends four to hospital; no students hurt

Plano has highest median income among larger cities

Lamar University responds well to dorm shortage

Currie resigns as Texas Baptists Committed leader

Editorial: Texas needs tighter standards for home health care - so the DMN geniuses think more government regulation and mandates, less freedom in you buying what you want at a price you can afford, is going to make home healthcare better?

Chefs' drive to compete spices up State Fair cooking contests

Dallas County to hire outside lawyer for advice on constable case

TI: New chip plant to employ up to 1,000 in Richardson

Robber leaves hat and money

Argument Over Water Bill Leads To Arrest For Murder

Former Minister Gets Seven Years for Solicitation

Former Huntsville-Walker County Chamber of Commerce president & CEO indicted on 4 charges

AP Fact Check: Flaws in Obama's health care horror stories - more to the Texas woman story

Coach: 3 U of Houston helmets disappeared in chaos after Cougars' big win

Cruise lines, harbor pilots head to court in Galveston

After beating, Stanford earns prison transfer

El Paso companies finding it hard to tap into $4.6 billion Fort Bliss expansion

Accused Bomb Suspect Was Married In Ellis County

Court Strikes Down Euless Animal Slaughter Ban

SpaceX preparing for next rocket engine test in October

Ex-major leaguer charged with assaulting wife

Eldorado FLDS member in court for child support hearing

Amarillo Convicted Killer Gets Stay of Execution

Gov. Perry Announces ETF Investment in Azaya Therapeutics Inc.

Dallas Hispanic council members recommend renaming Central Expwy for Cesar Chavez

Lubbock attorney Ben Webb rightfully cleared of contempt charges issues by arrogant judge Jim Bob Darnell

University Park police make prostitution arrest near SMU after sting

Houston prepares National Guard sendoff as unit heads to Iraq

09/28/2009

Retail electricity providers often offer lower rates, survey finds - no kidding, competition works! Too bad NW Texas and a few other areas are being prevented from having free market competition.

Texas ranks 49th in stimulus funds

Texas Tourism Receives Awards

Texas receives $4.5 million to update unemployment insurance system

Texas factory activity sees slight uptick

After the census, new battle begins

Governor’s race is dividing local, state GOP - that is the point of a Party Primary!

For the record, we back Perry 100 degrees ... er, percent

The Governor’s Race: Is she or isn’t she?

Hutchison leaves door open to leave race for Governor?

Next lieutenant governor may depend on Hutchison

Gov. Perry, Sen. Hutchison to continue videotaping each other

Texas Cattle Feeders Association Beef-PAC Supports Gov. Perry for Re-election

Death row con gets 10 years in senator threat

Geren, RINO-Fort Worth, may face third consecutive primary fight

Eric Johnson raises $100 K for race against Terri Hodge (HD-100)

Hutchison: Another model for health care reform

Waco Rep. Chet Edwards sees some positives in Senate health care bill

Hutchison blasts “cap and trade”

Senator Rodney Ellis wants to guarantee hospitals do their share of charity care

New laws mostly mean more paperwork for local jailers

Texas State Constitutional Amendment Guide

Comptroller Urges Small Cities and Counties to Take Advantage of Energy Saving Grants

Ex-Spring High School teacher pleads guilty in student sex case

Robstown soldier to face court martial for disappearance

Euless woman upset at police rams patrol car - twice

Texas Tech shatters previous enrollment records

Unisex Restrooms OK'd for UNT Dorms, Dining Halls

State agencies maintain commitment to diversity

Musician fatally hit while photographing marquee with his band's name

Texas Tech aims to attract Austin students

Captain tells his story after fiery plane crash in Lubbock on January 27th Cockpit radio transcript

South Padre Island complex completes birding center

Injured Stanford back in Conroe lockup after fight

Bell County Teen Arrested In Nolanville Cab Dispatcher's Murder

Drug war under fire at policy summit

Xerox agrees to purchase Dallas-based ACS in $6.4B deal

US flag in San Antonio had just 43 stars

Tech's football coach Leach bans players from Twitter - Twitter is the LEAST of their problems

Lower Colorado River Authority calls San Antonio lawsuit 'meritless'

Austin: Transvestite robber attacks driver

Dallas CBD office vacancy nears 30%

11th Congressional District candidate calls for end to Muslim immigration

Grocery Prices on Downward Trend in Texas

Even at age 91, man not ready to retire

Legal activist Carl Starr asks courts to declare El Paso County Ethics Commission unconstitutional

Jury goes back to work Tuesday in Dallas City Hall corruption trial

Texas students without vaccines to be sent home from school

Three Dead In Garland Double-Murder-Suicide

Update: Grand Prairie police: Day care van driver in accident had no license, 13 Children Hurt In Daycare Van Crash

Andrews to be site of Texas Tech telemedicine venture

National Aerobatics Championships in Texoma

Latest Texas No. 1 ranking: Rabies

Police: Girl told accused kidnapper: ‘It’s time for me to go home’

Ship Channel reopens as oil spill cleanup continues

Man killed by Dallas police officer was holding a cellphone

Texan chomps his way to victory in World Championship Corny Dog Eating Competition

Nelda Laney's brother killed while bicycling with his sun
 

09/26&27/2009

Hunt still on for Houston's brazen 'Grandma Bandit'

Swine flu found in jail inmate who died

Problems grow for Stanford behind bars, in fight with another inmate

Removal of oil from WWI era vessel could take weeks

Anti-terror stings in Dallas, Illinois tried to avoid pitfalls

French interested in Texas high-speed rail

To Dr Pepper CEO Larry Young, the glass is all full

A&M board OKs controversial vaccine center

Man found slain with thousands in his pocket

Memorial service Saturday for slain Tyler teacher

Extra $10 bucks to fly Sunday after Thanksgiving

Former San Antonio mayor, wife, sailing America's rivers

Tracy Lawrence helps Valley man propose to girlfriend

Kleberg grand jury doesn't indict border patrol agent in shooting

Nurses Who Blew Whistle On Texas Doctor Will Go On Trial

Evidence Mounts That State Executed Innocent Central Texas Man

State GOP chair resigns to work for Perry - she was term-limited and out. This is her cabal's way of installing the vice chairman as chairman so that he is the incumbent at the next convention.

Rep. for life Delwin Jones set for challenge on redistricting committee

Top San Antonio restaurant, rated #2 in the USA by Gourmet, closing

Daylong spat cited in killing of UT San Antonio official

Spanish palace's 260th anniversary celebrated

Security a key concern at South Texas nuclear plant

Bexar Co. commissioner to attempt strip toll-roads from area plans

Food stamp delay distresses critics

Senate race splits top Latinos - The very subject implies that "Latinos" are supposed to be of one-mind and agree on everything - how bigoted.

Bexar County officials busy designing shooting range

High prices, red tape fuel popular Dallas doctor's move to Temple

After fleeing Hurricane Katrina, educator back on top at Irving school

Schools becoming more 'tolerant' as 'zero tolerance' rules end

Alleged skyscraper plot highlights problems of keeping tabs on immigrants

Jordan contacts U.S. over Dallas terror plot

Oil spill closes part of Ship Channel

Grateful for Houston, Neil Diamond helping Ike victims get back homes

Texas shows mixed results during recession

Gap in fingerprint database obscures inmate histories

Fallen soldier remembered: Dalhart pays respects

No one hurt in urea-tank explosion in Dumas

Hundreds Gather In Tyler To Discuss Belief In Bigfoot

Labor secretary talks about El Paso concerns

Downtown Fort Worth condo market feeling downturn in housing market

2-year-old Haltom City boy found dead under blanket between bed and wall

With little oversight in Texas, autopsies often careless
 

09/25/2009

5 Texas cities’ economies among 100 largest in the U.S., 2 in the top 10

Barton outrage over terror arrest

Father of Dallas Skyscraper Bombing Plot Suspect Says Son Is Innocent

Dallas bomb plot suspect speaks little English, but tells court he understands charges

Dallas bomb plot suspect told landlord he was moving out

Teen planned to blow up Dallas skyscraper in terror attack, federal agents say

Perry's office, on Smadi arrest: 'We must continue to be vigilant'

Perry’s tone angers his D.C. allies - just shows how out-of-touch they are in DC

Perry campaign hits Hutchison on property rights issue on Senate vote

Perry campaign hires Austin’s LatinWorks

Gov. Perry Announces ETF Investment in Turbo Trac USA Inc.

House Speaker Straus visits Lubbock, says Tech tops for Tier One

Cornyn v. Kirk redux, a Senate seat at stake yet again

Texas Tomorrow Fund extends pullout deadline

Federal officials: Texas could lose food stamp funds if problems aren’t fixed - if only that would happen!

Rep. Kip Averitt expresses frustration with Texas 121 project

Rep. Craddick says some stimulus money poorly utilized in Texas

U.S. senators tour Galveston to assess Ike recovery

Rep. Vicki Truitt draws primary challenger

Cattle producers fight Pilgrim's Pride buyout

Texas' largest private facility for mentally disabled closing

Killeen Woman Arrested In High School Booster Club Theft

China Spring High School Evacuated Friday

John Stossel wary of health care changes

Austin's tourism remains steady in shaky economy

Mom charged in connection with baby's death

President of an Edinburg gas company pleads guilty in Pemex theft

Convicted Lubbock kidnapper sentenced to 40 years

Accused of Insider Trading, Perot Staffer Led '79 Hostage Rescue

New Houston FBI building very green — in both senses of the word - photos

Possible WWII-era sunken ship found off Texas, Leaky sunken ship from WWII era, Coast Guard removing oil from possible WWII sunken ship

Editorial: Beaumont ISD should build schools before stadium - imagine putting education first, what a concept

Report: Citigroup Texas up for sale again

El Paso County Sheriff Conducts Sweep; Arrests Parents Who Failed to Pay Child Support

Taylor County divorce rate jumps this decade

Lingerie Football League kicks off in Grand Prairie tonight, more

Texas man accused of blood crosses on his children

Randy Quaid & wife freed on bail after arrest in Marfa

Attorney says suspect in teacher's slaying has history of mental illness

1,045 animals seized at Houston home

A&M considers 2-year tuition freeze

A&M system enrollment reaches 115,000

Texans' beer price isn't shrinking till fans stop drinking

Professional Bull Riders tour making stop at Cowboys Stadium

Former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller's clean coal plant seeks stimulus funding

Nolan Ryan Named as Possible Investor In Consortium To Buy Rangers

Timothy Cole’s family files suit against Lubbock officials, more

Corpus Christi's city attorney retires unexpectedly

UTPB could take over Presidential Museum

Tyler brothers found guilty of multiple bank robberies

Laredo officials looking to collect $90 million in court fees and fines

Arrests made in Harris Co. home invasion cases

Headed to the State Fair? There’s no need to drive there

Cowboys Stadium GM gets time on work detail for DWI

Ex-Hempstead councilmen to do time at La Tuna Federal Prison

Waco prostitution sting yields arrests of 6 women

Bigfoot Conference in Tyler

Trinity University chooses next president

Whataburger expands into clothing line

Change in policies puts pressure on college admissions

Palmview teacher, church volunteer, charged after having sex with student

ESPN: Sen. West advising NFL holdout Crabtree - that would explain a certain level of stupidity pointed out by many columnists in the matter.

Odessa: Firefighter resigns after burglary charges

Rice-Baylor College of Medicine merger could be done by January

Pampa names police chief

Chief executive of Amarillo's Baptist St. Anthony's Health System out

El Paso sheriff's sergeant accused of offering to trade sexual favors for clearing citation
 

09/24/2009

Texas Tech police: “Our view is that it’s not if a shooter will come, it’s when.” - Concealed Carry on Campus anyone?

Texas moves up in Forbes' best states for business list

Senator Shapleigh wants to get out of Grover's tub

John Sharp claims head start in Senate race vs. White

Burka: The governor’s race: critiquing the criticism

Is there a new candidate in the governor's race?

Texas Poultry Federation Endorses Gov. Perry for Re-election

Perry's "Wealth" Fueled by Land Deals

Hutchison campaigns on two fronts

DeLay, sans air guitar, disses GOP

Sen. John Cornyn to Tom "the dancer" DeLay: keep your day job

Swells fight over swell views of sand, surf

Blood alcohol testing no longer requires a warrant - a major blow to the Constituion

Deal for Texas racetrack may spur renewed casino push

Texas legalization of sports betting a good wager

Gov. Perry Appoints Jarrett to the 436th Judicial District Court

Gov. Perry Appoints Valenzuela to the 437th Judicial District Court

DSHS reports almost all Texans with flu have H1N1 Flu

Dan Rather: Franklin Delano Obama visits the U.N.

Panhandle problems in health care surface

Update: Father arrested after baby found dead, Dead baby outside San Antonio fire station

15-year-old dies after exiting moving vehicle

Wife, 79, fatally beaten, stabbed

Victim identified as an Amarillo woman in burned truck

Scramble's on to fill Hill Country judgeship

Amber Alert from Laredo: Karla Victoria Yrigoyen-Rivas, 12 years old

Ford unveils 2011 Super Duty at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas

"Corrupt mayor David Dorman of Melissa, TX" part 1 - opening title with tongue movement is funny

Group tries to profit off gun control legislation

UT plans to use reclaimed water

Special Education Aide Charged In Incident Involving High School Freshman

Pilot Killed After Private Plane Crashes Into Home in Leon Co.

Missing Bell County Woman Resurfaces In Fort Worth

Huntsville Extends Alcohol Sales Hours

Lubbock no longer dry - the whole county was not dry & neither was the entire city as the "strip" had been annexed

A look at Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Critics: Elite rangers not welcome at Texas border - in this case "critics" should read "backers of illegal immigration"

DPS trooper in Amarillo honored with Trooper of the Year Award

Abilene TV stations KTAB & KRBC working to get back on air at full power

$100 million facility opens at Texas A&M

A&M regents to weigh $70M upgrade to heating & power systems

Officer In Controversial Dallas Traffic Stop Has New Police Job in Stratford

Demolition Of Texas Stadium Will Start Soon

Fort Worth Adding More Red Light Cameras

Perot employee accused of insider trading in Dell deal

Beaumont sues Entergy for "unethical, fraudulent bill"

Gas prices slip penny in Texas; even cheaper in the Valley

Classes resume at Texas school after teacher slain

Fired lawyer told of border agency mismanagement

Austin may amend deal with Friday Night Lights TV show

Even college degrees don't lock in work: 7,000 El Pasoans hunt jobs at Expo

El Paso's Border Highway Approved To Become Toll Road

El Paso: Jones-Sanchez conspiracy, bribery indictment not too late

Sugar Puts 'Dublin Dr Pepper' In High Demand

Big Tex's deep pockets are a rarity among state fairs

Another update: Dallas Cowboys say Party Pass limit already was in place, Cowboys, Arlington agree to limit Party Pass crowds, But Wait: Dallas Cowboys says no limit on Party Passes at new stadium

Dallas-area office vacancy rises to highest level in 5 years

Sammons Enterprises donates $20M for Baylor cancer complex in Dallas

Sherman: Owner of controversial Russian aircraft ordered to pay almost $100,000

Ex-prison guard admits to fondling immigrant women

Female Rice student among 4 suspects in BB gun attacks

Conroe ISD: Man exposed self to junior high girls' cross country team

Power purchase agreement with NRG seals Houston solar farm deal

Ex-mayors’ petition might force bond election in Clear Lake Shores

National WWII WASP Museum names new executive director

Is the A&M basketball shot real or fake?

Greater San Antonio Chamber advocates city expand nuclear capabilities

Career takes BS&T bassist from Woodstock to East Texas

Andy Comer: Michael Crabtree is an idiot

Authorities bust two indoor marijuana growing operations near Douglass, Cushing, arrest five

$10 million gift announced for pedestrian bridge in Dallas Trinity River project

Lingerie, witness used to catch burglars

Texas FFs Use Foam to Kill Bees Attacking Man

Austin: Woman charged with stealing from a corpse

Housing agency says it's Rita aid pace picking up - Rita not Ike!

From the Onion: Dallas Cowboys release Jerry Jones - very good Onion!

Man arrested in alleged attempt to bomb Dallas skyscraper

Randy Quaid and his wife arrested in W. Texas
 

09/23/2009

Feeling lucky? Lotto jackpot $57 million

Pratt: Public Distrust Of Media Well Earned?

Jones: Texans should be proud of state

Foes dominate Austin climate-bill hearing

Gov. Perry: Successful Health Care Reform Must be Achieved through State-Specific Solutions, letter

State Healthcare Report: Millions Covered = Billions In Taxes

Cornyn challenges Senate Democrats' health overhaul

Euro Parliament member warns of health reform at Dallas luncheon

Shooter: Rick Perry should remain in office

Texas Recreational Vehicle Association Endorses Gov. Perry for Re-election

Hutchison being asked to move to the Right causes snickering in the Senate, more

Hutchison campaign taps Dallas GOP leader

Farouk Shami gets serious in governor's race

Gilbert calls Schieffer a copycat on education ideas

Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Don Yarborough, dies

Dr. Sam Harrison endorses Dan Gattis for Ogden's seat instead of running himself

Legislators object to refunds reduction in the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan

Sen. Seliger addresses tax issues, clean coal energy at Midland town hall

Attorney General’s Child Support Division Employee Recognized by National Child Support Group

Former Lubbock pastor indicted for indecency with a child

Teacher killed in stabbing at high school in Tyler - I wonder if this teacher would be alive had he been a CHL holder and allowed to carry at school?

AP: Special education teacher fatally stabbed at Tyler high school; teen in custody

Convicted Garland cop killer set to die Thursday

Texas Tech delays release of enrollment figures

Unborn child teaches a pro-life lesson

Having kids wash their tables stopped at Lubbock schools, parents object! - A listener comments on the story

Cash flow - or dribble? Small firms fight money drain

UT chancellor seeks top status for UT's San Antonio campuses

Demise of classical liberal education in America is unfolding in Austin

Galveston escapee, Joshua Barnes, captured

Crickets plague A&M's Kyle Field

Dalhart soldier dies in Afghanistan combat

Pro-Life Demonstration in Abilene

Former Brazos County JP Gets Jail Time

Texas Boys Talk Stepfather Into Sparing Their Lives

Woman to be sentenced in green-card marriage scam

Asking price for Kenneth Lay condo: $12.8 million

Brownsville police phone lines down

Grand jury meeting cancelled in Silsbee cheerleader case

Cheerleader's Lawsuit Against C-FBISD Dismissed

Liberty, ex-staff sort out loss of hospital

Funeral burglary suspect arrested

Baylor asks alumni association to give up independence, move in-house

Texas Baptists Committed to seek new leader

A safe place for homeless alcoholics to do their drinking?

Burleson elementary school evacuated after toilet paper set ablaze

Dallas homes for corporate transfers highest in Texas

Woman dies after running into freeway traffic near Balch Springs

Wrongly Convicted Texas Man Sues Lawyer, Glasheen, Over Fees

While DeLay cha-chas on 'Dancing With the Stars,' he's in legal limbo off camera

Arlington officials discuss concerns in Cowboys Stadium area

War on Drugs conference: Legalize marijuana, participants say

Another Delay In Reunion Arena Demolition

Update: New Judge Named for SMU Case, Judge Removes Self From Bush Library Lawsuit

Receiver hopes to sell Stanford yacht

Bullet makers can't keep up with demand

Houston Police: Serial robber chokes victims until they pass out

TSU law student's killer still at large, 16 years later

Alaska Airlines begins Houston to Seattle service

Rice University-led physicist group get $5 million to build superconductor

Texas Should Replace Bilingual Education

Texas Travel Industry Association Announces New President/CEO

Report: 2,500 homeless veterans in Houston

Seeds left by Ike bear fruit in Galveston
 

9/22/2009

Report: Texas economy poised for rebound

Texas slips slightly in business tax index

Texas agency: Senate health care bill could cost Texans up to $20.4B

Houston for Perry, Dallas for Hutchison - no surprise

Hutchison campaign admits it taped Perry ‘recession’ remark

Hutchison campaign admits videotaping Perry; audiotape transcript follows

Perry blames "political hacks" for distorting his remarks on recession

Perry campaign cites Deer Park paper’s story

New footage of Perry’s Houston speech

Perry and the recession, redux

Rick Perry day on Huffington Post — and, closer to home, KBH gets a scathing review

Perry's cash from California and ... New York City!

A 'Boone' for Gov. Rick Perry's campaign

Billionaire T. Boone Pickens endorses Rick Perry in Texas governor race

The Student Aid Act and: The race for governor

Perry: Cap and Trade Legislation will Significantly Increase the Cost of Living for Texans

National GOP targets Bill White

AP Exclusive: Texas liquor cops rarely disciplined

Convicted Men Arrested for Progreso ISD Voter Fraud

Kidnapped Central Texas Newborn Found Alive In Dumpster

North Texas Trooper Shot While Serving Federal Warrant

Michael Crabtree At Center of NFL Controversy

Buses to provide holiday transportation for Texas Tech students to other cities

Hundreds Of New Flu Cases Reported In McLennan County

Thousands lose electricity in North Texas storms

Fort Hood Pilots Suffer Minor Injuries In Hard Landing Monday

South Padre's 'leaning tower' to be demolished

Prank lands Bandera jailer in hospital

UTHSC must pay $900,000 to researcher

Convicted hit man scheduled for execution

Llano County Escapee Found in Trash Can

Retired federal judge Buchmeyer dies at 76

Sheriff says accused stalker cited God's mission

Nurse gets 18 months in prison over Medicaid theft

Body of missing Dimmitt woman found in New Mexico

Sweetwater: A City Divided?

A&M bonfire landowner has criminal record @ least it's not for arson

Southwest Airlines Expanding Despite Recession - yes and like all big companies on the way to destroying what made them great, Southwest continues to eliminate many direct and other flights between smaller cities, the very strategy which propelled them to greatness. They are following the "forget those who made you successful" model which is so common in the marketplace.

Former American Airlines chief Robert Crandall backs 3-hour limit on stranded airplanes

American Airlines to end health insurance for retirees

Bob Costas Upsets Arlington Residents

Dallas Near Bottom Of "Best Place To Raise Kids" List

Haynes and Boone remembers the Alamo

Morning News Takes a Hard Look at Karl Rove, DMN story

Winds blow two Aquarium workers across the ship channel

New Information About CS Car Plunging Off Galveston Ferry Landing

Top chemist to lead Texas A&M labs

Woman robbed in Fort Worth home invasion, police say

Lake Jackson man sentenced in child sex sting

It’s the Democrats in Del Rio politicking with the Obama school speech

State Fair of Texas officials address health, safety concerns as opening day nears

Dallas police dash camera video shows officers roaring through school zones

Mexican national in Lubbock jail after being accused of rape

Houston Texans wide receiver pleads guilty to DWI

Fake e-mail attacks Houston mayoral candidate

Ex-West Columbia cop pleads guilty to stealing gun, cocaine

The Way I See It: State Board makes the right call on social studies

An open letter to Congressman Ron Paul

TEA receives $10 million on high-tech system to improve Texas schools

Judge dismisses suit involving shooting after police do not show

Gov. Perry Appoints Five to Western States Water Council

Perry Reappoints Jones and Littlejohn to Texas Interagency Council for Genetic Services

September is Dallas-Fort Worth's ninth wettest on record; more showers possible this week

Exonerated Harris Co. deputy gets job back but no back pay

Too many names to study in history? Check a student's "friends list"

Houston police officer fires at man who has toy gun, office misses

Flu "widespread" in Texas

09/21/2009 includes news from 9/19&20/2009

Texas House Speaker Straus to meet with West Texas civic, business leaders

Tier One talk could top discussions in Straus tour

Rangel: State lawmakers filling war chests ... just in case

Legislator, talk host Dan Patrick, has made big strides in short time

Hutchison making Washington step on path to Austin

Perry: Some Washington types run as conservatives, legislate like liberals

The Facts About Kay Bailey Hutchison's Pro-Life Record - Polland continues his long anti-Perry work while claiming to be the ultra-conservative of Houston.

Burka: The Medina Factor

Hank Gilbert kicks off gubernatorial campaign

Democrat Gilbert hopes Texas wants a Governor Hank

Rick Noriega's new job in San Antonio - another "non-profit" job for the lib who gets to have two residences

Pelosi arrives for Austin fundraiser to protesters including one with a sign stating: “Abort Nancy Pelosi”

Cornyn, Hutchison, McCaul comment on Pelosi raising money in Austin

Registering youths as sex offenders debated

TYC director sees constants amid changes

Sen. Cornyn Statement On GAO Border Security Report

Rep. Garnet Coleman wants to expand Texas Tomorrow Fund

Rep. Riddle: No Texas money going to ACORN

Surprise, surprise: Henry Cisneros advising ACORN

Houston mayor asks review of ACORN grant

Healthcare debate has implications for Texas - no kidding?!

Frost CEO: Recovery will be slow

Rancher assistance about politics, not aid

Brazos River Authority DIVESTITURE: Lawsuit go buy-bye?

Two Kerrville cops tied to trooper probe leave force

Last few families depart Hutto immigrant detention center

Farouk Shami's withdrawal from China manufacturing means jobs in Texas

Inmate escapes from Galveston facility, Amarilloan flees prison - again

Wider net cast in search for escaped inmate

Horseplay cited in jailer's shooting

Texas soldier first to received American Patriot Award

Lamb County hunts for stolen windmill

Alton school bus tragedy still hurts after 20 years

Spanish question sparks controversy at CPS Energy meeting on nuclear project

Alamo Colleges trustees not backing down

Model T's aim to give a lift to San Antonio missions

Baylor Regent Meets With Alumni Association Over Proposal

Members who criticize Daughters of the Republic of Texas remain defiant

Mexicans making use of business visas to reach U.S.

Deadline Approaches For Un-immunized Texas Students

Texas Man Claims $1 Million Scratch-Off Lottery Prize

Texas expert illuminates cultural past

Buyouts for 30 Bexar Co. deputies expected

Dell to buy Perot Systems for about $3.9B

Dell's buy of Perot Systems will not close services gap

CNN talk show host Clifford Robertson charged with ID theft, bank fraud

Gov. Perry Appoints Bell and Neeley to Sulphur River Basin Authority Board of Directors

Gov. Perry Appoints Roque-Jackson to Texas Council on Autism and Pervasive Development Disorders

Gov. Perry Reappoints Three to Red River Authority Board of Directors

Gov. Perry Appoints Keig to Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Keig lands on state housing board

Dick Armey's change of heart shocks ex-President Bill Clinton

College Station drops red light advertising campaign - a small but important victory for honest government

Former Aggie Punter Celebrates 40-Year-Old World Record

Vehicle goes over Bolivar Ferry landing, 1 dead

Colonial Spanish Texas set the stage

On the beaches by Port Aransas, Tony Amos keeps track of animals

In Kyle, community celebrates new hospital

Bomb scare in Laredo shuts down 3 city blocks

El Paso city manager's hiring record quiets LULAC criticism about lack of Hispanics in top spots

Closing Arguments in Dallas City Hall Corruption Case

School Bus with Swimmers Plunges into Pond

Bigfoot convention event to bring big bucks to Tyler

Judge orders Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD to seat trustee with disputed residency

Big Tex reports for State Fair of Texas duty

Dallas officers can't electronically access police reports

Bush and Jordin Sparks help North Texas Super Bowl group kick off community-service effort

Police investigate death of pastor in Boyd

Group hopes to open D-FW's first triage center for wildlife

More than 40 partiers at Cowboys game jailed for intoxication

Good Samaritan killed in Arlington was a Marine reservist

Vietnam war museum site battling vandalism, thefts

Corvette seized in Valley Mills racing case

Former Brownsville ISD superintendent considering appeal of his firing

Missouri City area gymnast ranks 6th in nation

Leaning condos on SPI to be demolished

3 arrested in shooting; Marshall couple injured in armed home invasion

Houston police: 8 people shot in rash of weekend gang violence

Rare giant squid caught in Gulf of Mexico

Houston Astros fire manager Cecil Cooper

Silver Eagle notches No. 2 spot in largest beer-distributor ranking

American Airlines parent AMR seeks to raise more than $500M through stock, debt sale

Dallas-area Clydesdale nabs Guinness World Record as the tallest living horse

Plano ISD's Winnebago

Ranch hand arrested in death of Houston doctor
 

09/18/2009

Texas sees decrease in unemployment claims

Spherion: Texas worker confidence highest in 12 months

Texas August unemployment rises to 8%; still better than U.S.- Amarillo lowest, Lubbock 2nd lowest

Amarillo unemployment lowest in Texas

Austin job-loss rate deepens in August

College Aid Bill Could Save Billions, Could Eliminate 1,000 Local Jobs - this is the full Socialist takeover of part of the banking biz, one more step

Texas second in nation on student loan defaults

SBOE signals intent to keep Christmas in school books - read: Texas History Re-Writers: Is This Really Happening?

Board of Education: Christmas to stay, Neil Armstrong is out

Stimulus Funds Ready for Transportation Efficiency Projects

Texas Lottery sees increase in sales & revenue in FY2009

Texas group derides scent IDs as junk science

Windstorm complaint welcome

Hutchison resignation rumor

Kay Bailey and her "purse boys" - I believe it having been in the Capitol and spoken with staffers several times

Hutchison holds slight lead over Perry in "toss-up" primary race, says new poll

Perry on recession: “We’re in one?”

Gov. Rick Perry drops off "Value Voters" presidential straw ballot

Texas Optometric Association Endorses Gov. Perry for Re-election

Happy Anniversary: Against It Before She Was For It

Perry's scathing critique of the Hutchison campaign

Texas' Pastrami King Stumbles in Bid for Lieutinant Governor

Wichita Falls mayor announces bid for Texas House seat (HD69) - GOP could pick up dem Farabee's seat

Man pleads guilty to murder of Rep. Herrero's sister

Ogden kicks off flurry of activity

Libertarians bring tour to Kerrville

Waco Judge: Signatures on orders filed in cases involving accused lawyer aren't mine

Surprise celebrity accompanies Laura Bush to Dallas charity event

Jenna Bush Hager makes her debut on NBC's 'Today' show

Judge sets tentative schedule for democrate fundraiser Celis' next trial

2,300 police reports missing from the San Antonio Police Dept.

Lometa ISD Teacher Resigns After District Launches Investigation

San Antonio's Espada aqueduct being repaired, has operated since the 1700's

Inventor of the Internet featured in Dell lecture series - it WASN'T Al Gore speaking!

Pat Green reveals what he's for

Football: College GameDay returns to UT

A&M institute to donate to UTMB

Texas heroes documentary opens at Bullock museum

Secular Student Society now official group for denying God on campus

Manhunt Underway After Guard Killed During Texas ATM Robbery

Family and friends join search efforts for missing Dimmitt woman

Oprah Winfrey show from State Fair of Texas

Sword attack leads to charges in Bryan, Texas

Wise County Raiders win national title

Panhandle school assembly "gone wrong", students say speaker was "crazy"

Tiff at Perryton, between employees, school spurs suspensions

Sweetwater mayor to talk wind energy

Alleged Sweetwater beatings under scrutiny

Western Texas College continues to grow, top enrollment since opening 39 year ago

3 of Stephenville quadruplets getting Aggie rings

Appeals court affirms injunction preventing demolition of Beaumont ISD's South Park school building

Activists, officials spar over proposed water treatment plant

British Woman On Texas Death Row Loses Appeal

ACLU Watching Texas Public Schools - fine but who is watching the ACLU?

More Big Screens Added to Cowboys Stadium

Dallas stars want to close rink in Duncanville after losses

Dallas mansions marked down

Monster home for sale in Manvel

Amended complaint details antitrust allegations against Reddy Ice

Dannon settles lawsuit over health claims, to pay yogurt buyers $35M

Baffling logic of Galveston jail’s Ike report

Fort Worth woman stabs son during argument, police say

Fort Worth ACORN office closed; offices statewide temporarily stop most of their work

El Paso City Rep. Rachel Quintana 'singled out' on charge

El Paso: Insurance claims grow from Wednesday's monster hailstorm

Contractor finds 11-foot Burmese python in Port Arthur garage

Teen Home Invasion Suspect Shot - anti-wimp

West Texas Land & Water Conference

JP Clerk Arrested In Bribery Sting in Bexar Co.

Backgammon makes a comeback in NE Texas

Valley's regional marketing plan comes together with logo, Web site

What does farm bill do for growers?

Did cop take bribe from Austin lawyer?

Governor Rick Perry defends execution of Corsicana man some experts say was innocent - I'm with Perry on this one

Robertson Stadium sells out for UH-Texas Tech game

States send mixed signals on texting, driving

Testimony finished in the Dallas City Hall public corruption trial
 

09/17/2009

Texas A&M hosts Constitution Day events

New poll indicates Hutchison is back in the race

Rasmussen: Hutchison catches up to Perry

A halting start to Katz’s campaign for lt. governor, video - about right, another non-serious candidate

Gattis announces GOP leaders’ support

Speaker Pelosi coming to Austin on game day—for political fund-raiser

Graham: Texas' vanishing groundwater rights

Drought conditions improve in Texas

District judge's sudden resignation stuns Hill Country courthouses, District Judge Prohl resigns from bench

Perry Names Bacarisse Presiding Officer, Department of Information Resources

Staples Efforts Secure Drought & Wildfire Assistance

SBOE’s Ken Mercer: No More Christmas in America?

What Belongs In Texas Students' History Books?

Les Hatch appointed to open judgeship in Lubbock's 237th District Court

Gov. Perry Appoints Wheless to the 366th Judicial District Court

Changes to DPS Processing of CHL Applications

Brady challenges Jones in March House primary - first reported by Pratt on Texas on Monday

Pratt comments on Jones challenger from 9/16

HD-36 candidate Sergio Muñoz, Jr. addresses public

Texas Comptroller begins school district fund evaluation

Former State Rep. Garcia Is New Assistant Secretary Of The Navy

Former State School Employee Enters Punishment Phase Of Trial

Editorial: Border school district making the right call

Southwest Airlines To Pull Lemons From Flights

Cavern killer claims stake in tourist attraction

Congressman Lamar Smith seeks FBI probe of ACORN

Congressman Hensarling addresses ACORN scandal

Former San Antonio PD officer pleads guilty in sex case

Austinites record reminiscences of Armadillo

Presidents to meet at Texas A&M to promote bi-partisanship - ridiculous

OSHA intervenes in Austin due to high worker fatalities

NCAA Football: Remembering the past: the best UT-Tech games

Texas' failed sex education - silly

Temple ISD Says Girl Struck By SUV Was Trying To Board Wrong Bus

Affidavits Detail Allegations Against Hill College Basketball Players

American Airlines parent AMR raises $2.9B, adds flights at D/FW, other hubs

No prison time for prison guard who admits she broke the law

Bacteria dangers with feral hogs in Texas

Texas ed board tentatively OKs electives

Rapist Who Targets Elderly Linked to South Texas

Author, commentator named new director of LBJ Library and Museum

Weapon Parts Stolen from Fort Hood

56-story Austonian tops out

American to launch direct service between New York's JFK and Austin

American, Eagle to boost flights at hubs; new financing in place

Dallas rescuers free 7 people trapped in elevator

Turkey man sentenced to 99 years for murder

Canyon expands its city limits

AFD: Abilene Candy Co. fire 'suspicious'

"Today" Show Travels to Texas Tomorrow

Texans Rile Beltway Over D.C.'s Poor Transit

Alamo caretakers drop proposal that would have banned ex-employees' comments

Dallas police officer gets 15-day suspension in faulty drug arrest case

Krispy Kreme closing some Dallas-area stores as it seeks franchisee

UT Arlington Campus May Go Smoke Free

George W. Bush Calls Conservatives 'Inconsequential'

Power plant pulls plug on project in Navarro County

Texas veteran who famously cleaned burned flag remnants dies

UT Austin faculty raises on hold until 2010

Harris County Hospital District will not purchase Memorial Hermann Southwest

Houston named hot spot for tech jobs

Ex-Cowboy Lockhart late to drug case hearing, but avoids further trouble

El Paso hail storm leads to big insurance claims

Gov't: Border Fence To Cost $6.5B Over 20 Years

Dallas Law Stops Charities From Feeding Homeless

Parents Upset Schools Not Telling Them About H1N1

Storm Damaged Texas Library Must Relocate (Palestine)

Nuclear Power Plant Expansion Debated

South Texas Project’s Unit 2 is going offline

San Angelo businessman to challenge Conaway - complete waste of time

Annual State Fair flag retirement ceremony canceled

Houston: cheapest gas in the state

Design unveiled for Perot Museum of Nature and Science at Victory Park

Dallas County says 3-year-old girl's death may be related to swine flu

Irving City Council to consider demolition contract for Texas Stadium

Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosure filings jump 34%

Riley sentenced to 4 years in prison for part in Corpus Christi state school 'fight club'

09/16/2009

Texas History Re-Writers: Is This Really Happening?

Kinky Friedman not big enough for Texas

Willie Nelson stumps for Kinky Friedman during fundraiser at Plano country club

News?: Democrat Hank Gilbert to toss hat in gov's race

Perry and Giuliani tout state funds, bash feds

Perry, Giuliani are in Houston talking border safety

Local officials challenge Perry's statements on border violence

Hutchison tells Dallas TV station she will not embarrass Texas - she already has

KBH: Texas’ Sr. Senator Comments on Baucus Health Care Proposal

Zach Brady, lawyer, to challenge Delwin Jones

Texas lawmakers back boost in NASA spending

No Texans were on the list of the 15 most corrupt members of Congress - if it were a "most stupid" list we'd have several

Texas congressman accuses House Democrats of staging "a distraction"

Some see lottery proposal as slot machine in disguise

UT tightens rule on who gets in automatically

Fort Worth firm is first winner in FDIC toxic asset program

85-year-old charged with shooting at city workers - guess the City of Austin should do a bit better job at letting home owners know what they are up to.

Sunflowers blooming interest for South Plains' farmers

Tech, Western Texas College announce partnership

Locker: Crabtree turning into negative sports symbol

Maverick County tires of hearing budget blues

Drought-plagued marshes still feeling Ike effects

East Texas kid finds recycling pays off

Texan pleads guilty to kidnapping Oklahoma girl

Brazil's JBS to take majority stake in Pilgrim's Pride

Three Hill College Basketball Players Charged In Alleged Campus Rape

Plea for wind farm regulation is postponed in Nueces Co.

Nueces Co. commissioners appoint new JP

Man tries to abduct child at West Texas Fair in Taylor Co.

Should Texas try to protect shoreline or stop fighting nature?

Bomb threat made, and cleared, at West Orange-Stark High School

Texas man dies from bee stings while mowing

Texas motorcycle rider offers polite advice

Police: Texas teen hugs mother, stabs her in back

Port Arthur man's body found in Intracoastal

Shuttle Discovery Might Land at Dyess AFB in Abilene

El Paso district attorney subpoenas judges' relatives

Landry Statue Moved To New Cowboys Stadium

Cowboys set to surpass 100,000 for 1st real game

Man shot in neck during attempted robbery in Dallas

Arrest Warrant Issued For Former Cowboy Eugene Lockhart

Aldine named best urban school system in America

Northwest ISD distributes laptops to students - but remember, they're broke!

Taxpayer financed Dallas convention hotel breaks ground

Dallas DA Watkins Blasts County Commissioners and Sheriff's Office

Candidates for Houston mayor agree: they're all tired of "forums"

Houston council hire consultant to fix animal pound

Rail system to Galveston from Houston proposed

Kemah Boardwalk Ranked In Top 10 in the US by Forbes

TEA issues fitness challenge to “Walk Across Texas!” - get back to the classroom

Thief steals show saddles, equipment from Fair princess - get a rope!

Texas Woman Pleads Guilty In $1 Million Computer Fraud Case

Former presidential candidate Huckabee draws crowd as speaker at Waco fundraiser

Walter E. Williams, the Handsome Man, Speaking in Tyler

Money demanded in Palmview home invasion

Police actively investigating assault case involving Sweetwater athletes

Lawsuit Against Andrews County Judge Continues

Former Wylie College president, Robert Hayes, dies

Ex-Jefferson ISD football coach being investigated for improper relationship with student

New prisons lockdown under way

Texas appeals court won't rule whether judge-prosecutor affair tainted Collin County death penalty trial

Gunmen kill 10 at Mexico drug treatment center

Texas AG confirms ACORN probe

Sen. Hutchison blasts NATO allies over Afghan policy, suggests expulsion
 

09/15/2009

Voter registration deadline approaching - Monday, 05 October 2009

Kino Flores confirms he is retiring from the Texas House

Palmview's Sergio Munoz, Jr. joins fellow democrat Sandra Rodriguez in race for Kino Flores' House seat

Otto announces his run for 2010 reelection

Lubbock lawyer, Zach Brady, expected to announce challenge to state rep. Delwin Jones soon

Health reform a hard call for Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX23)

Rep. Lucio launches fashion line

The race to succeed Ogden

Gov. Perry: Texas Is Increasing Efforts to Combat Transnational Gangs

Texas Civil Justice League PAC Endorses Gov. Perry for Re-election

Giuliani returns to Texas for Perry fundraisers

Giuliani, Perry in San Antonio to discuss gangs, border security

Perry-Giuliani tour stops in Austin

Hutchison said to have missed vote cutting off ACORN - all will miss some votes

Name calling and taunts from Perry on Hutchison's missed ACORN vote

Hutchison camp calls ACORN attacks 'election-year politics" - and so we shall also dismiss all of her campaign's petty press release charges

Hutchison insinuates that Perry is a bully

The $30 million election cost question

Ouch! DeLay says he has stress fracture--but will keep dancing

State violated federal reimbursement rules for immigrant health services, audit finds

State Board of Education (SBOE) to air meetings via the Internet

Texas farmers can seek federal drought help

Golf carts come under scrutiny with new Texas law

Texas Oil & Gas rig count climbing again

Texas foreclosures rise in August

Chase bank boosts Texas lending

Texas receives $5 million in incentive money for increasing adoptions

Texas sees rush on concealed-gun license applications: Permits may top 400,000

Texas director of Public Citizen receives $100,000 award

On PBS, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson bemoans incivility in politics - of all people!

Texas health care premium rise outpaces earnings

A&M continues the slide to radical liberalism

Chickasaw Nation subsidiary wants to buy Lone Star Park

Jefferson Co. Jailer Investigated Over Use of Force

San Antonio police officer kills armed, thug teenager

Rep. Mark Homer says Lubbock mortgage firm deceptive

Tech's Potts named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week

Houston-born actor Patrick Swayze dies at 57

50 years ago, sounds of play were silenced by a blast at Poe Elementary

Possible break in Acres Homes killings

15-year-old Fort Worth girl found safe

Bellmead and Church Settle Half-Way House Lawsuit, Taxpayers Out $550,000

Texas will track how teens fare after driving school

Austin ranks high on desirable cities for students

Customs officers seize $1M at El Paso checkpoint

San Antonio lesbian couple sues over drug raid

Happy birthday dear University of Texas - typical liberal, can't even celebrate without running Texas down at every turn.

UT’s Objectivism Society denounces public education - right on

Blind Texas Woman Swept Away By Floodwaters Monday

Victims Of Deadly Belton School Bus Crash Identified

Blockbuster may close 960 stores by end of next year

Mission man charged in marijuana-by-mail scheme

‘Crazy ants' find new home in San Antonio

Mike Huckabee to visit Waco, speak on life

The Guadalupe River Flows Again, 240 cubic feet per second

Woman attacked, sexually assaulted outside Austin home

Amarillo man charged in home invasion

Armed Men Storm Home, Demand Money

Teen admits to assaulting grandmother

Former Southwest exec. named pres. of Texas Disposal Systems

Report: Austin among best performing U.S. metros

DPS trooper arrested on 2 additional charges

Hutchison Co. GOP gets new chairman: Conny Moore

Corpus Christi City Manager Selects Police Chief

Lubbock County gets new sheriff

State school resident made to fight will testify

Border Patrol seizes nearly 6 tons of marijuana at Falfurrias checkpoint

Church Hero Speaks Out About Catching Woman's Attacker

Marine surprises third-grade pen pal in Conroe classroom

Fort Worth City Council Approves Budget Cuts

Police Chief Behind Bars In North Texas, Former police chief accused of possession of child porn

La Marque ISD police chief under investigation

North Texas Cities Raising Property Taxes - even in recession governments can't do with less!

No further plans to privatize Grayson County Jail

Texas Motor Speedway, family go to court over injuries to boy in 2006

Deputies arrest naked gunman after woman found unresponsive

Billionaire Stanford to get taxpayer-paid public defender!

Editorial: Sex offender should not hold medical license

Huge North Dallas redevelopment project may face foreclosure

Deputy threatens commissioner's arrest at Upshur County meeting

Stolen ID ring busted in Houston

Police Investigate Alleged Gang Rape Of Hill College Coed - but opponents of CHL on campus say colleges are uniquely safe

Million Dollar Technology Helps Valley Vets

College Station Plans Taxpayer Funded Ad Blitz for Red Light Camera Ballot Issue

Man arrested for hit-and-run of 3 Houston-area teens

Rattlesnakes found in San Antonio backyards

Austin College faculty votes no confidence in chancellor

SRT reorganizing; group to honor Texian Navy Saturday

Dallas County reports first death of '09 from West Nile virus

Housing market ends summer on sour note

Health insurance premiums rise slightly, increases are off from recent years

Yvonne Davis elected to DNC Executive Committee
 

09/14/2009

State, local sales tax revenues continue to be impacted by economy

Texas gets federal grant to help workers buy health insurance

$135.4 million to go toward beach protection

Mansion fundraising tops $3.5 million

Combs Appoints Max Westbrook as Chief of Criminal Investigations

‘Pastrami King' has an appetite for Texas politics

Former DA Earle "leaning toward" running for governor

Medina campaign rollout takes aim at Hutchison

Texas Association of Realtors' 160-member Board of Directors unanimously voted to endorse Governor Perry for re-election

Gov. Perry Appoints Lear and Streckfuss to Texas Legislative Committee on Aging

Perry plans Washington fund-raiser

Hutchison decries DC's bi-CZAR-re czar culture

Hutchison raps Obama's "Czarist Washington."

Bill White and rumors of the governor's race

Bill White and John Sharp fund-raising tops most Senate candidates nationwide

Cornyn: Democratic "disaster" gives GOP hope for '10

Gattis announces for Ogden seat

Lawmaker, lawyer and .... urban fashionista (Eddie Lucio) - and it would be fashionisto,

Out There: State of the Statewides

Can Texas become an ethanol powerhouse?

Texas Public Policy Foundation launches headquarters campaign

Tea Party Protests Still Have Steam

Rep. Kevin Brady marched in Washington Tea Party protest

Democrat Heavyweights Come To Dallas to Push for Health Reform

Barton on ObamaCare: New Bureaucracies, New Mandates, New Taxes

Texas businesses, universities set to spend to improve how wind power is harnessed

Future of a Solar Plant in West Texas

Valero, Darling jointly plan biodiesel plant

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Cash?: Shoeless man robs Silsbee Casa Ole

Amber Alert: Teen Abducted at Gunpoint, Companion Killed, Amber Alert Issued For North Texas Teen

El Paso security project may earn

City of Austin denied immunity in civil suit

Clear Channel To Award Agencies $1 Million In Free Ads

Man Tries To Sexually Assault Elderly Woman In Church

Regular customer gets hair cut, robs barber shop, police say

Woodlands man arrested for enticing 9-year-old boy

Postal customer concerned about improper flag display

Texas Pilot Survives Crash Of Homebuilt Helicopter

Local aviators call off missing McAllen pilot search; Mexican officials to continue

Heavy Rain A Boon For Texas Kayakers

Boy, 2, killed by tractor on East Texas farm

Girl, 6, killed while riding her bike in hit-and-run

Man in Taylor Co. jail dies later at hospital

El Paso County girl killed when her aunt hits her with SUV

Norman Borlaug memorial service set for Oct. 6 at Texas A&M

Lubbock County commissioners vote to ban smoking outdoors on courthouse square

Aircraft in Gulf to be tracked using satellites

Texas school leader cancels field trip that includes Bush appearance

Ex-El Paso sheriff's deputy still sought on rape charge

Today will be first free bridge crossing day from El Paso to Mexico

Mesquite ISD student, an 11-year old girl, dies from H1N1 Swine flu

Bring back the SWC? Texas 10 will have to do

School Bus Driver Killed In Bell County Wreck

Denton man wins Chipotle ad contest

8-year-old deemed owner of Midland's smelliest shoes
 

09/12&13/2009

Sen. John Cornyn denounces "ideological fixation" in Meet the Press health care debate

Republican chair Debra Medina joins race for Texas governor

Democrats mull statewide chances

Friction between Perry, Hutchison is nothing new

Another former Tech Regent says the Governor pressured their resignation - excuse me, it is a POLITICAL appointment and both of these people gave big money and support to get the appointments. Now they think it is wrong for it to be POLITICAL? Both of these people are experienced politicians and are campaigning for Hutchison, that's all this is: they are USING Texas Tech in order to campaign for KBH.

Editorial: Perry's treating universities like they are his playground

Bush confidante backs Hutchison over Perry - How is this news, Karen Hughes is a dedicated moderate just as is KBH

In Lubbock visit, Friedman makes case for gubernatorial run

Galveston moving toward recovery a year after Ike

Ike recovery slow in damaged Bolivar Peninsula

Recovery: A report card on performance since Ike

DPS arrests trooper for illegal activity

Overcome by setbacks, Texas rancher fights to save longtime family business

Poverty rate daunting for South Plains, Panhandle - just shows the "poverty" measurements are crap. Our poorest are middle-class in most all the world.

Valley honors friendly face its businesses show the world

Some question need for Gov. Rick Perry's plans to deploy Ranger teams to border

Cop who killed robbery victim fires again

Gregg County South Jail Fire

Bandera police chief heading for trial

Central Texas Flooding Reported

Governor Activates Search And Rescue Teams

El Paso businessman accused of bribery in public corruption probe turns himself in

PGA Tour resort in Bexar Co. wants another tax break

Special Southwest Airlines passes 'are like gold'

Drive-by Shooting Leaves Waco Man Dead, Two Other People Injured

Brownsville couple admits to immigrant prostitution scheme

Death row chaplain admits smuggling out inmate's letters

FBI investigates Jackie Kennedy letter at Dallas auction company

Missing Dimmitt woman's friends form search posse

Nonprofit leader denies he wrote political smear e-mail

Driller's leases have yielded little for property owners

IPod touch helping Mansfield district students learn

In 10 years since Wedgwood Baptist shootings, gunman's brother has found forgiveness at the church

Alicia Landry keeps legacy of Dallas Cowboys' legendary coach alive

Are Texas arsons a case of bad science? Some experts think so

Push would spread broadband across America

El Paso-area burglar makes victims undress

Chuck wagon family cooks up championship spread

Members of burned Texas City church start anew

R.I.P. Norman Borlaug, Nobel laureate for fighting famine, dies
 

09/11/2009

Alberto Gonzales says country safer since 9/11

Sen. Cornyn Statement On 8th Anniversary Of 9/11

Gov. Perry Honors Fallen and Injured Texas Peace Officers and First Responders

Dallas-Fort Worth ceremonies mark 9/11 anniversary

Big weekend for Sen. John Cornyn

National Democrats vow to turn Texas blue

Democratic National Committee chairman says party poised for Texas revival

Ladling on drawl, Sen. Van de Putte stirs Democrats after Leffingwell draws ovation

Another Republican Enters Race To Replace Harriet O’Neill

Taxpayer activist Peggy Venable endorses Rick Perry for governor

Texas State Association of Fire Fighters Endorses Gov. Perry for Re-election

When should Sen. Hutchison resign?

Texas' elections chief says race to fill Hutchison's Senate seat could reach $30 million - congrats to the DMN for actually crediting Texans for Fiscal Responsibility with this story. The AP and many versions online today did not. Pratt on Texas was proud to the bring you the story yesterday directly from the source.

Austin Business Journal online poll give nod to KBH

Kinky Friedman is going to play by the rules

Ogden may not be done yet

State senator's announcement raises speculation he'll try for Chet Edwards' seat

HD 101: Restauranteur, Former Deuell Staffer Seeks Miklos’ Seat

State Rep. Oliveira announces bid for 14th term

Gohmert to Obama: Tell me what bill you are talking about

Rep. Dan Branch says Tier One progress "phenomenal"

Editorial: Texas Supreme Court should OK release of birth dates

Texas governor sends Rangers to Mexico border

Driver's license delays should taper off soon, says DPS

Officials: Prison chaplain admits smuggling Tabler letters

Prison guard charged with smuggling drugs

Appeals court rejects West Texas challenge to Open Meetings Act

Sales tax collections $800 million short for year

Update: I-35 reopens in northern Williamson County, All lanes of I-35 closed between Jarrell & Salado due to flooding

Travis, Williamson under flash flood warnings

Austin took record 1925 heat in stride

System over Houston gets hurricane center's attention

Defendant in Cascade Caverns slaying again convicted

For Dallas' Deep Ellum, hopes ride on DART

Elderly Women Attacked In Their Homes, Investigators Look For Possible Connection

Texas death row inmate pleads case before Londoners

Elgin salutes fallen Marine

Former Sam Bass fire board chief charged again, now in $220,000 theft

Insertion of Liberal’s Texas History Warrants SBOE Action: Part I, Part II, Part III

Texas conservatives angered at proposal to take Christmas out 6th-grade social studies lesson, No “war on Christmas” in social studies curriculum - what B.S., "balance" is a war on Christianity. We can add other religious information without DELETING references to Christianity. Why the push to remove the reference to Christianity if not to diminish it in the minds of students.

Lubbock County Sheriff Conducts Sweep; Arrests Parents Who Failed To Pay Child Support

Gas prices fall 16 cents across Texas, even lower in the Valley

Cameron Co. sheriff's deputy arrested on federal weapons charges

Mayor's trial likely to be held in Brownsville, attorney says

Embattled former attorney Phillip J. Stein surrenders law license

Lumberton ISD board seeks more information about gun proposal

Austin to Grow Green Roofs

Ex-first daughter's TV journalism debut next week

Fire guts Texas City's St. John's Church

Texas can do plenty to loan originators accused of fraud

Arlington school district apologizes for how it handled Obama speech

El Paso man arrested by Mexican army, suspected of being hit man for Juárez drug cartel

Texas Researchers May Hold Key To Beating H1N1

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