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Headlines archived chronologically as
originally posted in 2013, 2nd Quarter
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06/28/2013 |
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
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Second special session starts Monday; Transportation bill also victim of
Tuesday filibuster on abortion bill |
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Law Could Set Stage for Juvenile Justice Reforms |
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Burka: Two Thirds? Or Not Two Thirds? |
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Texas Gov. Perry: Abortion bill will pass |
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Senator Dan Patrick Re-Files RU-486 Bill at Senate Bill 9 |
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Zero Tolerance on Delay of abortion bills |
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'Chipping Away': A Texas Abortion Rights Timeline |
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Senator Duncan discusses historic night in Senate chamber |
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For Democrats, a Line in the Sand |
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Supporters of SB 5 defend Wendy Davis' right to
filibuster bill- I'm not aware of
anyone who thinks she didn't have a right to filibuster. |
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Van de Putte: Why I stood with Wendy: Texas women must be heard |
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How About a Pat on the Back for Senator Donna Campbell? |
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Perry v. Davis. Round 1. |
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Speaker Straus: Perry Crossed Line on Davis
Comments - if you needed more
evidence Straus is a lefty, here it is. |
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House Speaker Straus pans Perry’s remarks on Wendy Davis |
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Perry Defends Davis Comments |
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Wendy Davis’ campaign coffers set to swell |
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Rick Perry-Wendy Davis showdown had a dress rehearsal |
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Perry uses Sen. Wendy Davis’ personal story to
question her abortion stance, prompting backlash |
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Infamous is the correct word for Sen. Davis’ celebrity |
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Wendy Davis: Gov and Lt Gov using abortion as “a
pawn for their own political aspirations”
- see, conservatives aren't allowed to believe in anything, it's all
politics, but of course Davis is acting from personal conviction. |
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The Left: How Rick Perry is working to turn Texas blue |
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Arrestee Talks About Capitol Officers During Filibuster, Defends DPS
Response |
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How Activists Yelled an Abortion Bill to Death |
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A Firsthand Account of the Wendy Davis Texas Filibuster |
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Shoe-maker Mizuno gets bounce out of Sen. Wendy Davis’ filibuster footwear,
as reviewers take abortion battle to Amazon reviews |
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Wendy Davis aide: 2014 run for governor possible |
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U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey pushing to score Texas
Sen. Wendy Davis a speaking role at 2016 Democratic National Convention
- last time it was Ann Richards attacking Gov. Bush - Bush won the election
and then, another. |
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Ted Cruz avoids personal criticism of Wendy Davis but says he disagrees with
what she stood for |
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Cruz: Despite filibuster, Texas opposes abortion |
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Dallas Rep. Stefani Carter using Wendy Davis’ stardom to raise money |
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Permian Basin Coalition prepares for next legislative session |
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GOP’s Dan Patrick blasts David Dewhurst, plans run for Texas lieutenant
governor |
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Burka: Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick? |
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Mob has Dewhurst at a disadvantage |
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Texas Senate blowup threatens Dewhurst's future |
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Cornyn Op-ed: Immigration Reform Must Include Results On Border Security |
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DC: Border congressmen welcome passage of S.744 |
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DC: West fertilizer blast could have been prevented, experts tell U.S.
Senate panel |
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DC: Fish
and Wildlife Service Grant Request on Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Extension |
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DC: Cornyn, Carter Request Six Month Extension for Salamander
Decision |
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DC: Cornyn, McConnell Express Concern Over
Administration Pressure On Sports Groups to Promote Obamacare |
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DC: Neugebauer Statement on CFTC’s Civil Charges Against Corzine |
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DC: Sen. Ted Cruz to address national pro-life convention in Grapevine
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DC: Castro Statement on Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Decision |
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DC: Ted Cruz Slams Democrats For 'Playing Race Card' On Immigration |
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DC: Nearly One in Five Members of Congress Gets Paid Twice |
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DC: Cruz Statement on President Obama's Nomination for State Department IG |
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Austinite to be nominated as ambassador to Austria |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 6/28/2013 |
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Texas Forest Services urges caution over the Independence Day holiday |
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Supreme Court Throws Out D.C. Court’s Rulings Against Texas’ Voter ID,
Redistricting Bills |
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Voter laws, redistricting may not be set in stone |
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Could Texas remain subject to preclearance? Actually, yes. |
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Gallego and Vela allowed to join Texas redistricting case |
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Required Identification for Voting in Person |
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Voter ID: Democrats fret, Republicans applaud |
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Texas Government Insider weekly edition |
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Comptroller's Office Offers Vital Resource for Business Owners Looking for
Answers to Their State Tax Questions |
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Zebra mussels confirmed in Lake Bridgeport |
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Tensions Mar Blast Inquiry in Texas as Agencies Disagree on Goals |
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As George W. Bush lands in Africa, the continent plays host to two American
presidents |
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Charter Schools Strong for Poor, Minority Students |
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TCEQ told: We need drinking water |
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Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
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Deputy constables, later indicted, already had jobs when they were hired |
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South Houston councilman charged with bribing detectives |
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Judge refuses former El Paso County Judge Anthony Cobos' request for trial
delay |
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Prosecutors seizing properties in corrupt police Panama Unit case |
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Feds: Ex-Cameron Co. DA's conviction should be upheld
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Ex-HPD officers plead guilty to conspiring to protect shipment of cocaine |
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Ex-Henrietta High School coach charged over affair with student |
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Travis County Sheriff's Deputy will not face charges in connection with
shooting death |
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Fort Worth police officer arrested for DWI |
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Wife indicted in Texas DA slayings seeks divorce |
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Houston credit union official guilty of embezzlement
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Granbury: Gunman Killed After Shooting Deputy, Police Officer |
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Texas woman indicted in ricin letter-to-Obama case |
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7-year-old Lubbock girl in ICU after pit bull attack |
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Surveillance Video Shows Burglars in Action at Lubbock Liquor Store |
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Autopsy: S.A. man was dead before dismemberment |
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Wife Of Ex-Gatesville Pastor Accused Of Murder Indicted For Perjury |
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Accused rapist gave 14-year-old victim his number |
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New Braunfels pilot killed in fiery crash landing at Zuehl Airport |
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Former Dallas-area Medical Equipment Supplier Sentenced to Prison for Health
Care Fraud |
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Alleged shooter of homeowners in Wichita Falls jail |
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Estate trustee Randy Lynn White Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion |
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First liquor store opens Saturday in Plano |
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Men plead guilty to McAllen kidnapping |
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Beaumont's historic Pig Stand needs rescue now |
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Five rescued by Coast Guard after boat swamps in Houston Ship Channel |
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2 Eagle Pass sisters missing, police seek help |
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Mosquito sample tests positive for West Nile in Baytown area |
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06/27/2013 |
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
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Gov. Perry signs three redistricting bills |
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Democrats Win Battle, but Perry Determines the War |
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Perry, Texas GOP revive abortion limits fight |
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Gov. Perry: Texas Will Continue to Build on Our Legacy of Life |
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Agency says time stamp on abortion bill was correctly changed |
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Texplainer: What Does the Parliamentarian Do? |
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Pratt: Texas GOP senators surrender Step by Ugly Step |
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Davis says voting documents altered after
filibuster - how would she know? |
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Despite National Spotlight, Davis Faces Fight in Texas |
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Pratt: Infamous best describes Sen. Davis’ celebrity |
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Cooke: Stand with . . . Death. No, Wendy Davis is not a hero. |
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Gov. Rick Perry says Sen. Wendy Davis should consider her own life in
abortion views; Davis says comments reflect ‘dark, negative point of view’ |
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Perry Says Davis Didn't Learn From Own Example |
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Perry: Davis’ origins should make her care more for ‘right to life’ |
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The last time a Texas male politician tried to
trivialize a female challenger, it didn’t work out too well
- but he didn't "trivialize" Davis, quite the opposite. Libs are truly mixed
up on almost everything. |
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Texas abortion fight a rallying cry |
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Wendy Davis ‘tweetstorm’ was planned in advance |
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Wendy Davis: From Fort Worth neighborhood leader to international media
sensation |
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Wendy Davis filibuster stars in The Daily Show |
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Wendy Davis appears live on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360° |
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Davis’ star ascends, Dewhurst’s fades after Senate meltdown |
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Wendy Davis, next Texas governor?
- daydreams of the Left. Only an imploding Republican could allow the Dems
even a chance in a November election in Texas at present. |
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Not a Pretty Night in Texas (Tuesday night) |
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Burka: What the Filibuster Means
- the very things energizing Dems will be what prevents her from winning an
election. |
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Off Texas Senate floor, bit players pro and con did their parts in
filibuster fight |
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Dewhurst fundraising pitch: I fought the mob (and the mob won) |
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State Rep. Susan King reacts to abortion filibuster |
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Rep. Drew Springer Talks Texas Senate Bill 5 and Voter I.D. |
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Rep. Charles Perry Responds to Session End, As New Session Called |
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Lubbock's Duncan on contentious night: 'System does not work if decorum not
observed' - But Bob, why are you just
understanding this? It's not the system that doesn't work, it's
Democrat who do not observe the system. This should be no surprise
to you. |
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Video: Final Moments of the Filibuster |
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Editorial: Special session’s wild finish nets zero results |
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Editorial: Let’s avoid a rerun of Texas special session |
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Texas Lawmakers Will Get Another Chance To Pass Transportation Funding Bill |
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Transportation funding bill filed again |
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In 2nd special, remember, Dan Branch = Joe Straus |
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Sen. Patrick announces bid for Lt. Gov,
more |
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Dan Patrick eyes higher office |
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Dewhurst: Come and take it! |
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Dewhurst Brings Obama Into Abortion Debate
- actually press corps member, it was the Obama's official Twitter feed
which first injected the President into the Texas debate. |
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San Antonio's Mayor Castro Says Texas Should Legalize Gay Marriage NOW |
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Perry delays announcement on running again
- exactly as I expected |
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Polling Center: Does Texas Still Burn for Perry? |
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Big-money battle over Texas voters |
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Attorney General Greg Abbott describes paralyzing accident as he tells
pro-life convention that all life has value |
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DC: Senate Panel Probes Chemical Regulation In Wake Of West Blast |
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DC: West
blast: Sen. Boxer prods EPA to track ammonium nitrate better |
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DC: West blast: Fertilizer trade group laments regulatory lapses, too |
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DC: West hearing: “No one had to get hurt” |
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DC: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to introduce bill to ban mid-decade
redistrictings |
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DC: Historic immigration legislation passes U.S. Senate 68 to 32, Cruz &
Cornyn vote NO |
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DC: Sen. Cruz Statement on Gang of Eight Bill Vote |
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Trading Austin for Austria: Obama picks bundler Alexa Wesner for plum
embassy |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 6/27/2013 |
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Texas Carries Out 500th Execution; Inmate Calls Death "A Win" |
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Supreme Court vacates judgments in Texas redistricting and voter ID cases |
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As expected, the Supreme Court tosses out Texas appeals for Voter ID and
redistricting |
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Election Offices, Central Texans Sound Off On Texas Voter ID Law |
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Officials work to get voter ID law going |
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Congressman, others file suit against state voter ID law |
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Lubbock Groups Say New Voter ID Requirements Will Hurt Turnout |
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White House Touts Kenyan Program to Obtain National ID Cards for
Voter Registration |
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Texas Hopes to Compete for Data Center Business |
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Couple Indicted in Slaying of Texas Prosecutors |
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Open carry celebration, march scheduled downtown Tyler July 4th |
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OK given to eat spotted sea trout from portions of Galveston Bay |
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1,170 Flags Mark Those Killed On Texas Roadways From A Drunk Driver |
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Texas ranks high in dog-bite claims |
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
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Eddie Lucio’s attorneys seek change of venue |
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Orange & Port Arthur police officers arrested |
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Tyler Morning Telegraph sports reporter charged with sexual assault of a
child out on bond |
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Police officers involved in Abilene-area deadly shootings not indicted |
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3 taken to hospital after crash with ambulance in San Antonio |
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Three-time DWI offender guilty of murder |
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Body found in missing Bexar Co. sheriff deputy's car |
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Convicted San Antonio dermatologist's son killed on I-10, suicide |
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Cameron Co. DA: 8-liner operated in fake karate business,
more |
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DOMA ruling makes life-changing day for Austin
teen - her "rights" to the exclusion
of all others. |
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Slaton man receives mandatory life sentence for sexual assault of a child |
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ABC's The Bachelorette Men Come To Lubbock This Weekend |
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Another Zombie
Attack- Waco Man Ingests K2, Eats Family Dog |
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Rock Slide Traps Texans in Hawaii
- all this outdoor, eco-tourism is just so healthy! |
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Lance Armstrong Downsizes Into New Austin House |
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Girl dies after near drowning at McKinney Falls |
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Authorities Identify Body Found In Neches River in May |
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Dallas man robbed, pistol whipped |
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Dallas woman charged in two-year-old son's death |
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Weslaco mother charged for leaving toddler in hot car |
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Houston mom arrested, accused of abandoning son at beauty salon
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DEA
Busts Aryan Brotherhood Drug Ring in Midland |
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Midland: Nitrous oxide system explodes in vehicle fire |
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Beaumont teen spends 8 months at sea aboard 1928-built tall-ship
Picton Castle |
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Police: Man thought gun was unloaded when he shot himself in head
- stupid is as stupid does.
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Woman arrested, accused of having brass knuckles in carry-on bag at Hobby
Airport |
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24 pit bulls rescued from suspected dog fighting ring in Bexar County |
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San Antonio man convicted in motorcycle wreck that killed fiancée |
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Suspected shoplifter allegedly shot by store owner in SW Houston |
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Police: El Paso woman tries to kill mother 'possessed by devil' |
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Uh-Oh! Careful with that barbecue grill brush |
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Texas teen arrested in fatal beating of 5-year-old |
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06/26/2013 |
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
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Dems and their Gallery mob kill SB5, other bills, by running out
clock |
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For Dewhurst, a Critical Failure with a Large Audience |
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Editorial: Failure of GOP leadership derails needed abortion
legislation |
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Dewhurst declares abortion bill dead, blames 'unruly mob' |
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Minute by minute: How the abortion vote happened |
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Crowd disruption doomed abortion bill
- an insult to every Texan who votes. They've had their General
Election vote robbed by a mob that stopped the process from working. |
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Chaos at the Capitol: Wendy Davis’ filibuster falls short… and
carries the day |
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Abortion bill didn't pass after all |
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SB5 didn't pas but over 20,000 sign petition to have it vetoed! |
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Texas Senate Fails To Pass Controversial Abortion Measure |
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Legislative
Reference Library explains changing time stamps on SB5 vote
- so the vote was taken in time but the leftwing mob's noise kept
the clerk for hearing. |
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Protesters help prevent vote on abortion bill |
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Dewhurst reverses himself, declares vote on tough abortion bill came
too late to pass |
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About last night: how the abortion bill failed |
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Crowd disruption doomed abortion bill |
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Mob Rule |
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The power players from Tuesday’s filibuster drama |
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Filibuster Launches Davis Onto National Stage |
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The Wendy Davis Rebellion in Texas |
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Slideshow: Filibuster Dominates Last Day of Session |
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Wendy Davis Gets the Taiwanese Animation Treatment |
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Texas speech on abortion bill becomes a sensation
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Straus is the bad guy, call another special
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Opinion: What Jodie Laubenberg said: Not
just wrong, but creepy too -
good to know that pro-abortion folks even have a threshold of
"disgusting". I find murdering babies for the convenience of adults
to be rather disgusting too! |
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Texas highway funding measure dies as special session ends |
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In Abortion Fight, Other Bills Were Collateral Damage |
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Which maps? Gov. Perry’s office not saying yet |
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Gov.
Perry signs redistricting maps passed in the Special Session (court-drawn as
opposed to those passed in 2011) ending speculation on which mpas |
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Rep. Schaefer Opposes U.S. Supreme Court Action on DOMA |
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Dem state Rep. Mark Strama leaving office for job at Google |
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Strama’s departure from politics leaves questions |
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George P. Bush senses rare opportunity in bid for land commissioner |
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Kronberg helps try to “turn Texas blue” |
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Wendy Davis would still face uphill fight in Texas |
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Meet Wendy Davis, the Democrats' New Superstar |
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The Culture War That Social Conservatives Could Win |
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Suit filed by Congressman Veasey, others to bar Texas voter ID law |
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DC: Sen. Cruz to Hold All State Dept. Nominees Until President
Nominates Inspector General |
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DC: Sen.. Cruz Comments on SCOTUS DOMA, Proposition 8 Decisions |
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DC: Cornyn Addresses De Facto Earmarks in Immigration Bill |
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DC: Neugebauer Statement on Supreme Court Decisions on Same Sex Marriage |
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DC: Sen. John Cornyn calls belatedly disclosed income an “oversight” |
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Voting Rights: Sen. John Cornyn fine to end preclearance but open to new
formula |
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DPS Situation Awareness Report for 6/26/2013 |
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2 women settle lawsuit with DPS for roadside body cavity search |
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Overall Major Crime Rate in Texas Drops in 2012 while violent crime
increased |
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Texas Most Wanted Fugitive Arrested in California |
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New DPS Corpus Christi Crime Lab Includes Firearms Testing Range,
more |
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TxDOT introduces new anti-drunk driving campaign |
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Storm Protection Stirs Debate Along Texas Gulf Coast |
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Texas woman set to be 500th execution in state |
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Pratt: Be wary of claims of your town being #1 for STD’s or teen pregnancy |
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After new policy, Boy Scouts still losing money, sponsors |
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Texas Fish Consumption Warning Updated |
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Labor union says enactment of Voter ID will lead
to fewer voters - why? Are AFL-CIO
members too stupid to get a photo ID? |
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Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
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Defendant seeks records about lawyers mentioned during corruption
case |
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DA says no probe of Limon, San Benito ISD chief |
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Harris Co. deputy constables indicted on "double-dipping" charges |
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El Paso: Highway worker killed in hit-and-run crash |
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Protective Order Fails in Lubbock's Double Murder
- depending upon gov't for personal safety is demonstrably
dangerous. |
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Eighty-Year-Old Man Arrested in Lubbock For Holding Man & Child at Gunpoint |
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Federal authorities raid Abilene head shop |
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Family Goes Without Power for a Week After Abilene Storms |
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John Perry: Has freedom of speech crossed the line? |
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South Texas man gets nearly 20 years in drug case |
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Austin doctor charged in alleged $2M billing fraud |
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Waco's Wind-Whipped Grassfire Contained |
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Gulf Freeway reopens after fatal crash |
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More Victims Come Forward In Alleged Cameron Real Estate Scam |
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McAllen shooting suspect pleads not guilty in Brownsville drug probe |
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Tejano superstar Joe Lopez could retrieve trial evidence |
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Crime spree terrorizes Wharton mother |
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Feud between Crosby neighbors has tragic ending |
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Police: Fleeing suspect killed by officer had escaped before |
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Houston man gets more prison time in sex ring |
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Two-headed turtle hatches at San Antonio zoo |
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Palo Duro Canyon park super: Hiker killed in fall left trail, slipped over
edge |
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Beaumont residents evacuated because of gas leak |
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Mission Man Wins $1 Million in Lotto Scratch-Off Game |
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Deputies find 6-foot long alligator, snakes in Splendora home during drug
bust |
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Central El Paso's Monteleone's Ristorante to be featured on Syfy Channel
today |
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Home Invasion Sends Two to Hospital in Corpus Christi |
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Man Killed In North Dallas Robbery Attempt |
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Austin Couple Has a Whataburger Wedding Cake |
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Denton man gets 12 years for raping, assaulting his daughter |
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Maryland man accused of soliciting College Station girl for sex via Skype |
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Former employee accused of stealing $230,000 from ARC of Texas |
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Arrest made in shooting at a Wichita Falls park |
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06/25/2013 |
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
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House finishes work, adjourns special session |
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Texas lt. gov. stops filibuster on abortion rules, but Democrats appeal
decision, want vote |
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Texas abortion bill falls after challenge
- this is the mob-rule you get from the Left and stronger GOP leadership is
needed. |
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Filibuster
broken against abortion bill |
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Drama
unfolds in abortion bill filibuster |
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Ex-teen mom heads filibuster versus abortion limit |
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Sen. Wendy Davis filibusters against abortion bill |
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Texplainer: What Are the Rules of a Filibuster? |
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Most Action in Senate on Special Session's Final Day |
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A Star is Reborn: Wendy Davis’ second filibuster likely to launch her into
higher orbit |
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Sens. Deuell and Davis start Q&A over abortion bill during filibuster |
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Democrats Plan to Kill Texas Abortion Bill With
13-Hour Filibuster - I like the
headline. The Dems will "kill" a bill so that they can keep killing babies
easily. |
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Senate filibuster begins against abortion restrictions |
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Cecile Richards: Abortion bill ‘straw that broke
the camel’s back’ - what must it be
like to be known for your work to make sure that the irresponsible have an
easy path to murder baby human beings? |
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Valley House delegation split on abortion bill as locals protest at Capitol |
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Important teen capital murder sentence bill likely to die due to Democrat
filibuster |
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Bill allowing prosecution of juveniles for capital crimes passes House |
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Texas House narrowly approves road funding plan |
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TPPF Chart on 2013 Session Spending - updated |
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Supreme Court decision on Voting Rights Act clears way for Texas laws,
more |
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Li: Supreme Court strikes down section 5 coverage formula - the impact for
Texas |
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SCOTUS voids Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
- short good summary of the ruling |
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AG Abbott says voter ID law will 'take effect immediately' |
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Statement by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on VRA ruling |
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Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Shelby Co. v. Holder |
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TEA Commissioner Michael Williams on VRA ruling |
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Statement of MALC chair Trey Martinez Fischer on VRA ruling |
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Photo ID now required for voting in Texas |
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Texas Election Identification Certificates Available June 26 |
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DPS to Offer Free Voter ID Cards |
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Interactive: The Maps at the Heart of the Redistricting Debate |
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Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act could renew battle over Texas
redistricting |
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Pratt: Special session was as unimpressive as the regular. |
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Rep. Springer proud House passed SB5, omnibus pro-life bill |
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Rep. Simmons touts vote for pro-life SB5 |
|
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House launches impeachment proceedings against UT Regent Wallace Hall |
|
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Straus issues proclamation for investigation of UT regent |
|
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Rep. Fynn: Impeachment Probe of UT Regent Launched |
|
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Transparency Committee To Mull Impeachment of UT Regent |
|
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West fertilizer blast: Senate posts witness list for Thursday hearing |
|
|
Kate Galbraith leaves Texas Capitol press corps, moves to California |
|
|
Mark Miner Returning to Team Perry |
|
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Libs indoctrinate future Latino liberals |
|
|
Domingo Garcia sues Federal Election Commission after his congressional
campaign gets hit with five-figure fine |
|
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Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings endorses Obamacare, health care for the poor |
|
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FreedomWorks vows to fight Dems in Texas |
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DC: Sen. Ted Cruz with Ben Ferguson on WBAP |
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DC: Cruz Joins Sean Hannity, talks about our nation's immigration system |
|
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DC: Cruz and Cornyn vote “no” on Corker-Hoeven border security plan |
|
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DC: Sen. Cruz Applauds Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court Decision
|
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Sen.
Ted Cruz Speaks in Support of his Amendment to Defund Obamacare and Stop the
Amnesty Tax |
|
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DC: Neugebauer: Farm Bill and Supreme Court Cases to Watch |
|
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DC: Neugebauer, Others Request Extension for Public Input on Lesser Prairie
Chicken |
|
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DC: Neugebauer: Yes: HR 1947, The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk
Management Act of 2013 (Farm Bill) |
|
|
AFP-Texas Applauds House Members Who Voted No on Farm Bill |
|
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DC: Senator Cornyn Joins Effort to Repeal Death Tax |
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DC: Cornyn Responds to New Obama Climate Policies |
|
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Border congressmen unite to oppose Corker-Hoeven amendment |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief 6/25/2013 |
|
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DPS Boosts DWI Patrols for July 4th Holiday |
|
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Sex assault among TDCJ Montford Unit inmates at higher rate than national
estimate |
|
|
Grim milestone: Texas set to execute 500th inmate |
|
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The executed: A glance at 10 key Texas executions |
|
|
Photo ID now required for voting in Texas |
|
|
DPS to Offer Free Voter ID Cards |
|
|
Texas Election Identification Certificates Available June 26 |
|
|
After explosion in West, recovery is stop and go
|
|
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Texas EquuSearch gets large donation |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
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Former Alpine finance director Chavez arrested |
|
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Criminal complaint against Travis Co. DA Lehmberg could delay July civil
trial |
|
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Ex-Bowie High (El Paso ISD) official files $1 million lawsuit over firing |
|
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Three fires ignite, two ruled arson in Presidio |
|
|
Playboy reveals all about installation west of Marfa |
|
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Klapheke trial date moved to September; change of venue hearing set for August |
|
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Accident injures five, closes part of I-20 in Abilene |
|
|
Cushman Club national meeting hits downtown Abilene,
more |
|
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New Details in Lubbock's Double Murder Suicide Case |
|
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Man accused of molesting girl at Fiesta Texas |
|
|
Teen owns golf honor, not Mercedes |
|
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14-year-old impaled by steer statue at Lubbock's Ranching Heritage Center |
|
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Rosenberg: Mom arrested after kids are left in motel room |
|
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Kingwood man accused of soliciting sex with mom, daughter |
|
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McAllen case linked to Brownsville bombing |
|
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North Texas couple arrested in deaths of puppies |
|
|
San Antonio museum tells firefighting story |
|
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Bastrop pastor gets probation in cat death |
|
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Woman killed after pointing gun at Round Rock police |
|
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Montague Co:
Body discovered, daughter arrested in connection with death |
|
|
Hiker Dies After Fall In Palo Duro Canyon |
|
|
Spanish court investigates Lance Armstrong |
|
|
Burglar smashes into southwest Houston tattoo parlor, escapes with $2 |
|
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Houston PD officer slams into driver during attempted traffic stop |
|
|
La Porte among coastal areas impacted by FEMA remapping |
|
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06/24/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
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Dewhurst predicts callback for another special,
more |
|
|
Dewhurst tells Senator he'll push abortion vote |
|
|
Letter reveals Dewhurst-Van de Putte exchange |
|
|
Charter plane sent to pick up Sen. Eltife for abortion debate |
|
|
Senate could suspend all rules to take up abortion bill today |
|
|
Texas Senate has a history of record-breaking filibusters |
|
|
Texas House passes abortion law; Dems seek delay |
|
|
House gives final approval to tougher abortion rules |
|
|
Slideshow: Scenes from Abortion Debate at Capitol |
|
|
Hundreds protest Texas abortion restrictions
- don't get in the way of killing babies for the convenience of
irresponsible "adults" - shame beyond all shame. |
|
|
Texas abortion bill sponsor doesn’t know what a
rape kit is - maybe but Jodie knows
what a rape-prevention device is: a concealed handgun. |
|
|
Are we headed to double overtime on abortion? |
|
|
Abortion, Protests, Transportation as Session Nears End |
|
|
House OKs transportation funding, sentencing bills |
|
|
Pratt: An abdication of fiscal restraint: Rainy day roads. |
|
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Bill allowing prosecution of juveniles for capital crimes passes |
|
|
Pitts tries to impeach UT system regent, opposed to vigorous oversight |
|
|
Pitts files resolution to adopt impeachment procedures for UT Regent Hall |
|
|
Rep. Aycock named to Texas Monthly’s Top 10
Legislators of 2013 - demonstrating
his RINO credentials |
|
|
Barry Smitherman running for Attorney General if Abbott moves on |
|
|
Railroad Commission is a Stop, Not a Destination |
|
|
Greg Abbott, who’s held statewide office for 18 years, introduces himself to
voters in new video featuring Fred Thompson |
|
|
Mackowiak Says Perry Most Likely Will Not Run For Governor Again |
|
|
How’s the Rick Perry national political rehabilitation tour going? |
|
|
A Texan Takes Manhattan: With Gov. Rick Perry in New York. |
|
|
Perry’s anti-regulation zeal may bring business
to Texas, but it also risks Texans’ safety
- silly |
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DC: Sen. Cruz Statement on Fisher v. University of Texas Supreme Court
Decision |
|
|
DC: Cruz: Latest “Deal” from the Senate: Pass Amnesty First, Read the Bill
Later |
|
|
DC: Sen. Cruz: We Have Seen This Play Before – Reminiscent of Obamacare |
|
|
DC: Cornyn to Oppose Hoeven-Corker Amendment |
|
|
J. Graham: WaPo's 'Fact Check' Falsely Slams Sen. Cruz (And Me) On
Immigration |
|
|
DC: Immigration bill clears Senate test, Cruz & Cornyn vote against |
|
|
DC: On food stamp challenge, Stockman aide busted budget, but… |
|
|
A Quarter of Young People Don’t Want Health Insurance, Think it’s a Ripoff |
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|
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|
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief 6/24/2013 |
|
|
$10,000 Reward Offered for Violent Dallas Fugitive |
|
|
Supreme Court punts on racist college admissions, send UT case to lower
court - see higher ed. section for
more |
|
|
Supreme Court refuses to review 'Norfolk 4' case |
|
|
Supreme Court sends back doctor's discrimination lawsuit (UT Southwestern) |
|
|
Report: Texas among 10 worst states to be a kid
- what a stupid ranking by leftwingers |
|
|
Test scores highlight ineffective school funding
- ridiculous socialist argument that spending is an equalizer.
|
|
|
What The New Charter School Bill Could Mean For Texas |
|
|
Texas Schools: Living the Good Life on Taxpayers’ Dime |
|
|
Forced to Go CSCOPE-Free, Rural Districts Want Out of State Accountability-
this is such B.S. as curriculum content in CSCOPE didn't even exist a few
years ago. |
|
|
TEA memo to superintendents on coming school accountability ratings |
|
|
Students from military families merit in-state tuition |
|
|
Texas
tackles its water woes amid reminders of continuing problems |
|
|
State job training for veterans to be expanded |
|
|
Lively debate on prevalence of healthcare fraud in Rio Grande Valley |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Pearland police fatally shoot patient in custody |
|
|
3 dead in Lubbock County in apparent murder-suicide |
|
|
Houston's R&B Hitmaker Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland Dies at 83,
more |
|
|
Copper thieves hit Houston church three separate times |
|
|
Houston teen accused of impersonating firefighter |
|
|
Rosenberg police find $2 million worth of heroin during traffic stop |
|
|
Houston homosexual "pride" event brings thousands into Montrose |
|
|
Air Force One Flight Attendants trained at Lackland AFB in Texas |
|
|
Kingwood thief caught on video trying on shoes, peeing on patio |
|
|
Package sparks bomb scare near Bush airport |
|
|
Botched Home Invasion in Pharr |
|
|
Dallas Homeowner Shoots Suspected Backyard Burglar |
|
|
Missing 81-year-old Fort Worth man found |
|
|
United Methodist Church removes Austin lesbian from ordination track |
|
|
Mesquite man arrested for leaving 5 kids in van while he went to bar |
|
|
Armadillos Perplex South Carolina Residents |
|
|
Lubbock Teen Dies After Hide-and-Seek Accident at National Ranching
Heritage Center |
|
|
06/22&23/2013 |
|
|
Democrats use technicality to halt House debate on abortion bill |
|
|
Texas lawmakers scramble on issues as special session deadlines loom |
|
|
Texas lawmakers pass key special session bills |
|
|
The Mother of All Mondays at SCOTUS |
|
|
Texas Senate passes political maps |
|
|
Senate wraps up redistricting |
|
|
Big changes in store for Texas public schools, but not yet |
|
|
Testing Changes Put College Readiness in Spotlight |
|
|
Birds, fish, waterways among winners as state park closures averted |
|
|
New law requires Texas animal shelters to
eliminate gas chambers - dumb |
|
|
Sen Van de Putte's father dies in major accident |
|
|
Copelin: Perry’s ‘other’ decision; electricity debate resumes with
governor’s call on appointee |
|
|
Decision day looms for Perry on re-election |
|
|
Scramble for Texas statewide offices could soon be underway |
|
|
Texas is big, but Texans aren’t big on talking politics |
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|
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|
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Ted Cruz: “It Is Very Hard to Trust This Obama Administration” |
|
|
Longtime U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall to donate papers to Texas A&M
University-Commerce |
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|
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Inmate survey: Amarillo unit has high assault rate |
|
|
Rare nature sightings in Texas' Davis Mountains |
|
|
Alleging ‘political dirty tricks’ in Las Vegas, Domingo Garcia loses
bid to become LULAC’s national president |
|
|
Austin supported living center keeps Medicaid money |
|
|
Terrell State Hospital leader quits amid federal investigation |
|
|
Georgetown team claims world rocketry title |
|
|
The Bush’s Are Going To Africa |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
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|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Judge orders testing of Travis Co. DA Lehmberg's blood, hair samples |
|
|
1 dead, 2 Dallas officers hurt after stabbing |
|
|
Police kill domestic violence suspect in Fort Worth |
|
|
Judge rules against man convicted of laced letters |
|
|
Pilot injured in glider crash near Navasota |
|
|
Texan gets prison for arranging sham marriages |
|
|
Dallas police say fired worker returns, kills boss |
|
|
Killeen man pleads guilty to killing neighbor |
|
|
Big Spring man dies in oilfield-related accident |
|
|
DPS finds 'large amount' of drugs in Lamb County traffic stop |
|
|
Grand Prairie police rescue stray horses from busy I-20 |
|
|
Swimmers' body recovered in Galveston |
|
|
Motorcyclist dragged, killed by stolen SUV in NE Houston |
|
|
Police: Man bit store clerk’s thumb off |
|
|
Pickup driver dies in fiery two-car crash in Arlington |
|
|
Two Birdville High students killed in freak Oklahoma accident |
|
|
San Antonio shoots for world record in swimming |
|
|
Wife turned in road-rage shooting suspect |
|
|
Alligator Found in "Doomsday Prepper's" House |
|
|
Pflugerville PD: Recreational use led to barrel in lake |
|
|
South Texas man saves 2,000 by donating blood |
|
|
Temple woman killed after running in front of dump truck |
|
|
Feral hogs invade Lufkin's Brookhollow subdivision |
|
|
Armed Grand Prairie resident says he shot two men, including one fatally |
|
|
Missing and endangered teen found by DPS trooper near Vega |
|
|
Two Men Attempt to Steal Heavy Equipment from City of Edcouch |
|
|
South Texas woman gets prison for arranging sham marriages for immigrants |
|
|
Train hits, kills man lying on tracks |
|
|
Scared Houston mom hears burglary at her home live over phone |
|
|
Bellaire car dealer known for ads arrested again on child sex charges |
|
|
Harris Co. jail phone call leads to 2 arrests in homicide |
|
|
06/21/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Legislative Stonewalling For Ivory Tower |
|
|
McCown: The Wrong Route to Road Funding
- right on what's wrong with SJR2 but wrong on his veiled push for an income
tax. |
|
|
Many legislators are taking a per diem payment - when not in Austin |
|
|
Lawmakers abuse 'per diem' expense pay |
|
|
Sen. Williams calls out Sen. Patrick for voting against budget |
|
|
Feud Between Patrick and Williams Escalates |
|
|
Texas House takes on big issues: redistricting, abortion, road funding |
|
|
House Debates Sentencing for 17-Year-Old Murderers |
|
|
Road Funding, Veto Override Hit Hurdles in Hearing |
|
|
The Solstice Uprising: Abortion rights advocates extend House hearing toward
dawn. |
|
|
House committee debate on abortion brings out advocates on both sides,
more |
|
|
Hundreds testify against new Texas abortion regs until 3:30am |
|
|
Emotional 10-hour abortion hearing ends without a vote on bills |
|
|
Crowd asked to leave during hearing invited back in to continue testimony on
House abortion bills |
|
|
Abortion bill advances after emotional night with 700 signed up to testify |
|
|
House panel approves abortion measures |
|
|
House pushes through GOP-preferred districts
- the adopted the districts drawn by the court! |
|
|
House passes redistricting maps |
|
|
The adopted version of the state house map: Plan H358 |
|
|
Li: Takeaways from House redistricting action |
|
|
Editorial: Sen. Patrick SOS bill dying well-deserved death |
|
|
New Texas law bans some Class C misdemeanors for disruptive students |
|
|
New state law could put hitch in trailer registration process |
|
|
UT/TT Poll: Partisan Splits on Guns in Texas |
|
|
Perry Wants to Save Water, Keep the Railroad Commission Unreformed |
|
|
Perry signs water conservation bills amongst worsening drought conditions |
|
|
LaRouchies invade LaPorte! |
|
|
Democrats are
targetting Congressman Blake Farenthold |
|
|
Texas Democratic Officials Post "It Gets Better" Video
- I think Dems are promoting homosexuality, not just tolerance. |
|
|
Is Hillary the answer for the beleaguered Texas Democrats? |
|
|
Candidates Race to Prove Themselves in Finance Primary |
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|
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|
|
DC: Neugebauer Statement on the Farm Bill |
|
|
Texas Border Coalition saddened to see Cornyn's border security
amendment die |
|
|
DC: Democrat, Republican eye compensation for ranchers with property
damaged by illicit traffic |
|
|
DC: Cornyn Questions Hoeven-Corker Border Security Amendment |
|
|
DC: New Cornyn Education Bill Aims to Bring Schools to ‘A-PLUS’ Standards |
|
|
DC: Culberson: Removing Waste, Fraud & Abuse from Welfare System |
|
|
DC: Ted Cruz on Why He Opposes the Gang of Eight Immigration Bill |
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|
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief 6/21/2013 |
|
|
DPS: Rio Grande Flooding Situation Report 7 |
|
|
WSJ: As Prisons Squeeze Budgets, GOP Rethinks Crime Focus |
|
|
Texas Government Insider weekly edition |
|
|
Staples: Conserve Water Before the Tap Runs Dry |
|
|
West Texas Town [Barnart] Dealing With Water Shortages |
|
|
Houston Medical Equipment Supplier Indicted in Health Care Fraud Case
Investigated by State and Federal Officials |
|
|
San Antonio Spurs’ title drive runs out of gas in Game 7 |
|
|
Report It:
Citizen Property Inventory System |
|
|
Joshua ISD apologizes after muting
valedictorian’s speech - now fire
that principal |
|
|
Audie Murphy, a Hero Still Missing One Medal - Texas' |
|
|
Protect Water
Rights Coalition says don't mess with Texans' property rights. |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Ex-Salado Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sexual Assault Of Teenage Student |
|
|
Judson ISD teacher who told students to bully the bully found guilty |
|
|
Former City of Austin permit reviewer indicted on bribery charges |
|
|
Is racism keeping Houston abortion clinics open? |
|
|
Houston: Abandoned infant found after fire extinguished |
|
|
Woman wanted in stabbing crashes Brazoria patrol car |
|
|
Two sons charged in shooting deaths of mothers |
|
|
Man Who Disappeared While Fishing Found Dead In Lake Belton |
|
|
San Antonio Man found in creek bed committed suicide |
|
|
Evening Storms Bring Wall of Dirt to Lubbock and South Plains |
|
|
National Weather Service surveys tornado damage in Sundown |
|
|
Hockley County: Storms unleash tornadoes, hail and heavy rain |
|
|
Amarillo-area: Trees uprooted, power lines and roofs damaged |
|
|
Amarillo: High winds cause area power outages |
|
|
Power restored to all but 82 Xcel customers |
|
|
Train derailment blamed on high winds |
|
|
Oil rig accident claims life of Big Spring man |
|
|
Clay County Killer Walks Free |
|
|
KTRK Neglects NACA’s “Bank Terrorism” Tactics As Less Well Known ACORN |
|
|
Enron’s Skilling gets more than 10 years cut off sentence |
|
|
Monkey Nips At Aransas Pass Policeman During Traffic Stop
- I bet he wanted to shoot that sucker! |
|
|
Fire alarm prompts evacuation of Austin's airport for 10 minutes only |
|
|
2 METRO Police Motorcycles in Houston Collide |
|
|
Jim Wells County Deputies Find 200 Pounds of Marijuana During Bust |
|
|
First group of Kemp's ridley sea turtles to be released Saturday |
|
|
Man charged in early-morning Waco home invasion |
|
|
Waco woman accused of attacking her great-grandmother |
|
|
Houston family safe after home invasion |
|
|
Bellaire hero who stopped robber arrested again on sexual assault charges |
|
|
Stepdad helps 12-year-old escape kidnapping attempt
|
|
|
Texan guilty in porn case offers to mentor kids |
|
|
Port Arthur mom accused of leaving kids alone with 'liquor, knives' |
|
|
Texas Litters SPI Beach With Spy Cameras |
|
|
06/20/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
News from the
Special Session |
|
|
Anti-wimp update |
|
|
Rick Perry's
future |
|
|
Farm Bill falls
in DC |
|
|
|
Special Session Goals Unfinished as End Draws Near |
|
|
House Legislator Plans to Bring Back "Preborn Pain" Bill |
|
|
UT/TT Poll: Texans Split on Permissibility of Abortions
- 59% are not for this easy-abortion for any reason stuff, 16%+30%+13%.
Only 36% are for easy baby killing (a sickening reality). |
|
|
Texplainer: Is Omnibus Abortion Bill Unconstitutional? |
|
|
Rep. Jim Pitts launches impeachment effort
against UT regent - what is being
covered up at UT? These folk sure are hot to get rid of strong oversight
from Regents. Jim Pitts needs removal from the Lege by voters but sadly that
isn't likely to happen. He damn sure doesn't want more oversight of the
big-spending college administrations - he and others in the Lege don't want
to stop the gravy train of favors and retirement jobs these institutions
provide. |
|
|
Pitts Working to Impeach Controversial UT System Regent |
|
|
Lawmaker’s bid to restore public corruption unit’s money has House GOP
leaders’ tacit support - just proves
that leadership has an odd idea of ethics and corruption if they want the
group run by a convict. |
|
|
Rare veto override sought to restore Public Integrity Unit funding |
|
|
Sen. Nichols Passes Significant Transportation Funding Legislation
Out of Senate |
|
|
Pratt: Legislators feed bad management at TxDOT |
|
|
Federal fight? Texas redistricting
likely headed back to feds -
come on Enrique, any maps passed are headed back to the Feds, any of
them. Wake up to what's going on. |
|
|
House gives preliminary approval to court-drawn redistricting plans |
|
|
Redistricting: House floor action liveblog |
|
|
4 amendments to congressional map bill pre-filed |
|
|
TMF files second statewide proposal for state house |
|
|
Interactive: Texas' Hispanic Population Swells |
|
|
Nolan County: Cline Shale Alliance hosts Legislative update workshop |
|
|
New law requires HOAs to allow
water efficient landscapes |
|
|
Rep. John Raney Declares the 83rd Legislative Session a Success |
|
|
Sen. Watson and Rep. Workman Applaud Enactment of Legislation |
|
|
Medical Board: Funding Will Help Identify "Pill Mills" |
|
|
Van de Putte: SB 5 Punishes Texas Women
- so she wants less safe "abortion"? |
|
|
Burka: One More Post About Perry’s Future |
|
|
Speculation Mounts as Decision Nears for Perry |
|
|
Decision Day: Perry to announce re-election plans before July 1 |
|
|
East Coast liberals suddenly object to using taxpayer money for business |
|
|
'Battleground Texas' plans D.C. fundraiser
- just another jobs program for leftwing activists. |
|
|
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|
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DC: Half-Trillion-Dollar Farm Bill Shot Down in House |
|
|
DC: The Path Forward on the Farm Bill |
|
|
DC: Rep. Neugebauer
will discuss the Farm Bill on Pratt on Texas at 5:06pm on Friday 6/21 |
|
|
DC: Texas delegation divided on farm bill that threatens food stamps |
|
|
DC: Cornyn: Immigration System Is A Trail of Broken Promises |
|
|
DC: Ted Cruz slams Gang of Eight ‘bragging’ |
|
|
DC: Cruz: “Gang of 8″ Immigration Bill Fails to Secure Border |
|
|
DC: How Ted Cruz's Father Shaped His Views On Immigration |
|
|
DC: Immigration Splits Texas Republicans John Cornyn, John Carter and Sam
Johnson |
|
|
DC: Rep. Green Comments on CBO Analysis of Senate Immigration Bill |
|
|
DC: Ted Cruz: “Don’t give weapons to people who want to kill us” |
|
|
DC: Rep. Beto O'Rourke requests investigation of all El Paso ISD schools,
other districts |
|
|
DC: Senate rejects Cornyn border plan in favor of even costlier Corker/Hoeven
deal |
|
|
DC: Sens. Cornyn, Cruz write Kerry about journalists missing in Syria |
|
|
DC: Ted Cruz Launches National Petition Against Gang of Eight's Bill |
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|
|
DPS situation awareness brief for 6/20/2013 |
|
|
Texas Attorney General’s Office Wins National Award |
|
|
Supreme Court keeps us waiting on UT affirmative action, voting rights |
|
|
In Texas, some health insurers owe rebates of $95 a family |
|
|
Aledo teen accused of killing his mom and sister is in capital murder limbo |
|
|
Texas bridges get good grades in new report |
|
|
Zebra Mussels Found at Lewisville Lake |
|
|
Trouble in John Denverland – and there’s a Texas oilman involved. Of course |
|
|
Texas urban-sprawl as seen from space from 1984 to 2012 |
|
|
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito tosses first pitch at Rangers game,
dishes on his love of baseball |
|
|
More than 300,000 uninsured in Valley, federal
official says at healthcare fraud conference
- and how are they going to buy insurance when Obamacare is greatly
increasing costs? |
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
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Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
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Guilty plea of El Paso businessman Adrian Peña vacated, US District judge
violated rules |
|
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Ex-Lewisville coach acquitted of human trafficking
|
|
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La Grulla employees accused of stealing funds |
|
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Judge Dupuy to be suspended from bench, again |
|
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New details emerge in dead Austin investment manager’s financial dealings |
|
|
Undercover Texas DPS agents arrest sex offender in Caldwell gas station |
|
|
Severe Weather Pelts the South Plains Again This Week |
|
|
Tornado touches down near Sundown |
|
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Petroleum worker gets front-row seat for Sundown tornado |
|
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Restoring Power in Lamesa |
|
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Abilene: New Storm Brings New Power Outages |
|
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Power restored to Abilene area |
|
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Wind turbines have fail-safe mechanism for strong gusts |
|
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Teen injured at Mall of Abilene after storm knocks out skylight |
|
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Lubbock man charged with intoxicated assault for school bus crash |
|
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Wichita Falls couple married for 75 years |
|
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2 San Francisco men guilty in Lubbock pot plane case |
|
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Multiple injuries in downtown Houston high-rise fire |
|
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Houston: 5 utility workers suffer electrical burns |
|
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Re-bust: $5.25 million worth of marijuana found in Washington County |
|
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Texas paleontologists find skull of young dinosaur |
|
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Irving police wound gunman in domestic dispute |
|
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Caldwell man reportedly kills himself after abducting woman |
|
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5,000 allowed into JFK anniversary event in Dallas |
|
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Hazmat Crash Shuts Down I-45, Causes Scare at Hospital in Navarro Co. |
|
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81-year-old Fort Worth man missing |
|
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Vidor: Homeowner fires shots at burglary suspect |
|
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Spring-area homeowner shoots man accused of breaking into home |
|
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12-year-old nearly kidnapped in east Houston |
|
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Suspect steals patrol car, leads deputies on chase |
|
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Houston police investigate doctor accused of performing late term abortions |
|
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Woman accused in ricin case to undergo psych exam |
|
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06/19/2013
Juneteenth |
|
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
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Change of venue: Senate sends abortion and roads bills to the House |
|
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Texas Senate
approves sweeping abortion restrictions |
|
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Texas Senate drops abortion ban after 20 weeks, passes other regulation |
|
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Dewhurst tweet brags about closing abortion clinics,
more |
|
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Dewhurst Tweet on Abortion Bill Raises Eyebrows |
|
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Senate passes catch-all abortion bill 20-10, goes to House |
|
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Stricter abortion rules get the nod |
|
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Senate passes women’s health protections – Democrats prefer back alley |
|
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Senate OKs Nichols’ bill that could put half of oil/gas severance taxes
toward Texas highway fund |
|
|
Texas House panel approves new youth punishment |
|
|
A few more state house map proposals |
|
|
Villalba on homosexual "marriage": ‘That’s a dangerous question for me to
answer’ |
|
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Nannies Uresti and Alvarado: Veto of sugary drinks bill hinders fight
against childhood obesity |
|
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El Paso Rep. José Rodríguez disputes 'Furniture' award |
|
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Representative Charles Perry Discusses Special Session |
|
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Corruption Investigations to Continue Despite Veto |
|
|
Business Group Support Helps Criminal Justice Bills |
|
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Texas Lawmakers Decide Tanning Beds Are Not Right For Kids |
|
|
Summary of gun & CHL related bills that become law on Sept. 1 |
|
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UT/TT Poll: Rising Concerns Over Corruption, Leadership |
|
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Lawmakers taking home $150 per diems while being there |
|
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Politics Among the Elephants |
|
|
Beware of platform shrinkers in the GOP |
|
|
Gov. Perry visits Park Avenue, unleashes new ad on New York |
|
|
Rick Perry takes aim at New York |
|
|
Texan Perry’s New York Shopping Trip |
|
|
Michael Sullivan stops in Amarillo for Tea Party Patriots meeting |
|
|
Report: Gov. Rick Perry decision on re-election by July 1 |
|
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Spurs owner brings the heat in political money game |
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DC: Cruz Files Additional Amendments to Immigration Legislation |
|
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DC:
Ted Cruz and Rush Limbaugh Blast Gang of Eight Immigration Bill |
|
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DC: Sen. Cruz: Gang of Eight Immigration Bill Fails To Secure the Border |
|
|
DC: Cruz opposed to Gang of Eight bill but some
think not aggressively enough - silly |
|
|
Valley mayor says he will share a stage with Sen. Ted Cruz |
|
|
DC: Ted Cruz: Put IRS agents on the border to stop illegal immigration |
|
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DC: Cornyn: CBO Estimates Gang Bill Only Reduces Illegal Immigration by 25% |
|
|
DC: Cornyn Slams Latest Pentagon Contract with Russian Firm Arming Assad
Regime |
|
|
DMN Editorial: Senate should reject Cruz’s voter registration restrictions |
|
|
DC: Tea party rally draws Texans Louie Gohmert, Katrina Pierson |
|
|
DC: Cornyn discloses 3 Texas pensions as supplemental income |
|
|
DC: Cornyn statement on Juneteenth |
|
|
Ron Paul: NSA head ‘fudged the figures’ |
|
|
DC: Thornberry: The Importance of Congressional Oversight |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer Statement on Vote to Prevent Late-Term Abortions |
|
|
DC: Senate sets June 27 hearing on West blast to “find out why they think
this happened” |
|
|
DC: Rep. Steve Stockman aide boasts success in “SNAP challenge” as Democrats
lament cuts in food assistance |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief 6/19/2013 |
|
|
DPS patrol car carried away by flood water in Clarendon |
|
|
Gov. Rick Perry extends drought emergency in most of state |
|
|
Two CPS workers resign, two disciplined after 'inappropriate
relationship' disclosed,
more |
|
|
Texas School Finance Trial Goes For Round Two |
|
|
More Texas students being prosecuted for truancy |
|
|
State to release convicted murderer |
|
|
Kimberly McCarthy scheduled for execution |
|
|
Appeal Seeks To Halt Dallas County Woman’s Execution |
|
|
A rare June two-step in the tropics: Barry forms in the Gulf |
|
|
Gulf "dead zone" could be largest ever |
|
|
Galveston's Stewart Beach named among Top 10 in U.S. |
|
|
How Zebra Mussels Could Raise Your Water Bill |
|
|
Equusearch founder says group may not survive after alleged insider theft |
|
|
Aryan Brotherhood founder says gang never targeted law enforcement |
|
|
Texas tops US in number of lost, stolen firearms |
|
|
Texas Lottery delayed Monday night because of suspicious package |
|
|
Boy Scouts of America appeals Texas order to turn over abuse files |
|
|
Will Summer Blackouts Doom The Texas Boom? |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Two ex-Homeland Security officials seek case dismissal |
|
|
Fort Worth Cop
Arrested for Boating While Intoxicated |
|
|
South Texas mailman accused of taking money from gift cards |
|
|
Heat survive overtime thriller to force Game 7 against Spurs |
|
|
Serial Arsonist Could Be At Work In Waco; Vigilance Urged |
|
|
West VFD Enlists Volunteers To Replace Fallen Firefighters |
|
|
Bexar Co. flooding victims blame changes in San Antonio river |
|
|
Nueces River still flooded after weekend downpour |
|
|
El Paso filmmakers focus on Asarco stacks |
|
|
Gas leak affecting traffic at Bush Intercontinental Airport |
|
|
Texan Wins NBC's "The Voice" |
|
|
2 Wichita Falls residents honored in DC at the Jefferson Awards |
|
|
Search underway for missing Dickinson man |
|
|
Harlingen man remains missing for more than two weeks |
|
|
Lightning destroys Lumberton area home of former Beaumont PD Chief Scofield |
|
|
Xcel Energy: 12 power poles down in the Panhandle |
|
|
Beaumont orthodontist pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud |
|
|
Day after Surfside shark attack, man hit by stingray |
|
|
Flames at site of La Porte tanker crash as freeway closure is extended |
|
|
Teacher finds bag, returns more than $20K in College Station |
|
|
San Antonio church youth volunteer gets 180 days in child sexting case
|
|
|
Leander officer with warrant shoots therapy dog
|
|
|
Bomb threat forces evacuation at Bell County courthouse; staff allowed back
in |
|
|
Courthouse Bomb Threat Linked To Hasan Court-Martial |
|
|
11 North Texans Indicted In Prostitution Case |
|
|
Washington County Sheriff's Office finds 3,500 marijuana plants |
|
|
Affidavit: Man who hit Austin firefighter took sleeping pill |
|
|
Burnet Co. double murder suspect charged with arson |
|
|
Detectives: Man fatally shoots son after mistaking him for burglar
- for this reason it has been the rule, for centuries, to call out and
identify yourself. |
|
|
Police: Galveston baker was run over with own SUV |
|
|
AL teen charged with abducting baby found in Texas |
|
|
06/18/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
7 questions you should ask legislators about state spending |
|
|
Gov. Perry Mails In Budget Vetoes |
|
|
Pratt: Budget vetoes too small, higher ed. vetoes perfect. |
|
|
Editorial: Perry wields coercive, unfair veto pen |
|
|
Editorial: Policy vs. politics in Perry’s vetoes
|
|
|
Lawmakers collect pay for expenses in recess |
|
|
Who’s declining per diems during the special session? |
|
|
Amid intrigue, Senate tentatively OKs road money measure |
|
|
Transpo funding ideas may have a bumpy road ahead |
|
|
TxDOT spends $13 million to replace "new" computers
- and yet the Lege is pushing to create a new, huge revenue stream for this
troubled agency. |
|
|
Texas Relies Too Much on Federal Aid |
|
|
Republicans don’t need the Dems, until they do |
|
|
Abortion: Rep. Michael Burgess, MD, argues that 15-week-old fetuses feel
pleasure and pain |
|
|
House debate on redistricting set for Thursday |
|
|
House Redistricting Committee passes trio of maps |
|
|
Recap: After shortest hearing ever, House redistricting committee moves
more bills |
|
|
Lawmakers Ponder Sentencing Fix for Teen Murderers |
|
|
Owners Of Damaged Homes In West Could Get Tax Break Due to New Law |
|
|
Legislators wary of imposing regulations after West explosion |
|
|
Parents protest at Guv Mansion for classroom
cameras - he's not there. |
|
|
Funds sought for "ethics" unit after Governor vetoes such |
|
|
Austin insiders on Perry, Lehmberg & the veto of the PIO funds |
|
|
DA: Veto doesn't take away ethics
responsibility - no one claimed
it did, ever. |
|
|
Updated chart of election law, ethics, and lobbying bills - the
survivors |
|
|
Rep. Dan Flynn Calls for Additional Tax Relief |
|
|
Perry’s veto of Blue Mound water bill angers sponsoring lawmaker |
|
|
Gov. Perry
Signs Bill Legalizing Automatic (“Switchblade”) Knives |
|
|
Perry vetoes 'resign to run' bill for Railroad Commissioners |
|
|
Professor Jones: Red State, Purple Legislation |
|
|
Lubbock-area legislators not among the most conservative, but report
shows they get things done |
|
|
UT/TT Poll: Legislature Stands Ahead of Congress |
|
|
Sen. Craig Estes, SD30, announced re-election run,
website |
|
|
Dallas DA Watkins looks to Austin for campaign general consultant and
financial director |
|
|
NJ Gov. Chris Christie confesses: he’s a Dallas Cowboys fan |
|
|
Burka: UT/TT Poll on Perry, Cruz, and Abbott |
|
|
Eva Longoria a Democratic powerhouse
- perfect Democrat: pretty package, empty head. |
|
|
Texas Gov. Perry looking to lure NY companies |
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|
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|
|
Brother says Congressman Joaquin Castro is engaged to be married |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer: Border Security Must Come Firs |
|
|
DC: Cornyn: Border Security Rhetoric Impressive, Results Pathetic |
|
|
DC: Rep. Ted Poe saved by GOP-aide from choking |
|
|
DC: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee demands tougher gun laws
|
|
|
Houston man charged with making a threat against Sen. Ted Cruz |
|
|
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|
|
DPS Situation Awareness Brief 6/18/2013 |
|
|
DPS 10-Most-Wanted Fugitive Arrested in San Antonio |
|
|
TWIA Struggles to Prepare Financially for Storm Season |
|
|
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association board seeks short term funding |
|
|
Pharmacists Push Transparency in Medicaid Pricing |
|
|
Two Child Protective Service employees resign, two disciplined in connection
with case involving 22-month-old's death |
|
|
2 inmates scheduled for execution for Lubbock murders |
|
|
TEA Commissioner Williams meets with Feds to discuss Texas' NCLB
waiver request |
|
|
Dozens of new laws to affect Texas public schools |
|
|
TxDOT spends $13 million to replace "new" computers |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
McLennan Co. JP under investigation for alleged mileage voucher abuse |
|
|
San Antonio teacher arrested, accused of kidnapping sons |
|
|
Big Country picks up impressive rainfall totals |
|
|
Wind gust reaches 76 mph in Hamby, 4 inches of rain reported in Abilene |
|
|
Significant storm damage, rain in Abilene (47 photos) |
|
|
21,500 AEP Texas customers lose power after Monday evening’s storm |
|
|
Lubbock & South Plains: Hail and Large Amounts of Rain Come With June Storm |
|
|
LP&L says all power restored as of Tuesday morning |
|
|
Lubbock takes cover as hailstones pound city |
|
|
Eagle Pass floods benefit Valley |
|
|
Judge Refuses To Delay Trial Of Fort Hood Gunman Hasan |
|
|
Trial begins for Abilene man accused of indecency with a child |
|
|
Reward offered for return of missing Caddo Historical Marker |
|
|
2 paramedics, baby hurt in Houston ambulance wreck |
|
|
Masked Intruders Invade Wichita Falls Home |
|
|
Shark Bites Teenager At Texas Beach |
|
|
Hikers find body in blanket near NE Houston park |
|
|
Kemp’s ridleys gather at Rancho Nuevo to lay eggs |
|
|
3 Central Texas churches drop Boy Scouts over decision on homosexuals |
|
|
Feral Hogs Wreck
Burleson County Sheriff Patrol Car |
|
|
Lake Pflugerville briefly closed after barrel discovered |
|
|
East Texas fire kills more than 200 exotic birds |
|
|
Men Wearing Hazmat Suits Rob Woodlands Jewelry Store |
|
|
Azle Police Searching for Missing Woman; Car Found Abandoned |
|
|
Suspicious Device Found During Euless Traffic
Stop - fireworks! |
|
|
Jesse Ventura to sue Chris Kyle's widow |
|
|
Arlington's Old Nessie beheaded |
|
|
Dentist office embezzler sentenced to prison |
|
|
Resident shot in front door sues Houston apartments over security |
|
|
Homeowner fatally shoots burglar in NW Harris County |
|
|
Gunman opens fire on cars in Dallas and Addison; one injured |
|
|
ATM hauled off during smash-and-grab at north Houston convenience store |
|
|
Kountze teen bucks way to national rodeo |
|
|
Starr County teen killed after being run over by her own car |
|
|
Construction to begin on Canadian River Bridge |
|
|
Slaton police arrest woman after request to see warrant |
|
|
Liberty Hill family claims Leander police officer shot their dog |
|
|
Man pleads guilty to smuggling snakes on planes |
|
|
06/15-17/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Gov. Perry Announces Final Decisions on Legislation |
|
|
Interactive: Bills sent to the Governor, vetoed, signed or allowed to become
law |
|
|
Gov. Perry laces up budget, making nary a big change |
|
|
State budget largely intact as Perry vetoes two dozen bills |
|
|
Perry vetoes Public Integrity Unit funding |
|
|
Rep. Turner to contest Perry veto of investigative unit |
|
|
House lawmakers take Rick Perry to task for ethics vetoes |
|
|
A Simple Story, Complicated by Politics (Public Integrity Unit / Lehmberg) |
|
|
Travis Co. commissioners consider giving money to DA Pubic Integrity Unit |
|
|
Perry’s veto pen strikes Public Integrity Unit and ethics “sunset” bill |
|
|
Perry vetoes Sen. Seliger’s regents governance bill |
|
|
Sen. Seliger's not happy about Gov. Perry's
decision to axe bills - poor thing... |
|
|
Perry vetoes Sen. Patrick’s school gun bill, signs Villalba’s school
marshals bill |
|
|
Advocates say Perry veto [poll interpreters] hit
Asians hardest |
|
|
Amid veto flurry, HemisFair bill signed |
|
|
PolitiFact: Perry right that state already gives preference to Texas
businesses |
|
|
Lib Stanford: Did Rick Perry veto Father’s Day? |
|
|
Lib Burka: Grading the Perry Vetoes |
|
|
Perry signs handful of bills that tweak concealed handgun license, firearm
laws |
|
|
Rep. Simpson wants volunteer firefighter funding added to special session |
|
|
Texas House members back for redistricting Monday
|
|
|
Abbott: Redistricting is a state responsibility |
|
|
Lib Hart: Abbott's redistricting advice has lawmakers nervous |
|
|
M. Li: Q&A on Texas redistricting, including what I would say if I were
Greg Abbott |
|
|
Prognosticating the future of Texas redistricting (or at least this
week) |
|
|
Comparing growth rates for Texas and the US by major ethnic group
(2000-2012) |
|
|
A look at Rene Oliveira’s Plan C250 |
|
|
Martinez Fischer files two state house proposals (Plan H321 & Plan H322) |
|
|
Press round up: Texas redistricting redo & waiting for Shelby Co. |
|
|
House committee passes HB1 redistricting bill with all 3 maps 11 to 6 |
|
|
House gearing up for abortion hearing |
|
|
Pratt: With SJR1 & SJR2, legislators are setting a pattern we’ll likely
never recover from |
|
|
Rainy day money for roads advances — with a Patrick twist |
|
|
Dewhurst’s Senate cut taxes and helped
business, but is the Tea Party happy? |
|
|
Bill would undercut Austin environmental rules |
|
|
Senate confirms new insurance commissioner |
|
|
Access to murdering babies (abortion) on the
chopping block in Texas - better
'access' than babies on the 'chopping block'. |
|
|
Water planning a priority in Austin |
|
|
Craft beer
bills now officially the law |
|
|
Lawmakers Hold 2nd Hearing In Wake Of West Explosion |
|
|
Editorial: Texas should use rainy day money to help West |
|
|
Lawmakers Seek Lessons From West Explosion |
|
|
After 3 decades, Texas Legislature rolls back high-stakes school testing
|
|
|
Tuition and timeliness: A recap of new Texas higher ed laws |
|
|
Thanks to Rick Perry, bosses don't need to
insure workers – so taxpayers foot the bill for injuries
- has little to nothing to do with Rick Perry so it's just an uninformed
political hit piece. Workers Comp is a choice and is declared. If you
don't like it, go to work for an employer that offers it. |
|
|
Perry, confusing Libya with Lebanon, preaches humility to Christian
Conservatives at DC confab |
|
|
DC columnist pushes For Worth's Wendy Davis as Dem nominee for Texas Gov. |
|
|
Texas Gov. Rick Perry goes job poaching in Connecticut |
|
|
Texas, SD governors court Conn. gun makers |
|
|
Gov. Malloy: Don’t mess with Connecticut |
|
|
Rick Perry's tour fanning rumors |
|
|
Cruz vs. Perry for president? No contest say Cruz-loving Texans |
|
|
UT/TT Poll: Texans Favor Cruz Over Perry for President |
|
|
Lt. Guv race: Staples new video, Patterson at KWTP |
|
|
In Ad, Staples Says He'll Fight for Texas |
|
|
Texas Railroad Commission Chairman, Barry Smitherman, Mulls Political Future |
|
|
Kleinschmidt to run for re-election to HD17, not running for ag. commish |
|
|
Jockeying begins for GOP eyeing open statewide seats |
|
|
Texas Monthly's Best/Worst list is establishment prop |
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|
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Jeb Bush on Ted Cruz: It’s not enough to say the
system’s broken, you have to fix it -
I'm finding much of Jeb Bush's comments to be more offensive, and wrong,
than those of many Democrats. |
|
|
For VP Joe Biden, Sen. Ted Cruz is the top
boogeyman - see above. |
|
|
Phony Federal “Sequester” Ends Subsides for Housing, Not Subsidies for
Campaign Contributions |
|
|
Ted Cruz, Bill
Flores back Joshua ISD valedictorian who defied speech policy |
|
|
Cruz, Cornyn blast Obama at ‘Faith and Freedom’ event |
|
|
DC: In Senate, an Immigration Bill Savior or Saboteur? [Cornyn] |
|
|
DC: Cornyn muscles way into migration debate |
|
|
DC: Sen. Cruz: Domestic Bases Should Be Priority |
|
|
DC: Vilsack optimistic new farm bill will be passed |
|
|
Mark Levin Blasts the Farm Bill, Boehner Supports It |
|
|
DC: Court says pre-Miranda silence can be used (Houston case) |
|
|
Illegal immigration's impact: Rep. Pete Gallego says Texas should re-examine
economic outcomes |
|
|
Sarah Palin to Hill: ‘Don’t stifle’ Ted Cruz |
|
|
Cornyn Reveals Not One, Not Two, But Three Public Pensions Atop His Salary |
|
|
DC: Sen. Ted Cruz settles into permanent office at Capitol, finally |
|
|
DC: Cruz: We Must Ensure Federal Law Does Not Preempt States’ Abilities to
Require ID for Voter Registration |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer Says Syria Situation Is A “Diplomatic Mess” |
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|
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 6/17/2013 |
|
|
NSA plant in San Antonio shrouded in secrecy |
|
|
Gov. Perry Renews Proclamation Extending Drought Emergency |
|
|
Lake Texoma success story |
|
|
Exoneree Faces Ex-Wife in Compensation Lawsuit |
|
|
Sad loss: Texas Watchdog no longer covering Texas |
|
|
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture visits with farmers & ranchers in Lubbock |
|
|
Execution date set for Lubbock death row inmate |
|
|
San Antonio Spurs take 3-2 NBA Finals lead |
|
|
Texas State Assoc. of Firefighters Hold 43rd Biennial Convention in Lubbock |
|
|
Texas tortoises face threats to their survival |
|
|
Houston Judge Wants Mom to Stop Home Schooling |
|
|
Jet with President Geo. W. Bush makes emergency landing
|
|
|
Should Texas prisons provide air-conditioning for all inmates? |
|
|
Homeland Security Helicopter to Fly Around Parts of West Texas Checking Air
Quality |
|
|
Home health care helps make Dallas' Medicare spending among highest in
nation |
|
|
DPS: Rio Grande Flooding SITREP 3 061613 |
|
|
DPS:
Rio Grande Flooding SITREP 4 061713 |
|
|
Eagle Pass flooding
aftermath and road closures |
|
|
Eagle Pass Floods Cause River Rising |
|
|
Rio Grande overflows its banks |
|
|
Columbia Bridge Cresting |
|
|
Flood Waters Cause Fear at Los Martinez |
|
|
State of Texas Issues Disaster Declaration for Maverick County |
|
|
Cleanup continues in Eagle Pass |
|
|
Falcon Reservoir Levels Expected to Rise |
|
|
Rio Grande expected to fall below flood stage this evening |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says he’s
disappointed Hispanics lost seat on City Council
- seems a bit bigoted to care about the ethnicity of who wins. |
|
|
Hispanics' loss of clout on Dallas council reflects difficulty of
getting young, disaffected to the polls |
|
|
Dallas Jumping on Bag Ban-Wagon |
|
|
Applebee's plan prompts liquor sales debate in Port Lavaca |
|
|
Wilmer mayor still eligible to hold office |
|
|
Bill would undercut Austin environmental rules |
|
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Austin’s first rapid bus line to start service in early 2014 |
|
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Wind contracts may push Austin Energy to 35% renewable energy goal |
|
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El Paso voters pick Oscar Leeser: New mayor will work to unite community |
|
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El Paso's San Jacinto Plaza project: Open house for public Thursday |
|
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Lake Texoma success story |
|
|
City of
Houston seeks One-Bin for all RFQs |
|
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A Simple Story, Complicated by Politics (Public Integrity Unit / Lehmberg) |
|
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Travis Co. commissioners consider giving money to DA Pubic Integrity Unit |
|
|
Joint disaster declaration renewed for Lubbock, city and county |
|
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New Deal dedicates new fire station |
|
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Ropesville city hall loses roof in storm |
|
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Lamesa: Hotels, motels facing big property tax increase |
|
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New Mitchell County jail ready for inmates |
|
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Hidalgo County looks to cut ‘abusive excesses’ in timekeeping |
|
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After lawsuit, RGV cops defend relationship with federal immigration
enforcement |
|
|
'Vote centers' proposal receives icy
reception from McAllen Commission
- yep, it makes cheating a bit harder. |
|
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Brownsville runway extension could affect wind farm plans |
|
|
City of Austin: Marriott developer in violation for not paying
union-level wages |
|
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More Than 1,000 911 Calls Received Night of West Blast |
|
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Corpus Christi, Nueces County officials unveil new emergency alert
system |
|
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Copperas Cove's new fire chief coming from South Padre |
|
|
Texas Civil Rights Project files lawsuit against Williamson Co.
commissioners |
|
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Upshur commissioners reject appraisal district budget, implement cell
phone restrictions |
|
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Flower Mound police chief announces his retirement |
|
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Clarendon City Hall said to be “dysfunctional”, AG allows meetings |
|
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Amarillo Economic Development Corp. proposes $1M grant for Western Life/AIG
|
|
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Lubbock's EDC approves new incentives for 3 companies to create 167 jobs |
|
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Hidalgo approves $400,000 for new fast food
restaurant |
|
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Alpine Pool Opens after 2 Years of Repairs |
|
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Mayor Responds As Alpine Controversy Heats Up |
|
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Pecos County Bans Certain Fireworks |
|
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Fort Stockton City Sells Land for Women's Shelter |
|
|
Grandfalls EMS to Shut Down at End of the Month |
|
|
City of Galveston fights transparency once again |
|
|
Jefferson Co. Courthouse is a national treasure |
|
|
NRA buys ammunition for Montgomery County sheriff |
|
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New law creates new judicial district in Hill Country, realigns two
others |
|
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El Paso County to discuss status of medical examiner position |
|
|
Vinton residents left without any water at all |
|
|
Water plants top Wichita Falls agenda |
|
|
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Ex-Ralls ISD band director pleads guilty to improper relationship with
student |
|
|
Dismissal of former El Paso County Judge Anthony Cobos indictment sought |
|
|
Taped calls, photos part of Eduardo Lucio case |
|
|
Ex-Ector Co. Jailers Sentenced in Bribery Scheme |
|
|
Police Officer
Hit by Truck in Texarkana Disturbance Dies |
|
|
Bystander with CHL helps Harris Co. deputy in burglary case |
|
|
Texas mom to carjacker: You 'messed with the wrong witch' |
|
|
Houston-Area ATF
Agent Shoots Burglar |
|
|
Harris Co. deputy constable injured escorting funeral |
|
|
Dallas Police Association Custom Smoker Stolen Friday Night |
|
|
OSHA now investigating deadly plant accident in Brownwood,
Deadly Brownwood Pet Food Plant Accident |
|
|
AC68 twin-engine plane crashes in field; 3 hurt at Victoria,
2 remain hospitalized |
|
|
Goliad man, 67, dies after crashing into house |
|
|
Retired Wharton teacher killed when motorized cart struck by vehicle |
|
|
Police officer fires at man after he rams truck into Dominion front gate |
|
|
Four killed, one injured in San Antonio vehicle crash |
|
|
Lubbock police search for area bank robbery suspect considered armed,
dangerous |
|
|
Coast Guard helicopter crew rescues Ukranian man on Gulf tanker |
|
|
1 dead, 3 hurt by gunfire at club in Houston |
|
|
Second Woman Injured In Dobbin House Explosion Dies |
|
|
Police sending chopper to chase Houston bank robbery suspect |
|
|
Molotov cocktail thrown at McAllen elementary school
|
|
|
Mystery Of Skull Found In Leon River Solved |
|
|
Season's first Harris County mosquito tests positive for West Nile virus |
|
|
Round Rock Police Shoot Suspect after Killing Ex-Girlfriend |
|
|
Austin: Suspect Shoots at Crowd at the Cottonwood Apartments |
|
|
Man Shot In Round Rock Road Rage Incident |
|
|
Man who injured Brazos Co. authorities in accident facing DWI charges |
|
|
Honeybee swarms plaguing homeowners in North Texas |
|
|
Three Sought In Shooting That Left Fort Worth Boy, 12, Dead |
|
|
Skydiver Killed in Houston Chute Accident |
|
|
Multi-Vehicle Crash in Fort Worth Leaves 4 Dead |
|
|
Grand Prairie Missing Man Found Safe |
|
|
Man rescued from Plano golf course pond dies |
|
|
Burleson: Good Samaritans killed helping stranded driver |
|
|
Carrollton chiropractor charged with sexual assault of patient |
|
|
San Antonio doctor found guilty in sexual assault case |
|
|
2-alarm blaze guts 89-year-old Luna's Tortilla Factory in Dallas |
|
|
BNSF: Wind gusts derail train in Castro County |
|
|
Amarilloans escape Everest voyage intact, but barely |
|
|
Open gun range day provides education on fully automatic, suppressed
weapons |
|
|
Midland experiences significant drop-off in 10-year rainfall totals from
1990-2009 |
|
|
Stranger tries to save dying boy on SPI |
|
|
Police investigating bomb threat hoax at Texas City theater |
|
|
Baytown native Shawn Stefani gets hole-in-one at US Open |
|
|
Store’s bulletproof glass may have saved clerk’s life |
|
|
Lifeguard drowns in pool at Katy area recreational center
|
|
|
Police: Teen dies trying to protect his mom |
|
|
Houston police: Burned baby died from mom's homemade salve |
|
|
Wichita Falls police search for masked home invaders |
|
|
Texan among NASA's 8 new astronauts |
|
|
Severe Thunderstorm delivers rain, hail to Lubbock region |
|
|
Storm damage reports coming in all over Abilene |
|
|
Abilene's southside reporting wind and flooding damage |
|
|
06/14/2013
Flag Day |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
Conservatives
want more tax relief in the Special + more news from under the pink dome |
|
|
Dewhurst blames
campaign messaging for loss to Cruz, I disagree |
|
|
Essential Liberty : They Came for Your Guns |
|
|
Obamacare Business
Manual - Hour 2 |
|
|
Flag Day and Vietnam
service |
|
|
|
Perry says he won't add issues to call of current special session |
|
|
A Special Session for Self-Made Emergencies |
|
|
TCC Letter to Gov. Perry: Add Tax Relief to Special Session |
|
|
Rep. Pat Fallon Calls for Additional Tax Relief |
|
|
Representative Ed Thompson Calls for Additional Tax Relief |
|
|
Pratt: An abdication of fiscal restraint: Rainy day roads |
|
|
Conservative Groups Agree -- Not a Conservative Budget |
|
|
Lavish Salary Increases for State Executives |
|
|
Senate panel approves transportation funding bill |
|
|
Transportation funding measure moving to Senate floor |
|
|
Senate OKs life without parole for teenage killers,
more |
|
|
Senate Panel Approves Omnibus Abortion Bill |
|
|
Senate committee hears debate on special session anti-abortion bills |
|
|
Rep. Allen Fletcher Re-Files Bill Prohibiting Sex-Selective Abortions |
|
|
Rep. Stefani Carter files bill to protect adolescents seeking judicial
bypass for an abortion |
|
|
Rep. Lavender re-files open carry legislation for special session |
|
|
Rep. Donna Howard Calls for Higher Education Investment in Special Session |
|
|
More than 50 universities will lose out on $2.4B for about 60 TRB
projects |
|
|
Rep. McClendon Calls for more Higher Education Spending in Special Session |
|
|
Senate Dems blast Gov. Perry for Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act veto |
|
|
Women lawmakers angered by veto of Ledbetter Act
- good veto, it's a horrible bill because of how it leaves unknown liability
hanging over every business for a very long period. |
|
|
Gov. Perry Signs Drug Screening Legislation |
|
|
Rep. Cindy Burkett Files Women's Safety Bill |
|
|
Hospital badges required statewide under new law inspired by Parkland
breakdowns |
|
|
Sen. Robert Duncan once again on best-list of liberal Texas Monthly |
|
|
I got your money, baby (gambling lobby) |
|
|
Senate gives initial OK to court-drawn redistricting maps |
|
|
Senate Backs Interim Maps Over Democrats' Objections |
|
|
New state house map proposals filed |
|
|
State of Texas’ brief opposing participation by Gallego & Vela in
redistricting case |
|
|
Rene Oliveira offers congressional map substitute (Plan C250) |
|
|
Fighting the last war on redistricting |
|
|
Gov. Rick Perry keeps pressure on Travis County DA to resign |
|
|
Is Perry’s threatened veto a bribe?
- B.S. as there is no limit on reasons the guv can issue a veto |
|
|
[Liberal] Watchdog group files criminal coercion complaint against Perry for
threatening Travis Co. DA |
|
|
Is Gov. Perry’s East Coast trip worthwhile?
- Yes. |
|
|
Lt. Gov. Dewhurst talks Ted Cruz, appealing to Tea Party voters |
|
|
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst blames campaign team, election calendar for Senate
loss to Ted Cruz |
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------- |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer: International Insurance
Regulatory Coordination Must be in the Best Interests of American
Policyholders |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer Talks the Farm Bill, NSA Spying, and Immigration |
|
|
DC: GOP shut out: Democrats win 22-0 at Congressional Baseball Game |
|
|
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|
|
DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 6/14/2013 |
|
|
DPS: Rewards Offered for Two Most Wanted Sex Offenders |
|
|
Matagorda Co. DA to retry man held 33 years without conviction |
|
|
Texas prisons face more lawsuits over no AC |
|
|
Texas Government Insider weekly edition |
|
|
Judge dismisses suit challenging North Forest closure |
|
|
Editorial: Supreme Court deals North Texas water plans a blow |
|
|
Water is for Fighting Over (in Court) |
|
|
Voting on Texas water strategy is a step forward |
|
|
Texas Rivers Tested by Drought, Population Growth |
|
|
Staples: Flag Day Celebrates Nation’s Independence, Principles |
|
|
Landowner-pipeline fight remains unresolved |
|
|
Lack of Revenue Limits Experimental Health Projects |
|
|
Interactive: Financing Health Care Transformation Across Texas |
|
|
Joshua ISD: Snubbed Valedictorian Wants Apology for Muted Speech |
|
|
Supporters believe relatives are safe at El Paso State Supported Living
Center |
|
|
Ragan: Time for Texas to add to state's electric grid |
|
|
Federal audit confirms cheating at El Paso schools |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Bexar County employee resigns amid search and seizure |
|
|
Arlington police officer under FBI investigation for steroids fired |
|
|
Affidavit: Georgetown official facing prostitution charge |
|
|
Bexar Co. DA wants unusual DWI case reopened |
|
|
Judge rejects Hasan's defense of Taliban strategy |
|
|
Amarillo credit union officer sentenced to 3 years |
|
|
Klapheke Case: Prosecutors revise indictment, grand jury approves |
|
|
Levelland
store evacuated after explosive device found, not a bomb threat |
|
|
Volunteers Demolish Blast-Damaged West Apartment Building |
|
|
West Nursing home resident deaths quickened by stress |
|
|
Houston police say man carrying drugs flees tear gas in house |
|
|
Smithson Valley student killed in crash |
|
|
Gas line break closes Bee Cave Road near Loop 360 in Austin |
|
|
Austin: Sinkhole forming downtown, Cesar Chavez shut down |
|
|
Republic of Texas Biker Rally returns to Austin |
|
|
Thousands flock to Bryan-College Station for annual 4-H Roundup |
|
|
Port of Corpus Christi Pilots Raise Safety Issues |
|
|
Another Bee Attack Reported in Corpus Christi |
|
|
Rabid bat found in Nueces County, health officials urge caution |
|
|
Waco Businessman Pleads Guilty In Food Stamp Fraud Case |
|
|
Coldspring Man Charged In Shooting Death Of Mail Carrier |
|
|
Heat Handle Spurs 109-93; Finals Coming Back To Miami |
|
|
Trailer Fire Shuts Down I-35W |
|
|
Little Debbie Truck Stolen, Cakes Sold: Police |
|
|
FOX 4 cameras move bikers on Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge |
|
|
Dallas man gets 10 years for 8,000 child porn images |
|
|
Phone
Problems in Cherokee County |
|
|
Texarkana Police officer injured in hit and run identified |
|
|
Brownsville bomb victim says he was illegally arrested in drug case |
|
|
10 Stolen Cars Found at Midland County Truck Stop |
|
|
Storms cause loss of power for 1,000 customers in Midland |
|
|
CPS removes 10 children from Laredo home |
|
|
Former Texas City pastor arrested again |
|
|
Charge for father in toddler’s accidental shooting |
|
|
Rick Perry's War On The Blue States |
|
|
Texas Gov. Perry , NY Gov. Cuomo spar over jobs |
|
|
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|
|
DC: Ralph Hall, Accidental Tourist |
|
|
DC: The
upside of Obamacare |
|
|
Dem Stanford: Cornyn and Cruz were for immigration reform before they
were against it |
|
|
DC: Ted Cruz embraces ‘Obamaphobia’
- one reasons liberals are liberal is they are afraid of much - maybe
that's why they use the term phobia to describe a difference of opinion. |
|
|
DC: Sen. Ted Cruz: “They all end in `illions’" |
|
|
Pratt: U.S. military bureaucracy mirrors that of the Federal gov’t. |
|
|
Obama lunches with Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavs owner |
|
|
DC: Cornyn's office: Call volume has overwhelmed phone system |
|
|
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|
|
DPS Situation Awareness Brief 6/13/2013 |
|
|
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to Hold Farm Bill Meeting in Lubbock |
|
|
Tarrant water district loses water fight at Supreme Court
- a terrible decision that essentially makes
contracts (or compacts) between states worthless.
|
|
|
Supreme Court sides with Oklahoma in Red River dispute |
|
|
Supreme Court Backs Oklahoma Over Texas Water District |
|
|
Supreme Court: no ruling today in Texas affirmative action case |
|
|
DC circuit reviewing 5th Circuit judge's alleged misconduct |
|
|
Federal grant fuels Texas jobs-for-vets program |
|
|
State fund might help federal grant applicants |
|
|
Texas Workers Recover $6.3 Million In Unpaid Wages Under Payday Law |
|
|
Joshua ISD principal’s threat of punishment against valedictorian alleged |
|
|
Students get reprieve from tests no longer required by state |
|
|
Inmate Families Sue Over Heat-Related Prison Deaths |
|
|
Texas executes man who confessed to killing 5 in SE Texas |
|
|
Southern Baptists address prisoners, human trafficking |
|
|
Southern Baptists criticize policy but stay with
Boy Scouts - bad reporting, Baptist
are not "protestant" nor are the "catholic". Plus, the convention has no
control over member churches. |
|
|
Boy Scouts disappointed Caterpillar drops support |
|
|
San Antonio-New Braunfels region's minority population booming |
|
|
Census Bureau releases updated demographic stats for Texas |
|
|
RIP: Citizen Leo Linbeck Jr. |
|
|
Sandra Day O’Connor urges better civics education during Dallas stop
|
|
|
Private donations in West sit idle |
|
|
Texas Homeowner's Handbook to prepare for Coastal Natural Hazards now
available |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Webb CISD teacher officially fired, student in relationship
committed suicide |
|
|
Andrews
ISD Votes To Propose Non-Renewal For Teacher Accused of Providing Alcohol To
Minors |
|
|
Attorney retracts claim that Travis Co. DA Lehmberg was involved in
hit-and-run |
|
|
Recording fuels case involving Houston ISD board member |
|
|
Maverick County contractor arrested in gov't bribery scheme |
|
|
No charges against Houston PD officer who killed double amputee in a
wheelchair |
|
|
Judge sets another hearing in Hasan court-martial |
|
|
Humble man claims deputy 'went too far' |
|
|
Willacy County shuts down eight-liner arcades |
|
|
Some Lubbock Residents Still Stranded After Storm Damage |
|
|
Lubbock Purse-snatcher receives 'shock therapy' prison sentence |
|
|
Lubbock's Bums at Tent City Search for Relief from Heat |
|
|
Slaton police arrest woman after request to see warrant |
|
|
Former classmate arrested in slaying of Kennedale teacher |
|
|
Jogger attacked on Trinity Trails in Fort Worth |
|
|
Corpus Christi man gets 10 years for soliciting child sex |
|
|
'Psychic' who reported mass grave north of Houston must pay $7 million |
|
|
Three Arrested After Break-In, Theft At Axtell High School |
|
|
Ex-San Antonio businessman blacklisted by the feds |
|
|
Husband says ricin case 'like a really bad dream' |
|
|
Ricin scare forces evacuation at a federal mail distributor in Brownsville |
|
|
Deadly plane crash: Stinnett's Sharp was longtime pilot who loved to fly |
|
|
Fire crews snuff blaze on US 287 near Potter County line |
|
|
Federal grand jury charges pair in 3 bank holdups in Amarillo, Lubbock |
|
|
Armed and Dangerous Man Sought for Three Bank Robberies |
|
|
Patroit Guard member killed in motorcycle crash on I-45 |
|
|
Armed robber caught on camera holding up north Houston restaurants |
|
|
iPod records 1 of 3 recent Houston killings |
|
|
Fire burns Woodlands retirement home |
|
|
"Loan Ranger Bandit" sought by FBI: $10,000 reward announced |
|
|
Trailer Fire Shuts Down I-20 in Kaufman County overnight |
|
|
Fort Worth smoke shop worker shoots would-be robber,
more |
|
|
Dallas police: Up to 8 involved in beating that led to man's death |
|
|
Critically injured woman dies after Montgomery County house explosion |
|
|
Texas Monthly’s 10 Best & 10 Worst Legislators (really, only 10)
announced |
|
|
Rep. Rafael Anchia to seek another term in Texas House, Dallas mayoral
bid unlikely |
|
|
Barkley predicts Castro will be guv, but still calls River Walk a ‘dirty
creek’ |
|
|
Castro's Spurs video pokes fun at Sir Charles |
|
|
Texas Gov. Rick Perry sparks outcry with anti-abortion push |
|
|
More Americans view George W. Bush positively than negatively for
first time in 8 years |
|
|
Geo. H.W. Bush's 89th birthday a socks celebration in Texas |
|
|
Comptroller Candidate Raul Torres: What freedoms? |
|
|
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|
|
DC: Cornyn Releases Text of RESULTS Amendment |
|
|
DC: Senate vote kicks off immigration-bill debate |
|
|
DC: Gang of 8 member sees Sen. John Cornyn “in play” as Cornyn files
134-page border security amendment |
|
|
DC: On immigration, Sen. Ted Cruz joins failed filibuster as Sen.
John Cornyn votes to start debate |
|
|
DC: Texans in Senate show opposition to immigration bill in
different ways |
|
|
DC: Cornyn: Try NSA leaker Edward Snowden for treason |
|
|
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro at White House for immigration push |
|
|
U.S. Rep. Gallego Wants Combs to Update Immigrants Study |
|
|
DC: Sen Ted Cruz Q&A with ATF Director Nominee |
|
|
Rep @PeteOlson & @RepJoeBarton want to expand government with the #RFSMandate |
|
|
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|
|
DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 6/12/2013 |
|
|
Texas man who confessed to killing 5 set to die |
|
|
Court: Texas inmate's decades-old sentence invalid |
|
|
State announces online drought tool |
|
|
Texas Moves to 90-Minute Limit Per Week on Full Contact Football
Practice |
|
|
Gov. Perry Releases New Radio Ads Ahead of Business Recruitment Trip |
|
|
Rick Perry suggests Big Apple bites in radio ad aimed at luring New
York jobs to Texas |
|
|
Mineral Wells dealt blow as prison contract gets cut,
more |
|
|
5th circuit panel agrees to exclude Jones from death penalty appeal |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Seven to Nueces River Authority Board of Directors |
|
|
Editorial: U.S. Supreme Court should uphold Red River Compact on water
|
|
|
Texas Allocates $5 Million for New Mexico Water Lawsuit |
|
|
Broadway show about Ann Richards closing |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Arlington police officer charged in alleged steroids ring |
|
|
Arlington officer under suspicion killed himself, officials say |
|
|
Feds: Arlington officer provided confidential information to steroid
dealer |
|
|
Jurors convict Houston PD officer charged in Holley beating |
|
|
Galveston: Judge Dupuy indicted again and arrested again |
|
|
Dupuy says it's 'impossible' he committed offenses |
|
|
Former
Henderson HS teacher pleads guilty to child porn charges |
|
|
Former Odessa Permian High teacher, coach arrested |
|
|
Amid San Antonio doc's trial, accuser's attorney faces DA inquiry |
|
|
Victim in Midland parade crash accused of lying about receiving a
Purple Heart |
|
|
Southern Baptists officially oppose homosexual Scout rule |
|
|
Southern Baptists urge reporting of abuse claims |
|
|
South Texas children learn about energy at camp |
|
|
Fort Worth man gets 18 years in the fatal shooting of a Como store clerk |
|
|
Construction on damaged Nolan County bridge near I-20 to begin Monday |
|
|
Searchers Find Missing Man Dead At Stillhouse Hollow Lake |
|
|
Spurs 113, Heat 77: A vulgar display of power |
|
|
Former student indicted for murder in the case of Ty Pickens' death |
|
|
3 arrested after allegedly beating woman in Benbrook home invasion |
|
|
College Station day care owner accused of child indecency |
|
|
Family of Houston teen who shot himself in patrol car files lawsuit
|
|
|
Big rig driver with suspected prostitute shot after leaving Baytown
motel |
|
|
US 90 in Sugar Land shut down after dump truck hits big rig |
|
|
Two-alarm fire destroys apartment building in SW Houston |
|
|
Bigoted comments for San Antonio boy who sang National Anthem |
|
|
Three men identified in Benbrook home invasion |
|
|
Victim Of Temple Home Invasion Speaks Out |
|
|
Missing Bowie Co. man found dead |
|
|
Killeen man threatens to kill judge |
|
|
Transformers IV (movie) pyrotechnics may have caused Pflugerville
fire |
|
|
06/11/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Gov. Perry Adds Two Issues to Special Session Call: Abortion regulation &
juvenile crime sentencing |
|
|
Abortion-Related Legislation Added to Special Session |
|
|
Perry adds transportation funding to special session |
|
|
TPPF's Guenthner wants reform at TxDOT before big road spending |
|
|
Perry threatens veto unless Travis Co. DA Lehmberg steps down |
|
|
House and Senate Hoping to Quickly Find Money for Roads |
|
|
Perry veto of funds could cripple CPRIT inquiry,
Dems say - good, kill CPRIT off
please! |
|
|
Making a Statement (in the Journal)
- using the Journal to play voters?! |
|
|
Perry Agonistes. Gov. seeks to take up roads, take out Lehmberg, and take
down WSJ |
|
|
A Feint Disguised as a Special Committee on Higher Ed |
|
|
Sen. Patrick
involved in another Senate squabble |
|
|
Wise County blogger misses mark on CSCOPE |
|
|
Senator Van de Putte Applauds Signing of House Bill 5 |
|
|
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus statement on House Bill 5 |
|
|
Bid for Workplace Smoking Ban Flames Out Again
- it's about private property not the "workplace" |
|
|
Texas redistricting-deal outlines emerge |
|
|
Michael Li: What Redistricting is (and Isn't) About |
|
|
Li: Anglos see community as geography,
minorities don't - a
careful read of this seems to be a defense of ethnic and racial separatism.
Anglos, if Li's claim is to be believed, are thinking not of race or
ethnicity but of place which is inherently devoid of value judgments about
race, religion, ethnicity, etc. - it's simply geography. Li seems to give
acceptance to minorities taking an "us against them" attitude where all is a
value judgment based on race or ethnicity. So who does that make racist or
bigoted? |
|
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Sylvia Garcia files alternate congressional maps (Plan C243 & Plan C244) |
|
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Carlos Uresti also offers alternate statewide congressional map (Plan C246) |
|
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U.S. Reps. Gallego and Vela ask to join redistricting fight |
|
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Gallego & Vela seek to intervene in redistricting case; State of Texas
opposes |
|
|
Press round up: Texas redistricting |
|
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Burka: Regarding the Redistricting Op-Ed by Perry and Dewhurst |
|
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San Antonians speak out on Texas redistricting |
|
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Freshmen lawmakers reflect on 'historic' legislative session |
|
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Pratt: “Unfunded mandate” mantra from local governments is becoming
tiresome. |
|
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Gov. Perry prepares for another job-raiding mission |
|
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Democrat Bluff on Turning Texas Blue |
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DC: Cornyn: Failure to Secure America Is Real Poison Pill |
|
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DC: Neugebauer: Data Collection, Mobile Office Hours, and the Senate Farm
Bill |
|
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DC: Farm bill features risk management |
|
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U.S. Reps. Gallego and Vela ask to join redistricting fight |
|
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DC: Cornyn, Cruz, Vela, Conaway Introduce WATER Act to Help Address Texas
Water Shortage, Engage Mexico on Treaty Compliance |
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DPS situation awareness brief for 6/11/2013 |
|
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Efforts to Catch Vehicle Inspection Fraud Running on Empty |
|
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Railroad Commission Is Vital To Texas' Ongoing Economic Success |
|
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Texas law still comes out of a gun
- one bad case doesn't invalidate a law used to save the innocent many times
per week. |
|
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VA Texas center accidentally deletes data files |
|
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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|
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
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Former Levelland police sergeant indicted for theft |
|
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Jury: Austin police officer did not use excessive force |
|
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Jury in Houston police videotaped beating case done for day |
|
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Texas lawyer guilty of shooting at census worker
|
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Alleged drunk driver rear ends Abilene police car at accident scene |
|
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Deceased Abilene man indicted for firearm possession
- they indicted a dead man! |
|
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Suspected burglar shot in Hale Center by business owner |
|
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Katy man shoots burglary suspect, then gets arrested over drugs |
|
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Relatives find NE Harris woman shot to death in her home |
|
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U.S. Attorney prosecutes four in Wichita Falls meth conspiracy |
|
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No bomb found aboard LA-to-Texas Southwest flight |
|
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Passenger recalls really bizarre’ flight targeted for bomb threat |
|
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Pedophile convicted; 'guilty' on 88 counts in Bexar Co. |
|
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Montgomery County gas explosion levels home, critically injures 3 |
|
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Couple dead in Denton-area home, gas suspected |
|
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Flies invade homes after problem at Bryan wastewater treatment plant |
|
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Small plane crash north of Pampa, pilot killed |
|
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All 3200 customers of Austin Energy have power back,
Squirrel (tree rat) caused failure |
|
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Corpus Christi man accused of killing grandmother found unfit for trial |
|
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Southern Baptists re-elect first black president |
|
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More than 50 arrested at Southeast Texas cockfight |
|
|
Special session on redistricting questioned |
|
|
Royce West files statewide alternate congressional map (Plan C242) |
|
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Kirk Watson’s alternate congressional map (Plan C245) |
|
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Kirk Watson explains changes made by Plan C245 |
|
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Concealed carry bill likely must wait until next session |
|
|
University leaders hope bond program comes up in special session |
|
|
Presidents of UTB, UTPA, hoping TRBs are added to special session agenda |
|
|
Texas needs tuition revenue bonds |
|
|
House members call on Perry to add campus construction bonds to agenda |
|
|
Representatives Ask Perry to Add Tuition Revenue Bonds |
|
|
Report: AT&T led the way in 2013 Lege lobby spending |
|
|
Gov. Perry heads to New England to spread Texas' message
- good ads |
|
|
Amid special-session slog, Perry heading to NY |
|
|
Rick Perry preparing for another job-raiding mission |
|
|
Perry Takes Job Raid, Ad Buy to the Big Apple |
|
|
Democratic organization opens Bexar County office |
|
|
Democrats:
Taking back the Texas Senate |
|
|
San Antonio's leftist Mayor Castro to join Obama immigration reform push |
|
|
Early in the Election Cycle, the 2014 Ballot is All Red |
|
|
Texas voter turnout lowest in nation |
|
|
Texas Rep. Stefani Carter says she’ll decide by July on statewide campaign |
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DC: Cornyn
OpEd: Immigration Bill Needs Results |
|
|
DC: West Texas
Congressmen lawmakers not hung up on phone data collection |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer Says People Need To Know The Specifics Of PRISM
Program |
|
|
DC: Cruz launches effort to abolish IRS, but tax experts call him confused
|
|
|
SCOTUS: No Shelby opinion today |
|
|
DC: Sen. John Cornyn warns of weak triggers in Gang of Eight immigration
plan |
|
|
DC: Cornyn Addresses RESULTS Amendment on Senate Floor |
|
|
Cornyn, Cruz, Vela, Conaway Introduce WATER Act to Help Address Texas
Water Shortage, Engage Mexico on Treaty Compliance |
|
|
Federal Legislation Targets Mexico Over Water Treaty |
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|
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 6/10/2013 |
|
|
High school students struggle to pass STAAR
end-of-course exams - then we need
more rigorous teaching |
|
|
TEA: Statewide STAAR® passing rates stable for 2012-13 school year |
|
|
Little progress shown on STAAR end-of-course tests |
|
|
'Performance issues' are state's reason to cancel cancer-screening contract
with Abilene agency |
|
|
TxDOT & TTI: Pilot Virtual Open House Ushers in New Era of Public
Engagement |
|
|
TxDOT: Let's talk freight - state’s first Texas Freight Mobility
Plan |
|
|
WSJ: Texas Blast [West] Is National Wake-Up Call |
|
|
Volunteer firefighters question state support |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Harris County Constable Pleads Guilty to Extortion |
|
|
Villalobos requests acquittal or new trial |
|
|
Houston's celebration of homosexuality to feature Jaymes and James, Alexis
Jordan, Chanel Dror |
|
|
Sheriff's Office Investigates Burglary At Axtell High School |
|
|
Hit-and-run causes crashes, IH-10 congestion |
|
|
South Plains makes the NY Times...and it ain't good news |
|
|
Olney couple mark 65 years of teaching piano |
|
|
Teen Girl's Earlobe Bitten Off in Fight |
|
|
Man stabbed to death with stiletto ID'ed as UH professor |
|
|
Woman claims self-defense after allegedly using high heel to fatally stab
boyfriend |
|
|
Teen charged with pulling gun on his ex at Houston school |
|
|
1 wounded in shooting at San Antonio base, shooter surrender to police,
Shooting at Fort Sam Houston, shooter at large
- hmm, they have gun bans there! |
|
|
Big-rig topples over after collision with train near downtown Houston |
|
|
Border Patrol agent rescued drowning child |
|
|
Police: Hitchcock couple killed in apparent murder-suicide |
|
|
ETX woman arrested after stabbing boyfriend over 'Happy birthday' remark |
|
|
East Texas couple celebrates 70 years together |
|
|
Corpus Christi police: Man changing flat tire attacked, knocked out |
|
|
Bystander killed in shooting, suspect arrested in Round Rock |
|
|
Train Kills Central Texas Man Who Was Lying On
The Tracks - no, the train didn't
kill him, he killed himself by being on the tracks.
|
|
|
Crash In Mansfield Leaves 2 Teens Dead |
|
|
Authorities try to ID woman found on Texas beach |
|
|
06/08&09/2013 |
|
|
WSJ: Texas
Goes Sacramento: Republicans spend their energy gusher, and then some. |
|
|
Sen. Tommy Williams worked to oust Sen. Dan
Patrick as head of education panel, colleagues say
- more Seliger-related stink. |
|
|
Youngest freshman legislators’ first session
takes surprising turns - the
"pansexual" Gonzalez! There is a lot of interesting stuff in this long
feature story. |
|
|
In tea party era, it’s tough to maintain party discipline |
|
|
McKenzie: Who wielded the most influence in Austin? Not who you’d expect |
|
|
Concerns about
UT board linger with Legislature wrapping up work |
|
|
Funding to restore Texas' historic courthouses slashed by Legislature |
|
|
Texas redistricting: The week ahead |
|
|
Dems question choice of outside lawyers hired by
the House for special session - I
can't stand RINO Darby but the Dems refuse to recognize they are minority
and don't call any shots. |
|
|
Redistricting road show coming to San Antonio |
|
|
Backgrounder: Candidates of Choice |
|
|
A recap of
redistricting committee hearing in Houston |
|
|
Press round up: Texas redistricting |
|
|
Perry/Dewhurst on redistricting |
|
|
Public input critical as Texas Legislature considers redistricting maps |
|
|
Texas businesses must allow PTSD sufferers to enter with service dog
under new law |
|
|
Classroom cameras bill dies mysterious death |
|
|
Raul Torres: WE THE PEOPLE: “That’s Why I am Running for Comptroller.” |
|
|
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|
|
DC: Why Ted Cruz is right and John McCain is wrong |
|
|
DC: Cornyn Responds to Senate Democrats’ Rejection of Real Border Security
Plan Before Seeing It |
|
|
DC: Thornberry adds drone-strike legislation to national defense bill |
|
|
DC: Marc Veasey’s rhetoric doesn’t add up. |
|
|
DC: San Antonio reps split over migration |
|
|
Ted Cruz to headline Iowa GOP event in July,
more |
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|
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|
|
Joshua valedictorian talks about Jesus, has mic turned off,
more |
|
|
Petroleum Wholesale Sunmart to Pay $5.2 Million and Refunds to Texas
Customers |
|
|
AG Secures Restraining Order Against Two Unlicensed Dentists |
|
|
Statement of TEA Commissioner Williams regarding Education Week's Diplomas
Count Report |
|
|
TCEQ to conduct new study of Highland Lakes |
|
|
Lubbock-based federal judges allows NRA bring new plaintiff to handgun suit |
|
|
At least 74 Texas sites report large stores of potentially explosive
ammonium nitrate |
|
|
Mineral Wells vows to fight devastating closure of prison |
|
|
RIP: Business magnate, Fair Tax advocate Leo Linbeck dies,
more |
|
|
In Texas, Abandoned Oil Equipment Spurs Pollution Fears |
|
|
Texas last nationally in number of no-fishing zones; many say that's a good
thing |
|
|
A new player in TWIA |
|
|
A vision of more at the Alamo |
|
|
Raises for district judges create unfunded mandates for counties |
|
|
Another 116 miles added to I-69 system in Texas |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Former Lometa coach sentenced to 60 days in jail |
|
|
Former Texas Ranger testifies to legal force used against Houston teen |
|
|
M.D. Anderson doctor accused of poisoning lover |
|
|
Charge cut against El Paso County commissioner aide Jaime Abeytia |
|
|
2 injured Houston firefighters released from hospital |
|
|
Photo from tragic Houston hotel fire highlighted in Time |
|
|
Google entry for scene of fatal Houston fire turns offensive |
|
|
Update:
A power back,
Lubbock Power & Light hopeful power restored to all customers by late Sunday |
|
|
Jim Wells County Severe Thunderstorm Drops Big Hail |
|
|
Power outages throughout East Texas |
|
|
Cleanup underway across southeast Texas after stormy week |
|
|
Storm leaves behind damage at Mission Golf Course |
|
|
More than 2600 El Paso Electric customers without power after transformer
explosion |
|
|
San Angelo man dies after officers use stun gun |
|
|
Family of man shot by Lubbock officer drops wrongful death suit |
|
|
Abilene PD patrol car involved in string of accidents |
|
|
New member of Houston Coast Guard saves 3 people in 13 hours |
|
|
Corpus Christi Coast Guard rescues man, 2 sons on disabled boat Sunday
morning |
|
|
Houston police charge third suspect in case of man burned alive |
|
|
Woman run over while kneeling on street in northeast Harris County |
|
|
Waco: Father And Son Awarded Purple Heart |
|
|
Two Suspects Caught After Escaping From Bell Co. Juvenile Detention Center |
|
|
West Seniors Graduate After Fertilizer Plant Explosion |
|
|
Klapheke seeks to move her injury to a child trial out of Abilene |
|
|
Castroneves' 4th IndyCar win at Texas different |
|
|
Disaster heroes honored at Texas Motor Speedway |
|
|
Down 1-0 to Spurs, Heat seek some NBA Finals fun |
|
|
Ex-PlainsCapital teller gets 8 months in federal prison for embezzlement
plea |
|
|
Free gun initiative begins in Houston neighborhood |
|
|
Colorful activists a staple in Hidalgo County politics |
|
|
East Waco mural takes shape with help from public |
|
|
Georgetown boosters’ gun raffle has football fans fired up |
|
|
Firefighters rescue 17-year-old after 60 foot fall near Loop 360 |
|
|
Woman rescued after 50-foot fall from cliff in West Austin |
|
|
Anti-fur demonstration in North Austin |
|
|
Teen dies after jumping into Lewisville Lake |
|
|
In San Antonio, an escort is killed after a date gone bad, but the shooter
goes free |
|
|
2 Minor Injuries After Helicopter Crash in Grand Prairie |
|
|
Texas Chewbacca Actor Battles TSA Over Light
Saber Cane - morons must have that a
light saber to be a real weapon! |
|
|
Central Texas POW Veteran to be Featured in Documentary |
|
|
Beloved Douglass Country Store and Cafe burns to the ground Saturday |
|
|
Surveillance video shows Arlington woman before kidnapping, murder |
|
|
Boat becomes artificial reef off SPI |
|
|
Crude Oil Covers A Midland Home After Four Hour Leak |
|
|
Thieves damage volunteer fire station in Liberty County |
|
|
Killeen woman on skateboard killed in Bolivar hit and run |
|
|
Tobacco store clerk shot during robbery in north Houston |
|
|
El Paso-born serial killer sentenced to death dies of liver failure |
|
|
40-year-old man allegedly stabbed by his own son during graduation party in
East El Paso |
|
|
Ukraine pianist wins Van Cliburn piano competition |
|
|
Two men drown in Carrollton |
|
|
Rape And Murder Cases Spike In Dallas |
|
|
Alleged gunman calls FWPD to talk about shooting |
|
|
Another Message in a Bottle Found along Texas Beach |
|
|
Houston Police: Man fatally stabbed with stiletto heel |
|
|
06/07/2013 (news from 6/6 too) |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Pratt PodCast: TPPF's Chuck DeVore on the Texas budget |
|
|
Pratt: Sen. Seliger & others have forgotten the purpose of the Rainy Day
Fund |
|
|
Special session drags on, with legislators
questioning focus, cost - few of them
had much focus in the Regular and now they're worried about the Special-
funny. |
|
|
Lawmakers Collect Daily Pay Even in Recess |
|
|
Some Lawmakers Looking Out for No. 1 |
|
|
The ruling class is bad at post-session politics |
|
|
Bureaucrats Set To See Pay Hikes |
|
|
Pratt: Campus CHL’s necessity demonstrated weekly in Texas. |
|
|
Rep. Leach Interview on Standing Up to Planned Parenthood in Public Schools |
|
|
El Paso state House delegation asks Gov. Rick Perry to put college
construction on the agenda |
|
|
Perry signs service animal in public places law |
|
|
Study to be undertaken on whether to train produce inspectors |
|
|
Cuellar: Medicaid expansion should be on call for special session |
|
|
Gov. Rick Perry might veto bill reducing tests |
|
|
Golsan: Federal Pre-K Dollars Wrong for Texas |
|
|
Texas bill on prostitution diversion modeled on Dallas County |
|
|
Contrasting views emerge at Dallas redistricting hearing,
more - in other words, Democrat
supporters want Gerrymandering to favor their candidates but Republicans are
wrong for doing the same! |
|
|
A feisty redistricting hearing in Dallas
- I find the racial & ethnic bigotry to be sickening. |
|
|
Redistricting hearing in the Rio Grande Valley up in the air |
|
|
Austin residents seek equitable redistricting
plan - yes but their idea of
"equitable" is draw for a Democrat to win. |
|
|
Libs: How VRA's Section 5 blocked a GOP power grab in Texas |
|
|
Backgrounder: Proposed redistricting maps for Nueces County |
|
|
Martinez Fischer out with alternate maps for Dallas County |
|
|
Redistricting is Harder Than It Looked
- it's only "harder" because they chose to ignore the wording of the call
and decided to open the whole damned Pandora's box again! |
|
|
Pauken on Perry: Sound bites, not sound policy |
|
|
Perry likens federal phone surveillance to China |
|
|
Trying to read
the Rick Perry tea leaves |
|
|
Editorial: Time for Rick Perry to do victory lap, step aside |
|
|
Pay attention to the SREC |
|
|
Lawrence: Pulling Young Texans Into Civic Life |
|
|
Our neighbors: NM Attorney General Gary King’s (Democrat) …links… to stolen
emails. |
|
|
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|
|
DC: Cuellar: Medicaid expansion should be on call for Texas' special session |
|
|
DC: John Cornyn opens new front in immigration fight |
|
|
Senator Ted Cruz Calls Verizon Wireless Domestic Surveillance “Troubling” |
|
|
Federal gov’t
workers rack up $29 billion in credit card charges |
|
|
Cruz meets the Christians in the political state
of Iowa - event he headline is
offensive |
|
|
DC: U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey spoke against shattered dreams |
|
|
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|
|
DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 6/7/2013 |
|
|
Budget Plan for DPS Includes Pay Raises for Troopers |
|
|
Some state agency chiefs get hefty raises |
|
|
Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- about bureaucrats, for bureaucrats, and to make money for bureaucrats! |
|
|
Racism allegations hit Texas parks agency |
|
|
Divorce case reveals sexting by Alamo's overseer |
|
|
Dallas-area Medicare spending falls while disease burden shifts |
|
|
Court's ruling could toss thousands of drug convictions |
|
|
Austin judge dreams of easy school finance case |
|
|
Study: Blacks targeted in 12 Texas areas for pot busts |
|
|
Was swallowed evidence destroyed, or only concealed? |
|
|
Herman: Can a lottery game have too many winners? |
|
|
Texas agriculture commissioner says industry isn't getting message across |
|
|
Federal money for DFW home storm shelters is gone in a whiff |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
Ruszczak named Rio Grande City city manager |
|
|
Boerne police officer fired in cat shooting
- ridiculous |
|
|
Sugar Land finds problems with petition to end red light cameras |
|
|
Sugar Land, Texas Rejects Red Light Camera Vote |
|
|
El Paso City Manager Joyce Wilson named top candidate for Florida job |
|
|
Weslaco leaders oust parks board activist, plan for new park |
|
|
Bass Pro projections fall short in Harlingen
- don't give private firms tax money! |
|
|
Engineering firm will devise comprehensive plan for Harlingen |
|
|
Cameron County commissioners to review Veterans expansion, water treaty |
|
|
Harlingen names interim city attorney |
|
|
San Marcos city manager announces resignation |
|
|
Austin council delays action on rideshare changes |
|
|
Dozer/compactor at Lamesa's city landfill destroyed by fire |
|
|
Official asks cities to look elsewhere for water as Mexican deficit grows |
|
|
West Texas Oilfield Town, Barnhart, Runs Out of Water |
|
|
Subdivision May Threaten World's Largest Bat Colony |
|
|
City of Austin will offer paid parental
leave - the City ain't payin' for
it, taxpayers are. So struggling parents, who don't work for the city,
have to work even more, leaving their children, to help pay for the
indulgences of the governing class. |
|
|
After Blast, West Fights To Keep Its Residents |
|
|
Austin Animal Center not accepting animals; waiving adoption fees |
|
|
Austin begins pilot rental property registry |
|
|
City of Round Rock owes Texas $9.2 million due to error |
|
|
Take careful look at LCRA’s plan |
|
|
Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority approves "green" fleet |
|
|
Arlington needs vision to move MAX buses into realistic transit future |
|
|
Mayor proposes to disband Gruver police |
|
|
Midland County hires communications coordinator |
|
|
Andrews Legalize Alcohol Petition Expanding, Hiring Consultant |
|
|
|
Ex-Houston cop says he didn't abuse teen suspect,
more |
|
|
Former Lubbock hospital VP pleads guilty to fraud |
|
|
Texan pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $800K |
|
|
Angelo State police chief faces intoxication count
|
|
|
Ex-reserve Harris Co. deputy constable guilty of extortion |
|
|
Dallas Co. School Bus Driver On Leave For Soliciting Money From
Students |
|
|
Neches ISD school board member charged with possession of child porn |
|
|
Ex-DHS agent seeks evidence hearing |
|
|
Galveston judge denies murder plot |
|
|
High Winds and Hail Cause Damage in Lubbock and South Plains |
|
|
Lubbock businesses, hospitals hit hard by Wednesday storm |
|
|
Severe storm damages buildings, tears down power lines in Lubbock |
|
|
30 people displaced as Wednesday winds devastate Lubbock's Tent City
- aren't they already "displaced"? |
|
|
Jones County hammered by intense wind in Wednesday's thunderstorm |
|
|
Power restored after outage affects 57,000+ across Taylor County |
|
|
Plainview & area: Wind topples tree |
|
|
Berry Petroleum Statement Regarding Wind Storm |
|
|
Houston SWAT team subdues man with 4 knives |
|
|
San Antonio middle man guilty for recruiting straw buyers for assault rifles |
|
|
New Boston's Shannon Richardson arrested in ricin-letter case,
more |
|
|
Bastrop priest recovering after apparent, unexplained, Southtown motel
assault |
|
|
Burglary May Be Tied To Bell Co. Home Invasion In Which Shots Fired |
|
|
Bond $1M for suspect in deadly Fannett shooting |
|
|
Austin residents seek equitable redistricting plan |
|
|
Andrews site begins taking federal nuclear waste |
|
|
Texan pleads guilty to forcing girl into sex trade |
|
|
2 men found slain in Port Arthur, victim shot |
|
|
US marshals arrest 154 fugitives in West Texas |
|
|
Killeen man faces 12 charges, nearly $500k in Taylor County Jail bonds |
|
|
Former Abilene resident stars on HGTV reality show |
|
|
Hailey Dunn's Uncle Speaks Out from Jail |
|
|
Abernathy man rescues driver from burning semi |
|
|
Lubbock Lake Landmark Up for Title of 8th Wonder of the World |
|
|
Church Under the Bridge Midland feeds homeless |
|
|
Texas Baptists to continue 500-year-old Calvinism debate |
|
|
Houston-area medical supplier gets nearly 7 years for health care fraud |
|
|
San Antonio dermatologist's attack in office 'bat cave' is alleged |
|
|
Wife turned in road-rage shooting suspect in San Antonio |
|
|
Duck killed on River Walk has memorial |
|
|
Austin #1 on PETA's Most-Vegan list |
|
|
Boy Attacked While Trying To Keep Mother From Drinking |
|
|
Texas man acquitted in Craigslist escort death |
|
|
Bullets Fly on the Freeway; Dallas PD Searching for Shooter |
|
|
Canyon police declare Subway robbery a 'fake' |
|
|
San Antonio woman
accused of advertising minor as escort |
|
|
3rd suspect arrested in Houston burning death |
|
|
Twin sisters found safe after being "taken by force" in Weslaco |
|
|
06/06/2013 |
|
|
Press review for
Thursday 6/6 will appear with Friday's review due to storm cleanup in
Lubbock today. No time for press review. |
|
|
06/05/2013 |
|
|
San Antonio federal court removes Legislative Council redistricting advisers
over conflict of interest concerns |
|
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House and Senate lock down outside lawyers for redistricting |
|
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Redistricting field hearings on interim plan to begin in Dallas on Thursday |
|
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Proposed DFW area redistricting maps: A reference sheet |
|
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Texas Redistricting Fight Shows Why Voting Rights Act Still Needed |
|
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Combs certifies the budget fits within available revenue |
|
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Legislature: Effects of tax decrease are debated |
|
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Pratt: A good session in Austin? Look who says so. |
|
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Rep. Fletcher files campus carry bill in special session |
|
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Lawmakers hope to revive plan for $2 billion in university construction
bonds |
|
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Matocha: Ivory Tower Spending |
|
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Hutchison: Governments should invest in higher ed |
|
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A Closer Look at University Construction Needs |
|
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Interactive: Campus Construction Funding Proposals |
|
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Rep. John Frullo Moves “Nation’s Strongest E-mail Privacy Bill” to Gov.
Perry’s Desk |
|
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Tesla's challenge to dealerships sputters in Texas |
|
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Activists: “Texas Getting Closer To Legalizing Marijuana” |
|
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Judge may re-open school finance case |
|
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Judge may hold more hearings in Texas school finance case |
|
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Judge could hear new evidence in school finance lawsuit |
|
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Report: Obama's pre-K plan could bring Texas $308 million |
|
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House public safety committee continues exploration of West explosion |
|
|
Ebony Magazine lists Texas Rep. Stefani Carter as a black woman changing the
political game |
|
|
Texas Rep. Stefani Carter exploring 2014 run for statewide office |
|
|
Polland: Politics 2014: The Chips Are Starting To Fall |
|
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Is the importance of winning the Latino vote overrated? |
|
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Texas GOP plans to hire minority outreach workers |
|
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Texas GOP ramps up
outreach to minorities, young people
- note the bias in the photo chosen |
|
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Lawrence: Shifting Demographics and Texas
Politics - it's soft bigotry to make
all these excuses for low-income and minorities not participating.
|
|
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Can Obama's Organizing Army Take Texas? |
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DC: Ted Cruz: Abolish the IRS |
|
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DC: Cornyn Introduces Amendment to Achieve Immigration Reform with RESULTS |
|
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DC: Cornyn wants 100% border security added to immigration bill |
|
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DC: Cornyn Wants Border Security Added to Immigration Bill |
|
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DC: Cornyn says immigration deal “not a Picasso”; critics question his push
for more border security |
|
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DC: John Cornyn’s big ideas on immigration |
|
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DC: Rubio: Immigration bill short of 60 votes |
|
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DC: Coordinated Research Can Help Prevent, Mitigate Damage from Windstorms |
|
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DC: Cornyn Statement on Houston Firefighters |
|
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DC: Cornyn calls for downsizing IRS |
|
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Ted Cruz: Supreme Court DNA ruling like Big Brother in 1984 |
|
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Ted Cruz is going all in against immigration reform |
|
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DC: Cruz Fails to Strip “Gang of 8′s” Problematic Immigration Provisions |
|
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Ted Cruz relishes media criticism: ‘I ain’t workin’ here for the New York
Times’ |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 6/5/2013 |
|
|
Three Senior Leadership Promotions Announced at DPS |
|
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SE Texas murderer Elroy
Chester scheduled for execution |
|
|
Ousted Texas water planners claim they were excluded,
more |
|
|
EPA says Texas has big water needs
- butt out EPA, it's not your matter |
|
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State fire marshal asks firefighters to review safety |
|
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Kevin Fowler helps launch 'Take Care of Texas' campaign |
|
|
Dispute halts Texas LULAC elections |
|
|
Bullet Train Plan Sparks Turf War in Dallas-Fort Worth |
|
|
For Texas Coast, Hurricane Season Presents Toxic Risk |
|
|
Rich Lowry: In praise of Rick Perry’s poaching |
|
|
New Texas insurance commissioner to retain oversight of windstorm
association |
|
|
Gov. Perry Names Smith Assistant Adjutant General for Army |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Four to OneStar Foundation |
|
|
Federal judge (5th Circuit Court of Appeals & a conservative) accused of
making racial comments |
|
|
A Gun-Dumb Brit's Journey into American Gun Culture |
|
|
Cliburn Competition finalists announced |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Former TSTC Sweetwater Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Theft |
|
|
Jasper police officers fired after video shows woman slammed on counter |
|
|
Jasper PD dispatcher arrested following disturbance with ex-cop boyfriend |
|
|
Former Harlingen city commissioner Marra wants criminal charge dismissed |
|
|
No arraignment date set for San Benito mayor |
|
|
Brazos County detention officer charged for sexual incounter with inmate |
|
|
Doctor claims sexual affair with Bexar Co. DA, DA Reed denies |
|
|
Thousands honor Houston's four fallen firefighters |
|
|
Flood damage tops $10 million in Bexar County |
|
|
Rescued West Resident Thanks Firefighters Who Saved Her |
|
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Ravenna Man Collects $40 Million Powerball Jackpot |
|
|
Frenship HS Teacher Appears On Price Is Right |
|
|
Wichita Falls Police car involved in accident |
|
|
Johnson Co. Sheriff: Step-Brother Accidentally Shoots, Kills Sister on Her
Birthday |
|
|
Wichita Falls Man Burned in Wheelchair Fire Dies from Injuries |
|
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Wichita Falls Man Says DNA Swab Would Have Prevented Arrest |
|
|
Stolen flags from Warrior's Weekend Field of Honor returned |
|
|
Ineos pipeline releases ammonia; sheriff concerned by notice |
|
|
Blue Bell exec Bill Weiss killed while trying to change a tire |
|
|
Retired Taylor police officer resuscitates 8-year-old girl |
|
|
No Tears Shed Over 30,000 Gallons Of Spilled Milk in Waco |
|
|
Highland Park: Theft Suspect Slips Cuffs, Produces Gun, Opens Fire |
|
|
Manhunt continues for killer of Arlington grandmother |
|
|
Police: Freeport toddler in ICU after hot water punishment |
|
|
No-swim advisory lifted at Galveston beach |
|
|
Former patients voice allegations against Denton mental hospitals
|
|
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San Antonio 2nd grader says teacher taped him to chair for three hours |
|
|
Sugar Land PD: Teen carjacker forces victim to drive because he couldn't
drive stick |
|
|
Jefferson County deputies seize 35 pounds of methamphetamine |
|
|
Duck Dynasty "Camo
Cameo" winner is a stats teacher from Texas |
|
|
Texas (New Boston) home searched again in ricin investigation |
|
|
06/04/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
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Legislature calls field hearings on
redistricting, including Thursday in Dallas
- pointless dog-&-pony show to get the chairmen and members press time
around the state at our expense. |
|
|
Special session kicks into lower gear
- see comment above. |
|
|
Senate redistricting committee hearings set in Corpus and Houston |
|
|
Special session on redistricting to last longer than anticipated |
|
|
Agenda Texas: Never a Quick Fix for Redistricting |
|
|
San Antonio redistricting committee hearing details |
|
|
Ivory Tower Spending |
|
|
Opposition forming to massive Texas water plan |
|
|
GOP consultant
lobbies Texas Gov. Rick Perry to veto ethics bill,
more |
|
|
Gov. Perry urged to sign bill to reduce public school exams |
|
|
McKenzie: Perry could help students with strategic vetoes of education bills |
|
|
Pratt: Let’s hope Gov. Perry is arm-twisting on windstorm insurance (TWIA) |
|
|
Group requests more money for TWIA |
|
|
Bills stack up on guns, abortion and other topics |
|
|
Fix for Roads in Shale Counties Might Be Short |
|
|
Straus: Collaborative, bipartisan session achieves big results |
|
|
Online outlet ranks Sen. Hinojosa among 2013's best state lawmakers |
|
|
Austin insiders grade themselves on the session and prove they are generally
hostile to conservatism |
|
|
Hinojosa: I am proud of what we accomplished |
|
|
Lucio: I am proud to be an advocate for Texas' hungry children |
|
|
Rep.
Springer: Help with firemen's monument at Texas Capitol |
|
|
Dallas tea party activist responds to Democratic
charge on comments about black voters,
more - I don't want any one to vote
who votes for Democrats but that's not the same thing as working to prevent
them from voting. |
|
|
Texans not very engaged as citizens, nonpartisan study finds |
|
|
Civic Engagement and the Future of Texas
- how about just leaving people alone? If they want to be engaged they are
free so to do, if not, the same. |
|
|
George P. Bush and his wife welcome baby boy |
|
|
No Perry announcement yet, statewide campaigns ramp up regardless |
|
|
State Sen. Tommy Williams, a CPA, to Explore Comptroller Race |
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|
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|
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DC: Neugebauer: Summer Agenda, Windstorm Legislation, and When the IRS Isn't
Targeting Conservatives |
|
|
DC: Republicans criticize landmark offshore wind power plan |
|
|
GOP report: Republicans have failed young Latino voters |
|
|
DC: Immigration Fight Faces Amendment Gantlet |
|
|
Ted Cruz denounces Supreme Court ruling on warrantless DNA collection |
|
|
DC: Cruz Outlines Opposition to Immigration Reform Bill |
|
|
DC: Cruz Reports Half-Million in Assets That May Not Be Obtainable |
|
|
In split with state policy, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz sees “Big Brother” in
Supreme Court DNA ruling |
|
|
DC: Rep. Gallego visits troops in Europe, Afghanistan |
|
|
President Bush on currency? Overwhelming majority say no in poll |
|
|
DC: Cornyn Responds to White House Patent Reform Proposal |
|
|
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|
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Gov. Perry orders flags to half-staff Wednesday |
|
|
DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 6/4/2013 |
|
|
DPS Awards Purple Heart, Recognizes Employees for Outstanding Performance |
|
|
DPS: $7,500 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Fugitive |
|
|
Texas Parks and Wildlife boosts water conservation |
|
|
TxDOT Outsourcing IT Operations to Plano Firm |
|
|
Texas Lottery suspends “All or Nothing” game |
|
|
Whatever Became of That School Finance Ruling? |
|
|
Texas’ end to CSCOPE thwarts the teaching of
real history- absolute B.S. and
demostrably so. |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Eleven to Trinity River Authority Board of Directors |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Board of
Directors |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Five to Texas State Board of Dental Examiners |
|
|
Texas banker puts up $1M for tricky math solution |
|
|
Complaint: Judge's Death Penalty Remarks Show Racial Bias |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Ex-law partner of convicted Cameron Co. DA may seek change of trial venue |
|
|
State Bar requests transcripts from ex-DA trial
|
|
|
Mart ISD Principal Resigns In Wake Of Alleged TAKS Irregularities
|
|
|
Lubbock hospital: Former administrator, Greg Bruce, embezzled as much as
$735,000 |
|
|
Two Bexar Co. jail guards put on leave, third quits after inmate beating |
|
|
Reynosa mayor, his father sue Univision affiliate KNVO-TV for libel |
|
|
Doctors Ordered to Pay More than $37 Million in Restitution in Health Care
Fraud |
|
|
Man allegedly used nail gun to rob Bryan bank |
|
|
West Texas ships headed to Connecticut seaport museum |
|
|
Good Samaritan killed while trying to block traffic in San Antonio |
|
|
La Vernia, Texas nurse received nursing's highest honor |
|
|
Congratulations to Home Schooled National Merit Scholar Adam Springer |
|
|
Fort Hood Shooting Victim Uneasy About Hasan Representing Himself |
|
|
Elderly woman dies in Arlington carjacking, attacker sought |
|
|
Houston bank robber fires into vault, assaults tellers |
|
|
Police: Former legal assistant pockets $4,000 from client |
|
|
School Bus Fight Leads To Shooting in San Antonio |
|
|
Grand Jury no-bills Boerne policeman who shot cat with cross bow |
|
|
Father gets $500,000 bond for baby found in canal in Hidalgo Co. |
|
|
14-Year-Old Midland Boy Reported Missing in Arizona |
|
|
Missing Marshall teenager found, returned home safely |
|
|
'Chronic dump site' leads cops to $1.5M in pot at grow house |
|
|
Tanker trailer driver dies in Midland train wreck |
|
|
Driver crashes car into Fort Worth home |
|
|
Aggressive 'killer' bees infiltrate South Texas and make a buzz in San
Antonio |
|
|
Man fatally shot while in Tyler parking lot |
|
|
West blast zone opened to legal teams for first time |
|
|
3 Nueces County residents treated for Coastal Water bacteria vibrio |
|
|
Ennis: Postal employee pleads guilty to stealing mail |
|
|
06/01&02&03/2013
|
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Session puts Perry where he wants to be |
|
|
House redistricting committee to hold hearings in Houston, around the state |
|
|
Press round up: The Texas redistricting saga continues |
|
|
Special session on redistricting is damage control |
|
|
Texas House panel sets redistricting hearings in 3 cities |
|
|
Statesman Editors: Legislature won’t learn from history (redistricting) |
|
|
No holds barred: State legislators should be allowed to consider all
redistricting options |
|
|
Audio: House redistricting chief updates hearing schedule |
|
|
Rep. Clardy at work on redistricting |
|
|
PolitiFact: Gov. Perry on the way to fulfilling water promise |
|
|
Oil & Gas leader: Wrangling over water in Texas
- a bit dated but interesting perspective |
|
|
Subdued Perry saw success in regular session |
|
|
Lt. Gov. David
Dewhurst: Legislature’s efforts far outpace Congress’ |
|
|
Quintero: Is it enough? (Texas tax relief) |
|
|
Analysis: Lawmakers
not out of the woods on school finance |
|
|
Comptroller expects education changes before budget finalized
|
|
|
Statesman: Legislature avoided extremes in reforming public education |
|
|
Session's winners and losers in education |
|
|
Congressional Democrats ask Texas Gov. Rick Perry to add Medicaid expansion
to special session |
|
|
Tarrant lawmakers describe their highs and lows from the session |
|
|
Law change would allow reappraisals after disaster |
|
|
State Reps Ken King, Drew Springer make good first impressions |
|
|
Rep. Charles Perry proud of session, regrets failure of synthetic drug bill |
|
|
Rep. Sergio Muñoz reviews 83rd legislative session |
|
|
Equality Texas’ best and worst legislators for
2013 - when the Left says it was a
good Session, you know where Speaker Straus and other leaders took us. |
|
|
Copelin: State seeks online watchdogs; auditors need not apply |
|
|
Large, small businesses have different takes on legislative session |
|
|
HB5 awaits Perry's signature: Less testing gets accolades from El Paso
educators |
|
|
House recesses in memory of four firefighters killed in Houston blaze |
|
|
Turn Texas blue looks weak |
|
|
High Tech Battleground Texas Website Accepting Donations….By Check? |
|
|
Report: How GOP lost young voters
- in short: abandon your beliefs to get votes instead of explaining the
superiority of your position. |
|
|
Rep. Dan Branch shows his penchant for gov't management of Texas |
|
|
The 'dam has burst' statewide for GOP ambition |
|
|
Combs Retirement Spurs a Political Stampede |
|
|
Gov. Rick Perry plans to announce any day if he will seek re-election next
year |
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Ted Cruz: 'The New Voice' Of The GOP? |
|
|
Gillman:
Canada-born Ted Cruz might need to prep for his own birther fight |
|
|
At Princeton, Sen. Ted Cruz (’92) recalls early free market commitment and
good-natured “communist/fascist” name calling |
|
|
Sen. Ted Cruz Tells Eric Bolling: “Abolish the IRS” and much more |
|
|
11 TX congressional Dems to Perry: Think of the veterans (in expanding
Obamacare!) |
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|
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 6/3/2013 |
|
|
DPS Reward Increased for Most Wanted Sex Offender |
|
|
DPS troopers in line for 20 percent pay hike |
|
|
DPS part of Roadcheck for commercial vehicles |
|
|
Case pitting minors, state environmental agency on greenhouse gases moves
ahead slowly |
|
|
Texas, Gov. Rick
Perry are bold recruiters of businesses, jobs |
|
|
US Supreme Court orders 6 Texas death row cases reviewed |
|
|
‘Texas 7’ inmate among six death row cases sent by U.S. Supreme Court to
lower courts for review |
|
|
Brownsville Historic Battlefield Trail gets national designation |
|
|
U.S. House OK's expansion of S.A. missions park |
|
|
Current drought mirrors drought of 1950s |
|
|
Texas Forest Service current wildfire situation |
|
|
Ike jetty repairs start near South Padre Island |
|
|
Expert: Ike damage could have been much worse |
|
|
Ban expanding in North Texas on trucks in left lanes |
|
|
Governor’s Office Now Accepting Nominations for Star of Texas Awards |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Prosecutor: ex-Houston officer hit, kicked suspect |
|
|
Witness weeps as testimony begins in Houston PD beating trial |
|
|
Neches ISD teacher arrested on improper relationship charge |
|
|
Former Lubbock Co. Univ. Medical Center VP, Greg Bruce, charged with fraud |
|
|
Jury selected in civil trial against Austin police officer in fatal shooting |
|
|
Plano Man Admits To Trying To Blow Up Gas Main |
|
|
Plano man gets 22 years for attempting to blow up gas line |
|
|
Dallas house where Oswald lived to go up for sale |
|
|
Texas City homeowner shoots, kills robbery suspect near his home |
|
|
3 remain hospitalized as Houston FD, ATF continue to investigate deadly fire
at Southwest Inn |
|
|
4 firefighters killed in Houston fire mourned |
|
|
Public memorial service for fallen Houston firefighters to be held at
Reliant Stadium |
|
|
Friends, colleagues devastated by rookie firefighter's death |
|
|
Somber procession forms wall of honor for fallen Houston firefighters |
|
|
Corsicana police fatally shoot man who fired on them |
|
|
Acid bomb forces evacuation of Austin school |
|
|
Drought parches South Texas graveyards |
|
|
Man sentenced to 25 years in slaying of former Denison football player |
|
|
Mental health, gun suicides linked in Travis Co.
- yes, death and a means of death are linked, what brilliant work. |
|
|
Moody: Man Stung To Death By Swarm Of Killer Bees |
|
|
Temple: Open Carry Rally and March Triggers Second Amendment Rights |
|
|
Military judge allows Fort Hood shooting suspect Hasan to represent himself |
|
|
Hasan to claim "defense of others" in Fort Hood murder trial |
|
|
Mosque in McKinney defaced with paintballs |
|
|
Boy, 12, dies after gunfire into Fort Worth home |
|
|
Kemah doctor, wife must repay nearly $38M in fraud case |
|
|
Crop duster pilot hospitalized after crash landing near Hamlin Airport |
|
|
Some in Lubbock celebrated
UN's 'World No Tobacco Day' with balloon release
- I'm smoking a fine cigar as I post this. I will celebrate "World
Free of Liberal Do-Gooders Day" without balloons. |
|
|
17 rescued in Galveston area during Sunday storms |
|
|
Waterspout in Galveston caught on video |
|
|
Bryan Texas Utilities Restores Power After Sunday, June 2 Storm Outage |
|
|
Insurance group: Hailstorm caused $400M in damage in Amarillo-area |
|
|
Queerbomb 2013 brings a message of acceptance to Austin streets
|
|
|
Solar plane leaves Texas for St. Louis |
|
|
Lampasas pageant girl toddles onto TV show 'Toddlers & Tiaras' |
|
|
Cliburn contestants gold-medal caliber, but where are the crowds? |
|
|
West explosion recovery center becomes SBA disaster loan outreach center |
|
|
Train Hits Vehicle in Midland |
|
|
Hidalgo Co. missing baby found dead near canal |
|
|
Willacy County 8-Liners Raided as Part of Operation Impunity |
|
|
Houston firefighter hurt in collision with former NFL player |
|
|
Deputies: Teen crashes into two homes and injures woman |
|
|
Deputies say Houston mom abandoned son, who killed neighbor's dog |
|
|
Armed Galveston man fires into car to get victim's cellphone |
|
|
Warrants issued for 50 downtown Austin drug dealers in month-long operation |
|
|
"Crazy Ants" Invade Central Texas |
|
|
Baby dies in house fire, father tased trying to save him |
|
|
3 men charged with organized crime after Galveston pharmacy robbery |
|
|
Grass Fire at Martin County, Howard County Line 95% Contained |
|
|
05/30&31/2013 limited general press review |
|
|
Perry wants good shot at success before adding to special session |
|
|
Interactive: Special Sessions, 1971 to Now |
|
|
Plenty of filed bills, but will they make the call? |
|
|
Perry Open to Expanding Special Session Agenda |
|
|
Lawmakers ready if Perry adds campus buildings to agenda |
|
|
Bills are on file for expanded Texas special legislative session |
|
|
Perry: Storm insurance special session possibility (TWIA) |
|
|
Agenda Texas: Another Chance for Transportation? |
|
|
Perry: Wording ‘clear’ of special session call |
|
|
Sharper Elbows in a Special Session |
|
|
Confusion remains in redistricting special session |
|
|
Texas is warned redistricting battle may run for years |
|
|
Redistricting special session will last weeks |
|
|
Texas Senate committee rolls out redistricting plan |
|
|
Special session will drag on, Senate remap chief indicates |
|
|
House redistricting panel sets tentative schedule |
|
|
Audio: House redistricting chief talks election maps |
|
|
Davis declares victory in Texas redistricting conflict |
|
|
San Antonio court’s briefing schedule on demographic and election data,
admissibility of D.C. record |
|
|
Calculation by district of 2012 turnout by voters in Texas with Spanish
surnames |
|
|
Looking back: The court’s finding of discriminatory intent in the last
special on congressional redistricting |
|
|
Backgrounder: Texas’ population growth since the last round of redistricting |
|
|
Session featured drama, substance on higher education |
|
|
Lawmakers OK Christmas, Hanukkah Acknowledgement in Texas Schools |
|
|
Herman: The story of lawmakers’ pensions, or those who help themselves |
|
|
Keep Texans Working out of step with conservatives
|
|
|
Rep. Springer explains his "no" vote on the state budget |
|
|
Senators Patrick and Watson on the Budget |
|
|
Senators Patrick and Watson on Public Education |
|
|
Garza: Remembering Mike Allen as ABE bill becomes law |
|
|
State Rep. Charles Perry discusses special legislative session |
|
|
Bexar Co. judge calls on Perry to veto tax bill |
|
|
Lawmakers found ways to expand access to care |
|
|
Agenda Texas: Water Plan Goes to Voters |
|
|
New Animal Law is Welcome but, at the Outset, Expensive |
|
|
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs Applauds Final Passage of House Bill 13 |
|
|
Hilderbran Thanks Combs, says He’ll Make Political Announcement ‘Very Soon’ |
|
|
Sen. Dan Patrick still eyeing lieutenant governor’s race |
|
|
GOP's Raul Torres running for Comptroller |
|
|
Agenda Texas: Post-Session Horse Race Begins |
|
|
Will Perry Run Again? And if So, for What? |
|
|
Could Rick Perry be Texas' comeback kid? |
|
|
Rick Perry faces backlash over jobs raids |
|
|
RPT Chairman Munisteri's Statement on the Passing of Former State GOP
Chairman Ray Barnhart |
|
|
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|
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DC: Cornyn Statement on Expansion of I-69 |
|
|
DC: Sheila Jackson Lee hides from her constituents..AGAIN |
|
|
Protesters greet Sen. Ted Cruz in New York City: “You Cruz, Kids Lose” |
|
|
DC: On immigration, Sen. Ted Cruz coy on filibuster option |
|
|
LUPE: Why hasn't Cruz opened a Valley office already? |
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Gov. Perry: Emergency Response Starts with Individual Preparedness |
|
|
DPS Hosts Emergency Response Exercise, Urges Texans to Prepare for 2013
Hurricane Season |
|
|
DPS: $10,000 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Fugitive with Ties to Bexar
County |
|
|
TxDOT May Sweeten Pot to Draw Private Funds to Projects |
|
|
Texas drinking water makes pipes and plumbing radioactive |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Four to Product Development and Small Business Incubator
Board |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Four to Advisory Committee to the Texas Board of
Criminal Justice on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Six to OneStar National Service Commission |
|
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Gov. Perry Reappoints Brown and Talbot to Texas State Board of Social
Workers Examiners |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Four to Judicial Compensation Commission |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Four to Lavaca-Navidad River Authority Board of
Directors |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Five to Lower Colorado River Authority Board of
Directors |
|
|
State LULAC meeting in San Antonio this weekend |
|
|
Pratt: Tolerated corruption doesn’t bode well for Texas |
|
|
Evil lurks in unlikely places, it’s wise to be prepared. |
|
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Teenage Pregnancy In Decline, But Texas Still #1
For 'Repeat' Teen Births - every
state (and city/county) gets to be #1 or #2 for something related to this to
keep the money flowing. |
|
|
National Rifle Association asks to add plaintiff to youth handgun
sales suit |
|
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More Than $80,000 in Restitution Expected From Waco Food Stamp Fraud
Sting |
|
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Over 100 miles of Valley highways to be designated interstate |
|
|
Groups urge relocation of residents at El Paso state center |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
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Corruption prompts dismissal of Texas drug cases,
more |
|
|
Ex-San Antonio cop's odd underwear incident results in jail |
|
|
Former Hidalgo Co. clerk now officially a fugitive |
|
|
Former Alief ISD teacher accused of sex with student runs from TV crew |
|
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Texas man investigated over ricin letters to Obama, Bloomberg |
|
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Four Houston firefighters killed in massive motel fire near Southwest
Freeway |
|
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Houston Mayor: The worst day in Houston Fire Department history |
|
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From captain to rookie, four lives lost |
|
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Mystery
Alligator Turns Up on Galveston Beach |
|
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San Antonio teen indicted for school massacre post |
|
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El Paso man convicted of drug trafficking in NM |
|
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R. Allen Stanford ponzi scheme disbursement amounts to 1 percent |
|
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Injured firefighters receive hero's welcome in Bryan |
|
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California men plead not guilty in Lubbock airport marijuana bust |
|
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147 children missing in El Paso County |
|
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$1M in pot found hidden in horse trailer near Marfa |
|
|
Giant catfish lands Texas angler in state record book |
|
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Owners face charges after malnourished dogs eat carcass of another |
|
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Northeast Texas town sells winning $40 million lottery ticket |
|
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05/29/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Of “tweaks or what have you:” What might Perry add to the Special’s
call? |
|
|
Adding ESF to Endowment to the Call |
|
|
Letter to Governor Rick Perry from conservative groups |
|
|
Interactive: How Perry Uses His Veto Power |
|
|
Texas senators propose using half of future rainy day funds on roads |
|
|
Senators devise another road-funding plan: use oil and gas taxes |
|
|
Seliger Aims to Revive Campus Construction Bill |
|
|
Senate redistricting committee meets Thursday at 9am |
|
|
House redistricting committee to meet Friday at 9am,
& Sat. at 9am |
|
|
Partisan line in
the sand drawn as Texas Legislature's special session begins |
|
|
'Problematic' limits alleged on Texas voting maps |
|
|
Redistricting hearing [court] highlights |
|
|
Lots of questions, few answers at court's Texas redistricting hearing |
|
|
Trey Martinez Fisher statement on redistricting special session |
|
|
Martinez Fisher letter to House redistricting chair Darby |
|
|
Garnett Coleman to file original interim state house map as alternate |
|
|
Agenda Texas: Redistricting Court Battle |
|
|
Redistricting Lawyers: Keep the Senate Maps for 2014 |
|
|
Fraser gets watered-down LCRA audit bill |
|
|
Gov. Perry Signs Bills to Improve Foster Care in Texas |
|
|
El Paso lawmakers say Texas Legislative session successful |
|
|
Searchable database of CY 2012 Texas officials’ financial statements |
|
|
Texas Could End Up Leading the Country on
Electronic Privacy - good |
|
|
Susan Combs will not seek re-election or any other office in 2014,
more |
|
|
Combs retires from politics, Hegar plans to run for her spot |
|
|
Senator Tommy Williams assessing bid for comptroller |
|
|
Reports are
that Debra Medina is running for comptroller
- prompting me to ask: In what party? The GOP, the Libertarian, or
as an Independent? |
|
|
Comptroller Susan Combs will retire in 2015 |
|
|
Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Susan Combs |
|
|
Statement by Attorney General Abbott on Susan Combs’ Retirement |
|
|
Reports:
RINO Tommy Merritt is considering run for Agriculture Commissioner |
|
|
Texas mega-donors give to Hillary Clinton PAC |
|
|
Jeb Bush laughs off mom's 'enough Bushes' remark |
|
|
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DC: Rep. Beto O'Rourke to zero in on business issues |
|
|
DC: Proposal would reduce food stamps program by $20B |
|
|
Birther 2.0? Can Ted Cruz run for president? |
|
|
DC:
Rep. Conaway honored by Scouts |
|
|
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 5/29/2013 |
|
|
Texas Forest Service wildfire situation report |
|
|
Texas Water Plan Being Questioned by Court |
|
|
ISD administrators: Competency and Competition |
|
|
Kountze ISD attorneys, Liberty Institute comment on appeal of ruling
in religious banners case,
Texas school district appeals Bible banner ruling |
|
|
TxDOT looks to change accident-plagued Ranger Hill on I-20 |
|
|
Attorney General’s Office Shuts Down Fraudulent “Notarios” and
Unauthorized Immigration Consultants in South Texas |
|
|
Dallas'
Dawson State Jail on chopping block, but TDCJ has final say |
|
|
A divided U.S. Supreme Court orders new trial for condemned Texan |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
The Man Behind Hidalgo County’s Biggest Law Enforcement Scandal |
|
|
5 former RGV police officers, from the Panama Unit, plead guilty to
drug charges |
|
|
League City man charged in theft of drugs from ambulances |
|
|
LaPorte emergency worker accused of stealing drugs from ambulances |
|
|
Judge's ex-fiancee testifies he planned ex-wife's killing |
|
|
Tyler ISD bus driver arrested on drug charges |
|
|
Grand Jury No Bills Copperas Cove Police Officer Involved In Fatal
Shooting |
|
|
Perjury case dropped against former Republican Nueces Co. DA,
Indictment story from May 3rd
- the Jackson Co. DA is a Democrat and this was nothing but corrupt
politics and should not be excused. |
|
|
Trial begins in San Marcos in 1975 slaying |
|
|
California marine's
mom doesn't know what led to West Texas rampage |
|
|
Brady Couple Miraculously Survives Shooting Spree |
|
|
Judge delays Hasan's request to represent himself |
|
|
San Antonio: Man pleads no contest in DWI deaths of family |
|
|
Police say Houston suspect's robbery weapon was his teeth |
|
|
Armed Rosenberg homeowner shoots alleged intruder who pointed gun |
|
|
Wife of 72-Year-Old Man Killed by Police Wants Answers
- horrible |
|
|
Housotn juror's Internet research leads to jury's dismissal |
|
|
Fatal shooting in NW Houston may be gang-related |
|
|
Tulia murder suspect pleads guilty in rape case |
|
|
Storms leave Texas panhandle residents reeling |
|
|
Xcel: Nearly 4,000 were without power early Wednesday |
|
|
National Weather Service: No Amarillo records set in hail storm |
|
|
Hailstorm knocks out High Plains Public Radio in Texas |
|
|
Strong Winds Blow Through North Texas, Cause Damage |
|
|
Debris Piles Up From Flood in San Antonio |
|
|
Witness reports seeing Houston man leave infant in parking lot |
|
|
Why Houston woman pulled over as big a mystery as why men killed her |
|
|
Houston man jumps to his death to avoid being hit by SUV |
|
|
Trial of sex-scam suspect in A&M prof's suicide postponed |
|
|
Ammunition, Body Armor & Military Uniforms Stolen in New Braunfels |
|
|
White powder found at Dallas business complex was cleaning product |
|
|
Lindale pastor fires back at anti-religion group, 'The show will go on' |
|
|
Bryan City Manager: Firefighters injured in February may come home soon |
|
|
05/28/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Perry calls special
session, signals pivot to political topics |
|
|
Bye bye sine die; hello the “First Called Session of the 83rd Texas
Legislature” |
|
|
Special session sets stage for partisan showdowns |
|
|
Redistricting returns in special session |
|
|
Legislature already back at work on redistricting,
more |
|
|
Texas GOP lawmakers
poised to quickly OK legislative, congressional maps as redistricting
session looms |
|
|
Speaker says maps can change; House appoints special committee |
|
|
Speaker appoints 19 member select committee on redistricting |
|
|
House redistricting committee to hold hearings Fri & Sat |
|
|
Alternative maps |
|
|
Redistricting Special Session: Districts in Question |
|
|
Senate stands in recess until noon on Thursday |
|
|
Amarillo lawmaker, Seliger, to play important role in special session |
|
|
TPPF's Guenthner on the special session |
|
|
Straus draws praise, criticism |
|
|
Speaker Pledge Cards Come Back |
|
|
Senate leaders urge Perry to expand special session to include funding roads
with half of future dollars reserved for rainy day |
|
|
Senators Hope to Revive Plan to Fund Roads |
|
|
Craddick: Senate chairman stands in the way of safer roads |
|
|
Session Ends With A Wince |
|
|
First of the firearm bills filed for special session |
|
|
Texas representative files bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks |
|
|
Herman: The legislative intramural squabbles extend into overtime |
|
|
Governor Perry holding ceremony to sign water fund into law |
|
|
Perry Hails Water Bill, is Evasive on His Future |
|
|
Gov. Perry Signs Landmark Water Legislation |
|
|
After Texas Lawmakers Go Home, What's Next for Water? |
|
|
A Brief History of the Texas Water Plan |
|
|
Sen. Hinojosa's bill to kill Hidlalgo Water District 3 'dead in the
water' |
|
|
El Paso loses money for UTEP, Texas Tech campus projects |
|
|
UTB Tuition revenue bonds stall in Legislature
|
|
|
Lawmakers hope to try again on tuition bonds that could fund Dallas
universities projects |
|
|
Editorial: Seliger’s Senate bill makes sense for students, Texas |
|
|
Legislature Votes To Slash High School Standardized Tests By Two-Thirds
|
|
|
Texas veterans would qualify for mortgage assistance |
|
|
Bill putting more restrictions on special events fund heads to governor |
|
|
From phones to
roads to drinks, the Legislature aims to alter Texans’ lives |
|
|
Embattled cancer research agency, CPRIT,
survives session - sadly, it's a
cancer upon us. |
|
|
Lindell: Muted session yields modest results |
|
|
83rd Lege's Regular Session: What Happened, What Didn't |
|
|
Which Votes Will Haunt Lawmakers? |
|
|
Lib Stanford: How the Texas Legislature Stuck It to You This Time |
|
|
MALC names Mary Gonzales & Poncho Nevarez "Freshman of the Year" |
|
|
Lufkin state Rep. Ashby named 'Republican Freshman of the Year' |
|
|
Rio Grande Valley presses for Medicaid expansion |
|
|
Libs: Texas Will Deny Health Coverage To 1.5
Million Low-Income Residents - no one
is not free to pay for their own healthcare. |
|
|
Brownsville land dispute bills die |
|
|
Texas is needed |
|
|
Tom Pauken on the campaign trail for Texas Governor |
|
|
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|
|
DC: Castro:
Keep pushing Cruz, Cornyn, on immigration reform |
|
|
DC: Conservatives
stymied in attempts to weaken immigration reform law |
|
|
DC: Latinos push immigration reform on social media |
|
|
DC: Cornyn leads send-off for academy-bound students |
|
|
DC NY congressman boycotts GOP dinner because
Ted Cruz will be there - good, better
dinner. |
|
|
DC: Obamacare and the Law of Unintended Consequences |
|
|
Cornyn set to tour Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi business
innovation center |
|
|
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|
|
DPS situation awareness brief for 5/28/2013 |
|
|
FEMA weather threat briefing for 5/28/2013 Reg. 6 |
|
|
Texas wildfire situation |
|
|
Supreme Court refuses to hear Planned
Parenthood funding cases |
|
|
Exclusive:
Texas insurance commissioner withheld annual profit numbers to boost
confirmation case, sources say |
|
|
Mostyn Announces $135 Million TWIA Settlement |
|
|
Texas Dept. of Insurance Releases New Health Insurance Rate Tracking Tool |
|
|
Top-rated charter school's founder questions new Texas school rating
system |
|
|
Texas school administrator salaries on the
rise - now, how is this possible
given school poverty as claimed? |
|
|
Number of Central Texas school administrators earning $100,000 up 78 % |
|
|
Comptroller Susan Combs Announces “Tell the Truth Texas” — a Revealing Look
at Local Government Finance |
|
|
Spurs win, headed to the NBA finals! |
|
|
Downtown San Antonio goes nuts after Spurs sweep |
|
|
Jan Seale reflects on her tenure as 2012-2013 Texas Poet Laureate |
|
|
Texas doctors prepare for potentially deadly West Nile season |
|
|
U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Inmates Seeking to Appeal Convictions |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
9 in Panama Unit Case Scheduled for Re-Arraignment |
|
|
Austin police officer cleared in 2012 shooting |
|
|
Former McLennan Co. constable killed in road rage shooting, suspect charged
with murder |
|
|
Collin County Crash Kills 1 & Leaves Plano Firefighter In ICU |
|
|
Off-duty McKinney police officer killed in motorcycle crash |
|
|
Woodhaven resident, 72, fatally shot by Fort Worth police on burglary call |
|
|
Fort Worth Police Investigating Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting |
|
|
Trial to begin Tuesday in drunken-driving crash that killed Lancaster police
officer |
|
|
Officials: Gunman in West Texas rampage was Marine,
Wife of Marine in Texas slayings found dead in NC |
|
|
Lubbock Native Looks For Love On This Season Of The Bachelorette |
|
|
Galveston man charged after hit-and-run boat crash |
|
|
8-Year-Old Drowns at Joe Pool Lake in Grand Prairie |
|
|
19-year-old man drowns in Lake Travis |
|
|
Bodies of missing father, son wash ashore near San Luis Pass |
|
|
Neighbors recall elderly woman killed in San Antonio flood |
|
|
Missing San Antonio boy, 6, found dead in Comal River |
|
|
Wichita Falls teenager dies after falling off moving car |
|
|
Dozens of residents displaced by East Lubbock apartment fire |
|
|
6 families displaced by San Antonio fire |
|
|
Two more suspects in Madisonville rape turn themselves in |
|
|
San Angelo fugitive jailed in fatal Midland hit-and-run crash |
|
|
Crane accident kills 22-year-old Corpus Christi man |
|
|
Coryell County woman charged for biting son |
|
|
Fort Worth Zoo Recovers Missing Owl |
|
|
18-wheeler crash has shut down SB I-35W in north Fort Worth |
|
|
Smithsonian exhibit at Arlington Museum of Art will fulfill longtime dream |
|
|
White powder at downtown Dallas office considered hazardous, will be tested |
|
|
East Texas pilot lands in field after engine failure |
|
|
CHL holder shoots man who allegedly held up Houston check cashing store |
|
|
Alligators keep it cool in small pond in northeast Houston |
|
|
Murder trial begins nearly 40 years after San Marcos woman's death |
|
|
NASA's Apollo navigator found dead with rope around neck in Thailand |
|
|
Wichita Falls mental patient charged with threats |
|
|
Rare twin giraffes born in Central Texas |
|
|
Texan Richard Arvine Overton: America’s Oldest Living Veteran
- According to Overton, he passes the day
smoking up to 12 cigars a day and a little whiskey in his morning coffee. “I
may drink a little in the evening too with some soda water, but that’s it,”
he said. “Whiskey’s a good medicine. It keeps your muscles tender.” |
|
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05/27/2013 Memorial Day - live show (limited general news review) |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Texas Senate gavels in special session |
|
|
Speaker memo to House: Convene at 11 a.m. Tuesday |
|
|
Bills Sent to the Governor from the Legislature |
|
|
Legislators expecting special session |
|
|
Buzz: Special session could be announced, and maybe even start, this
afternoon |
|
|
Special session hint: ‘Don’t go too far away tonight’ |
|
|
Special session prep even before announcement of a special session |
|
|
Dewhurst asks Perry for special session |
|
|
Dewhurst Calls for Conservative Priorities in Special Session |
|
|
Love for lite guv’s ideal agenda |
|
|
Sine Die Hard: How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away? |
|
|
Burka: Sine Die for the 83rd Legislature |
|
|
Speaker Joe Straus released the following statement early Monday |
|
|
Texas Legislature wraps up — at least for now |
|
|
Legislators satisfied but may be back |
|
|
Eyes turn to Perry on last day of Texas lawmaking |
|
|
TxLege Damage Report – Our Fate is Now in the Hands of Governor
Perry |
|
|
62 in House push Perry for Special Session on abortion |
|
|
$197 billion, two-year budget heads to Perry |
|
|
Overcoming
objections from the right, House finishes work on Texas budget |
|
|
Senate passes franchise tax bill after filbuster threat evaporates |
|
|
Business-tax breaks headed to Gov. Perry |
|
|
After all his budget objections, Rep. Simpson’s ‘no’ vote won’t show
up on the record |
|
|
Lawmakers get busy during the closing hours of legislative session |
|
|
Logjam breaks on Texas education reforms |
|
|
Major Education Bills Headed to Governor's Desk |
|
|
Chambers push through bills as clock winds down on session |
|
|
Hinojosa: It has been a great session for healthcare in South Texas |
|
|
Eagle Shale's county roads likely won't see repair money,
more |
|
|
Lawmaker: Drug cartels connected with Medicaid fraud |
|
|
Rep. Taylor: The Railroad Commission of Texas Will Continue |
|
|
Rep. Price Thanks Gov. Perry for Signing Legislation Protecting
Injured Texans |
|
|
Hazlewood Act no longer ‘unfunded mandate’ |
|
|
Senate, House pass drone bill |
|
|
Ban on drone photography and video includes Boeing, excludes border
watchers |
|
|
Service dogs bill en route to governor |
|
|
Bill allowing students to carry guns in car trunks adopted |
|
|
Campus Construction Bonds Bill Stuck at an Impasse |
|
|
Senate reauthorizes facilities commission |
|
|
Final floor report on election law bills |
|
|
Anchia bemoans lack of action on comprehensive immigration reform |
|
|
Lawmaker Transparency Bills Got Little Traction |
|
|
Legislature award Medal of Honor to Cameron man |
|
|
Gov. Perry Signs Legislation for Veterans and Surviving Military
Spouses |
|
|
The 2013 Loco and Dissent calendar is one of the best yet |
|
|
Senate honors members’ deceased loved ones |
|
|
Progressive coalition grades state budget: mediocre |
|
|
10 Things to Know about the Texas Legislature |
|
|
A fitting end-of-session for House fashion icon (Rep. Villalba) |
|
|
A third George Bush steps up to the political plate in Texas |
|
|
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|
|
A look at the remaining map disputes: Were problems with TX-23
fixed? |
|
|
DC: Memorial
Day message for Congressman Neugebauer |
|
|
Though liberals call him a ‘LINO,’ Ted Cruz founded Harvard Latino Law
Review |
|
|
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|
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DPS Situation Awareness Report fro 5/27/2013 |
|
|
FEMA Region VI Weather Threat Briefing 5/27/2013 |
|
|
Flags placed at veterans cemetery 'because someone fought for us' |
|
|
Staples: The Meaning of Memorial Day |
|
|
Pratt: We must honor our war dead by restoring American
Exceptionalism |
|
|
In Dallas, Makeover for 'Big Tex' Raises a Giant Ruckus |
|
|
Gov.
Perry Appoints Rathgeber as Commissioner of Insurance |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Escaped Inmate Found in Palo Pinto County |
|
|
Eden: Woman dead, sheriff injured and suspect killed after two county shooting
spree,
more |
|
|
Howard County: Four face kidnapping indictments |
|
|
Youth pastor pleads not guilty to enticement of minor Friday |
|
|
Abilene PD: Man Robs Adult Video Store with Shotgun |
|
|
Clint Dunn, Hailey Dunn's father, charged with weapon and marijuana possession
in Abilene |
|
|
Body found in brush fire near downtown Houston |
|
|
Bomb threat clears out Houston IKEA on Sunday |
|
|
San Antonio Spurs Take Commanding 3-0 Series Lead |
|
|
Dallas Police Arrest Man after He Allegedly Shot Wife |
|
|
Dallas man avoids murder charge due to double jeopardy |
|
|
Police say 11 involved in sex assault of teen
- pack of dogs |
|
|
05/25&26/2013 |
|
|
A preview of what’s to come in the House – post midnight, points of
order |
|
|
People's work finished, time for politics? |
|
|
House adjourns while lawmakers resolved difference |
|
|
This Session, Texas Lawmakers Put Down
Their Swords - Republicans
didn't elect their officials to be Democrats and Dems didn't want
theirs to be Republicans. |
|
|
Senate OK's $100B Texas budget on final weekend |
|
|
Senate passes budget, deal reached on education |
|
|
Texas House rejects late Senate proposal for roads money |
|
|
Magic formula for highway funding proposed |
|
|
Judge is Austin-bound for Hail Mary on county road funding |
|
|
Even with more money, water problems likely to persist in Texas |
|
|
Legislature: No audit for major events fund |
|
|
Copelin: Are Texas lawmakers too gullible spending your money? |
|
|
House, Senate reach testing, charter schools deal |
|
|
Interactive: 2014-15 School Finance Budget Viewer |
|
|
Railroad Commission alive, but still tied to the tracks |
|
|
Perry vetoes 'dark money' disclosure bill - Seliger's SB346
- way to go Gov! |
|
|
Perry Veto Protects Texans From Official Intimidation |
|
|
Texas governor cites IRS scandal to veto nonprofit transparency
[intimidation] bill,
more |
|
|
Bill would allow state and federal lawmakers to tote pistols anywhere |
|
|
CHL holders can carry any category of handgun |
|
|
Lawmakers double-down on their gun-toting in Texas |
|
|
Bill to ensure universities can’t prevent licensed students from storing
guns in cars goes to Governor |
|
|
Drug tests for unemployment benefits approved |
|
|
E-filing in Hidalgo County approved by the House of Representatives |
|
|
Craddick’s texting-while-driving bill a no-vote in Senate committee |
|
|
Legislative battles cease for Memorial Day service at the Capitol |
|
|
Perry, Texas Legislature honor fallen soldiers |
|
|
House draws line in sand for university construction bonds |
|
|
Texas Higher Ed Coordinating Board bill goes to Governor without
controversial amendment |
|
|
How do Texas lawmakers’ bills affect your daily life? |
|
|
Pro-Tesla Motors bill dies in Texas House |
|
|
Reforms Expand Forensic Science Commission Authority |
|
|
Senate accepts changes to TDCJ ‘sunset’ bill |
|
|
Lawmakers approve changes for prisoners |
|
|
More retirees to get boost with teacher pension bill |
|
|
Perry signs SpaceX bill for S. Texas beach closures |
|
|
Deal would save 82 percent on electric bills for needy,
System Benefit Fraud |
|
|
House Approves Changes to Ballot Harvesting Bill |
|
|
A look at remaining map disputes: The state house map |
|
|
62 in House push Perry on abortion |
|
|
Marion County Democrats switch to GOP ahead of elections |
|
|
Inside Texas Poilitics (5/26) |
|
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PolitiFact: Sam Houston’s views on slavery not as clear-cut as Perry said |
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Con: Dream on, Texas red for a long time |
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DC: The Cruz Missile |
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DC: McCaul Pushing Border Security Bill as Chairman of the House
Homeland Security Committee |
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DPS Flooding Event situation report (FINAL) 05/26/2013,
Report 1 |
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San Antonio area braces for more possible flooding |
|
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Flooding kills 2; 200-plus rescued in San Antonio |
|
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San Antonio River crests with minimal damage in Wilson County |
|
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Wilson County Issues Evacuation Order |
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Evacuation order terminated, Wilson County residents safe to return
home, officials say |
|
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Lizard & cockroaches ride couch through floodwaters |
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Neighborhood Submerged Under Flood Waters |
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Confirmed tornado hit San Antonio suburb |
|
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Cannons interrupt Monsanto protest |
|
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Study: Longhorn ancestry spans globe, centuries |
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Amtrak mulls Amarillo route |
|
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Firefighters face extra challenges fighting NM-Texas brush fire |
|
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Collin County Leader Resigns From Boy Scouts |
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
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Jury convicts former Cameron Co. DA of corruption,
more |
|
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Mental exam set for El Paso attorney accused of laundering |
|
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Weslaco police investigate fire union fund discrepancies |
|
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HCSO deputy killed in crash with alleged drunk driver laid to rest |
|
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Prisoner being transported through Texas escapes in Olney |
|
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Travis Co. man charged in deaths of mother, stepfather |
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Rat infestation halts Food Bank RGV's distributions |
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Detectives: Road rage cause of fatal shooting in North Harris County |
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Son accidentally shoots self, mother |
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Officials: Bridge to Surfside closed due to overcrowding |
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Galveston's newly-renovated East Beach makes debut for holiday weekend |
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Missouri City father and son missing in San Luis Pass |
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Ammonia leak forces evacuation of Fort Worth plant |
|
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Couple’s ‘Texas-sized’ treehouse near Mart opens new television series |
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Alleged member of Hezbollah arrested in San Antonio |
|
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Abilene Man Celebrates 100 with Restored Chuck Wagon |
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05/24/2013 |
|
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
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Dewhurst wants special session on failed GOP bills |
|
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Dewhurst calls for quick special session on failed GOP measures |
|
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Dewhurst urges guns, abortion for special-session agenda |
|
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Dewhurst presses Perry for special session on guns, drugs and abortion |
|
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Dewhurst's Run to the Right Falls Short |
|
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House — both left and right — is grumpy over budget deal |
|
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Perry mum on special session, House could work late Friday |
|
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‘Fabulous’ Perry coy on special session prospects,
more |
|
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Gov. Rick Perry visits in the Texas House |
|
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For Perry, Veto is a Seasonal Power |
|
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Lawmakers Should Hit “Reset” |
|
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Tax tussle riling Legislature in final week |
|
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Perry
Says He Opposes Part of Budget Deal |
|
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Franchise tax, dedicated funds bills go to conference committees |
|
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[Liberal] Health Officials Decry Texas' Snubbing
Of Medicaid Billions
- it's the expansion of Obamacare |
|
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“Political theater” on Medicaid expansion? No, surely not!
- Seventeen Republicans joined 54 of the chamber’s 55 Democrats in rejecting
Capriglione’s move. |
|
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Railroad Commission heading to graveyard
- #1 industry in Texas and the one giving lawmakers all the extra money they
are spending and yet they couldn't even get this done! |
|
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Tribune: Will Texas lawmakers save the Railroad Commission? |
|
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Dewhurst kills bill that would’ve shifted power on tech grants |
|
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Senate picks up pace after slow start
- the Campfire Session |
|
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Overhaul of troubled cancer agency heads to
Perry - if we couldn't kill this off,
we'll never kill off any bloated, scandalous government program! Shameful to
keep it around. |
|
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Villalba turns sister’s lung cancer death into a
cause - fit, non-smoker. |
|
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DeVore: SB 219 & SB 346: Free Speech, Ethics, and Intimidation |
|
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Pipeline ruling strengthens private property rights |
|
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Pratt: One good business liability bill and one bad from the Legislature |
|
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Local officials say tax money for scoreboards makes sense |
|
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Protections on old emails sent to the governor |
|
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HemisFair development bill walking tightrope to deadline |
|
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Gun Law Takes Firearms Away From Certain People |
|
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Gun perk for lawmakers provokes House rebellion
- rightly so |
|
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Key lawmakers optimistic Perry will accept measure narrowing regents’ power |
|
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Budget agreement avoids layoffs at UT System
- one of the most bloated parts of state gov't. |
|
|
Why abortion bills didn’t gain traction in conservative-dominated
Legislature |
|
|
Language limiting county attorney keeps popping up in Lege |
|
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Insurance commissioner on her way out |
|
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AP highlights from around the Capitol for Thursday |
|
|
Herman: For Legislature, the end is near (thankfully) |
|
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Liveblog: What's Left for the 83rd Legislature |
|
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83rd Legislative Session Bills |
|
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AP highlights from around the Capitol |
|
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Buzz that a special session on redistricting will start Tuesday |
|
|
Backgrounder: CVAP & SSVR stats for current Texas districts |
|
|
Crusade for Term Limits Brings Together Unlikely Allies |
|
|
Dallas judge rules that LULAC is within its rights to keep Domingo Garcia
from seeking its top spot |
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DC: Tea party vs. old guard in GOP Senate rift |
|
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Ted Cruz for president? Influential New Hampshire group invites him
to speak this fall |
|
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When Ted Cruz Helped Craft Bush's
Immigration Reform Plan - but
we're never allowed to "scoff" when the elected go from conservative
to liberal once elected! Double-standard. |
|
|
DC: Cruz Tears the Rag Off the Debt Ceiling Bush |
|
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DC: Cruz Says What You’re Thinking: I Don’t Trust The Republicans |
|
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DC: Neugebauer Votes to Clear the Way for Keystone XL Development |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief 05/24/2013 |
|
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DPS EMS North Texas Tornadoes situation report |
|
|
Insured Texas tornadoes damage could reach $250M |
|
|
Current Texas Wildfire Situation |
|
|
Railroad Commission Adopts Key Well Construction Rule |
|
|
Row between U.S. agencies over Texas plant explosion deepens |
|
|
Weekly edition of Texas Government Insider |
|
|
Tax break weekend in Texas for Energy Star items |
|
|
Of all Texas child drowning deaths in 2013, more than half are in Houston |
|
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Officials to remind boaters about zebra mussels |
|
|
President Geo. W. Bush hosts 2nd day of bike ride for veterans |
|
|
Lack of Income Tax in Texas Draws Out-of-State Envy |
|
|
Statement by DPS Director McCraw on Memorial Day |
|
|
DPS Spotlights National, State Child Protection Efforts |
|
|
Texas reports first West Nile case: Anderson Co. |
|
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
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Boerne police officer on leave after cat shot with arrow |
|
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Ex-Laredo police officer gets prison for abusing suspect |
|
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Defense rests in Ex-DA Villalobos' bribery trial |
|
|
Ex-DA’s defense rests its case: Villalobos’ fate goes to jury |
|
|
Indicted Galveston judge suspended |
|
|
Weslaco police investigate fire union fund discrepancies |
|
|
Montague Co. deputy sheriff shot by Colorado suspect to return to work |
|
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3 men sentenced in Sheppard AFB contracts scam |
|
|
Civil Trial for Fort Hood Victims May Be Delayed |
|
|
Karnes County Well Fire Starts During a Hot Oil Treatment, 2 injured |
|
|
Plane crashes in Rusk County; Pilot is alert |
|
|
Train Slams Truck In Wichita Falls |
|
|
Texas rapper indicted, controlled substance count |
|
|
Mother killed, kids hurt, after shoplifters crash into them in
Houston,
more |
|
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74-year-old Texas woman indicted for vehicular homicide in Louisiana |
|
|
Suspect in Port Allen slaying arrested in Texas |
|
|
Son charged in Houston woman's hammer death |
|
|
10 arrested in Galveston prostitution
sting - not your
Hollywood-hookers! |
|
|
Killeen: Tip Leads To Arrest After Clerk Stabbed During Robbery |
|
|
Nestande sued by family of killed woman |
|
|
Austin: Former yogurt shop defendant seeking $700,000 for time in
prison |
|
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Divorce documents point to Tim Duncan, wife |
|
|
Cowboys DT charged in deadly wreck due in court |
|
|
Abilene, Hamby Fighting Grass Fire North of I-20 |
|
|
Tornadoes Touch Down Around South Plains |
|
|
Officials begin to assess storm damage in Kent Co. (Girard & Jayton),
more |
|
|
Storms around Austin cause power outages |
|
|
Case of the stolen Lubbock lawn solved |
|
|
Windsor fugitive arrested in Texas after a decade |
|
|
TPWD
Investigating Report of Mountain Lion Snatching San Antonio
Homeowner’s Dog |
|
|
Winds Blow Off A Roof From An Abilene Home |
|
|
National Weather Service confirms tornado hit Rotan |
|
|
05/23/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
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House, Senate OK key bills to end budget stalemate |
|
|
Speaker Straus statement on passage of SJR1 |
|
|
Detente Under the Dome |
|
|
Budget stalemate ends in Austin |
|
|
Texas lawmakers break budget impasse |
|
|
Emergency spending bill taps $3.93 billion of rainy day $ |
|
|
Budget Deal Leaves About $8 Billion in Rainy Day Fund |
|
|
The plan is for the House to send HB 1025 after Democratic outrage |
|
|
Democrat, Rep. Sylvester Turner, ‘will not be held hostage’ on budget deal |
|
|
$1 Billion to $1.5 Billion Tax Relief Bill in Texas House, Senate This Week |
|
|
After Budget Votes, Long Road for State Water Plan |
|
|
House sends increased Cigarette Fee-Tax-Depending-On-Who-You-Ask bill to
governor |
|
|
Branch and Martinez Fischer on Transportation,
On Medicaid |
|
|
Will Texas Lawmakers Save the Railroad Commission? |
|
|
The Texas Democrat Party Official Who Threatened to Kill NRA Members is
Behind SB 346! |
|
|
Texas Democrats proud to stop bills to reduce abortions |
|
|
Senate OKs longer window to sue for claimed
discrimination (Lily Ledbetter bill)
- a bad bill |
|
|
State Equal Pay Act Survives the Senate
- horrible stuff |
|
|
Statement by Rep. Four Price on Senate Bill 1234 |
|
|
Texas could eliminate sales tax on silver and gold |
|
|
Bill to require drug tests for Texans on welfare derailed |
|
|
Drug testing approved for jobless aid, but not welfare applicants |
|
|
The end is nigh: An update on election law bills |
|
|
RGV med school, university merger bill approved by Senate,
more |
|
|
Lucio: Passage of SB24 is historic day for RGV,
Perry, Hinojosa, Garcia hail passage of SB24 |
|
|
Texas Senate OKs expanding virtual course network |
|
|
Governor Playing Role in Testing Bill Talks |
|
|
Lawmakers OK training Texas teachers as marshals |
|
|
Pratt: Senators Estes & Patrick passed some good gun bills |
|
|
Bill allowing concealed handguns on college campuses draws blanks |
|
|
Despite last-minute push by Dewhurst, campus-carry bill appears to
die |
|
|
Shouting match ensues in House over amendment to allow lawmakers to
carry guns anywhere |
|
|
Lawmakers
aim to extend their own gun-carrying rights
- this type of thing is why I doubt Sen. Patrick's true
constitutional conservative principals and think of him as more of a
populist but this is an elitist streak? Does he not think those of
us in media or local office holders or a score of others don't face
the same challenges to security? |
|
|
Timothy Cole bill, exoneration commission not likely to pass Texas Legislature this session |
|
|
New training could be mandated for Texas prosecutors |
|
|
Business Group Helps Criminal Justice Bills Pass |
|
|
Plan to study youth solitary confinement advances |
|
|
Legislature OKs measure mitigating libel lawsuits |
|
|
Texas bills address digital privacy |
|
|
AP Highlights from around the Capitol Wednesday |
|
|
Texas House Democrat Eiland (Galveston) won't seek re-election |
|
|
The House Is Not A Home |
|
|
House gives “warm” welcome to conservative rabble-rouser (MQ Sullivan) |
|
|
Final days of Texas Legislature flush with high-stakes gamesmanship |
|
|
Q&A about Texas redistricting |
|
|
Ahead of Perry Decision, Abbott's Campaign is in Motion |
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DC: House passes GOP bill to speed pipeline approval |
|
|
DC: Valdez-Cox: Cruz, Cornyn, hurting GOP’s efforts to re-engage with
Latinos |
|
|
DC: Cornyn Challenges Obama’s Gitmo Vision |
|
|
DC: Cornyn: IRS Targeting Texans |
|
|
DC: Veasey and members of the Congressional
Black Caucus take redistricting concerns to Texas Gov. Rick Perry
- see what they are asking? Protection of "their" seats with little regard
to changes in population OR integration of Texas society. |
|
|
DC: Cruz: 'I don't trust the Republicans'
- me either & I'm a former GOP county chairman! |
|
|
DC: Rep.
Hensarling on the Scandals at the IRS and DOJ |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 05/23/2013 |
|
|
New DPS Airplane Named in Honor of Fallen Texas Ranger |
|
|
Federal forecasters agree with everyone else: Expect the Atlantic
tropics to sizzle this summer |
|
|
Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting homosexual ban |
|
|
Vote on homosexual Scouts comes at emotional moment |
|
|
Homosexual Boy Scouts encourage national group to change ban |
|
|
Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Decision by the Boy Scouts of
America |
|
|
Boy
Scouts of America Vote to Allow Openly Homosexual Members
- so why not just let the girls in too, bring them on camping trips.
What's the difference? Do you want your impressionable youth being
induced into homosexual sex in the tents? And if you think that's
not what will go on then you are terribly naive.
|
|
|
Texas judge says lesbian couple can’t
cohabitate, cites morality clause in divorce papers
- the judge is completely correct based upon the law. And remember,
the clause in question was agreed to by parties in the divorce. |
|
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Ex-DA Villalobos testifies during public corruption trial |
|
|
Galveston county court at law judge indicted on 8 criminal counts |
|
|
Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas |
|
|
Video of railroad bridge (trestle) near Lometa collapsing |
|
|
Man gets life for razor attack on Nacogdoches barber |
|
|
East Texas lawyer gets prison for mail, medical fraud |
|
|
Texan could get life term, $5M fine over meth ring |
|
|
Marshall pastor sentenced to 2 years for online soliciting |
|
|
Chief of religious-themed investment program indicted on 24 counts of fraud |
|
|
Dallas woman indicted, college financial aid scam |
|
|
Warrant: Mother of girl, 1, who died in hot car at Dallas school thought she
dropped daughter at day care |
|
|
Feds Investigate Possible Cartel Connections in Southlake Shooting |
|
|
Southlake: Man shot while sitting in his vehicle while wife shopped |
|
|
Frisco man indicted in connection with threat, fire at fiancee’s home |
|
|
Fort Hood suspect, Major Nidal Hasan, wants to represent himself |
|
|
Resident shoots body-armored gunman in neighbor's driveway in San Antonio
|
|
|
Man killed in in San Antonio had fake 'anthrax' containers |
|
|
Astros vendor fired, took snow cones into bathroom (floor of stall)! |
|
|
Missing accuser derails child gang rape case |
|
|
Smoke from Mexico crop fires may cause haze in Lubbock Thursday |
|
|
Lubbock shooting victim broadsided while driving self to hospital |
|
|
Former Frenship Tiger Lyons Wins MLB Debut |
|
|
Big Spring carjacking thwarted, one in custody |
|
|
Naked Man Robbed At Gunpoint During Tryst At Local Motel |
|
|
Teen found beaten to death in Fort Worth park was raising family, helping
mother |
|
|
Liberty Co. gang-rape victim, now 14, tells TV station she's pregnant |
|
|
7 arrested in raid at NW Harris County salvage yard |
|
|
Body of Kingsland teen recovered from Inks Lake |
|
|
Austin Police: Half-naked man chased, charged with indecency with a child |
|
|
Dallas father convicted of drowning two sons sentenced to death |
|
|
Body found in burned car being investigated as a possible homicide |
|
|
Permian High graduate arrested for allegedly pointing gun at students |
|
|
05/22/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Breakdown of the Senate version of HB1025 (pdf) |
|
|
Sen. Williams explaining new version of
SB1025 this evening |
|
|
House Dems announce they will support
SJR1 tonight |
|
|
Texas House girds for major budget vote Wednesday |
|
|
Are lawmakers playing "chicken" with state budget? |
|
|
House members kill more Senate bills as
revenge - children. The bills
are for us, not for each senator or rep; shameful |
|
|
A Budget Deal, John Carona, and Bill Killing |
|
|
Beyond the brink - of missed deadlines and a drubbing by chubbing |
|
|
Fun day ahead, huh? It’s the usual churn, with tons of newbies |
|
|
Tensions run high between the House and the Senate |
|
|
House angers Williams by postponing water vote by a day |
|
|
Texas House delay on water measure ratchets up tension with Senate |
|
|
Water plan complicates passage of budget deal in Texas House |
|
|
Sen. Williams’ Ratepayer Return an Idea Whose Time has Come |
|
|
Tax exemptions will get sunset review |
|
|
Senate racks up tax relief |
|
|
Senate Ties Franchise Tax Relief to Budget Measures |
|
|
Senate passes bills to cut business taxes |
|
|
Senate continues school tax breaks for companies |
|
|
Senate rewrites bill to reduce hoarding of dedicated taxes |
|
|
Will business agenda survive Capitol drama? |
|
|
Drug testing for government assistance causes stir in House |
|
|
GOP Rep. Lozano files amendment to require drug testing for
lawmakers |
|
|
Turner: Let’s drug test anyone who gets state money |
|
|
Tying drug testing to public assistance – TANF and unemployment |
|
|
TANF drug testing bill dead, Senate bill deadline has passed |
|
|
Drug testing for unemployment passes Texas House |
|
|
House Democrats kill welfare drug testing bill, and about 50 others |
|
|
DNA Testing Mandate Gets Early House Approval |
|
|
Conservative House member taps into passionate issue of drug testing |
|
|
House scuttles driving permits for undocumented immigrants again |
|
|
Campus carry lacks votes to be debated in Senate on final day to pass bills |
|
|
Bill modifies concealed handgun licenses to end revolver & semi-auto
designation |
|
|
Birdwell "Disappointed" With Stalled Campus Carry Bill |
|
|
Senate sponsor: Campus-carry gun bill blocked |
|
|
Senate Votes to Extend UT-Austin's Admissions Cap |
|
|
Lawmakers debating whether to require disclosure of university donors |
|
|
Fixed Tuition Passes Senate With Regent Rules Added |
|
|
Error kills new district for struggling schools,
more |
|
|
Senate approves school marshal bill |
|
|
Dr. Donna: On CSCOPE & the Budget Negotiations |
|
|
Testing reduced for high-performance students,
more |
|
|
Ban on soda in Texas schools advances in Senate |
|
|
Lawmakers to Negotiate Key Details of Education Bills |
|
|
Technicality topples key financial reporting bill |
|
|
Beefed up "ethics" bill heads back to Senate |
|
|
Texas House remembers Sherman Hemsley |
|
|
Burkett Passes Public Safety Bill to Protect Group Home Residents |
|
|
An Expensive Celebration, Courtesy of the Lobby |
|
|
Rep. Debbie Riddle needs your help to combat housing projects in your
neighborhood |
|
|
With Humor and a Temper, Carona Plays the
Maverick - the press seems to love
this pocket-liner mainly because he so often is anti-conservative in his
behavior. If he were conservative they'd call him corrupt. |
|
|
Editorial: Craddick delivers again for Basin, UTPB |
|
|
Tension mounts as Boy Scout delegates prepare to take historic vote on
openly homosexual Scouts |
|
|
Texas Tribune interviews baby-killing advocate Stephanie
Schriock |
|
|
Hopefuls Taking Aim at Mark Strama's House Seat |
|
|
Hecklers interrupt Gov. Perry's speech
- Perry joked "only five more days until the Legislature leaves." |
|
|
Health Care Hecklers Meet With Perry |
|
|
Fight and flight: A reunion of the
quorum-busting Ardmore Dems -
amazing still that dems are proud of this episode. |
|
|
Rep. Craig Eiland,
D-Galveston, announces he will not seek re-election
- the GOP has a good chance of picking up this seat. |
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|
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DC: Cornyn Pushes to Ban All Iranian Government Exports |
|
|
DC: Cornyn Introduces Bill to Curb Abusive Patent Litigation |
|
|
Cornyn OpEd: Military Strength Depends on Stopping Sexual Assaults |
|
|
DC: Cornyn votes against Senate immigration reform bill |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer on Keystone XL, Obamacare, and the IRS |
|
|
Texas Stands Out on Multiple Immigration Fronts |
|
|
DC: McCaul: Benghazi will haunt Hillary Clinton |
|
|
Rubio vs. Cruz: Hispanic conservatives battle for GOP's soul |
|
|
It’s the ‘Wacko Birds’ vs. the Wackos Again |
|
|
U.S. Rep. Hinojosa names district director |
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|
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief 5/22/2013 |
|
|
Gov. Perry Files Disaster Declarations for Three Counties in North
Texas |
|
|
Safety Board: ATF blocking plant blast probe |
|
|
Chemical Safety Board shut out of West probe by ATF |
|
|
NTSB documents reveal graphic details of Midland train-parade float
crash |
|
|
Float driver: Train seemed still before crash |
|
|
State seeks Galveston County Court at Law judge's removal |
|
|
AG Reaches Agreement with Penguin Group Inc. to Resolve E-Book
Price-Fixing Allegations |
|
|
Comptroller Combs Announces Match the Promise Foundation Scholarship Awards
for Texas Students |
|
|
Comptroller Combs Says Tornado Victims May Postpone Taxes |
|
|
Ogallala Aquifer in Texas Panhandle Suffers Big
Drop - you know, it's really not
possible to know if it's a "big" drop unless you what percentage of depth
the drop is. |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Defense begins in trial of ex-Cameron Co. DA Villalobos |
|
|
Judge denies motion to acquit Villalobos |
|
|
Fort Bend ISD teacher resigns amid allegations of inappropriate
relationship |
|
|
State seeks Galveston County Court at Law judge's removal |
|
|
Meteorologist investigates Blanket storm, determines twister did strike Brown
County community |
|
|
The Community of Blanket Starts Clean-up After A Tornado Tears Through the
Area |
|
|
After the Tornado: Blanket Students Shocked, School Rebuilds |
|
|
Central Texas Storms Produce Hail, High Winds, Some Anxiety |
|
|
Civil case against Austin police officer who shot and killed Byron Carter to
go forward |
|
|
Update:
canceled,
AMBER ALERT: Police say possibly suicidal Houston man abducted toddler,
stole car |
|
|
Bosque County sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots armed man, authorities say |
|
|
Montague Co. Sheriff's Office Releases Dashcam Video of Deputy Boyd Being
Shot in March |
|
|
Complaint outlines alleged plot to kill letter carrier |
|
|
Fort Worth Police: Pastor arrested on sex-assault charges |
|
|
Killer of off-duty Houston police officer loses appeal |
|
|
Austin woman gets 50 years for attack on ex-spouse |
|
|
2 arrested in Houston shootings that left 2 dead |
|
|
Suspect in Grand Prairie double slayings found in NM |
|
|
Man gets 16 months for attempted arson in Tyler |
|
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Dallas woman indicted, college financial aid scam |
|
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Horse in Texas gets prosthetic lower leg |
|
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Robber admits pulling San Antonio's largest jewelry heist |
|
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A year later, San Antonio man still missing |
|
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INTERPOL captures Atascosa man wanted for aggravated sex assault of a minor |
|
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Wichita Falls man arrested after SWAT move |
|
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Kidnapping, sexual assault suspect arrested in Waco |
|
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Camera catches suspect skipping away after fatal Houston shooting |
|
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Two huge gators shot as sightings in Houston neighborhoods jump |
|
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Fire engulfed railroad bridge crashes to the ground near San Saba |
|
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1 killed, 3 students hurt in Wills Point school bus accident |
|
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05/21/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
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Houston to host
Super Bowl LI |
|
|
Tornado damage
in Texas too, Tuesday |
|
|
IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews
on delaying ObamaCare implementation through the IRS scandal |
|
|
|
House sidesteps deadline, delays major
budget vote
- when is a deadline not a deadline, why
in the do little for months and wait to the last minute Texas House
- man that's some great Speaker leadership! |
|
|
Budget stalls; tax ‘relief’ mired in
legislative confusion -
Hilderbran didn't do a very good job leading on the tax relief and
reform did he? |
|
|
Chairman Hilderbran responds to his House colleagues jeering him for
not voting on pensions |
|
|
Game of chicken on budget: So little time, so little trust |
|
|
Texas House rejects effort to rein in lawmakers’ pension hikes |
|
|
Binge Spending Killing The Budget |
|
|
Tense budget standoff in Capitol as midnight deadline approaches |
|
|
Polling Center: Budget Endgames and Public Opinion |
|
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Multiple Bills Key to Holding Budget Deal in Place |
|
|
TPPF on the Closing Days of the 83rd Regular Session |
|
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Senate backs disputed electric-fee refund |
|
|
7 Days in May: Taut political thriller unfolds beneath the pink
dome. |
|
|
House bills vs. Senate bills – who’s wasting time here? |
|
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Senate tells government agencies to allow CHL holders in their
buildings |
|
|
Texas lawmakers approve part of water overhaul |
|
|
Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Passage of House Bill 4 |
|
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Last Day for House to Consider Key Water Measure |
|
|
Texas lawmakers approve part of water overhaul |
|
|
McKenzie: Texas needs to seize opportunity to meet its huge water
challenges |
|
|
Rep. Márquez passes bill to enforce the penalty for falsification of student
testing data |
|
|
Ban on soda in elementary, middle schools advances,
more |
|
|
CSCOPE oversight bill passes House |
|
|
Patrick: 'The Era Of CSCOPE Lesson Plans Has Come To An End' |
|
|
Some Dallas ISD students could graduate in 3 years under pilot program in
Legislature |
|
|
Bill to provide crisis, gun training for Texas K-12 educators with CHLs goes
to Gov. Perry |
|
|
Whitmire: Campus-carry ‘doesn’t have votes’ in Senate |
|
|
House mulls new district for failing schools |
|
|
Texas House wants some nonprofits to start disclosing donors |
|
|
Sullivan: Senate Bill 346 'darkly undermines speech' |
|
|
Erickson: Governor Perry, Please Veto SB 346 |
|
|
Editorial: Gov. Perry should sign SB346 to restrict 'dark money' |
|
|
The Misplaced Outrage over 501(c)(4)s |
|
|
Texas House adds some teeth to political disclosure law |
|
|
House adds teeth to ethics bill; chomps at RR Commission |
|
|
Craddick rises in debate on RRC, where daughter serves |
|
|
SB
303 Dead, Dead, Dead |
|
|
Lt. Gov. Dewhurst issues call to action for conservatives on abortion issues |
|
|
Texas Medicaid Debate Complicated By Politics And Poverty |
|
|
House OKs requiring legislative input on Medicaid expansion |
|
|
House OKs ban on Medicaid expansion |
|
|
House to resurrect driving permits for undocumented immigrants |
|
|
Tx Republican Women endorse driving permits for immigrants |
|
|
Mother of exoneree Tim Cole honored in Texas Senate |
|
|
No resurrection in sight for payday lending law |
|
|
Shark fin bill dies on Senate floor |
|
|
Dallas Police Association furious over bill restricting cellphone tracking |
|
|
Texas House rejects Senate’s amendments on drone bill |
|
|
Bill Lets Police Take Guns From Those in Mental Crisis |
|
|
House Backs Mental Health Jail Diversion Program in Harris Co. |
|
|
House To Vote On Drug Testing Welfare Recipients |
|
|
Update:
Bill Allowing Hotter Waste in Texas Passes House,
Lawmaker resurrects radioactive waste bill,
Texas Radioactive Waste Bill Killed For Error |
|
|
Eltife bills giving craft beer market access pass to Perry |
|
|
Nominations committee approves all three nominees for UT Board of Regents,
final vote up to full Senate |
|
|
Senate approves fixed-rate tuition option for Texas universities |
|
|
House passes first higher ed tuition revenue bond bill since ’06 |
|
|
Senate approves tax break for veteran spouses |
|
|
California Retirees Have Sen. Carona's Company in Crosshairs |
|
|
Houston Tea Party group sues IRS |
|
|
Dallas Co. Democratic Party leader Darlene Ewing staying on the job |
|
|
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins loses re-election
financial director |
|
|
PAC Plus
polls Latinos in Texas |
|
|
George P. Bush campaign road trip to North Carolina highway lobby group |
|
|
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|
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DC: Cornyn to IRS: Apologize, Former Commissioner Refuses |
|
|
Ex-IRS chief sidesteps Sen. John Cornyn’s demand for apology over tea party
targeting |
|
|
DC: Cornyn: IRS Targeting Texans |
|
|
Cornyn Requests Medal of Honor for WWII Veteran James Megellas |
|
|
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|
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 05/21/2013 |
|
|
Gov. Perry Activates State Operations Center due to weather |
|
|
DFW area expects severe storms, possible tornadoes |
|
|
Texas Task Force 1 Deploying to Oklahoma |
|
|
Moments of silence for Oklahoma tornado victims; Texas task force
activated |
|
|
Federal court in San Antonio sets May 29 hearing on Texas
redistricting |
|
|
Texas Power Grid Poised to Be Put to the Test Again |
|
|
TEA commissioner approves academic partnership agreement between
Premont ISD & Texas A&M University-Kingsville |
|
|
Staples: Dalhart Welcomes Former FFA State President as New Mayor |
|
|
Teachers Will Be Allowed To Carry Guns In Archer City Schools |
|
|
New 737 area-code leads to 10-digit dialing in Austin-area on 1 June |
|
|
Rare $10 Bill Marked For City Of West To Be Sold |
|
|
Lesbian couple in Allen says morality clause in divorce equals
discrimination |
|
|
Gov. Perry Names Arismendez Chair of Texas Commission of Licensing and
Regulation |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Bleier to San Jacinto River Authority Board of Directors |
|
|
Gov. Perry Names Shipp Chair of Texas Board of Nursing |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas School for the Blind and Visually
Impaired Governing Board |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Katy fire chief indicted on charges of taking drugs from ambulances |
|
|
More details on Windcrest asst. police chief's arrest |
|
|
Ex-teacher who had sex with student out of prison |
|
|
Ex-DA Villalobos’ bank records come under scrutiny |
|
|
Former Taft High School band director sentenced next month for improper
relationship |
|
|
Multiple Tornado Touchdowns in Brown & Comanche Counties - Damage Reported |
|
|
Town of Blanket is Uprooted by Monday Tornado |
|
|
Suspected tornado devastates small school in Blanket |
|
|
Storms bring 1.47 inches of rain to Wichita Falls |
|
|
Strong storms hit Denton County |
|
|
Red Cross website connects disaster victims to their families |
|
|
Lubbock bomb squad called to empty apartment building |
|
|
Cops find Mexican Mafia general's stash |
|
|
Bosque Sheriff’s Deputy Shoots Man Barricaded Inside Home |
|
|
Longview police officer fatally shoots fleeing suspect
|
|
|
Waco Man Drowns
Navigating Inflatable Raft at Twin Bridges Park |
|
|
Students evacuated in Stony Point High fire |
|
|
Waco civic leader David Kultgen dies |
|
|
Tractor trailer accident shuts down I-37 near Harbor Bridge |
|
|
Washington County authorities charge Houston man with cattle theft |
|
|
Cleburne parents face charge of injury to child after death of adopted boy |
|
|
Poor population in DFW suburbs has risen 111 percent since 2000 |
|
|
Los Fresnos school bus rear-ended by mini-van |
|
|
More than $1.6M of cocaine seized in DPS traffic stop |
|
|
East El Paso woman flees attacker by jumping out window |
|
|
Houston veteran protests HOA restriction with upside down flag display |
|
|
Pasadena ISD student abducted while walking home from school |
|
|
Houston: Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case |
|
|
Mother of Hailey Dunn talks about missing cheerleader found dead |
|
|
05/20/2013 (18th & 19th too) |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
What you need to know about Special Sessions of the Texas
Legislature |
|
|
Bill-passing flurry expected in final week |
|
|
Governor Perry's veto power grows as session grows late |
|
|
Texas budget deal struck, but will Perry approve?,
Veto History |
|
|
Sullivan: A Budget Dealt? |
|
|
Burka: Elements of the Budget Deal |
|
|
Budget Agreement Hinges on Key Legislation |
|
|
House Ways & Means Chair Harvey
Hilderbran skips tough vote, House members object
- he's gone slippery on us, too bad as he once had a good
reputation. |
|
|
Snag on electricity fee rebates could hang up budget |
|
|
As first big test of budget deal looms, questions arise |
|
|
House rejects measure to detach their pensions from judge pay |
|
|
A Green Light for Pension Hikes, Double Dipping |
|
|
Bill would drastically revamp water agency |
|
|
House OKs state audit of Texas Enterprise Fund run by Governor |
|
|
Pitts: Emerging Tech to get $50 million |
|
|
Senator Deuell wants to push more money towards roads |
|
|
Legislative mischief in final days from Democrat state Rep. Thompson
of Houston |
|
|
House member kills senator's bills in tit-for-tat |
|
|
Carter takes on McClendon over efforts to kill local bills |
|
|
House resurrects prosthetics bill attacked in grudge match |
|
|
Innocence Commission Clash Impacting Other Bills |
|
|
Daily Drama at the Capitol in the Final Days |
|
|
Two gun bills stall in Senate |
|
|
Senate: Don’t require SSNs for gun permits |
|
|
GOP freshman legislators fight bills they say create a nanny state |
|
|
Classroom curriculum system, CSCOPE, dies amid criticism |
|
|
CSCOPE to No Longer Offer Lesson Plans to Texas Schools |
|
|
Venable: CSCOPE or C-SCAM? |
|
|
Lawmakers advance school teacher residency program |
|
|
Lambert: Good News and Bad News on Parental Rights |
|
|
Why did Texas news sites not publish the “Turnaround Specialists” school
district bill number? |
|
|
Though a minority, Democrats prevail on school funds |
|
|
‘Merry Christmas Bill’ approved |
|
|
Bill outlawing cellphone use by drivers anywhere
on school property sent to governor -
a terrible bill |
|
|
UT Regents' confirmation hearing dominated by Powers questions,
more |
|
|
Sen. Whitmire accuses regents’ nominees of
having a ‘mission’ - so what if
they do? That's part of the system and why the Governor gets to nominate
these folk, to push his agenda. |
|
|
Oliveira: New university/medical school is
Valley's Eagle Ford Shale - see
how Democrats perceive government spending as the same economic value as
productive, private sector spending! Ignorant. |
|
|
Tornillo Port of Entry area zoning bill is stymied |
|
|
AP Friday highlights from around the Capitol |
|
|
Bill to Increase Pharmacy Rate Transparency Advances |
|
|
House passes craft beer bills |
|
|
For John Carona, Conflicts and Interests
- great line: “He is a senator and a special-interest group rolled into
one.” |
|
|
Driving permits for undocumented immigrants gets spiked |
|
|
House passes amended CPRIT reform bill |
|
|
Dallas toll dodgers face roadblocks to commute, vehicle registration
under bill in Legislature |
|
|
Bill allowing states to create a prostitution prevention program
tentatively passes House |
|
|
Xeriscaping bill passes House preventing
HOA’s from restricting drought-resistant landscaping
- another attack upon private contracting. |
|
|
Senate: Videoconferencing okay for public meetings |
|
|
New Texas law prevents shelter animals from being euthanized in gas chambers |
|
|
House Backs Bill to Crack Down on Medicaid Fraud |
|
|
Legislators Devote New Funding to Mental Health |
|
|
Prison Officers' Union Unhappy with 5%
Pay Raise - then go and get a
different job. |
|
|
House committee members have money ties to industry group that
wanted to kill riverway protection bill |
|
|
Ban on shark "finning" stifled in Senate |
|
|
Texas windstorm bill could affect thousands in Coastal Bend |
|
|
Rep. pulls plug on futile-care law
reform bill - they killed it
to keep the law as it is which is horrible and everything they
claimed this bill did. |
|
|
Lizard Protection Bill Caught in Oil Politics |
|
|
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|
|
DC: Texas
lawmakers play key roles in immigration debate |
|
|
DC:
Cruz Talks Texas Coming Together After Recent Tragedies |
|
|
DC:
Cruz slams IRS scandal, points to larger problem |
|
|
DC: Cornyn sees culture of intimidation and cover-ups at White House |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer Statement: FHA’s Reverse Mortgage Program is
Troubling |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer Requests Clarity on DHS Ammo Purchases |
|
|
DC: Lloyd Doggett on recent IRS scandal |
|
|
DC: Why Sheila Jackson Lee Interrupted Darrell Issa: Magner v
Gallagher |
|
|
DC: Rep. Kevin Brady asks IRS Commissioner: “Is this still America?” |
|
|
Why Ted Cruz isn't presidential material: Column |
|
|
Sen. Cruz eligible to be president should he decide to run |
|
|
DC: Rep. Louie Gohmert: Naming Names |
|
|
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|
|
DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 5/20/2013 |
|
|
Current Texas Wildfire Situation |
|
|
DPS: Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Arrested in Dallas |
|
|
Texas DPS adds patrols for Memorial Day weekend |
|
|
Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial |
|
|
Ethics Commission Bill Could Force Tough Votes |
|
|
Comptroller Reminds Texans the ENERGY STAR® Sales Tax Holiday is This
Weekend |
|
|
Gov. Perry Again Renews Proclamation Extending Drought Emergency |
|
|
Houston as a host city for major sporting events |
|
|
Will Boy Scouts allow open homosexuality? Vote imminent. |
|
|
Lubbock rally protests allowing open homosexuality in Boy Scouts
Fort Worth's Stephen L.
Brotherton, MD, elected 148th president of the Texas Medical Assocation |
|
|
9% of Texas reported adult abuse was from Hidalgo Co. |
|
|
Texas Parks & Wildlife launches Marine Investigations Unit |
|
|
As Towns Say No, Signs of Rising Resistance to Smart Meters |
|
|
Campaign aims to protect children from predators |
|
|
Anita Perry brings attention to Carry The Load as Memorial Day approaches |
|
|
Texas Files Suit Against BP for Damages Caused By 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil
Spill |
|
|
Why Texas Makes Kindergarteners Take Standardized Tests |
|
|
Texas residents missing after tornadoes found safe |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Thomas to Commission on Human Rights |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Hase to Governing Board of the Texas Indigent Defense
Commission |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Four to Aging and Disability Services Council |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Assistive and Rehabilitative Services Council |
|
|
Federal appeals court upholds Texas age limit to carry handguns |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
UT Regents' confirmation hearing dominated by Powers questions |
|
|
Sen. Whitmire accuses regents’ nominees of
having a ‘mission’ - so what if
they do? That's part of the system and why the Governor gets to nominate
these folk, to push his agenda. |
|
|
UTEP team's project wins venture titles |
|
|
UT's M.D. Anderson, under financial pressure, tightens belt |
|
|
More than 8,000 graduate from UT Saturday |
|
|
Oliveira: New university/medical school is
Valley's Eagle Ford Shale - see
how Democrats perceive government spending as the same economic value as
productive, private sector spending! Ignorant. |
|
|
Rocha: Blue ribbon panel would have cost med school time and money |
|
|
U. of Mary Hardin-Baylor Women's Golf Wins National Championship |
|
|
TSC: Jobs for pre-union employees |
|
|
UTB opposes preliminary injunction |
|
|
Texas colleges making gradual improvement in 4-year graduation rates |
|
|
Tech names Candace Whitaker head coach of Lady Raiders |
|
|
Copeland named new UT-Tyler head basketball coach |
|
|
Griner: No talking sexuality at Baylor
- good, it's not appropriate (homosexual, heterosexual, any-sexual) |
|
|
Baylor Board of Regents approve projects, name East Village buildings |
|
|
Texas A&M students, faculty push for more transparency in fees process |
|
|
Man charged with harassing Texas A&M student |
|
|
A&M University-Kingsville's new program linked to Department of Homeland
Security efforts |
|
|
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso to Become Full
University |
|
|
Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Creation of Texas Tech Health Sciences
Center at El Paso |
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
El Paso ISD Andress High School teacher arrested, Bomb Squad called |
|
|
Former US customs agent accused in document fraud |
|
|
Former Border Patrol agent, school cop, faces new child sex charges |
|
|
Windcrest assistant police chief arrested on DWI charge |
|
|
Staffers testify against ex-DA |
|
|
Testimony: Villalobos pushed wrongful death lawsuit in Livingston case |
|
|
Former substitute teacher gets 5 years for attempted sexual assault of a
child |
|
|
Update:
Firefighter killed,
Firefighter missing in Dallas condo complex blaze |
|
|
Body of Dallas firefighter killed in six-alarm blaze escorted to hospital |
|
|
Longview JP recovering after shooting |
|
|
Harris County sheriff's deputy killed by drunken driver |
|
|
Hidalgo Co. sheriff's deputy hospitalized after collision with suspected
drunken driver |
|
|
Mart police officers hurt in chase |
|
|
Houston PD: Man kills armed attacker in downtown shootout |
|
|
Houston: Good Samaritan shot in head trying to help woman |
|
|
Man moving from Maine to Texas has conviction upheld for moving guns through
New Jersey |
|
|
Group of 5 ram truck into Houston Exxon, leave with ATM |
|
|
Young Houston couple giving away $4 billion to big ideas |
|
|
1 dead, 2 wounded at large house party in northwest Harris County |
|
|
Burnet Co. Sheriff: 2 found in burned home were murdered,
Suspect hangs self in jail |
|
|
2 women burned in Fort Worth store attack |
|
|
Dallas man shot to death on front porch of home |
|
|
Police arrest Dallas man after shootout kills 1 |
|
|
Houston: Gunman sought in Vietnamese restaurant shooting |
|
|
San Jacinto Co. Sheriff's Office arrests suspect in postal worker's death |
|
|
FLDS enclave near Eldorado a quiet site,
more |
|
|
Adopted Russian orphan triumphs over challenges |
|
|
Funeral-goers describe swindler Billie Sol Estes as loving |
|
|
Judge denies women's request for attorneys in 1995 Amarillo murder-for-hire
scheme |
|
|
Fort Worth museum displays work of 91-year-old amateur artist |
|
|
Bastrop pastor found guilty of animal cruelty |
|
|
Four dead in Karnes County crash |
|
|
Temp: Manhunt for man who rammed patrol car injuring 2 police officers |
|
|
Big Mess: 18-Wheeler Dumps 20-Ton Culvert On I-35 |
|
|
DPS patrol car fire spreads to house in Lubbock Co. |
|
|
Colorado City: Hundreds gather for Hailey Dunn memorial |
|
|
Hailey Dunn Remembered by Hundreds, Community still Illuminated with Hope |
|
|
In light of Hailey Dunn's disappearance, Colorado City students undergo self
defense training |
|
|
Shooting at airplane sends man to prison in Wichita Falls |
|
|
DEA agent shoots suspect outside The Houstonian Hotel |
|
|
Houston Ship Channel partially shut down during search for reported jumper |
|
|
Volunteer firefighters save man from burning home |
|
|
Houston attorney saves Tyrannosaur, wins Mongolia's highest honor |
|
|
‘Duck Dynasty’ stars promote West Texas values at sold-out show |
|
|
‘Duck Dynasty’ family members Q&A with Reporter-Telegram |
|
|
Former Big Texan co-owner Douglas Lee dies |
|
|
Flight from LA diverted to Amarillo |
|
|
Man drives into Nacogdoches Church |
|
|
Home-schooled Georgetown trio wins national model rocket competition |
|
|
5/17/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Budget deal reached; sharp words between Williams, Turner |
|
|
Texas
lawmakers reach budget deal |
|
|
New Texas budget offer raises hopes of Friday deal |
|
|
Just before the stroke of midnight, a budget deal is struck |
|
|
The skinny on Texas Lege’s bizarre budget negotiations |
|
|
House Democrats preparing “final offer” on school funding |
|
|
Turner: Beware of claims the GOP budget undoes
school cuts - sort of hard to undue a
cut that never was a cut! |
|
|
Despite Senate leader’s confidence, House Dems not ready to sign off on
budget |
|
|
Dewhurst: Texas budget deal should be done Friday |
|
|
Budget jockeying continues over education, water |
|
|
Burka: Williams, Perry, and the Budget |
|
|
Clearance at Big Lots: tax cuts going, going, gone |
|
|
How Lawmakers' Pensions Would Grow Under Budget |
|
|
Water needs take center stage in legislative budget battle |
|
|
Texas Senate forcing out state insurance
commissioner - & yet it's lawmakers
who can't get the most pressing problem solved, Windstorm Insurance. Maybe
it is they who should be forced out. |
|
|
Windstorm Reform Bill Falls One Vote Short in Texas Senate |
|
|
Texas would share in profits of new loan program |
|
|
Sen. Lucio works to require drug tests of
elected officials - ridiculous |
|
|
Texas House OKs much-watched charter school bill |
|
|
Texas House Backs Bill Expanding Charter Schools |
|
|
Rep. Marisa Márquez passes bill to reduce standardized testing falsification |
|
|
Rep. Krause secures passage of amendment to protect college student rights |
|
|
[Lib] Activists irked by amendment on student groups from Krause |
|
|
Valley lawmakers to unveil medical school compromise |
|
|
Forge a solution: In the medical school merger, constituents must not
hinder Hinojosa, Oliveira |
|
|
House Approves South Texas University Compromise Bill |
|
|
Senate panel advances measures on higher education meetings, UT admissions |
|
|
Senate votes to restrict use of drones in Texas,
more |
|
|
Pratt: Remember: Hard cases often make bad law. |
|
|
Committee OKs switchblades, innocence commission stalls again |
|
|
Lawmakers advance legalization of switchblades |
|
|
Senator Zaffirini recognized for casting
50,000th consecutive vote - sadly
40,000 of them have been wrong. |
|
|
Secret tribunal bill, aka runaway grand jury bill, goes down |
|
|
House, Senate Clash Over Dutton's Consent Calendar Bill Resolved |
|
|
End-of-Life Bill Sparks Anger, Accusations |
|
|
Grudge against Huffman kills bill to help amputees |
|
|
For 83rd Lege, More Civility Than Drama |
|
|
Legislating in Texas is not all fun and glory |
|
|
East Texas lawmakers’ bills clear Senate committee |
|
|
Bill Would Give Unclaimed Ashes of Veterans a Final Resting Place |
|
|
Infrastructure Constraints Loom as Texas Grows |
|
|
Kemp's Ridley named the state sea turtle |
|
|
Nifty electoral map of the day (from 1880) |
|
|
Ethics Explorer: A Guide to the Financial Interests of Elected
Officials |
|
|
State Rep. Naomi Gonzalez, D-El Paso, to seek re-election despite
DWI charge |
|
|
Gov. Perry: I Cannot Support Lackluster Immigration Bill |
|
|
Guns.com talks to Gov. Rick Perry: Will gun makers flock to Texas? |
|
|
Blogger apologizes for gay slur, deletes anonymous account |
|
|
Abusive IRS Tactics Stymied the Katy Tea Party Leading up to the
2012 Election |
|
|
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|
|
DC: Rep.
Beto O'Rourke urges discussion on war on drugs |
|
|
DC: Cornyn Responds to IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party
Targeting Now Running Health Care Office |
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DC: Cornyn Response to Appointment of White House Insider to IRS
Commissioner |
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DC: Texas lawmakers seek to protect U.S. military bases from cuts |
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DC: Rep. Marc Veasey: Grandparent Tax Credit Act of 2013 |
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Texans Seek Bipartisanship in a Sharply Divided D.C. |
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How Obamacare Empowers the IRS |
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DC: Rep. Williams criticizes VA Claims Backlog |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief fro 5/17/2013 |
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The State Fire Marshal’s Office and ATF Conclude Scene Investigation at the
West Fertilizer Plant: Fire Ruled As Undetermined |
|
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Cornyn, Cruz Statement on West Investigation |
|
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Texas Government Insider weekly edition |
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Gov. Perry to visit tornado-damaged Granbury |
|
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Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
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Ex-top Fort Worth police official fired over DWI |
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Edinburg CISD fires Harwell teacher accused of sexual assault |
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Former mayor of Toyah, Bartolo Sanchez, admits stealing $100K |
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Harris Co. deputy constable accused of striking prisoner |
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Defense grills witness in trial of former Cameron Co. DA |
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Laredo merchant pleads guilty, fake designer items |
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Thieves bust 3 locks to rob Sugar Land Little League concession stand |
|
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Crazy ants are invading parts of the U.S., including Houston |
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Experts say Africanized bee colonies ‘all stirred up’ in RGV |
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Houston teen charged in apparently random attack on man burned alive |
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The Woodlands, League City & Pearland named best for young families |
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PETA offers $2,500 reward to crack case of 13 dead dogs in Peñitas |
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Fire Destroys Abilene Church Building, Pastor Thankful No One was Hurt |
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Colorado City Public Hailey Dunn Memorial Scheduled Sunday |
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Former Sweetwater PD officer honored 36 years after being shot |
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Prosecution seeks death for man in sons' drowning deaths |
|
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Elevator stops short at Tower of the Americas, traps 16 for more than 2
hours |
|
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Man found dead near Bexar Co. courthouse committed suicide |
|
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Downed pole leaves 1,700 without power in San Antonio |
|
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San Antonio's winningest lady bartender out in nationals |
|
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5
tornado safety myths debunked |
|
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North Texas torn up by 16 tornadoes |
|
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Cleburne Woman Sifts Through Debris From Childhood Home |
|
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Waskom storm damages homes and topples trees, but no injuries
reported |
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Suspect leads police on a chase from Fort Worth to Dallas |
|
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Fort Worth man dies after being shocked by police Taser |
|
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Elderly San Benito Man Survives More Than 200 Bee Stings |
|
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8 arrested in alleged cocaine ring in Killeen |
|
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Former Pflugerville football players sentenced in assault case |
|
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Famed Star Trek ship finds a new home in Houston |
|
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Houston couple arrested in string of burglaries; "White Boy D" at
large |
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Camera gets clear view of knife-wielding man robbing Rosenberg bank |
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05/16/2013 |
|
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
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Texas budget deal still elusive despite confidence |
|
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By Dawn’s Early LIght … Still No Budget Announcement in Sight |
|
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Budget deal could come today, Democrats still balking |
|
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House Democrats: GOP shifting deal on Texas budget |
|
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Tempers flare as clock ticks on budget standoff |
|
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Burka: Things Fall Apart |
|
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Going nowhere fast: Not much new money
for transportation, state leaders say
- forget the Rainy Day Fund, the Lege had 8 BILLION in new dollars
to spend this time. They frittered much of it away by pouring it
back into political-favorite agencies and programs that survived
last sessions cuts or reductions in growth just fine. |
|
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Construction worker misclassification Bills Likely Dead This Session |
|
|
Texas windstorm insurance bill dies on
Senate floor - disgusting |
|
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Insurance commissioner forced out by Senate |
|
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House spikes term limits proposal for statewide officials,
more |
|
|
Point of Order Delays CSCOPE Debate in Texas House |
|
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House to consider much-watched charter school bill |
|
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Pro-charter school group buys more than $675K in TV air time |
|
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Patrick's Charter School Bill Faces Test in House |
|
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Bill would require flags in charter schools |
|
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Texas charter school bill would put end
to nepotism - a B.S.
argument, the school would get the same money per student no matter
if everyone working there was one family or none was related. Should
highway contractors not be allowed to have relatives working in
their firms? Charter schools are outside contractors delivering a
service for the state and should be treated as all other contractors
- either the job gets done to, or above, minimum requirements or, it
doesn't and they are fired. |
|
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Gov. Perry holds ceremony to sign Morton Act into law |
|
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Gov. Perry Signs Senate Bill 1611, The Michael Morton Act |
|
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Rio Grande Valley med school meets divide |
|
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Amended South Texas University Bill Passes Senate |
|
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Higher Ed. Coordinating Board bill goes back to Senate |
|
|
$2.4 billion in university construction bonds still in play at
Capitol |
|
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House votes to scale back higher education agency’s regulatory
powers |
|
|
Guns on campus bill heads to full Texas Senate |
|
|
Texas House kills local review of
public-private projects -
good, City of Austin doesn't need to dictate to state taxpayers |
|
|
Agenda Texas: An Update on Medicaid Expansion |
|
|
Senator Says Innocence Commission Bill is in Trouble |
|
|
Update of election law bills |
|
|
Questions of Contradiction in "Ethics"
Bills - they are rarely
"ethics" bills, what they are are political speech and campaign
regulation bills |
|
|
Edsall: Targeting Texas (Democrats) |
|
|
An interesting polling look at Texas
Hispanic voters - the Cruz
result shows a high degree of bigotry - his name is Cruz therefore
he must be a Democrat! |
|
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An ex-cop from Lubbock: The littlest big political donor in Texas |
|
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How ex-Det. Guy Bowers became the biggest campaign donor of all |
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DC: House Republicans threaten to quit immigration group |
|
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DC: House group has deal on immigration |
|
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DC: Beto O'Rourke bill would OK term limits for Congress |
|
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DC: House bill protects homeland security budget |
|
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DC: Neugebauer Votes To Pass Farm Bill Out Of Committee |
|
|
DC: Smith Demands Nationwide Investigation of IRS |
|
|
DC: Sen. Cruz on Securing the Border, Supporting Legal Immigration |
|
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DC: Cornyn Says People Need To be Held Accountable For IRS & AP
Scandals |
|
|
DC: Stockman asks for probe of alleged audits of citizens reported
to White House email address |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 5/16/2013 |
|
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Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Arrested in Missouri |
|
|
Killer of Houston cop executed in Huntsville |
|
|
A water generation gap portends
confrontation between Texas’ past, future
- or using drought to turn Texas leftwing. |
|
|
Staples: FFA Growing New Leaders |
|
|
Source: Cause of West fertilizer plant blast narrowed to golf cart,
electrical fire or criminal act |
|
|
Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on West Investigation Results |
|
|
West Explosion Cause Undetermined; Tragedy Unfolded In 19 Minutes |
|
|
Randy Travis sues DPS & AG over drunk driving arrest footage |
|
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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|
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Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
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Weather:
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|
|
Panola Co. Sheriff enters guilty plea on tampering charge |
|
|
Ex-Eagle Pass worker gets prison for city credit card fraud |
|
|
Son of Hidalgo County's top elected
official arrested on theft charge
- just preparing for his RGV Democrat political career |
|
|
Cleburne teacher/coach arrested for improper relationship |
|
|
Weslaco firemen's union finds more financial discrepancies |
|
|
New witness takes stand in trial of former Cameron Co. DA |
|
|
Cyber Crimes Unit Arrests Gonzales Teacher for Child Pornography
Possession |
|
|
Dewhurst calls for investigation of Houston clinic |
|
|
Houston doctor accused of illegal abortions |
|
|
Detention hearing postponed for West man facing bomb charges |
|
|
Dave Matthews Band donates $100K to West victims ahead of Houston show |
|
|
West ISD School Board Members Tour Damaged Campuses |
|
|
Arson investigators search for cause of fire at Cedar Hill church |
|
|
Two big rigs overturn in separate wrecks, one near downtown Houston |
|
|
Semi truck stuck under overpass at I-27 & North Loop in Lubbock |
|
|
Armed men rob Houston cellphone store, deputies follow GPS signal |
|
|
Houston man charged after threats made to synagogues |
|
|
Oil spotted in Sims Bayou in southeast Houston |
|
|
Escalator incident reportedly seriously injures several in San
Antonio Convention Center |
|
|
2nd brother guilty of robbing Forney bank twice |
|
|
Rally to Encourage Lubbock-area Boy Scouts
to Vote Against Allowing Openly Homosexual Members |
|
|
Lubbock Apartment Complex Could Be Liable for Man's Death in Drunk
Driving Accident |
|
|
‘King of the Hill’ voice star stops in Pawnee ISD |
|
|
Dallas County jury deliberating sentence for man who robbed homes
while working as informant |
|
|
Tank ruptures, leaks chemical into southeast Houston gully |
|
|
Former Bank of America Executive Sentenced to 37 Months for Embezzling
Church Funds |
|
|
05/15/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
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Budget conferees ready to “put a bow on” it; In email to Regents, Perry
pecks at “charlatans and peacocks.” |
|
|
Texas 2014-2015 budget could be settled Wednesday |
|
|
Hope Remains for Partial Victory on Road Cash |
|
|
Senate gives preliminary OK to bill to ‘keep free roads free’ |
|
|
Budget conferees vote not to fund DPS fusion center |
|
|
Thank you, but no thank you: Bill to undo last session’s tax-collection
speed ups goes to governor |
|
|
State developments, Capitol complex would get more oversight under new bill |
|
|
Texas Senate Does Its Job, House Reps Drag Their Feet |
|
|
Flynn Passes Sweeping Transparency Legislation |
|
|
New Bill Prevents Wrongful Charges for Records Needed by Defendants |
|
|
Bill bans youths in tanning beds, even with
parental OK - horrible Nanny-state
stuff |
|
|
Timothy Cole Exoneration Review Commission bill sponsor pleads for votes |
|
|
Innocent man’s brother angrily accuses senator
of callousness - Huffman's position
is not callous, it is reasonable |
|
|
Session apologizes for outburst; exonerees bill left pending again |
|
|
New Law Requires Texas Drivers to Move Over For TxDot Vehicles
- yep and the law says not to speed, to use the left lane only for passing,
to wear seatbelts, to use your signal before changing lanes, etc. More
magical thinking! |
|
|
Texas Senate votes to weaken university regents
- shortsighted and wrongheaded |
|
|
UT regent grilled on Perry emails,
Lawmakers question impartiality of UT Regents
- since when have regents been expected to be impartial, they're not a jury |
|
|
Bill creating UT Tyler pharmacy program advances |
|
|
Lawmakers advance limits on medicating foster children,
more |
|
|
Rep. Krause announces passage of SB260 honoring our military families |
|
|
A special session on a tougher campus carry bill is possible, key senator
warns |
|
|
Senate honors autistic artist |
|
|
'Merry Christmas Bill' advances in Texas Senate |
|
|
CSCOPE Reform on House Floor Shortly |
|
|
Interactive: Tracking Education Reform Bills |
|
|
Texas senator says 0.05 blood alcohol limit ‘not
realistic’ - Whitmire is right and
screw the Feds on this. Besides, address this would be "divisive" and mess
with Whitmire's "good session" he so wishes to preserve. |
|
|
Statement by Gov. Perry on Senate Bill 441 |
|
|
Update:
Term limit proposal goes down in the House,
Texas House Considers Term Limits Referendum |
|
|
Texas Higher Ed. Coordinating Board Sunset bill tentatively passes with
controversial amendment attached |
|
|
Older voters most likely to vote early
- and vote at all. I found it odd that this was
presented as surprising. |
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TX13: Opponent ponders Thornberry seat |
|
|
DC: John Cornyn Calls on IRS Commissioner Steven Miller to Resign |
|
|
DC: Cornyn Demands More Information on AP Phone Record Seizure from AG
Holder |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer: IRS Harassment, Repealing Obamacare, and the ESA Working
Group |
|
|
DC: IRS scandal: Rep. Pete Gallego denounces,
GOP tars - hmmm, did Dems grant
GOP a break after Watergate? |
|
|
DC: Cornyn Op-ed: Is This America Or China? |
|
|
DC: Cornyn: Administration Has Credibility Gap |
|
|
DC: Scholarship scandal restored to Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson’s Wikipedia
entry |
|
|
DC: Cruz Not Hispanic Enough to Hypocrite Left |
|
|
DC: Cornyn, Cruz Vote to Fix Water Resource and Development Act |
|
|
Dr. Steve Hotze Releases Songs Opposing "Obamacare"
- stick to donating & suing! |
|
|
DC: Cornyn still opposes shield law for journalists, after AP phone flap
prompts White House push |
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|
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DPS situation awareness brief for 5/15/2013 |
|
|
DPS Urges Texans to Report Suspicious Activities
Through State Website
|
|
|
West: Firefighters focused concern on toxic gases |
|
|
West Investigation Results Will Be Announced Thursday |
|
|
After West Disaster, Little Discussion on Soil Issues |
|
|
Grand Jury Indicts Ex-West EMS Volunteer; Due In Court Wednesday |
|
|
Monument to volunteer firefighters, such as those killed in West explosion,
needs expansion |
|
|
State Left Family-Planning Money Unspent While
Clinics Closed - good |
|
|
Statement by Texas AG Abbott Calling for Special Prosecutor to Investigate
IRS Harassment |
|
|
Texans weigh in on investigation of IRS |
|
|
Greg Abbott calls on Texas tea party groups to tell him if targeted by the
IRS |
|
|
Possum Kingdom Lake wildfire mostly contained |
|
|
Hearing ordered for woman on death row for Amarillo murder |
|
|
State judge delays execution of Robert Pruett set for next week |
|
|
Houston-born singer Lydia Mendoza honored with US stamp |
|
|
Study: Texas ranked 4th in least foul-mouthed state in US |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Former Lubbock city employees indicted for copper theft |
|
|
El Paso Attorney suspended from practicing law for 6 months |
|
|
Convicted Judge Limas continues as witness in trial of former DA Villalobos |
|
|
Woman knocked unconscious sues former Dallas County jailer |
|
|
89 charged in Medicare fraud busts in 8 cities, including Houston |
|
|
Family claims woman posed as county employee to bail out relative, but kept
money |
|
|
Houston doctor accused of illegal abortions,
Will Houston’s version of Kermit Gosnell be investigated and charged? |
|
|
Wichita Falls man indicted in arson |
|
|
Man drowns trying to unload boat at Lake Waco |
|
|
Update:
Convicted,
Video shows Dallas dad admits drowning 2 sons |
|
|
Stephens Co. man sentenced to 75 years for aggravated sexual assault charge |
|
|
One injured in explosion/fire at Durham Transportation school bus barn in
Wolfforth |
|
|
Tyler ISD bus rear-ended, no injuries reported |
|
|
American jet makes emergency landing in Amarillo |
|
|
Katy Teenager Shot While In Car With Other Teens Dies |
|
|
Texans preseason includes games against Cowboys, Saints |
|
|
Brenham pharmacy burglary like something out of 'Mission Impossible' |
|
|
Aldine ISD bus driver drops off students miles from school |
|
|
Deputies seek identity of dead woman in Smurfette T-shirt |
|
|
Man sentenced to 14 years in Houston weapons ring |
|
|
Ex-Sugar Land insurance agent gets 12 years for fraud |
|
|
Ex-sprinkler installer in Texas City charged with theft |
|
|
Homeowner wounds suspect during shoot-out in SW Houston,
more |
|
|
Two men shot in northeast Houston neighborhood, one killed |
|
|
Driver takes off after hitting El Paso deputy's parked car |
|
|
Nearly 200 tires stolen from cars in Georgetown dealership lot |
|
|
Teen bags biggest gator ever caught in Texas |
|
|
Suspicious package, note causes scare at San Antonio school |
|
|
Firefighters warn Houston resident an hour before blaze guts home |
|
|
Missing San Leon girl, 4, last seen in nightgown at McDonald's |
|
|
Houston man repays loan with fake money, shoots lender who complained |
|
|
Pellet gun found on Arlington ISD school bus |
|
|
Man shot and killed after suspects steal his pants in South Dallas |
|
|
Fort Worth inmate charged in murder-for-hire plot against judge |
|
|
Irving police seize $1.6 million worth of marijuana |
|
|
Tornadoes
leave injuries, damage in North Texas, Granbury hit |
|
|
05/14/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
House leader: Budget deal imminent |
|
|
House budget chief: Negotiators nearing agreement on schools, water |
|
|
Pitts: Budget Leaders Close on School and Water Funding |
|
|
It’s wet and wild, this session-solving fiscal compromise |
|
|
Sen. Williams: No vote to bust spending cap needed |
|
|
TPPF's Guenthner says budget needs a lot of work in remaining days |
|
|
Interactive: Tracking Franchise Tax Bills |
|
|
Whitmire: bet on a special session |
|
|
Protecting The ESF (Rainy Day Fund) As An Endowment |
|
|
Texas lawmakers move to indirectly boost their own pensions
|
|
|
Medicaid Providers Make a Last Push for Higher Rates |
|
|
Texas taxpayers cover uninsured workers' hospital costs as
construction companies skirt the bill |
|
|
Texas bill intended to end anonymous
political spending - This is
about classifying general political speech and voter pressure as a
regulated function. |
|
|
Political disclosure bill nears final passage in Legislature |
|
|
Leader of Texas House calls out critic, passes transparency bill |
|
|
House Sends Campaign Disclosure Bill to
Perry
|
|
|
CPRIT will be funded if Legislature agrees to operations overhaul |
|
|
State moves to restore funding for cancer agency |
|
|
House approves limits on powers of university
regents - another terrible Seliger
bill |
|
|
House approves Michael Morton Act,
more |
|
|
Sen. Ellis: ‘I need some help’ passing exoneree commission bill |
|
|
Morton Act, DA Accountability Bill Head to Perry |
|
|
Clock Running Out on Solitary Confinement Inquiries |
|
|
Education Bill for English Language Learners; Heads to Governor's Desk |
|
|
Drone bill gets out of Senate committee |
|
|
Bills to fight possible future federal gun laws advance in the Senate |
|
|
Pratt: Guard union is behind closing of lowest cost Texas prisons |
|
|
House Tentatively Approves "Scope-of-Practice" Bill |
|
|
Burka: The Non-session Session
- so it's a bad session with Republicans don't agree with Democrats and
moderates! |
|
|
Solar bill stalls in Texas Senate after power industry opposition |
|
|
Want to get hitched? Let’s see some (photo) ID first |
|
|
Texas Senate passes legislation requiring photo ID to get a marriage license |
|
|
Texas lawmakers divert millions collected to assist first responders in
small communities |
|
|
Despite defeats, former Texas Rep. Domingo Garcia says he’s happy with
Saturday’s election efforts |
|
|
Texas Tea Party Leader: IRS scandal
proves, “we’re not just some wacko conspiracy theorists; they really
did target us.” - don't
worry, the governing class and reporters will still think they're
all wackos. |
|
|
In Big Apple, Obama invokes West |
|
|
Voter turnout by ethnicity at the county level in Texas |
|
|
Perry: IRS Actions May Be ‘Criminal,’ ‘Un-American At Best’ |
|
|
What Rick Perry can learn from California? What not to do… |
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|
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|
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DC: Cornyn Files Amendment to Help Address Texas Water Shortage, Engage
Mexico on Treaty Compliance |
|
|
Cornyn Video on Border Deaths Stirs Controversy |
|
|
Is Ted Cruz the dream date for Iowa conservatives in 2016? |
|
|
Squishes, Step Aside: Ted Cruz and Chris Christie’s Old-School Manliness |
|
|
DC: Rep. Steve Stockman giving away AR-15 on website |
|
|
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|
|
DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 5/14/2013 |
|
|
DPS Memorializes Fallen Texas Peace Officers |
|
|
Robert Lynn Pruett scheduled for execution |
|
|
Willie Nelson Donates Nearly $130,000 To VFDs Hit Hard By West Blast |
|
|
Editorial: West explosion shows need for tighter standards |
|
|
Texas gets $203 million to offset damage from BP spill |
|
|
Millions in State Funds Not Reaching Volunteer Fire Departments |
|
|
Federal Cuts Mean Fewer Resources for Texas Firefighters
- we'd have plenty of $ if the Feds didn't take so much to begin
with. |
|
|
Why Texas Summer Camps Attract Kids Across The Country |
|
|
Union
Grove ISD now has armed staff |
|
|
Deaths from West Nile virus hit record last year |
|
|
Billie Sol Estes, legendary Texas con man, dies,
more |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Laredo DPS spokesman accused of domestic assault |
|
|
Jury hears first arguments in former-DA Villalobos’ trial |
|
|
3 to Face Charges for Helping Ex-District Clerk Avoid Prosecution |
|
|
Wichita Falls grass fire leads to evacuations on Monday |
|
|
Wildfire forces evacuations at Possum Kingdom Lake west of Fort Worth |
|
|
Firefighters continue to battle wildfires at Possum Kingdom Lake |
|
|
Millions in State Funds Not Reaching Volunteer Fire Departments |
|
|
Bexar Co. jury rejects murder defendant's justified shooting claim |
|
|
Man accused of posting nude pictures of girl after breakup |
|
|
Big Country Rancher Makes Homemade Biodiesel Fuel |
|
|
Lubbock teenage driver facing $1 million lawsuit |
|
|
7th DWI Arrest Lands College Station Man in Jail |
|
|
College Station Fire Station 2 Evacuated Due to Possible Hazmat
Situation |
|
|
Man shoots stepson after mistaking him for intruder |
|
|
Million-dollar pot operation busted in Harris County home |
|
|
Huffman woman puts son up for adoption on Craigslist |
|
|
Strange ad offers Manvel backyard shed as place to 'hide out' |
|
|
Residents want to save historic bridge over Colorado River in
Wharton |
|
|
Woman, young boy shot to death in Alief, boy's father shot and in
critical condition |
|
|
Houston teen arrested in Calif. after bank heist |
|
|
Houston man accused of attack during jail cell transfer |
|
|
Houston bank employees thrown in vault during robbery |
|
|
Fan Accused of Assaulting La Mafia Lead Singer |
|
|
Denton's "piano man "Bob Rogers" dies |
|
|
Garland Chemical Plant Mistake Raises Concerns |
|
|
Mother testifies in trial of Dallas father accused of drowning
children |
|
|
Fort Worth man pleads guilty to slaying homeless man |
|
|
Fort Hood soldier dies after crashing motorcycle into curb |
|
|
McLennan County man attempts to set home on fire twice, caught by
authorities |
|
|
Police Recover 25,000 Quarters From Car That Crashed Along I-35 |
|
|
05/13/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Leaders Find Agreement on Budget's Finer Points |
|
|
House negotiator: Budget talks showing progress |
|
|
Budget negotiators together again |
|
|
Budget negotiators ratify agreements — at margins |
|
|
From Kumbaya to abracadabra, a Waning Session’s Progression |
|
|
Budget surpluses spur tension in some GOP states |
|
|
Pratt: Rep. Drew Darby, RINO-San Angelo, wrong again on raising fees |
|
|
Capitol quest for road cash appears dead |
|
|
Funding for cancer agency tentatively restored
- terrible decision |
|
|
Budget Negotiators Tentatively Restore CPRIT
Funds - it should be killed off |
|
|
Campus carry bill slated for Senate hearing Tuesday |
|
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Activists supporting open-carry tote AR-15′s at Capitol |
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Charlie Geren, Kel Seliger with Obama’s IRS |
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Seliger’s advocacy group reporting bill, and the angst ensues |
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Unethical Commission |
|
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Braddock: Legislature shouldn’t hit and run on immigration |
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Could Texas soon have the golden touch? |
|
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Texas House approves bill to disclose settlements |
|
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Discovery Bill Vote Comes on Brady Ruling Anniversary |
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Estes and Otto: Let’s Keep Texas Competitive |
|
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Medical Association Backs Bills to Cut Red Tape |
|
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Big-issue bills could get left behind in Texas Legislature’s final stretch
|
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Small Legislative Error Proves Costly For Some Veterans' Dependents |
|
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Rep. Walle Legislation to Improve Workplace Policies for Nursing Mothers
Passed by the House |
|
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Rep. Farias' HB 194 Voted Out Of House to Give Disabled Veterans HUB
Designation |
|
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HB740, infant screening for heart disease, named after senator’s late
grandson |
|
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Limits on crime scene photos pass Senate |
|
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Key Texas windstorm insurance bill in Senate today |
|
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A touching moment on the House floor |
|
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Tanning bed bill invokes brief parental rights fight on House floor |
|
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University governing board bill will likely go back to Senate with
amendments |
|
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Michael Morton Act headed to governor’s desk |
|
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Padding Their Own Pensions |
|
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House members give Rick Perry golf applause |
|
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Rick Perry watches MSNBC but says he doesn’t like it |
|
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Obama’s goal of universal healthcare could be set back significantly by
Texas Governor Rick Perry |
|
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Comparing turnout by age among Texas voters (2008 & 2012) |
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DC: Cornyn: A Great Country Deserves a Great Immigration System |
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DC: Texas Senators suggestions for border security shot down |
|
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DC: Rep. McCaul wins bipartisan praise for Boston bombing probe |
|
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DC: Immigration: Reps. Gohmert, Smith & Stockman join pushback against Gang
of Eight plan |
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DC: Gohmert: “We’ve got people who are impeding the investigation” on
Benghazi |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief 05/13/2013 |
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DPS Urges Texans to Prepare Early for Hurricane Season |
|
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PolitiFact: Testing company is based in England |
|
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Houston policeman's killer set to die loses appeal |
|
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The Yellow Prose of Texas? Secession Movement Blooms in Fiction |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Hayden, Reappoints Crenshaw to Texas Private Security
Board |
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Gov. Perry Appoints Eight to Texas Medical Board |
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Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on the Kermit Gosnell Verdict |
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
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Former Muleshoe Teacher Maintains Innocence of Sexual Misconduct Accusations |
|
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Corruption trial starts for former Cameron Co. DA |
|
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Testimony Begins in ex-District Attorney's Trial |
|
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Judge: Soldier from Texas premeditated Iraq killings |
|
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2 San Antonio jailers fight, 1 taken to hospital
|
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Snyder teen killed, another injured in Scurry County ATV crash |
|
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People in Kaufman work to recover after 3 slayings |
|
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Dallas man charged with killing mother, 51 |
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Man arrested in Arlington arson investigation, pipe bombs found |
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Emhous: Drowning claims two adults; child hospitalized |
|
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Man jumps from Loop 410 ramp in San Antonio |
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San Antonio woman critically inured in hammer attack by grandson |
|
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Willie Nelson Gets Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music
in Boston |
|
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Springtown ISD bus hits, kills young boy |
|
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Gatesville Woman Charged After Bizarre Extortion Plot Unravels |
|
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Murder-for-hire: ETX women plot to kill police officer, affidavit
says |
|
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Police: Arlington man threw homemade bomb into neighbor's driveway |
|
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Man jumps out of car in Arlington, dies |
|
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Train Strikes Water Truck Near Big Spring, No Injuries Reported |
|
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Texas teen gets surprise prom date - her Navy fiance |
|
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Television crew injured in road rage incident in Palmview |
|
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Houston apartment fire goes from light smoke to 2 alarms |
|
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Man ambushed and killed in Northwest Harris County |
|
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Popular Mansfield couple killed in plane crash mourned at memorial |
|
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05/11&12/2013 |
|
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House, Senate face impasse over budget |
|
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Budget deal stumbles with 2 weeks left in session |
|
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Newsreel: Deadlines, Tax Cuts, Special Session |
|
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Deal reported on plan to close two private prisons |
|
|
‘Come and Take It’ proposal moves forward in Texas |
|
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East Texans mull concealed handgun license bill |
|
|
In Education Reform Debate, One Group Stands Out |
|
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Insurance commissioner Kitzman's fate now in Senate hands |
|
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Insurance Commissioner Kitzman defends money spent on consutlants |
|
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Bill Would Curb Access To Photos Of Murder Victims |
|
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Updated election bill chart |
|
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Texas’ missing 18-24 year old voters |
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DC: Neugebauer Statement on IRS Political Targeting |
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DPS situation awareness report for 5/12/2013,
5/11/2013 |
|
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Paramedic vocal after Texas blast facing charges |
|
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Former EMS volunteer denies involvement in West blast |
|
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Texas attorney general enters cancer agency’s political maze |
|
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Staples: Honoring Texas Mothers |
|
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Muleshoe School Board May Decide To Arm Teachers |
|
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Hunt ISD approves allowing teachers to carry firearms |
|
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King: As causes of death, gun violence is overblown |
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
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No parole for convicted Amarillo police killer |
|
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Fired Killeen city mechanic: Thefts date back to ’94 |
|
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Weslaco fire union president under investigation for embezzling funds |
|
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Ousted Patton Village mayor sentenced to prison |
|
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San Antonio ISD teacher accused of inappropriate relationship |
|
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Harlandale ISD officials clear band director of allegations |
|
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Aryan Brotherhood of Texas leader admits racketeering guilt |
|
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Denton boy accidentally shot in head by older brother, remains in critical
condition |
|
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5-month-old found dead in SUV at El Paso school |
|
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Judge to consider retrial in prison guard's death |
|
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Ambush slaying gets San Antonio gang member life |
|
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9 life terms for convicted robber in Fort Worth |
|
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Man in custody after 100-mile chase |
|
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MLB fines umps after bad calls including in Astro's game |
|
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Woman starts 700-mile horse ride in Lufkin |
|
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Honduran child shares insight to Lubbock medical adventure |
|
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Memories of the 1970 Lubbock Tornado |
|
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Chemical Cloud Causes Concern In Garland |
|
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2,000 fans spend the night at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington |
|
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Three Houston officers among TOP COPS honored by Obama |
|
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Blind girl pole vaulter 1 of best in Texas |
|
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San Antonio Area Foundation gets $7 million gift |
|
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Severe Storms Destroy Hill Country Crops |
|
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Kemp's ridley sea turtle nest found on Padre Island National Seashore |
|
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Fleeing driver dies after crashing into FedEx truck |
|
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Road rage possible motive in Fort Worth homicide |
|
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Cockrell Hill police investigating possible triple kidnapping |
|
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Boston Marathon winner reunited with sister in McAllen |
|
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Three charged in Lewis Lane 8-liner raid |
|
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Stolen beer could cost Harlingen man $30,000 dollars |
|
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Rash of robberies hits Baytown |
|
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Houston homeowner wrestles with a shooting victim |
|
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Thief sets off explosion while siphoning gas from U-Haul truck |
|
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Clerk shot in wrist in robbery |
|
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Baytown PD: Gas station store clerk shoots robbery suspect |
|
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Westboro nuts plans to protest memorial of Ft. Bliss soldiers killed in
Afghanistan |
|
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Fannin Co. Couple Pleads Guilty In Embezzlement Case |
|
|
05/10/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
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Texas Dems hold water money hostage for school funding |
|
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No solution yet for water project funding |
|
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Wheels Fall Off Darby’s Fee Hike Bill |
|
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Deadline spells death of dozens of bills in Texas House |
|
|
Hundreds of House bills dead — at least for now |
|
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Dewhurst: Senate won’t vote to exceed spending cap |
|
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A Well-Timed Budget Note From the Attorney General |
|
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House budget chief: Impasse will 'get worked out' |
|
|
Texas House pushes for more aggressive rainy day investing |
|
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Pipeline fight in Legislature is ‘battle of the titans’ |
|
|
Oil and gas bill promotes water conservation |
|
|
House rejects Senate changes in bill to overhaul Texas school testing,
accountability system |
|
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Cancer agency [CPRIT] board would be ousted
under bill - end the whole
agency! |
|
|
Rep. Paxton: Legislative Session Status by the Numbers |
|
|
Private donations to state agencies subject to sunshine under House
legislation |
|
|
‘Dark money’ bill up for floor vote on Monday in
Texas House - this is a terrible bill
by Seliger to put pressure on big donors to not support fiscal conservative
groups he doesn't like. The US Supreme Court has already acted on this
issue. These groups do NOT have a vote in any gov't body. And note that
Seliger's bill EXEMPTS labor unions! |
|
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Term limits vote scheduled for May 15 |
|
|
Survivor Island: Election Bill Edition |
|
|
Higher university outcomes-based funding level reaches end of the line in
House |
|
|
Branch bill that barely passed Thursday goes down on Friday third reading |
|
|
Bill passes to postpone reconsideration of UT’s Top 10 Percent rule |
|
|
Hazlewood reimbursement bill goes to Senate after debate on Fletcher
amendment |
|
|
A Judicial Pay Raise With a Little Something Extra |
|
|
Carter passes DWI bill – and it’s personal |
|
|
Bill Would Curb Access to Photos of Murder Victims |
|
|
SpaceX bill headed to Gov. Perry |
|
|
Texas dairy group sends lawmakers California cheese |
|
|
Jones: An Early Look at Legislative Partisanship |
|
|
A Conversation About the Tea Party |
|
|
He came, he saw, he had some ‘cue. BHO’s Austin afternoon. |
|
|
Obama, Perry And The True Source Of The Texas
Jobs Miracle - Obama has had nothing
to do with it. |
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Obama pushes $9 minimum wage bill in visit to red state Texas |
|
|
Rep. Ralph Hall, oldest member of the House, to run for reelection in 2014 |
|
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DC: Ted Cruz tried to boost border security in immigration bill |
|
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DC: Cornyn Responds to IRS Targeting Conservative Groups |
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DPS situation awareness brief for 5/10/2013 |
|
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Abbott praises ruling declaring cheerleaders Bible verse banners okay |
|
|
Texas Government Insider weekly edition |
|
|
Pratt: The argument is the same with 3-D printed plastic guns |
|
|
DPS: McLennan County Sheriff and Texas Rangers to Launch Criminal
Investigation into West Plant Explosion |
|
|
West Plant Blast Focus of Criminal Investigation |
|
|
Ex-West EMS Volunteer Possessed Pipe Bomb Components |
|
|
No evidence linking destructive device arrest to West explosion |
|
|
Arrested West paramedic involved in rescue operation |
|
|
Interactive: Texas Ammonium Nitrate Facilities |
|
|
After West Blast, Chemical Stockpiles Scrutinized |
|
|
After Plant Explosion, Texas Remains Wary of Regulation
- the sole thought of libs is more gov't and yet
there is no evidence that more gov't would have made any difference at this
point. Also, heavily regulated states have industrial accidents too - why if
they have so much magical-regulation? |
|
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Widow Of Firefighter Killed In West Blast Sues |
|
|
Customers Encouraged to Visit Driver License Mega Centers Before & During
Busy Summer Months |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas Physician Assistant Board |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Four to Texas State Board of Public Accountancy |
|
|
Gov. Perry Names Beasley Chair of Texas Board of Licensure for Professional
Medical Physicists |
|
|
Low activity contract towers to remain open through fiscal year 2013 |
|
|
Texas voter ID briefs filed at SCOTUS |
|
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
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|
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Bailey County: Teacher's case forwarded to DA's office |
|
|
Handy pleads no contest to state-level corruption charges; sentencing set
for July |
|
|
Border agent charged with sexual assault |
|
|
Popular Galveston beach to unveil $1.6M makeover for Memorial Day |
|
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If you live in Pearland, you might want to hide your rims |
|
|
A dozen arrested in north Harris County sex sting |
|
|
Fire Breaks Out At Central Texas Hotel |
|
|
Two dead in Gillespie plane crash identified |
|
|
"A Total Loss" -- Hail Damage in Anson
- tennis ball sized hail |
|
|
Story of 105 Year Old Bacon-Loving Big Country Resident Goes International |
|
|
Anthony, NM raid: Drug sweep rattles calm of hardscrabble farming town |
|
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Police Say Homeowner with Gun Stops Attempted Burglary in Wichita Falls |
|
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Oil Explosion Sends Two To Hospital in Olney |
|
|
North Texas
Falconer Attaches Camera to Falcon’s Back, Gets Incredible Footage |
|
|
Amputee Can
Hunt, Fish Again after Texas Doctors Fit Programmabe Bionic Hands |
|
|
Aborted takeoff delays D/FW bound AA flight |
|
|
Train, car collide in Troup |
|
|
Truck driver dies after March wreck that killed 5 teens |
|
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Officials still don't know what caused hazardous Lubbock leak |
|
|
Laredo: Man Arrested for Handing Waiter Fake Grenade |
|
|
Tyler Co. man killed in gunfire exchange with ex-wife |
|
|
Houston man sentenced to life for trying to have sisters killed |
|
|
Several guns stolen from Galveston police officer's car |
|
|
City of Houston worker struck by lightning in northwest Houston |
|
|
Joel Osteen warning of another Internet hoax taking off |
|
|
Lubbock-area Baptist Youth Minister Trevor Charged With Attempted Enticement
of a Minor |
|
|
05/09/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Abbott says constitutional amendment needed to bust spending cap |
|
|
Abbott backs legislative budget staff on rainy day fund, spending
cap |
|
|
Sullivan: No Means No |
|
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House passes Hilderbran tax relief legislation |
|
|
Perry, conservative groups kill vehicle fee increase for roads |
|
|
Branch bill to boost rainy day fund’s earnings passes House |
|
|
Thursday marks deadline for bills to pass House |
|
|
Midnight deadline looms over Texas House |
|
|
Water Bills Flood the House |
|
|
Sen. Duncan hails SB1458 Teacher Retirement System reforms |
|
|
Sen. Duncan discusses TRS reform on Pratt on Texas |
|
|
Texas Senate votes to overhaul teacher pension system |
|
|
Veteran toll bill passes House, but without required discounts |
|
|
Rep. Larry Gonzales caught stonewalling military families
|
|
|
Rep. Stickland kills one bill in House, 42 to go |
|
|
Rep. Branch bill to ease transferring between TX colleges
tentatively passes House |
|
|
House OK’s guns in locked cars on campuses |
|
|
Bill reducing training for concealed guns passes |
|
|
Legislators twiddle-thumbs on Campus CHL while another armed robbery
takes place |
|
|
Lobbyist/campaign consultant transparency bill sent to Perry |
|
|
It's official: Gregg County is Balloon Race Capital of Texas |
|
|
Gov. signs into law Nacogdoches' new nickname |
|
|
Texas charter school waitlist numbers remain fluid |
|
|
Senator Patrick vows his charter school plan will pass |
|
|
Free school breakfast bill sent to Perry |
|
|
Senate Democrats block Texas Education Agency bill over concern
about vouchers |
|
|
Blow: Texas Legislature gets it right on high school tests |
|
|
Rep. Turner passes tenant protection bill |
|
|
Legislators consider bill funding conservation projects |
|
|
Texas House gets tough on voyeurs |
|
|
Texas drivers will soon use smart phones for insurance ID |
|
|
House votes no to yet another "licensed"
profession - a good move
House! |
|
|
House passes the bill that renames short stretch of N. Central
Expressway in honor of George W. Bush |
|
|
Legislators Should Say No to State Version of Ledbetter Act |
|
|
Outlook bleak for legislation to tighten rules on payday lending |
|
|
Capital for firms in low-income areas approved |
|
|
Bill Aims to Help Low-Income Homeowners |
|
|
Update: Where election law bills stand |
|
|
House Backs Updating Rules on Political Ad Disclosures |
|
|
Bills Addressing Illegal Aliens in Limbo |
|
|
Drone legislation passes House on voice vote |
|
|
Time Running Out for House Cellphone Tracking Bill |
|
|
AP Highlights from around the Capitol |
|
|
Big Day. Obama sweeps through Austin; House burns midnight oil |
|
|
Obama's Austin Visit to Start With Perry Meeting |
|
|
Rick Perry: Texas 'right place' for Obama to tout economic growth |
|
|
Obama Austin Tech Tour Raises Democrat Profile in Texas |
|
|
Democrats Hope For A Bright Future In The Lone Star State |
|
|
Obama: 'It's good to be back in Austin!' |
|
|
Live updates: President Barack Obama in Austin (8th time) |
|
|
Obama to Texas: Good things are happening, but you wouldn’t know it
from gloom and doom Washington |
|
|
Texas is Open for Business |
|
|
At Austin-area high school, Obama touts economic growth through tech
sector |
|
|
On Austin Visit, Obama Sings City's, School's Praises |
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Cruz on Obama’s Texas visit: ‘Perhaps he will learn how to create’
jobs ‘from the folks who know how’ |
|
|
Obama’s in Texas: make Ted Cruz-Republicans the face of Washington
opposition |
|
|
Slater: Obama’s visit to Texas isn’t about Perry, it’s about going around
Congress |
|
|
Rep. Pete Sessions blasts President Obama for Texas trip, Rep. Joaquin
Castro responds. |
|
|
Cornyn: Immigration Debate About Deeply Held Values, Respect For the Rule of
Law |
|
|
Staples: Reform Bill Contains the "Ultimate Amnesty" |
|
|
Cornyn Opposes Perez Nomination for Secretary of Labor |
|
|
Sen. Ted Cruz’s border-security amendment to
immigration legislation voted down -
shameful |
|
|
At Boston Marathon hearing, Austin Rep. Michael McCaul warns of missed
signals and global jihad |
|
|
Rep. Blake Farenthold questions during Benghazi attack hearing |
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DPS situation awareness brief for 5/9/2013 |
|
|
Kountze ISD Cheerleader After Winning Bible Lawsuit: "I Knew That
God Was Going To Work It Out" |
|
|
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on the Kountze ISD cheerleader
ruling
- podcast of Pratt on Texas interview |
|
|
Attorney, Kountze cheerleaders talk about court victory |
|
|
Mart ISD's Testing Investigation One Of 70 Across Texas |
|
|
Canutillo seeks statewide cheating inquiry |
|
|
Critics to state parks officials: Don’t mess with Texas’ longhorns |
|
|
Houston gets new area code to keep from running out of phone numbers |
|
|
Tactical shooting 'not only training ... it's fun' |
|
|
Newlyweds who honeymooned at Bush Center opening come home to
surprise wedding gift |
|
|
Execution for Prison Guard Murder Delayed for DNA Tests |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Upper Guadalupe River Authority |
|
|
Gov. Perry Reappoints Nash and Walker to Coastal Water Authority
Board of Directors |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
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|
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Travis Co. DA out of jail, says she'll
seek treatment
|
|
|
Attorney says ousting jailed DA Lehmberg is his ‘moral obligation’ |
|
|
Ex-Hidalgo Co. commissioner Sylvia Handy pleads no contest to state
charges,
more |
|
|
Cedar Hill Coach Arrested on Charge of Sexual Assault of a Child |
|
|
Collin County, Princeton ISD, teacher arrested on child sex charge |
|
|
Panama Unit suspect asks to travel for Mother's Day, son's birthday |
|
|
Hidalgo County jailer jailed after DWI arrest |
|
|
Storms Produce Heavy Rain, Hail, High Winds in Temple-area |
|
|
No delay for trial of Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan |
|
|
Jacksonville doctor charged with public intoxication, terroristic threat |
|
|
AirGas trucks arrive to begin cleanup at scene of Lubbock chemical spill |
|
|
Acid Leak Forces Residents From Homes in Northeast Lubbock |
|
|
Parts of North Lubbock Evacuated Due to Acid Leak with Bayer Crop
Science |
|
|
Baryer CropScience chemical leak continues in Lubbock |
|
|
Hazmat, fire on U.S. 277 in Baylor County |
|
|
Hailey Dunn Remembered at Memorial Mass Service |
|
|
Rabies confirmed in Cisco and Ranger area |
|
|
Rabid skunks found in Wichita Falls |
|
|
Packages Containing Drugs Intercepted At Waco Post Office |
|
|
Red light runner hits Tyler ISD school bus, no students on board |
|
|
Nacogdoches jailer assaulted by female inmate |
|
|
Manhunt in Trinity Co. |
|
|
Police: Gladewater shootings possibly related |
|
|
Boy, 2, dies after shooting self at Corsicana home |
|
|
Beeville man charged with killing his grandma, 65 |
|
|
East Texas man gets 75 years for machete attacks |
|
|
Two dead in Fredericksburg plane crash |
|
|
MPD: WT Driller's player arrested after driving into house |
|
|
Amarillo's 31-story Chase Tower evacuated due to smoke, all clear given |
|
|
Amarillo police arrest 3 for passing fake bills, seek fourth suspect
|
|
|
Santa Fe police investigate videotaped teen shooting |
|
|
8-liners a big problem in Starr County |
|
|
Train derails in downtown Lytle |
|
|
Duncanville Student's Teacher Rant Goes Viral |
|
|
Confrontation caught on camera: Was a woman's arrest legal? |
|
|
Two firefighters injured while battling fire near downtown Houston |
|
|
Famed Star Trek ship finds a new home in Houston |
|
|
Knife-wielding son brought down by SWAT beanbags |
|
|
05/08/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
House bill grants businesses $667M in tax relief |
|
|
3 Texas House Tax Cut Bills Compared – Revised with New Fiscal Impact
Analysis |
|
|
Pitts: budget talks between House and Senate ‘broken up’ |
|
|
Williams-Pitts blowup stalls budget talks — at least, briefly |
|
|
Perry raises specter of special session over tax relief, water plan |
|
|
Perry Gives Lawmakers Roadmap to Timely Departure |
|
|
Burka: Disorganization in the House |
|
|
Senate conferees on
water bill announced: Fraser, Hegar, Estes, Uresti & Williams |
|
|
Texas public schools may have too much money? |
|
|
Texas Senate OK’s teacher pension changes to shore up fund |
|
|
Rep. Callegari Discusses the Future of Pensions in Texas |
|
|
Bill will leave retirement age for current state workers unchanged |
|
|
Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act (TPRRA)
- this needs passing. |
|
|
Charter school expansion rally planned at Texas Capitol |
|
|
With Bill Pending, School Choice Supporters Rally |
|
|
House votes to require online streaming of larger 2-year colleges’ board
meetings |
|
|
Rep. Phil King Pulls Measure on Public Integrity Unit Oversight |
|
|
Lawmaker tries to force Travis DA Lehmberg’s resignation |
|
|
Travis County DA Could Be Released From Jail Thursday |
|
|
‘Come and Take It’ gun enforcement bill passes House |
|
|
Rep. Dale co-authors Chelsea's Law |
|
|
Rep. Naomi Gonzales passes initiative to help military, struggling families |
|
|
Rep. Miller's HB3077 honors the fallen with Honor and Remember flag |
|
|
Bill aims to protect scenic view of Texas Capitol along Congress Avenue |
|
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Gimme, gimme, gimme: Medicaid protesters swarm the Texas Capitol |
|
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As Clock Ticks, Chance for Medicaid Expansion Dwindles |
|
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SpaceX bill poised for full Senate |
|
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New payday lending bill trapped in House
committee for now - good, keep it
there. |
|
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Villarreal Urges Action on Payday Lending |
|
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Rescue effort underway for payday loan laws |
|
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Payday lobby effort backfires
- yes, typical Democrats who blame others for their bad decisions |
|
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Business-related Texas bills facing death in committees
|
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House approves ‘Merry Christmas’ bill |
|
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AP highlights from around the Capitol for Wed. |
|
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Homosexual activists arrested for blocking traffic outside Capitol |
|
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What’s going on with Texas redistricting? |
|
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Dr. Ben Carson to Speak in Lubbock June 28th |
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New Tech High/Applied Materials (Austin) readying for their Obama close-ups |
|
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Obama visit another boost for touted school in Manor |
|
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DC: Neugebauer: House Farm Bill Process Begins to Move |
|
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DC: Cruz wants to strip “path to citizenship” as he and Sen. John Cornyn
push more border enforcement |
|
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DC: Cruz Files Amendments to Immigration Reform Measure |
|
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DC: Cruz, Lee & Graham pen letter on religious expression in the
military |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 05/08/2013 |
|
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Texas judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit |
|
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Click here for the entire ruling on the Kountze religious banners case |
|
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Attorney General Abbott Statement on Kountze ISD ruling |
|
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Gov. Perry Statement on Kountze High School Cheerleaders’ Victory |
|
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TEA asks feds to probe San Elizario and Canutillo districts |
|
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Convicted Central Texas Killer, Carroll Joe Parr, Executed |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Lee to Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission |
|
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Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
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Muleshoe Police Investigating Teacher for Sexual Misconduct |
|
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Spearman ISD teacher resigns after misconduct investigation |
|
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Ex-District Clerk Omar Guerrero on the run hours after posting bond |
|
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Mayor of Anthony pleads guilty to felony |
|
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Investigations Underway at Breckenridge's Chemplex Plant after Monday Fire |
|
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Firefighters tackle blaze at Houston recycling plant |
|
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Lubbock native to enter College Football Hall of Fame |
|
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Armed man on rooftop at Austin's BP MS150 event may reveal increased
security |
|
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Back away from giant deadly snail, Houston neighborhood is told |
|
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Harris Co: Murder plot case in family feud gets even stranger |
|
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Houston woman charged with sex assault of boy, 7 |
|
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Teen accused of raping & trying to murder woman, 52 |
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5-year-old accidentally shoots brother, 7, with rifle |
|
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Facebook Feud May Have Led To Stabbing In Killeen Neighborhood |
|
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Man Who Held Harker Heights Police At Bay Found Dead |
|
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Eagle Ford Shale oilfield worker dies when pipe falls |
|
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Enron’s Jeff Skilling may get decade off sentence in U.S. deal |
|
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Convicted serial burglar in Texas gets 49 years |
|
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College Station outage leaves 5,000 without power |
|
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Man falls to death at Hyatt Regency Dallas |
|
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12 Aransas Pass ISD students injured in bus crash |
|
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Fire Breaks Out at Dallas High Rise, Fidelity Life Building downtown |
|
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Fire contained in downtown Dallas building undergoing renovations |
|
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Dallas store owner takes action when robbers storm store
- police fail to show up after 911 call - and you want us to wait on the
cops! Hell we'd be dead. |
|
|
Former Pastor
Set for Trial, Charged with Online Solicitation of Minor |
|
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Suspect leads Terrell police on 50-minute chase ending in Mesquite |
|
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West Texas rapper convicted in enticing Wis. teen |
|
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Shamrock man charged with possessing automatic weapons |
|
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Harlingen woman jailed after breaking little brother's nose |
|
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Fort Worth girls still missing 39 years later
|
|
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Mystery solved: Screaming Spurs Lady reenacts super squeak |
|
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Police: Mom of teen shot by friend turns to WebMD, instead of hospital, for
help |
|
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Man uses stun gun on ice cream truck driver |
|
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05/07/2013 |
|
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
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Weaker campus carry bill passes House; Senate fate uncertain |
|
|
[Another] Armed robbery on UH campus sparks
security concerns, talk of guns on campus
- and some legislators continue with the myth of gun-free safe college
campuses - it's maddening! |
|
|
DMN Editorial: Senate should ignore most of House's gun bills |
|
|
‘Texas solution’ to Medicaid expansion on the ropes |
|
|
As Clock Ticks, Chance for Medicaid
Expansion Dwindles - good! |
|
|
Zerwas: Bill to push “Texas solution” on
Medicaid is dead - Zerwas
just wants more of the same old crap. |
|
|
Interfaith group pushes House to pass
Medicaid expansion - libs
with "faith" in gov't programs. |
|
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TPPF's Guenthner says a Special Session a strong possibility |
|
|
Perry Seeking Tax Relief Texans Can Feel |
|
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Bill Offering More Breaks From Franchise Tax Hits House |
|
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Some cigarette prices would climb under House bill |
|
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Big Tobacco Wants GOP To Break Tax Pledge |
|
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Big Tobacco Beats Small Tobacco on Tax
Vote - Or, "Tax-raisers beat
non-tax-raisers" |
|
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Pledge Breakers on tax increases |
|
|
Another dustup over cigarette fee-tax –
and it passes - those who
voted for this have a very questionable position on equality under
law, smaller gov't, lower taxes, etc. |
|
|
House OKs bill to remove Big Three (Gov. Lt. Gov. & Speaker) from
ETF tech awards |
|
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Bill would place board in charge of Texas technology grants |
|
|
Burkett and House Members Pass Legislation To Protect Second
Amendment Rights |
|
|
Rep. Clardy hails passage of Justin's Law, HB 1302, related to
sex-offenders |
|
|
Texas considers requiring cameras in special ed classes |
|
|
Lawmaker will give UIL chance to
restrict “full contact” football practices
- it's not just NE liberals! |
|
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House OKs UIL concussion insurance pilot program |
|
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Pilot insurance program for students playing contact sports passes
Texas House |
|
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Senator Van de Putte's infant grandson dies suddenly |
|
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Senate dean, Democrat Whitmire, blocks SpaceX bill |
|
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Legislative leadership needed |
|
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Tax credits for R&D partnerships with universities pass House |
|
|
Open beaches vs. private property |
|
|
Community college boards would have to stream their meetings online
under House-approved bill |
|
|
Smoking ban on life support
- kill it. |
|
|
Miss Texas in the House |
|
|
Abortion bill faces long odds in regular session |
|
|
HB 912: Drone Away |
|
|
Heading into the stretch: Where election law bills stand |
|
|
Texas lawmakers consider protecting longhorns |
|
|
Bill Banning "Double Dipping" Dies in
Committee - first, it's NOT
"double dipping" |
|
|
Bill Would End TCEQ Compliance History Program |
|
|
Texas windstorm bill seeks greater industry participation |
|
|
State must require better insurance for
major industrial facilities -
dumb anti-business idea. |
|
|
Pay day lending bill hopes for revival |
|
|
Prospects for payday lending regulation decline |
|
|
Perry says Scouts’ no-gays policy akin to stand against slavery |
|
|
Daily Beast story critical of Gov. Perry yanked |
|
|
Eclipsed by Cruz, Perry finds his
ambitions overshadowed by rising star
- the peanut gallery |
|
|
With Cruz 2016 speculation running rampant, what about Perry? |
|
|
Texas Monthly describes Constitutional
Conservatism as "paranoia" - |
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DC: Neugebauer: Crop Insurance in Farm Bill important to Texas
Farmers |
|
|
DC: Cornyn
wants 'right balance' in immigration talks |
|
|
DC: Sen. Ted Cruz votes against online sales tax bill; Sen. John
Cornyn says he would have |
|
|
With swipe at George W. Bush, Obama
cites insufficient evidence to move on Syria more forcefully
- such a low-class President, shameful. |
|
|
Wagner: Silencing legitimate political
voices - the term
"legitimate" in the headline poses a problem; who determines
legitimacy. |
|
|
Houston conservative, Dr. Hotze, says he’ll sue over Obamacare |
|
|
Hotze to File Suit Over Federal Health Reform |
|
|
Ted Cruz: No ‘mudslinging battle' with Bill Richardson |
|
|
Liberal Anger Only Makes Ted Cruz Stronger |
|
|
Harry Reid: Ted Cruz a ‘schoolyard bully’ |
|
|
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Constitution implies a right to health care,
education |
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|
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AG Abbott Sends Letter to TESCCC Regarding Disclosure of CSCOPE
Materials |
|
|
CSCOPE Director Caught LYING about Communist Chinese Flag Lesson |
|
|
Texas Groundwater Levels Suffer Sharp
Drop, Study Finds - imagine
that... Yes, drought means less recharge. And yes, despite what used
to be taught, the Ogallala does recharge, slowly. |
|
|
In Texas, Most Motorcycle Crashes Happen in May |
|
|
Ammonium Nitrate Was Explosive in West Plant Blast |
|
|
West Fertilizer Investigation to Continue Past May 10 |
|
|
Fire Marshal fact sheet as of 5/6/2013 |
|
|
Hispanics now largest ethnic group in
Texas’ public schools - but
I'm sure that many of them wouldn't deserve being "Hispanic" to New
Mexico's Bill Richardson! |
|
|
New Texas Lottery scratch-off rocks out with KISS |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Lee to Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
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|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
D/FW Airline, Airport Employees Caught Abusing Security Badges |
|
|
Ex-Hidalgo Co. District Clerk Posts Bond, Faces New Charges |
|
|
Abilene police officer accused of firing weapon in downtown Fort
Worth, resigns |
|
|
Man sentenced to death in killings outside the Jefferson Co.
courthouse |
|
|
Chemplex blaze, near Breckenridge, quickly contained Monday |
|
|
Breckenridge plant fire controlled, no injuries reported |
|
|
Against All Odds, Displaced West Pastor Is Providing Hope |
|
|
Judge Rules Man Who Robbed 3 Lubbock Banks Is Free to Go on Bond |
|
|
Prosecutors appeal decision to grant bond for Lubbock bank robbery suspect |
|
|
Uncle of slain East Texas girl arrested in killing |
|
|
Fort Worth ISD students
injured in North Texas bus accident |
|
|
13 get federal prison in Central Texas heroin ring |
|
|
Texas Equusearch Seeks $100,000 from Casey Anthony |
|
|
Kemp Chief of Police Texts Rescuers After Falling Into Well |
|
|
Houston residents take aim against crime |
|
|
4 East Texas men arrested for spree of violent crimes dating back to 2011 |
|
|
Waco police rescue family from burning home |
|
|
College Station resident helps save TAMU student trapped in burning SUV |
|
|
18 wheeler hits 2 mowing tractors in Kendleton |
|
|
Scrap yard owner fatally shoots trespasser in northeast Houston |
|
|
Red Bull space jump equipment makes world premiere in Houston |
|
|
Crude mailbox bomb defused in Galveston |
|
|
Houston man snaps pic of Paulina Rubio, says she ran off with camera |
|
|
Son of Midland JP dies in Sunday crash |
|
|
Body of former ETBU student found |
|
|
2
Texas men arrested by U.S. Marshals in nationwide sex offender sweep |
|
|
05/06/2013 (5/4 & 5/5 too) |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
House gives OK to tax bill as fight on others loom |
|
|
A slew of tax-related bills in the House today |
|
|
House gives quick nod to gun bills |
|
|
Campus Carry, School Marshals Get Early OK in
House - opt-out provision is bad but
we must start somewhere. |
|
|
'Guns on campus' bill wins final House passage |
|
|
Texas House extends gun laws and targets Washington |
|
|
Rep. Springer's first 2 bills pass the House, head to Senate |
|
|
The
500 guns of Rep. Terry Canales (D-Edinburg) |
|
|
Villialba's school marshal bill, HB1009, passes House |
|
|
Harwell-shooting-inspired bill progresses in more limited form |
|
|
House reauthorizes Criminal Justice Department |
|
|
House amends prison bill to keep Mineral Wells prison open |
|
|
House Prison Bill Sets Up Standoff With Senate |
|
|
House OKs excluding gold coins from sales tax |
|
|
Big Tobacco Wants GOP To Break Tax Pledge
- RINOs seem as ready as Dems to raise taxes & fees |
|
|
Some cigarette prices would climb under House bill |
|
|
Brownsville, surrounding cities dispute lobbyist |
|
|
House bill would force more transparency for El Paso schools |
|
|
Cost to expand Texas 'virtual schools' puts bill in Legislature at risk |
|
|
Burka: Remember the School Finance Case? |
|
|
Texas Senate OKs testing standards overhaul |
|
|
House approves bill expanding cottage food sales |
|
|
House strikes down pilot drug needle exchange |
|
|
AP Highlights from around the Capitol on Saturday |
|
|
Rep. Charles Perry: Texas doesn't need Rainy Day money yet |
|
|
Bill to tap Rainy Day fund stalls |
|
|
Senate votes to require vehicle inspection before registration sticker can
be issued, move from 2 to 1 sticker |
|
|
Rep. Sarah Davis’s cold, cold heart |
|
|
Rep. Van Taylor learns about paybacks |
|
|
Legislator’s economic development bill draws comparisons to controversial
CAPCO program |
|
|
Doctor-Pharmacist Relationship Under Attack in Texas? |
|
|
HB 3459/SB 1561 Will Harm Property Rights, Not Help Beaches |
|
|
Burka: What Is Going on With Calendars?
- silly Burka, these bills do matter to many and a state speaking to the
Federal gov't in this way is as traditional as the Union itself. |
|
|
Divided Lege Finds Rare Harmony in Women's
Health - it's not women's health but
healthcare welfare |
|
|
Interactive: Tracking Texas' Abortion Legislation |
|
|
Texas Parks & Wildlife Sale of Longhorns Sparks Debate on Breed's Future |
|
|
If the Legislature is in Town, Bills Aren't Dead |
|
|
Texas House recognizes state’s fallen peace officers |
|
|
SpaceX's lobbying in Texas zooming
- Pitt's not having heard of SpaceX until they came calling demonstrates how
out of touch with Texas some of the insiders are. |
|
|
Obama to survey Austin tech scene, visit Manor New Tech High |
|
|
George P. Bush heads to Washington, raising cash with Rep. Roger Williams’
help |
|
|
Bush 4.0: George P. making rounds in D.C. |
|
|
Q&A about the
Texas County Democratic Campaign Committee |
|
|
Battleground Texas wraps up 1st phase; now hard part begins |
|
|
Statement on President Obama’s Visit to Texas |
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Carville: Ted Cruz ‘most talented and fearless’ Republican in last 30 years,
more |
|
|
Bill Richardson: Ted Cruz should not ‘be defined as a Hispanic’
- what a bigot and of all people to say such! |
|
|
Bill Richardson: ‘I’m Not a Fan’ of Sen. Ted Cruz |
|
|
Senator Ted Cruz invites Biden to debate him on gun laws |
|
|
Ted Cruz's red-meat Republicanism |
|
|
Lefty commentator Mike Barnicle likens Ted Cruz to Joe McCarthy |
|
|
Gillman: South Carolina crowd embraces Ted Cruz, but is he seasoned
enough for White House? |
|
|
Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas rallies South Carolina Democrats, takes
on Sen. Ted Cruz |
|
|
Texas has much at stake in voting rights ruling |
|
|
Document accuses FAA of planning to cut CWO program |
|
|
Congressman Vela: 1944 water treaty not serving its purpose |
|
|
Sen. Cornyn to talk security, trade at border |
|
|
DC: Bipartisanship proves as tough as rocket science for Texas chairman |
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|
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DPS situation awareness brief for 5/6/2013 |
|
|
New DPS regional headquarters with expanded driver license office to open
this year in Lubbock |
|
|
Title insurance rate quietly increased in Texas |
|
|
How 3 other states handle title insurance |
|
|
Rate hike, refinance bonanza make for good times in Texas title insurance
industry |
|
|
Texas hopeful for another quiet wildfire season |
|
|
Current Texas wildfire situation |
|
|
UT student leading way in 3D-printing gun manufacturing |
|
|
NRA wraps up national convention in Houston |
|
|
Pratt: NRA leader is right, it’s the “culture” war we must fight |
|
|
NRA seeks to highlight its 'armed and fabulous' women |
|
|
Home defense a focus for gun owners at NRA convention |
|
|
Nugent helps NRA sign off on convention's final day |
|
|
Courts granted relief for 7 men once condemned |
|
|
Four Lubbock inmates, linked by one three-digit number, waiting on Death Row |
|
|
Lubbock: Previous persons executed under the death penalty in Texas |
|
|
Movement apparent in Lubbock death penalty cases |
|
|
Waco robbery-drug deal gunman set to die Tuesday |
|
|
Report: FBI most wanted man spent time in Texas |
|
|
Another Early Morning Earthquake Hits Near Snyder today |
|
|
State monitors health of Coastal Bend ecosystem |
|
|
Endangered Toad Stuck in Bureaucratic Limbo |
|
|
Texas Parks & Wildlife Sale of Longhorns Sparks Debate on Breed's Future |
|
|
UIL: Disqualified Student Didn't Make Religious Gesture |
|
|
NC Gov. McCrory visiting Texas to talk offshore energy |
|
|
Gov. Perry Renews Call for More Offshore Energy Development, Consistent
Federal Regulation |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
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|
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Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
After raid, former Brownsville mayor charged with keeping gambling place |
|
|
At least 131 machines confiscated during weekend 8-liner busts in Rio Grande
City |
|
|
Arrest made, girl safe ,
AMBER ALERT: Missing Mount Pleasant Girl, 14, Could Be In Danger |
|
|
Missing Hillsboro woman found dead in Hill County |
|
|
Man convicted in Jefferson Co. courthouse death talked of demons |
|
|
West Blast Survivors: Texans Should Be Aware Of Dangers In Their Own
Communities |
|
|
Boy, 9, dies after house fire |
|
|
Fishing trip turns deadly in Waller County |
|
|
Washateria robbery turns fatal in N. Houston |
|
|
Bomb targeted for turtle injures Kingwood teen |
|
|
Drought tames wildflowers in South Texas |
|
|
Gunman fires into crowd at Lubbock nightclub, 2 injured |
|
|
Pilot in Lubbock airport drug bust freed on bond |
|
|
Online Memorial Honors Hailey Dunn |
|
|
Two Public Hailey Dunn Memorials Scheduled |
|
|
Car Wash Raises Money, Helps Friends, Searchers Cope with Loss of Hailey Dunn |
|
|
San Saba: 105 Year-Old Bacon Loving Granny Gets Surprise of a Lifetime |
|
|
Abilene PD Releases Condition of Officer Injured During Shooting
Arrest |
|
|
Abilene man allegedly tries to bribe police officer after assaulting woman |
|
|
New bishop appointed to El Paso Roman Catholic diocese |
|
|
Body found in Hill County identified |
|
|
Man wanted in Iowa police shooting caught in Texas |
|
|
Track defect causes South Texas train derailment |
|
|
Austin bus rider charged with making bomb threat |
|
|
Officials: Did gun control rhetoric play role in
officer-involved shooting? - or was
it a full moon, etc....? |
|
|
05/03/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Business tax bills headed for House floor today |
|
|
House Passes $874.9 Million Supplemental Appropriations Bill |
|
|
Capitol now has a House divided against itself |
|
|
Promoting ObamaCare? HB3390 does just that. |
|
|
DMN Editorial: Texas House needs to pass water funding bill |
|
|
House determined to fund water plan, floating a hybrid possibility |
|
|
Pratt: Preposterous reasoning behind Tx driver permits for illegal aliens |
|
|
Bill would bar Texas law officers from asking crime victims about
immigration status |
|
|
Bill Adds Protection for Immigrant Victims, Witnesses |
|
|
Immigrant driving permit bill in
Legislature raises tough issue for GOP
- only to those who are ignorant |
|
|
Bills pushing new abortion limits stymied in Legislature with time running
out |
|
|
Teacher retirement could cost more, happen later, under proposal |
|
|
Rep. Marquez passes HB343 to increase school board transparency |
|
|
Education accountability bill tabled until Monday |
|
|
House to employers: Social media snooping is a no-no |
|
|
Legislature would make Kemp's ridley the turtle of Texas |
|
|
Railroad Commission sunset bill passes Senate |
|
|
Dem kills transparency bill in the House |
|
|
Health care collaboratives would undergo Dallas-area test under bill
tentatively approved by Texas House |
|
|
In the name of God … smoke this. |
|
|
Texas Senate passes bill to crack down on squatters |
|
|
House approves bill to increase penalties for hit-and-run deaths |
|
|
Larson (Admittedly) Games Lottery Vote |
|
|
Herman: Senator wants Texas to rescind all requests for a constitutional
convention |
|
|
Oil pipeline bill could be dead for session |
|
|
Senate OKs fire hydrant bill; grade school high performers could skip some
tests |
|
|
Bill Would Give Foster Kids a Say in Medication Use |
|
|
The Polling Center: Planned Parenthood and Women's Health |
|
|
Agenda Texas: House "Gun Day" Draws Near |
|
|
Proposed Tax Break for Clubs Isn't Music to Some Ears |
|
|
Texas House votes to renew school tax breaks for new plants |
|
|
For Fire Departments, More to State Budget Than Numbers |
|
|
Rep. Helen Giddings mother passes |
|
|
Pass Michael Morton Act to improve Texas criminal justice reliability |
|
|
Are Rick Perry’s calls to big-dollar donors about business or politics? |
|
|
A Conversation with Todd Staples |
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|
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|
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President Obama coming to Austin Thursday,
more |
|
|
Sen. Cruz: No plans for presidential run,
more |
|
|
Cruz's presidential path offers echoes of Gramm |
|
|
Sen. Ted Cruz, the next Barack Obama? |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer Announces Legislation to Help Reduce Windstorm Damage |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer discusses wind damage, immigration, Farm Bill |
|
|
DC: Cuellar: U.S. needs role in cartel fight |
|
|
Pigford Seminar Location Served as 2010 Sheila Jackson Lee Campaign HQ |
|
|
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|
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DPS situation awareness brief fro 5/3/2013 |
|
|
Officials: No breakthrough yet in West explosion |
|
|
West Explosion Site Still A Crime Scene; Nothing Ruled Out,
Investigators Say |
|
|
Exclusive: At Texas fertilizer plant, a history of theft, tampering |
|
|
West disaster relief fund receives nearly $300K |
|
|
MLB, players give $100K to Texas explosion victims |
|
|
Only one person injured in West blast still hospitalized |
|
|
Message of NRA meeting in Houston: The fight is not over |
|
|
Gov. Perry Highlights Wisdom, Importance of 2nd Amendment |
|
|
Texas governor urges fight against gun control |
|
|
Texas Government Insider weekly edition |
|
|
Rural/Urban Resources May 2013 Newsletter |
|
|
‘Above average’ hurricane season predicted for 2013 |
|
|
Even alternative schools created to promote integration are racially divided
in Texas |
|
|
Experts say state funding is creating inequitable educational environments |
|
|
State Board for Educator Certification meets today |
|
|
Whistleblower suit says Crosbyton baby’s death could have been prevented
by proper CPS action - this story is
very poorly written. In summary, the story is someone claims CPS did not
take appropriate action and that his firing is a result of his making those
claims to various agencies. |
|
|
Gov. Perry Reappoints Berenzweig to Correctional Managed Health Care
Committee |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Ex-Maverick County official guilty of bribery |
|
|
Customs agent among 5 charged in kidnapping, beating, shooting of two men |
|
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Former Taft band director pleads guilty to improper relationship with
student |
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Bexar Co. DA investigator accidentally shoots self in foot |
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Fire at Formosa Plastics' Point Comfort complex injures 6 |
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Houston airport shooting under investigation |
|
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Houston police say airport shooter kidnapped woman, checked into hotel |
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HPD: Gunman at Bush Airport planned event for months |
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Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader coach witnesses Houston shooting |
|
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Drought across the West spurs resurgence of faith |
|
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Cyrus the Great artifact comes to Houston museum |
|
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FBI, other law enforcement remain mum about status of Hailey Dunn's death
probe |
|
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Strong Winds do Damage in Albany |
|
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Wind damage forces evacuations at TTU's Jones Stadium |
|
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Plane Crash in Yoakum County Yields 160 Pounds of Pot |
|
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Whatever Corpus pair was doing got stranger in front of TV cameras |
|
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Houston Jewish school cancels Thursday classes after bomb threat |
|
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National moving fraud campaign kicks off in Houston |
|
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Killeen hotel evacuated briefly due to "suspicious" substance |
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Train vs. train accident occurs in downtown El Paso |
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Amber Alert canceled after arrests in Galveston |
|
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La Joya High School Student Facing Charges for Carrying Gun |
|
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Pasadena police officer killed in Kerrville accident laid to rest Friday |
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Two Pasadena ISD buses involved in traffic accident |
|
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Former ETBU student missing since Sunday |
|
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McKinney Man Arrested for Drunken Fight Aboard AA Flight |
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05/02/2013 |
|
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
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What makes Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst blush? |
|
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House backs tax credits for businesses’ R&D costs |
|
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House gives preliminary OK to budget, tax-break bill |
|
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Rogue Republican might have had a hand in killing water bill
- I told you this would happen, the press just couldn't stand the fact that
they had to, based upon fact, report that Democrats killed the water bill!!! |
|
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Rep. Paxton: Working Toward Water, Transportation & Education Solutions |
|
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Legislative fight over buying empty West Texas lockup focuses on bondholders |
|
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Texas House Moving Conservative Efforts Forward, with 26 Days to Go |
|
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Zedler’s presidential birth certificate bill gets hearing on Monday |
|
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Do-Over Votes in Texas Legislature Raise
Questions - a non-issue |
|
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Public, Private Hospitals to Negotiate With Dewhurst |
|
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Controversial cancer grant could be reconsidered for funding |
|
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Lawmaker tells House committee that bill “may be final bite at the apple” to
fix CPRIT |
|
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HB772 modernizes Texas immunization registry, passes House |
|
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HOA battles in Legislature feature talk of Texas values |
|
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Rep.
Springer Discusses Campus Carry & Water Projects |
|
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HemisFair Park redevelopment heads to Senate |
|
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Hearing on West explosion produces more questions
- because it is too early for this stuff. |
|
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DMN Editorial: Get party strangleholds out of
elections - dumb & naive position.
Voters will not magically become more informed! It also ignores the fact
that party primaries are major filtering processes to but the best
candidates (willing to run) forward. Without the primary you actually lose
this closer scrutiny. |
|
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House proclaims Garland as Cowboy Hat Capital of Texas |
|
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Tejano ‘treasure’ Johnny Canales honored by Texas Senate |
|
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Immigration Resolution Now Criticizes "Amnesty" |
|
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Immigration resolution in House gets Republican support |
|
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Outlook Uncertain for Payday Lending Legislation |
|
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Payday lenders continue spending spree on lobbyists |
|
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Lawmakers advance refunds for solar energy |
|
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Senate passes Davis' pipeline bill |
|
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Bill would revive effort to curb East Austin flight |
|
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House Committee Votes Out Transparency Bill |
|
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Agenda Texas: What's a Point of Order? |
|
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House bill exempts high-performers from some STAAR tests |
|
|
Simpson lone East Texas lawmaker to vote against family violence registry
bill |
|
|
Texas Railroad Commission Bill Passes Senate
- waste of money |
|
|
For sale: Dubya, Cheney, Perry, Cruz, Rove and
19 other autographs spread over two Bush Center dedication programs |
|
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Todd Staples on Running for Lieutenant Governor |
|
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Geo. P. Bush fundraiser: Grandparents host for grandson, Jeb attends |
|
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Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson Champions 'Fracking'
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DC: Cornyn Statement on National Day of Prayer |
|
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DC: Cornyn Calls on Obama to Address Looming Water Shortage with President
Nieto on Mexico Trip |
|
|
Students voice concerns to Congressman Vela |
|
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DC: U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey introduces first two proposals in Congress |
|
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Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth telling donors to empty pockets because
Domingo Garcia is seeking rematch |
|
|
What Ted Cruz knows
- standing for what you believe and being aggressive about such just doesn't
exist in the minds of the DC folk. To them it can only be self-ambition.
This demonstrates how far from the ideals of the Nation DC has fallen. |
|
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Ted Cruz, the Anti-Rubio Who Is Determined to
Stop Immigration Reform - no, he
wants to stop bad reform |
|
|
Jon Stewart mocks Sen. Ted Cruz on Canadian birth |
|
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Kay Bailey Hutchison: Americans Support Background Checks |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer: Keep Americans Flying, Administration Honest |
|
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DC: Roger Williams hits on popular GOP positions in Rotary speech |
|
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DC: McCaul to lead House hearing on marathon attack |
|
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DC: O’Rourke Goes to Washington |
|
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DC: Heat on Rep. Jeb Hensarling for ski getaway with donors from industries
he oversees |
|
|
DC: Rep. Poe: Government Can Access Your Email, Documents, Anything Kept
Longer than 180 Days |
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|
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 5/2/2013 |
|
|
DPS Featured Fugitive Reward Increased to $20,000 |
|
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DPS Capitol-area regional coordinator arrested for DWI
|
|
|
FEMA Region 6 weather threat briefing |
|
|
Pratt: Climate-change crowd may yet discover sunshine |
|
|
Message of NRA meeting in Houston: The fight is not over |
|
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STAAR Results May Hold Back 80,000 Fifth-Graders |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Huckabee to Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Wilson to Texas Commission on Jail Standards |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas State Board of Marriage and Family
Therapists |
|
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
DPS Capitol-area regional coordinator arrested for DWI
|
|
|
Former Nueces Co. DA charged with perjury |
|
|
Jury selected in former Cameron County DA Villalobos case |
|
|
Ex-Rio Hondo police officer gets prison in guns case |
|
|
Female trainer at Lackland pleads guilty to sex
with student charge - wasn't just the
men! |
|
|
Houston ISD bus driver charged with hitting special-needs kindergartener |
|
|
Harlandale ISD trustee charged with DWI during Fiesta |
|
|
Plainview police captain McPherson found not guilty in assault charges |
|
|
Brazosport ISD Teacher Charged with Having Sexual Relationship with Student |
|
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Teen: Humble ISD dance teacher 'manipulated' her into sexual relationship |
|
|
Former VP at First National Bank of Whitney sentenced to seven years |
|
|
Trailer stolen from West volunteer, police search for suspect |
|
|
San Antonio man who stopped Bonham Academy
stabbing honored - a good guy with a
gun! |
|
|
Gunfire reported at Houston's Bush Airport, One Dead
- it took a good guy with a gun to stop the bad one. |
|
|
Tomball man gives account of panic at Bush IAH during shooting |
|
|
Bush Airport shooting witness: It was traumatic, it really was |
|
|
Pair Honored For Pulling Man From Burning Van |
|
|
Homeowner accidentally shoots off-duty deputy who was touring home for sale |
|
|
Man faces federal charge in Dallas airport case |
|
|
Former Tri-City Bombers street gang leader in Houston gets 20 years |
|
|
Houston: Toddler OK after being kidnapped in stolen vehicle |
|
|
RIP: Tejano singer Carlos Miranda dies |
|
|
Belton: Man, former soldier, sentenced to life term for machete killing |
|
|
Abilene Man Allegedly Shot by Son Early Thursday |
|
|
Strong winds blow out windows and rip off roofs in Lubbock |
|
|
2 Year Old Lubbock Girl Crushed By Tree Branch In Tuesdays Storm |
|
|
Winds Damage Texas Tech Football Stadium Lights |
|
|
Colorado City residents make plans to honor Hailey Dunn |
|
|
Marble Falls man gets 10-year sentence for kidnapping exwife |
|
|
Prosecutors: East Austin horse trainer doped horses, violated racetrack
rules |
|
|
Waco: Man Jumps From Car, Flees With Child After Police Chase |
|
|
Bomb Squad Responds to 2 Suspicious Package Calls in Corpus Christi |
|
|
Buna High School student arrested for bomb threats |
|
|
Midway High School student wins national photography award |
|
|
Missing North Richland Hills Teen Found In Mexico |
|
|
Tyler: 2 more suspects arrested in identity theft ring, 5 still at large |
|
|
3 arrested
after CPS worker attacked in NW Houston |
|
|
Pastor Locked Door, Begged Girl to Take Off Clothes: Warrant |
|
|
Amarillo man sues Stanley Marsh 3, others in new sex abuse lawsuit |
|
|
AMBER ALERT: 2 girls missing from Llano, believed to be in immediate danger |
|
|
Fulshear police officer injured in motorcycle accident on Gulf Freeway |
|
|
Another outburst in court from Houston man convicted of Beaumont courthouse
shootings |
|
|
Houston AT&T building evacuated after 2-alarm fire |
|
|
05/01/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Creighton blames Democrats for tanking water
bill |
|
|
Straus working for compromise on water funding
- he'll somehow end up letting Democrats have some credit for the school
funding that Republicans have already added back into the budget, that's my
prediction. |
|
|
Rep. Frank: Why I’m a ‘YES’ on Funding the Texas Water Plan |
|
|
TPPF's Guenthner: Fund water bill with general revenue, not RDF |
|
|
LCRA Water Bill Stuck in Senate Maneuver |
|
|
Dewhurst says Texas Senate will push for more business tax cuts |
|
|
Sen. Williams: Let Voters Decide on Rainy Day
Spending - how about the Senate first
lowering the amounts? |
|
|
House gives preliminary OK to tighter spending cap |
|
|
House votes to restrict use of dedicated funds |
|
|
House advances bills to reduce hoarding of dedicated taxes |
|
|
HHSC Receives Approval to Raise Medicaid Premiums |
|
|
Battle looming over immigrant driver permits in Texas |
|
|
Bill would allow rural residents to renew driver's licenses at
courthouses |
|
|
Legislative notebook: Ellis wants tax loophole reviews |
|
|
Statesman's First Reading summary |
|
|
Bill would list family violence offenders in public database |
|
|
Lawmakers advance new option for failing schools |
|
|
Senate approves statewide school district for bad campuses |
|
|
Capitol Digest: Charter school, testing bills advance |
|
|
Texas Senate touts pig as lipstick (Campus CHL, guns in cars) |
|
|
Effort to let students carry guns on campus in Senate |
|
|
House OK’s fixed-rate tuition option for universities |
|
|
Standardized Test Proposal for Texas Colleges Stalls |
|
|
Senate approves penalties for 'straw purchasers' of guns
|
|
|
Houston Cops Push for Law to Grab Guns from Citizens |
|
|
Tollway scofflaws bill scoots back to Senate |
|
|
Less is more in the Texas Legislature--and better for Texas |
|
|
Bill would give landowners greater leeway to chop down trees |
|
|
House Oks opt-in for state immunization registry |
|
|
House Panel Reviews CPRIT Reform Legislation
- yeah, have one of the creators of the mess, Keffer, speak to what
happened! |
|
|
Status of election law bills: A summary |
|
|
House OKs measure mitigating defamation lawsuits |
|
|
Lawmakers Want Answers on West Explosion
- so does everyone else, they'll have to wait. |
|
|
Disclosure Bills Get Little Love From Top Leaders |
|
|
Herman: Lawmakers’ pensions and drugs — two bills going nowhere |
|
|
Craft beer proposals on tap in Texas House |
|
|
AP highlights from the Capitol for Wednesday |
|
|
Five arrested protesting in support of LGBT bill at Capitol |
|
|
Abbott trumpeting his conservative credentials |
|
|
Abbott and Domestic Partner Benefits
- Burka thinks it bad for Texas & Abbott that his ruling reflects accurately
the law - the mind of a liberal Democrat! |
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|
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|
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DC: O'Rourke, Cuellar's visit to El Paso focuses on border wait-times |
|
|
DC: Cornyn touts bill to protect judges, prosecutors and law enforcers |
|
|
Sen. Ted Cruz rubs elbows with Koch brothers as he eyes 2016; says he’s
amazed at “wild speculation” |
|
|
DC: California Senator Boxer pledges investigation into West fertilizer
plant explosion |
|
|
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|
|
DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 5/1/2013 |
|
|
DPS Most Wanted Fugitive Captured in Spring, Texas |
|
|
DPS official: “system worked” in West explosion |
|
|
West Blast Investigation Could Be Completed By May 10 |
|
|
State: Dozens of facilities similar to West plant |
|
|
Pratt on Texas' Official
Sculptor Eddie Dixon Finalizes Design for Timothy Cole Memorial |
|
|
ERCOT expects tight summer conditions, long-term outlook shows
improvement |
|
|
Central Texas oak trees at risk for deadly oak wilt disease |
|
|
Lawsuit Targets Prison Company Over Records Request |
|
|
Gov. Perry Reappoints Peeler to Evergreen Underground Water Conservation
District |
|
|
Gov. Perry Apppoints Slovacek to Texas Department of Motor Vehicles |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
McPherson and Rodriguez take stand in police-on-police assault trial |
|
|
Ex-cop takes plea for bizarre pants-less wreck |
|
|
Three City of Lubbock Employees Face Felony Theft Charges |
|
|
El Paso businessman Adrian Peña, wife face new federal fraud charges |
|
|
Judge rules: Case against ex-DHS officials ‘complex’ |
|
|
Jury Selection Begins in Former District Attorney's Trial |
|
|
Suspect in Panama Unit Case Granted Bond |
|
|
Houston ISD bus driver accused of slapping student |
|
|
El Paso businessman Adrian Peña, wife face new federal fraud charges |
|
|
'Cops' TV film crews now riding with Beaumont police |
|
|
$3 million chiropractor fraud uncovered in Bryan |
|
|
Bellaire parents warned missing gun may be loose in yard |
|
|
Woman reports abduction outside a Houston Walmart, sexual assault |
|
|
Waco Woman Found Guilty Of Beating, Burning Children |
|
|
Man charged with kidnapping ex-girlfriend on his 21st birthday |
|
|
Frenship ISD Student Indicted for Threatening to Bring Gun to School |
|
|
Lubbock grand jury indicts Plainview youth for threatening U.S. marshal |
|
|
Lubbock Lineup - paper publishes jail lineups |
|
|
Storm Uproots Tree; Falls on Lubbock Man's Home |
|
|
CBS' Lubbock's Scott Pelley Sits Down with KLBK |
|
|
Is Ballinger fertilizer plant a safety concern? |
|
|
No ID yet on woman struck, killed in bizarre I-20 accident near Merkel |
|
|
Attorney: Slain Colorado City teen's mother hasn't been questioned since
remains found |
|
|
Houston senior citizen ambushed, pistol whipped: 'They have a black heart'
|
|
|
11-year-old Fort Worth girl found safe |
|
|
Police:
Longview Woman Used Staple Gun, Hammer in Assault |
|
|
Brownsville woman jailed for sexual relationship with teenage boy |
|
|
"Mariachi Pants Bandit" arrested in McAllen |
|
|
Brownsville package bombing victim named in federal drug case |
|
|
Undercover Harris County deputy shoots suspected vehicle thief after chase |
|
|
League City: Weapons stolen from police officer’s car; bag dumped in judge’s
driveway |
|
|
Finally. Fort Hood Shooter Hasan general court-martial proceedings begin May
29 |
|
|
04/30/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Statement by Gov. Perry on House Bill 11 |
|
|
Straus: House Will Find Way to Fund Water Projects |
|
|
Point of order kills water bill - HB 11 |
|
|
Democrats kill HB11, water projects bill, want money for schools |
|
|
Plan to use rainy day funds for water projects dries up |
|
|
Burka: How the Water Bill Dried Up |
|
|
Public Opinion Creates Rough Sailing for Water Policy |
|
|
House Ways and Means Needs to Act on Capital Appreciation Bond Bills |
|
|
Death Draws Near For Conservative House Bills |
|
|
Agenda Texas: Perry Joins the Fight |
|
|
Pratt: Tejanos, beware Democrats trying to “help” you with Medicaid |
|
|
TribuneFest: A Conversation with Kyle Janek |
|
|
AG' ruling on domestic partnerships confirms Rep. Springer's claims behind
HB 1568 |
|
|
Update:
House panel approves charter school bill,
House panel again mulls charter school bill |
|
|
Charter Bill Brings New Players to Education Policy |
|
|
Sudden referendum on testing company Pearson Testing in the House? |
|
|
Texas House Votes to Reduce State Exams in Lower Grades |
|
|
Law Enforcement Officials Fault Drone Bill |
|
|
Protect Fishermen and Freedom by Rejecting HB 852 |
|
|
Bill to repeal homosexual conduct offense heard in House committee |
|
|
Senate bill affects eight-liners, sets fines |
|
|
Editorial: Texas shouldn’t keep spending on unneeded prisons |
|
|
House OKs stricter child restraint law
- more Nanny-state crap from a RINO |
|
|
Senate approves guns in cars on college campuses |
|
|
Campus gun bill to get vote in House despite slim chances in Senate |
|
|
Bill for students to keep firearms in cars on campus moves to Texas House
with promise that campus carry won’t get added on |
|
|
Michael Morton Act left pending, could soon go to full House floor |
|
|
Rep. Leach Authors Legislation Encouraging Businesses to Relocate to Texas |
|
|
Contact your State Senator to oppose the Animal ID bill |
|
|
Service dogs OK’d for use by PTSD victims |
|
|
Scofflaws, toll bill’s for thee |
|
|
House committee to delve into West explosion |
|
|
Rep. Anchia’s bill would allow same-sex parents
to both be listed on child’s supplementary birth certificate |
|
|
AP Highlights from around the Capitol Tuesday |
|
|
Angle: Texas Should Leave Redistricting Alone |
|
|
Will we let more cowbell deliver Harris County to the Left? |
|
|
Joaquin Castro keynote speaker at South Carolina Democratic Party Convention |
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|
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DC: GOP targets Rep. Pete Gallego, again, this time over comp time bill |
|
|
Obama says Texas Gov. Rick Perry makes Obamacare harder to implement, but
resistance is futile |
|
|
Sen. Ted Cruz is President Obama’s new Texas
foil - Obama is out of his league in
hitting at Cruz |
|
|
DC: Ted Cruz slams Senate GOP ‘squishes’ |
|
|
Ted Cruz: American Hero, or Greatest American Hero? |
|
|
DC: Dem groups
targetting Texas' U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith |
|
|
Ron Paul slams Boston 'occupation' |
|
|
DC: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's Round-the-World Trip Cost Taxpayers $23K |
|
|
DC: U.S. House Democrats make push for immigration reform |
|
|
DC: Rep. Farenthold & colleagues invite gun manufacturers to Texas |
|
|
DC: A Conversation With Gutierrez and Carter |
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|
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Texas Attorney General rules against local governments granting "domestic
partnership" benefits |
|
|
AG says city workers' same-sex benefits 'unconstitutional' |
|
|
AG: Domestic Partner Benefits Violate Constitution |
|
|
AG' ruling on domestic partnerships confirms Rep. Springer's claims behind
HB 1568 |
|
|
DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 04/30/2013 |
|
|
Texas DPS honored by legislators for service |
|
|
DPS Reward Offered for Most Wanted Sex Offender |
|
|
Carroll Joe Parr scheduled for execution |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Hunter to Texas Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention
Authority |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Six to Texas Industrialized Building Code Council |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Four to Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Four to Texas Diabetes Council |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Nguyen to Texas Institute for Health Care Quality and
Efficiency Board of Directors |
|
|
Gov. Perry Names Wong Chair of Texas Board of Professional Engineers |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Mart Principal Suspended Over Alleged STAAR Test Irregularities |
|
|
Assault trial of Plainview police captain under way |
|
|
Vidor councilman arrested for public intoxication |
|
|
New lawsuit against Travis Co. DA Lehmberg filed after first dismissed |
|
|
Coast Guard officer gets prison, must repay $617,000 |
|
|
Jury convicts man of capital murder in Jefferson County courthouse shooting |
|
|
Houston Boy Scouts keep ban on homosexual members |
|
|
Photos: Severe thunderstorms hammer down on San Antonio area |
|
|
Some lose power during San Antonio storms |
|
|
Recent downpour is not enough to alleviate drought in Valley |
|
|
Three construction workers hit by lightning in Travis County |
|
|
Seventh person arrested in weapons straw purchase case |
|
|
SAPD: Man dies in freak accident after argument with girlfriend |
|
|
Man charged with trespassing at Dallas Love Field |
|
|
Lufkin woman gets 25 years for burning ex-roommate |
|
|
Update:
Authorities ID Body,
Human remains found by Big Spring Police following arrest |
|
|
Colorado City students, teachers back in class after Hailey Dunn's remains
identified |
|
|
Who was Hailey Dunn? Friends, family offer insight into the young girl's life |
|
|
Accident in Bangs sends three to hospital, including police officer |
|
|
Zebra mussel DNA detected in 5 North Texas lakes |
|
|
Contaminants found at El Paso Jobe site in 1989, report says |
|
|
Accidental outlaw Willie Nelson celebrates 80th |
|
|
Hyatt hotel worker charged with improper photography |
|
|
Abilene bomb squad clears suspicious package in San Angelo parking lot |
|
|
DART Train, Ambulance Collide in Downtown Dallas |
|
|
Police search for 14-year-old Haltom City girl missing for 6 days |
|
|
Church burglar caught in the act in southeast Houston |
|
|
Houston: Soccer player gunned down in drive-by shooting |
|
|
Buna ISD, Jasper S.O. investigating threatening messages |
|
|
Weatherford High cleared after threatening note found |
|
|
South Houston Police officer shoots suspect after auto theft at high school |
|
|
Shots fired during Crosby bank robbery |
|
|
HPD: Homeless man invited to live with family threatens, stalks them after
asked to leave |
|
|
04/29/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Gov. Perry jokes about lawmakers OKing budget he likes |
|
|
Rick Perry Willing to Call Special Session if Needed |
|
|
Legislature doesn’t go with Perry’s proposed $1.6 billion business
tax cut |
|
|
Sullivan: Rainy day fund revenue still came from you |
|
|
Senate: Extreme Irresponsibility |
|
|
Busting The Cap, Without Relief |
|
|
How much is enough for a Rainy Day Fund? |
|
|
Horribly Ineffective Hilderbran |
|
|
House Debate Over Water Bill Could Spur Bigger Fight |
|
|
Gov. Perry: Water Plan Cannot Be Delayed Any Longer |
|
|
Perry blesses use of rainy day fund as House considers water development
measure |
|
|
Medicaid problems hinge of doctor, nurse pay
- and so it will always be with gov't healthcare |
|
|
Kolkhorst: “TX has never jumped into any federal program” |
|
|
Business Association Endorses Zerwas'
Medicaid Plan - now you
understand that TAB is not a conservative group, they act as a lobby
group which pushes for what they believe to be in the short term
good of their members. |
|
|
TribuneFest: Health Care and the 83rd Session |
|
|
House votes to buy Jones Co. lockup, despite declining prison population |
|
|
Democrat proposes repeal of death penalty in Texas |
|
|
Bill Urges Treatment, Not Punishment, for Prostitution Charges |
|
|
Campus CHL bill to get House vote on Saturday |
|
|
Texas lawmakers inquire into plant explosion in West |
|
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Small crowd rallies for school choice at Capitol |
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Texas Public School Parent-Trigger Law Needs Improving |
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Moms’ group shakes up status quo on Texas’ testing regimen |
|
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The Political Hazards of Changing High School Standards |
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New school accountability ratings may face changes in Legislature
|
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Lawmakers Attempt to Change Truancy Laws |
|
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Recap of today’s House elections committee hearing |
|
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House passes Burkett's bill to reduce "vote harvesting" in Texas
elections |
|
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Proposals in Legislature aim to take the
party out of Texas politics -
all ridiculous stuff |
|
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Local elected officials private accounts could become public |
|
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Gambling supporters might be out of luck this legislative session |
|
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Driving permits for illegal immigrants passes key House committee |
|
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A Conversation With Rep. Farney and Sen. Schwertner |
|
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Editorial: Some Railroad Commission rules should change and others
shouldn’t |
|
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Gov. Perry disgusted by cartoon depicting explosion |
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Could Hillary put Texas in play? |
|
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Some GOP leaders want Susan Reed, Bexar Co. DA, to run for Texas
Attorney General |
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DC: Former Texas House members now in Congress make pitch for unity |
|
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The George W. Bush media blitz from start to finish |
|
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Obama’s dinner joke: next to Bush Library he plans “Blame Bush
Library” |
|
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DC: Cruz Breaks With Senate Tradition While Criticizing Colleagues
- it is interesting what they deem as criticism - liberalism must be
so weak that even asking obvious questions constitutes criticism. |
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DC: Cornyn: Immigration op-ed 'complete bs' |
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DPS Situation Awareness Brief for 4/29/2013 |
|
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Questionable investigations, little
oversight in state hospital deaths
- gov't healthcare as it is worldwide |
|
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Texas Appeals Court Finds Breath Mints Are Evidence Of DWI |
|
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Homeless Purple Heart medals get Texas museum home |
|
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South Texas veterans' advocate gets overdue accolades |
|
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Gun advocates and others push meds-shootings link |
|
|
Gov. Perry Reappoints Seven to Rio Grande Regional Water Authority |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Newcomer to Sabine River Authority Board of
Directors |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas Board of Architectural Examiners |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Rogers to Texas Crime Stoppers Council |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Barrington to Juvenile Justice Advisory Board |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Edwards to Texas Lottery Commission |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas Real Estate Commission |
|
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AG Abbott Observes National Child Abuse Prevention Month; Highlights
Cyber Crimes Unit’s 36 Online Sex Predator, Child Pornographer
Arrests in Past Year |
|
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Amid oil boom, Texas legal fight grows over right to take land for
pipelines |
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
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West fertilizer
plant explosion:
|
|
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Hailey
Dunn stories:
|
|
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Coast Guard member in Texas gets prison for theft |
|
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Harris County deputy foils robbery, kills suspect |
|
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Man charged in Jefferson Co. courthouse shooting denies killing |
|
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Waco records first murder of year |
|
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Second rabies case confirmed within Abilene city limits |
|
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Breckenridge: Injured DPS Trooper Bob Sims says thank you is not enough |
|
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'Prairie Home's' Lubbock visit full of nostalgia, reflections and wry humor |
|
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McKinney man accused of killing wife jumps off overpass and dies |
|
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Worker injured in Beaumont refinery fire dies |
|
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Nina Stemme ignites Houston Grand Opera's 'Tristan' |
|
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Dallas Museum of Art to feature works from British Museum's Greek
and Roman collection |
|
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Man dies after gunfire exchange with police near Terrell |
|
|
Accused con man arrested on charges in Texas |
|
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Explosive devices in vacant home lead to prison time for Wichita
Falls man |
|
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Beware Egrets around Texoma |
|
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Grass fire north of Amarillo burns 150 acres Sunday |
|
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High Winds Rip Roofs Off Homes In Rio Grande Valley |
|
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Flood victims face damage in southwest Houston |
|
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Roof of home collapses in Katy; No injuries reported |
|
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Worker injured in Beaumont ExxonMobil refinery fire dies |
|
|
HPD: Angry dad chokes, bites 10-year-old; hangs boy on fence to
teach him a lesson |
|
|
Two Houston firefighters suffer minor injuries battling house fire |
|
|
Stuck big rig gets reverse trip on I-45 |
|
|
Video of women fighting on Houston bus surfaces on YouTube |
|
|
"Cops" show could patrol in Beaumont |
|
|
Longview Softball Games Called Off due to Vandalism |
|
|
16 families displaced after fire at East Texas apartment complex |
|
|
Fiery crash kills three on their way to church in Azle |
|
|
Fort Worth woman among four killed in Erath County wreck |
|
|
Joshua woman slashes ex-husband with knife during divorce
proceeding, police say |
|
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CPS investigating after eight children left at Dallas fire station |
|
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Man breaches Dallas Love Field security, yells "Jihad" during arrest |
|
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Feds: Dallas Military Contractor Falsified Bills |
|
|
04/26/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
Review
of the week in the Texas Legislature; Our Man in Austin
David Guenthner joins us. |
|
|
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Pratt: Senator Whitmire a putrid example of what’s worst in American
political life |
|
|
The Texas Budget—Bigger isn’t Always Better |
|
|
Texas lawmakers pushing back on Gov. Perry in 2013 |
|
|
House set to vote on $875M spending bill |
|
|
House OKs emergency spending for schools, fires |
|
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Supplemental Would Spend $10 M for a Problem that Doesn’t Exist |
|
|
Water infrastructure financing in jeopardy in Texas House |
|
|
LCRA-related water bill held hostage by opponent |
|
|
Hilderbran to Push for Franchise-Margins Tax Reform, Part 2
- Reminder:
Pratt: Hilderbran goes soft on tax reform |
|
|
Travis Co. DA's arrest, conviction for DWI, prompts calls to move state
corruption unit |
|
|
Rep. Phil King to Travis D.A.: Resign now |
|
|
Measure would allow SpaceX launches at Boca Chica beach |
|
|
Bills make Floydada official Pumpkin Capital of Texas, designate pumpkin as
state squash |
|
|
HB2751 to benefit Texas Forest Service during fire emergencies passes house |
|
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House passes HB1247 to allow Nacogdoches hospital to hire doctors directly |
|
|
'Ballot harvesting' bill flares tensions in House |
|
|
More bills voted out of House elections committee (and a couple aren’t) |
|
|
Lawmakers seek to crack down on Medicaid fraud in dental care |
|
|
House bill would require college students to take survey courses in U.S.
history |
|
|
Senate OKs open-records bill to avoid another UT standoff |
|
|
Senate cracks down on tax-fueled trust funds |
|
|
Cash for Road Repair in Shale Areas Proves Elusive |
|
|
Bill Would Ensure Free Breakfast for Texas' Poorest Students |
|
|
Pauken for Governor Texas Campaign Updates |
|
|
Julián Castro & Paul Wolfowitz:
Political support grows for same-sex marriage
- that doesn't make it right. |
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DC: Congress approves bill to end (sham) airport delays
|
|
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Ted Cruz Will Be at the RedState Gathering. Will You? |
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|
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|
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DPS Daily Situation Awareness Brief |
|
|
Texas Government Insider weekly edition |
|
|
RIP: The Voice - Texas native George Jones dead at 81 |
|
|
Man put to death for Texas store abduction slaying |
|
|
DPS Most Wanted Sex Offender Arrested in Houston |
|
|
Family tie further clouds withdrawn nominee for prison board |
|
|
Prison union calls for board chairman to resign |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas Board of Criminal Justice |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Kelsey and Zacek to Texas Farm and Ranch Lands
Conservation Council |
|
|
Gov. Perry Names Atkinson Chair of Texas Public Finance Authority |
|
|
Mormon church pleased with Boy Scouts proposal |
|
|
Texas Attorney General Shuts Down Unlawful Immigration Legal Services
Provider |
|
|
CSCOPE Update: SBOE’s Mercer Says, Its Time to Get Involved! |
|
|
Texas Prosecutors No Longer Unassailable |
|
|
Austin's police chief disappointed gun control efforts haven't moved forward |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
West fertilizer
plant explosion:
|
|
|
Ex-court clerk in Galveston gets probation in gun case |
|
|
West Oso Jr. High principal & secretary put on paid leave after money from
athletic events not deposited |
|
|
Drug charge against Palmview city councilman dismissed |
|
|
Jury convicts ex-officials in multi-million dollar fraud |
|
|
Texas Prosecutors No Longer Unassailable |
|
|
Bomb threat closes Lampasas food plant |
|
|
Defense starts Monday in Jefferson Co. courthouse shooting |
|
|
Ex-trainer at Lackland gets jail for abuse |
|
|
San Antonio: 3 convicted in Air Force fraud case |
|
|
North Texas woman charged in 1982 death of niece |
|
|
Accidental outlaw Willie Nelson celebrates 80th |
|
|
Old Austin power plant redevelopment one of many nationwide |
|
|
Lake Travis ISD remains on high alert after threat |
|
|
Dallas County Crash Leaves 4 Teens In Critical Condition |
|
|
Escobares man shoots son during argument |
|
|
HCSO: Suspected bank robber shot by 2 off-duty HPD officers |
|
|
Suspected thief wounded in shooting at liquor store |
|
|
DEA agents on scene of giant pot bust in Pasadena impound lot |
|
|
San Antonio doc first responder at Boston Marathon |
|
|
Brownsville ISD student charged with terroristic threat
|
|
|
Remains found in Scurry Co. are those of Hailey Dunn, the missing teen from
Colorado City,
more |
|
|
04/25/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Texas Senate budget maneuver outflanks House, and maybe Perry, on rainy day
fund |
|
|
Rainy day plan for education faces opposition on high |
|
|
House Passes HB166: "Timothy Cole Exoneration Review Commission" |
|
|
House gives final approval to extending life of Lottery Commission |
|
|
Some NW Texas-region reps caved on Texas Lottery vote; will the sun ever
set? |
|
|
Legislators Seek Action on Medicaid Fraud Measures |
|
|
Janek Awaits Direction From Lege on Medicaid Expansion |
|
|
Senate wants new limits on Major Events Fund |
|
|
Legislators spar over downsizing prisons |
|
|
Texas lawmakers consider workers' rights bills |
|
|
House OKs longer window to sue for discrimination |
|
|
Labor Bill Spurs Sex Discrimination Debate in House |
|
|
Highlights from around the Capitol - Wednesday |
|
|
Charter school pledge bill clears House hurdle |
|
|
Rep. Springer lays out TCEQ & 2nd Amendment bills before committee |
|
|
Jarrett's Law (increased DWI penalties) Making Progress in Austin |
|
|
Bolstering El Paso roads: Measures in Texas Legislature could mean extra
funds |
|
|
Lawmakers consider bill for beach closures for rocket launch site |
|
|
Senate OKs bill to help Blue Mound water customers |
|
|
Senate moves to halt use of license plate flippers |
|
|
No speeding ticket for going 10 miles over the limit? Not yet. |
|
|
Senate approves Tim Tebow bill to open up UIL participation |
|
|
No action on Texas redistricting bill this week |
|
|
Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Lawmaker |
|
|
Hillary Clinton makes paid appearance in Irving |
|
|
Barbara Bush on Jeb run: 'We've had enough Bushes' |
|
|
G.W. Bush wants brother Jeb to run for president |
|
|
California newspaper cartoonist targets Perry —
again - terribly poor taste |
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|
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|
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Obama: Fundraising, then bipartisan display in Texas |
|
|
Obama calls on Dallas friends for Democratic fundraiser |
|
|
DC: Sen. John Cornyn files bill for Valley VA hospital,
more |
|
|
DC: Cornyn: Administration Desperate to Prove It Wasn’t Crying Wolf |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer: We’ve Nationalized the Mortgage Market in this Country |
|
|
Outreach, Log Cabin Republican style |
|
|
U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions bristles at Obama’s immigration push during Bush
Center dedication |
|
|
‘Gang of 8’ Effort Backed by Texas Immigration Solution Group |
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|
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FEMA Region 6 weather threat briefing |
|
|
Record Rio Grande Valley drought could get worse |
|
|
RIP Former U.S. Ambassador Shirley L. Abbott of El Paso dies at 88 |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Seven to Brazos River Authority Board of Directors |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Four to Texas Council on Purchasing from People with
Disabilities |
|
|
Gov. Perry Reappoints Garland and Youngblood to Risk Management Board |
|
|
Gov. Perry Reappoints Underwood as Presiding Judge of the Second
Administrative Judicial Region |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists |
|
|
Perry Withdraws Texas Prison Board Nomination |
|
|
Texas University Fund Sold $375 Million in Gold Bars |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
The Bush and Clinton families, on stage in Texas |
|
|
President George W. Bush speaks at Bush Center dedication |
|
|
Bush ends library dedication with emotional speech |
|
|
Bush Presidential Library dedicated in style |
|
|
Presidents help George W. Bush dedicate
library - notice how the main AP
story focuses not on Bush but upon Obama |
|
|
Obama honors predecessor Bush at library
ceremony - he and Clinton also
used the occasion to push a current political issue, immigration reform
- classless but expected. |
|
|
Obama Uses Bush Speech to Push Immigration Reform |
|
|
U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions bristles at Obama’s immigration push during Bush
Center dedication |
|
|
George W. Bush talks about becoming a grandfather |
|
|
Bush, Clinton speak on eve of library dedication |
|
|
Tony Blair, Silvio Berlusconi and other heads of state expected at the
Bush Center’s dedication |
|
|
Photos: Bush Center dedication |
|
|
Scene at Bush Center: Karl Rove, John Boehner, Chris Christie and 1000s
of others |
|
|
Laura Bush: ‘A presidential library is not just about one president’ |
|
|
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz calls George W. Bush a "man of deep principle." |
|
|
Former Bush staffers say library can redefine presidency |
|
|
Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk thrilled with Bush Presidential Center
dedication |
|
|
On eve of dedication at SMU, Lubbock remembers failed bid to get Bush library |
|
|
Arlington's bid for library was late, lean |
|
|
Authorities: T. Boone Pickens' grandson, TCU student, died of heroin use |
|
|
HSU Set To Host The ASC Track and Field Championships |
|
|
ACU's Wiepie Rojas wins Fulbright Scholarship |
|
|
Cisco College Nursing School Gets Approval For First-of-its Kind Program |
|
|
Texas Tech to Host Annual Arbor Day Celebration Friday |
|
|
Texas Republican Party chairman speaks to Tech students |
|
|
Wayland fires CFO over alleged financial irregularities |
|
|
UTB professor files lawsuit for wrongful termination |
|
|
Texas University Fund Sold $375 Million in Gold Bars |
|
|
New Disclosure Policy Delayed at UT System |
|
|
BP teams with A&M to study where spills might travel in Gulf |
|
|
Pledging Aggies caught writing A&M logo on UT campus |
|
|
Police: UH student raped by friend after she gets drunk, passes out |
|
|
University of Houston Bans Smoking On Campus |
|
|
All Clear Given at UTPB Following Evacuation Wednesday |
|
|
WT announces new women's basketball coach |
|
|
TSU ASG
resolution would benefit LGBTQ students |
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
West fertilizer
plant explosion:
|
|
|
Ex-Houston police officers get probation in Houston teen beating |
|
|
Harris Co: Deputy charged with oppression after groping allegation |
|
|
Starr County jailer accused of bringing drugs, tobacco into jail |
|
|
Officials insist court review info on agent in DA trial |
|
|
Former Kirbyville educator arrested |
|
|
Authorities: T. Boone Pickens' grandson, TCU student, died of heroin use |
|
|
Man charged in Garland deaths of father, stepmom |
|
|
South Texas teen gets prison for running drugs |
|
|
Lubbock man linked to bank, credit union holdups |
|
|
2 Chinese nationals convicted of counterfeiting |
|
|
Abilene: Intruder shot three times, hospitalized after Thursday morning
shooting |
|
|
Abilene: Pending Gun Legislation Frustrates Buyers |
|
|
Snyder Cop Shot in Head Nearly Two Years Ago Back at Work |
|
|
State Fire Marshal called in to investigate for arson in Roscoe |
|
|
“A Prairie Home Companion” to be Performed and Broadcast from Lubbock This
Saturday |
|
|
Man struck & killed while pumping air in tires |
|
|
Muslim garb gets Houston student singled out at festival |
|
|
Target of Houston WorldFest director's search
doesn't want apology - we've plenty
of "understanding" veiled-one! |
|
|
Teen Arrested in Archer Co. after Deputies Say I.E.D. Components Found in
Vehicle |
|
|
Houston teen convicted of murder in robbery that netted one dollar |
|
|
2 Spring teens who escaped from juvenile rehab charged with murdering couple |
|
|
Roommates tied up, robbed during alleged Katy-area home invasion |
|
|
Robbers disguised as Reliant Energy workers tie up Houston man |
|
|
Houston man claimed self-defense in slashing of elderly mom |
|
|
Part of the Houston's historic Jefferson Davis Hospital burns in overnight
fire |
|
|
Civil rights group questions fatal Austin police-involved shooting |
|
|
Midland sheriff’s Office arrests 81-year-old man on animal torture charge |
|
|
Body of Norteño Artist Found North of Mission |
|
|
04/24/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Senate OKs plan to let voters tap rainy day fund for schools |
|
|
Perry's Rainy Day Policy Fueled by Credit Ratings |
|
|
$2B more for public schools? |
|
|
House rejects more attempts to abolish lottery |
|
|
House votes to abolish lottery, then has second thoughts |
|
|
Interactive: Tracking Texas' Gun Legislation |
|
|
Campus gun measure looks to be stuck in Texas Senate |
|
|
Committee shoots out gun bill for full Senate vote |
|
|
Sen. Whitmire killing Campus CHL
- the death of innocents on campus will be on his hands. Dewhurst could send
the bill to another committee if he chose. |
|
|
House committee leaves Seliger’s regent confirmation bill pending |
|
|
No one speaks ‘for, against or on’ higher
education measure (SB15) - well, I
oppose it. |
|
|
House makes false alarms at universities a felony |
|
|
Democrat fights against money being returned to Texans |
|
|
As Lege consider payday regulation, feds may weigh in |
|
|
Bill to transfer Hazlewood oversight to the Texas Veterans Commission moves
to House |
|
|
Senate approve electronic voter registration |
|
|
Deeia Beck confirmed as public insurance counsel |
|
|
Texas House passes bill to study causes of wrongful convictions |
|
|
Texas House gives preliminary OK to Timothy Cole Exoneration Review Commission |
|
|
Travis lawmaker proposes sunset review for LCRA |
|
|
House Passes Villalba Bill Helping Colleges and Universities to
Commercialize Intellectual Property |
|
|
Senate committee passes SBOE ‘revolving door’ bill |
|
|
Bill would grant school bus drivers power to discipline students |
|
|
Pratt: A piddling feel-good anti-freedom bill passes the Texas House |
|
|
The Love-Hate Relationship With Transparency |
|
|
Bill Packs More Than New Name for Railroad
Commission - the name doesn't need
changing and the so-called "ethics" items are simply Senators eliminating
competition for higher office. |
|
|
Eppstein ‘s anti-free speech crew |
|
|
Legislative survival tips courtesy of Gov. Rick
Perry - a bunch of crap |
|
|
Texas Gov. Rick Perry continues baiting Illinois and city officials |
|
|
The “Chicagoization” of the Democratic Party |
|
|
Preparations underway for President Obama’s Dallas DNC fundraiser |
|
|
‘President Bush is smarter than almost every one of you’ |
|
|
George P. Bush and father Jeb Bush look to 2014 Texas elections |
|
|
Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton speak on eve of library dedication |
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|
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|
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DC:
Rep. Mac Thornberry says Ospreys for Israel will be built in Amarillo |
|
|
DC: Congressman John Carter Braces for his “Profile in Courage” |
|
|
DC: Rep. Gohmert: What does acting Hispanic look
like? - we have had Mexican reports
that Arabs and others from the region have come to Mexico and learned to
blend-in and then cross the U.S. border - that's what Gohmert is talking
about. Pimentel is the thin-skinned (color or shade unimportant) who is
fanning flames of bigotry. |
|
|
Gallego: Immigration reform should give special consideration to armed
forces |
|
|
Rep. Marc Veasey will be among Obama greeters at Love Field |
|
|
DC: 12 Texas Congressmen Invite Gun Manufacturers to Relocate to Texas |
|
|
Meet Americans for a Conservative Direction, the Latest GOP Scam in
Washington |
|
|
Sen. John Cornyn criticizes FAA, proposed border security standards |
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|
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|
|
Oil Lobbyists Oversee Protection of Threatened Texas Lizard
- good |
|
|
Oak wilt disease hits Texas hardest |
|
|
RIP: Demetrio Rodriguez, who fought for Texas school equality, dies at 87 |
|
|
Justices appear up the creek in Texas-Oklahoma water case |
|
|
Spring man on 'Texas Most Wanted' list is found in Mexico |
|
|
27th Adopt-a-Beach cleanup nets over 87 tons of trash |
|
|
TEA Proceeds With A-F School Ratings Plan |
|
|
Report gives passing grade to Sabine River’s water |
|
|
Killer in
East Texas Slaying-Abductions Set to Die |
|
|
Girls found safe,
Amber Alert: 2 Lockhart girls abducted, believed to be in grave danger |
|
|
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to Close Lubbock and Dallas
Field Offices |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
West fertilizer
plant explosion:
|
|
|
Cameron Co. DA refiles charge against former Harlingen city commissioner
Marra |
|
|
Austin firefighter fired for being intoxicated on duty, assaulting
girlfriend |
|
|
Irving ISD suspends custodian accused of impregnating 14-year-old |
|
|
Trial of former Upshur commissioner, son postponed |
|
|
Police: Waco ISD High School Teacher Died In Murder-Suicide |
|
|
Ex-Lackland instructor not guilty in rape,
Sergeant busted a rank, fined, jailed |
|
|
Lubbock resident picking up the pieces after wind storm |
|
|
Latest Freeze on Record Set in Wichita Falls |
|
|
Xcel Energy: 549 still without power in the Panhandle |
|
|
Pit bull's shooting death by Plainview police upsets family |
|
|
Man dead after confrontation with police in Southeast Austin |
|
|
Fort Worth police officer shot, suspect killed |
|
|
Fireworks set off inside Harris County Walmart during robbery attempt |
|
|
Harris County woman sues after being hit face by surfboard in Galveston |
|
|
McKinney Chiropractor Found Guilty of Sex Charges |
|
|
U.S. Justice Department Files Lawsuit against Lance Armstrong |
|
|
Rebel flag isn't flying for official reasons |
|
|
Girls found safe,
Amber Alert: 2 Lockhart girls abducted, believed to be in grave danger |
|
|
Midland man shoots, kills intruder with shotgun |
|
|
Midland child tells attacker to kill him, instead of mom |
|
|
Austin ISD Anderson High students back in class after bomb threat |
|
|
04/23/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
On reconsideration,
House votes to keep the Lottery Commission |
|
|
House declines to reauthorize Texas Lottery Commission,
More |
|
|
House votes to abolish state lottery; lawmakers set to reconsider bill this
afternoon |
|
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House Rejects Texas Lottery Commission |
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Straus House pushes water to front of line for rainy day $ |
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Alternative to Medicaid expansion sputters forward |
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House Panel Advances Zerwas' Medicaid Proposal |
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House Moves Closer to Medicaid Expansion |
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Bill clears way for Medicaid debate in full
House - Dr. Zerwas is a big-lib when
it comes to healthcare and is doing all he can to implement Obamacare fully
in Texas. He just won't let up. We would all prefer the block-grant but the
Feds have already hinted that there is no way they will do such so why move
Texas closer to Obamacare at this point? |
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Bill would raise registration, inspection fees to fund state roads |
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New school ratings emphasize minority progress |
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New Poll Finds Texas Voters Favor Private School Choice,
Poll detail |
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Senate Panel Discusses Scrutiny of Testing Contracts |
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It Pays to be the State’s Head Librarian |
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Senate Approves Bonds for Higher Ed. Campus Construction Projects |
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Texas lawmakers review limits on confining youths |
|
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Texas House proposes Lubbock's Timothy Cole Exoneration Review Board |
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Exoneration review panel gets tentative House approval |
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Environmentalists seek to draw on West explosion in legislative matters |
|
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Rep.
Springer on Pratt on Texas to Discuss the 2nd Amendment |
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Rep. Coleman, Democrats, makes same bad anti-Texas argument
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After rocky start, panel gives nod to public insurance counsel |
|
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Fracking-management bills progressing in Legislature |
|
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HB 1600: Cease and Desist Authority for PUC |
|
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State bills could keep county from regulating use of fireworks |
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Bill to screen infants for inherited heart disease advances |
|
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Senate passes expansion of radioactive waste site |
|
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Lawmakers advance "predatory" lending bill (payday loans) |
|
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Senate approves tougher pay-day lending law |
|
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Lawmakers consider Railroad Commission name
change - another piddling waste of
time bill |
|
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The Railroad Commission does what? |
|
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Highlights from around the Capitol on Monday |
|
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Senate advances electricity refund proposal |
|
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Bill That Would End "Double Dipping" Gets Hearing |
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Campaign Finance Loophole Targeted
- it's not a loophole, the US Supreme Court has ruled on this. This is an
anti-Empower Texans and other conservative watchdog groups bill. |
|
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Recap of Monday’s House elections committee action |
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Men of elegant bearing and the lawmakers who love them |
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Dispelling doubts, Dewhurst staffs up; Dispensing comfort, Obama will
appear at West service |
|
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn calls Texas Gov. Rick Perry's visit 'an
escapade' |
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G.W. Bush Advances in Esteem Yet Still With More Brush to Cut |
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Bush’s approval ratings have improved since leaving White House |
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Rick Perry’s Two Reasons for 2012 |
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DC: Neugebauer
Says Boston Bombing Will Re-Ignite Debate Over Terrorism On U.S.
Soil |
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DC: Neugebauer: On Ammunition Purchases by … Homeland Security? |
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DC: Hinojosa: Pathway to citizenship will take much longer under House plan |
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Pratt: Regulations won’t stop suicide, it’s already against the law |
|
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Immigration reform could be bonanza for Democrats |
|
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DC: Sen. Cruz takes spotlight in immigration debate |
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DC: Cornyn Addresses Gang of Eight Immigration Proposal |
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U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke talks terrorism, border security |
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DPS Texas situation awareness brief |
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FEMA Region 6 weather threat briefing
- taxpayers pay for this ridiculous duplication of effort! |
|
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Current Texas wildfire situation |
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Local, Regional & State agencies conduct aviation firefighting training |
|
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Texas to benefit from $1M environmental settlement with Portuguese shipping
firm |
|
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Study: Voice-to-text functions no safer for drivers than regular texting |
|
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Judge Ken Anderson Appeals, Citing Statute of Limitations |
|
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Texas drought puts pressure on state’s water supply |
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Burni: Malicious but Delicious - feral hogs |
|
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TEA Commissioner Williams announces 2013 accountability system |
|
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Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
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West fertilizer
plant explosion:
|
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Video shows sobriety test for Travis County DA |
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Judge allows petition to remove Lehmberg to proceed |
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Dallas ISD Teacher Terminated After Sexual Assault Charges |
|
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Funeral service set for Grayson Co. deputy as DWI suspect held |
|
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Houston trucker gets 20 years in Pa. cocaine pipeline |
|
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Houston mom accused of 'flogging' adopted kids |
|
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Pilot in Lubbock airport drug stop denies knowing cargo contents |
|
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Hallsville homeowner foils burglary, exchanges gunfire with perps |
|
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Rockport
Woman Attacked By Hawk While Walking to Mailbox |
|
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El Pasoans work with trust to save ASARCO building, artifacts |
|
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Messerschmitt Me 262 plane
crashes at Midland airport during takeoff; no injuries reported |
|
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Record low temperatures recorded in Amarillo, Borger |
|
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As many as 10,000 Xcel Energy customers lost power as front blew through
Panhandle |
|
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04/22/2013 (includes the 20th & 21st) |
|
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
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Burka: The House Calendars
- Yes Paul, we've all noticed and talked about it last week. |
|
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Looming Legislative Deadlines |
|
|
House names budget negotiators, tells them not to expand Medicaid
eligibility |
|
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Straus Picks Lead Budget Negotiators
- no surprise the non-conservatives dominate |
|
|
House Ways & Means Committee heard Flynn's HB3416 addressing Capital
Appreciation Bonds |
|
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Legislature to consider teacher, state worker pension changes |
|
|
Rep. Four Price's Public Safety Bills Pass in Texas House |
|
|
Top lawmaker launches petition in support of texting-while-driving ban |
|
|
DMN Editorial: Texas House must redeem itself, pass exoneration panel |
|
|
Reforms prompted by Morton case await action by state House |
|
|
Rep. Leach: Texas must find the core causes of wrongful convictions |
|
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Lawmakers call for commission to probe wrongful convictions
|
|
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Drug Court Oversight to Go Before Texas Lawmakers |
|
|
Texas bills sacrifice local control on issues
such as knife toting, plastic bag bans
- crocodile tears for "local control". When has the Leftist media been for
local, or even state control, or abortion, healthcare decisions, smoking
regulation, etc.? |
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Texas bill would dedicate $2 billion for water |
|
|
Enviro-activist Huffman on Water and the Legislature |
|
|
Hammond: Use rainy day funds for water and transportation |
|
|
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a good idea on transportation |
|
|
Editorial: Raise state gas tax to ease congestion |
|
|
Seliger’s road funding bill makes sense for Texas |
|
|
Legislators, keep North Texas transportation moving |
|
|
Copelin: Let’s hope politics doesn’t kill three good bills |
|
|
Deadline for SCOTUS briefs extended again in Texas voter ID case |
|
|
Sen. Kirk Watson’s statement on Texas redistricting |
|
|
Optometrists Seek Negotiating Power With Insurers |
|
|
Anti-Drone proposal making it's way through the Capitol |
|
|
Sen. Hinojosa bill adds powers to forensic science commission |
|
|
State Legislators Release Grim Statistics On Texas Versus Other States |
|
|
Texas bill would allow El Paso input on quarry leases |
|
|
SBOE gives preliminary approval to a plan providing more math and science
options for students and supports anti-voucher resolution |
|
|
House votes to extending ban on drivers’ cell phone use for some schools |
|
|
In Bid to Pare Exams, Lawmakers Target Testing Firm |
|
|
Two bills link teacher evaluations to student test scores |
|
|
Educational reform in Texas calls for different solutions |
|
|
House Panel Hears Testimony on Climate Change |
|
|
Shaw and Marston on Texas vs. the EPA |
|
|
Barlow, Hecker join Dewhurst team |
|
|
National Assoc. of Social Workers of Texas gives
state rep. facing DWI charges "Public Elected Official of the Year" award!
- the Left rallies around theirs, most conservatives would want her to
resign if she were one of theirs. |
|
|
AP: Does Greg Abbott visit to West signal gubernatorial plan? |
|
|
Perry: Will He Stay or Will He Go? |
|
|
Bush started as uniter, ended up divider
- they just can't let go! The AP is still working the anti-Bush beat! |
|
|
Bush set to dedicate presidential library Thursday
- see other stories under the Higher Education subset below |
|
|
Pratt: Anti-gun hysteria comes out in the strangest places |
|
|
Kay Bailey Hutchison On Other 'Unflinching' Texan Women |
|
|
Hillary Clinton to speak in Las Colinas Wednesday |
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DC: Why Ted Cruz is not a typical freshman senator |
|
|
DC: Demonizing Ted Cruz |
|
|
DC: Ted Cruz vs. Marco Rubio on immigration |
|
|
DC: The Internet Sales Tax Rush |
|
|
DC: Rep. Gallego enjoys rare status as a new Texas Democrat in the House |
|
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DC: Cong. Brady: Obama’s IRS Furloughs Designed to Inconvenience Taxpayers |
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Perry selling Texas to companies in Illinois |
|
|
Chicago's Mayor Rips Texas Gov. Rick Perry,
Brings Up Campaign Gaffe -
childish comment |
|
|
Gov. Rick Perry to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn: 'I'm certainly going to
bring' the competition |
|
|
Staples: Remembering West, Boston on San Jacinto Day |
|
|
DPS TDEM Texas Situation Awareness Brief |
|
|
Current Texas Wildfire Situation |
|
|
As financial risks increase, Texas electricity providers seek help from
customers |
|
|
Report Looks At Why Texas Convicts More People Of Prostitution Than Other
States |
|
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Landrum Judge of the 113th Judicial District Court |
|
|
Amid questions, criminal-justice nominee put on hold,
Prison board appointee’s business connection questioned |
|
|
Thousands of Texas youths put in solitary confinement |
|
|
Texas prison staff shortage raising concerns |
|
|
Statute of limitations is first hurdle for misconduct charges against former
DA Ken Anderson |
|
|
Many DAs, judges, lawmakers stay in office after DWIs |
|
|
Months of work on Kaufman DA killings ended with arrest of man suspected at
the beginning |
|
|
NOAA Spring 2013 Outlook Predicts Drought Conditions to Persist or Worsen for
Texas |
|
|
Ted Nugent Calls For Public Hanging Of Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
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|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
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West fertilizer
plant explosion:
|
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DPS Situation Report Fertilizer Plant Explosion SITREP #6 |
|
|
DPS information page on West |
|
|
Official: no sign of criminal activity in blast |
|
|
Investigation into cause of West fire ongoing |
|
|
1st Look Inside Blast Zone in West, Texas |
|
|
Official: Small fires erupting at Texas blast site on Saturday |
|
|
Explosion's source could be rail car full of ammonia nitrate |
|
|
Perry: State oversight not to blame for West blast |
|
|
Safety rules limited for small fertilizer
plants - collection of 107 photos
accompany this story |
|
|
Some West residents allowed back home after blast |
|
|
Prayer and waiting in Texas town rocked by blast |
|
|
West, and all of Texas, grieves for dead first-responders |
|
|
West residents seek strength at Sunday services |
|
|
Firefighters mobilize to cover shifts for West VFD |
|
|
Obama expresses sympathy for victims of Texas fertilizer plant explosion |
|
|
AP: Does Greg Abbott visit to West signal gubernatorial plan? |
|
|
Cornyn Tours West Explosion Site |
|
|
Governor Perry Visits Community of West; Tours Disaster Zone and Meets with
Local Officials |
|
|
Slater: Rick Perry, Greg Abbott jockey to show
they’re on the job after West tragedy,
Slater's original blog post - and if they
were not there, Slater-the-Republican-hater would write about how they were
unconcerned and absent from the job! |
|
|
President Obama to attend Waco memorial
service Thursday with first lady
- will Slater write the same column about Obama? |
|
|
Remembering West, Boston on San Jacinto Day |
|
|
Annette Sykora Joins national Car Pro Show to Talk About Recovery
Efforts in West |
|
|
As heart-wrenching week ends, Texas town where plant exploded prays,
plans _ and waits |
|
|
Insurance agents mobilize to help West residents file claims |
|
|
Shaw and Marston on the West Explosion |
|
|
School underway in West |
|
|
Hazards at West Fertilizer plant were largely unknown to public |
|
|
In quiet West, an ordinary night quickly turned to incomprehensible
disaster |
|
|
First of Many Funerals for Victims of West Explosion Scheduled |
|
|
Westboro (so-called church) says to "Praise God for the Test, TX
Fertilizer Plant Explosion!", plan to picket firefighter funerals |
|
|
|
Grayson Co. deputy sheriff killed while directing traffic |
|
|
Houston firefighter hit with power saw in backward fall from roof |
|
|
Trial begins in shooting outside the Jefferson Co. courthouse |
|
|
Former publisher of the Tyler Morning Telegraph dies at 92 |
|
|
South Texas youth adopted after decade of waiting |
|
|
South Texan eases worries by making flags |
|
|
Search ends for fishermen missing off Texas coast |
|
|
Lumberton police force devoted to 3-legged cat |
|
|
Austin: Man hijacks city bus, kills self after chase |
|
|
Officials: Man who hijacked Austin bus was a suspended bus driver |
|
|
Baby giraffe at Houston zoo dies of bone infection |
|
|
Dallas: Trial under way for man accused of starving son |
|
|
Wichitans shine at national Corgi competition |
|
|
Lubbock teen arrested for terroristic threat |
|
|
Lubbock Police Seize Nearly Four Kilos Of Synthetic Marijuana In Local Smoke
Shop |
|
|
From Sweetwater to 'American Idol': The origins of the now-famous 'bling
boots' |
|
|
Jones County: Survey Worker Hit and Killed by Vehicle |
|
|
Bryan, TX,
Hospital Testing Copperhead Antivenin |
|
|
3rd passenger involved in April 11th N Texas bus crash dies |
|
|
Report: Bus driver in fatal Texas wreck left lane |
|
|
Dallas: One found dead in fire at former Uncle Julio's on Greenville Ave. |
|
|
Troy: Multi-Car Accident Involving Fuel Tanker Sends Two To Hospital |
|
|
Premont girl dies in ATV crash Sunday in Jim Wells County |
|
|
DPD: Barricaded man found dead inside Dallas home, fired on police |
|
|
Crews searching Lake Palestine for person |
|
|
Panty burglar on the loose in Angelina County's south end |
|
|
Man doused with gasoline, set on fire in Houston |
|
|
Houston police say driver chased, beat man to death with club |
|
|
Cafe owner's gun stolen during robbery |
|
|
Houston dad in car with infant fatally shoots armed robber |
|
|
Fixing wildcat well a risky game in Zavala Co. |
|
|
04/19/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
House Budget Writers Back $500 Million More for Schools & Wildfire Costs |
|
|
Burka: Perry's Tax Cut |
|
|
SBOE Urges Lege to Reject Vouchers, Tax Credits |
|
|
Rep. Márquez announces more money for state agencies |
|
|
Lawmakers pass bill to help Cowboys Stadium land BCS national championship |
|
|
Payday lending reforms stall in Texas Senate |
|
|
Payday loan debate postponed after heated argument |
|
|
A Papal tweet, payday retreat and packing heat: a day of Texas
exceptionalism |
|
|
Bills would move produce through Hidalgo County faster |
|
|
Lawmakers leave global warming provision out of greenhouse gas permit bill |
|
|
Perry calls in GOP lawmaker for ‘spirited’ chat over term limits, travel
legislation |
|
|
Tollway scofflaws would face new sanctions under Texas Senate bill |
|
|
Gambling Lobby would set up Reps for primary defeat |
|
|
Capitol Digest: Republicans, Democrats clash over redistricting; Senate
sends end-of-life bill to House |
|
|
Senate Approves End-of-Life Legislation |
|
|
Pending Execution Revives Prison Staffing Debate |
|
|
Buying Jones County prison part of budget bill House committee OKs
- bailing out local gov't idiots. If the state really needs it fine
but, aren't they also trying to close more facilities? |
|
|
Monday Press Conference Called for the Timothy Cole Exoneration Review
Commission |
|
|
Instead of New Ethics Laws, a Study — Again |
|
|
House Backs Bill on Psychotropic Drugs for Foster Kids |
|
|
No change expected for minimum wage in Texas |
|
|
Senate redistricting hearing recap from Thursday |
|
|
Senate begins redistricting process, opposition emerges |
|
|
'Austin Machine' Bankrolling Bankrupt Companies |
|
|
State Rep. Gonzalez faces up to year in jail for DWI charge |
|
|
George W. Bush advises nephew George P. some voters will reject him because
of his name |
|
|
George W. Bush looks ‘forward to writing the final chapter of my life’ at
SMU |
|
|
Marc Veasey, Domingo Garcia may see election rematch for Dallas-area
congressional seat |
|
|
The Polling Center: A Seat for the Tea Party |
|
|
A Conversation with Tony Garza,
Garza on Mexico,
Garza on Latinos and the GOP,
Garza on Immigration Reform |
|
|
Dallas Democrats have buzzard’s luck with scheduling annual fund-rasier |
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|
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|
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DC: Stockman stands by call for Wolf Blitzer’s apology; disputes Huffington
Post accusation he ‘falsely accused’ CNN anchor |
|
|
DC: Gohmert says radical Muslims are training to ‘act like Hispanics’ to get
into the U.S. |
|
|
USDA wasting your money: Earth Day on the Ground Level - The Face of Climate
Change |
|
|
DC: Neugebauer Introduces CROP Act to Help Farmers Manage Risk |
|
|
DC: House Democrats outraising Republicans in 2013 |
|
|
Federal judicial gridlock felt in Texas |
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|
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|
|
Texas Government Insider weekly edition |
|
|
Current Texas Wildfire situation |
|
|
DPS Troopers Crack Down on Spring Break DWIs |
|
|
Judge, former DA, Ken Anderson arrested for conduct during Morton murder
trial |
|
|
Judge rules Anderson withheld evidence in Morton case |
|
|
Anderson court of inquiry to resume in Morton case |
|
|
Sheriff: Storage unit led to arrests in Kaufman County DA deaths |
|
|
Agenda Texas: CPRIT's Legacy |
|
|
Boy Scouts Move to Lift Ban on Homosexual Youth Members |
|
|
King: Environmentalists need a dose of energy reality |
|
|
Uninsured residents in Texas counties |
|
|
Branch Davidian Survivors to Mark 20th
Anniversary - the day our government
gassed and burned innocent women and children in a situation that never had
any legitimate reason to exist according to local law enforcement. |
|
|
British man recalls how his sister became a follower of cult leader David
Koresh |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
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|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
West fertilizer
plant explosion:
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|
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Ex-JP Now Also Charged In Deaths Of Texas DA, Wife, Assistant Prosecutor |
|
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State Rep. Gonzalez faces up to year in jail for DWI charge |
|
|
Travis Co. DA Lehmberg pleads guilty to DWI, is sentenced to 45 days in jail |
|
|
More evidence in Ex-Cameron Co. DA Villalobos case |
|
|
Brownsville woman accused of election violations
remains free on bail - more Dem on
Dem primary cheating alleged |
|
|
South Padre Island EDC director gets out of jail early |
|
|
Grand Prairie ISD counselor fired after posting 'whites getting blown away'
comment on Facebook - notice her
horrible grammar too and yet she's a degreed "counselor" at a public school. |
|
|
Stolen 500-year-old tapestry found in Houston office goes back to Spain |
|
|
Teen Who Shot Himself On Temple ISD High School
Campus Dies - sad but ask: how did
the gun-free zone deal work for him? Did it stop him from bringing a gun
onto the campus? Did it stop him from pulling the trigger? |
|
|
Mother to spend time in jail for burning infant |
|
|
Baby found crying at site of deadly shooting in Houston |
|
|
Bexar Co. first: DWI murder verdict |
|
|
18 years after nude body found in Channelview, saloon's name surfaces |
|
|
AG Abbott Secures Asset Freeze Against Dallas ‘Debt Management’ Firm |
|
|
Lubbock Police arrest man in Dollar General holdup after finding fingerprint
on box of cookies |
|
|
200 lbs. of marijuana seized in Lubbock airport drug bust |
|
|
Police find $33,000 in drugs on Texas City pair near school |
|
|
Major meth supplier sentenced in Lubbock |
|
|
Big Spring home invasion kidnapping victim escapes; police arrest 4 |
|
|
Abilene woman indicted in illegally dumping 660 pounds of litter |
|
|
Wichita Falls Salon Burglary Lands 3 People Behind Bars |
|
|
EMS: Child suffers serious burns at Austin school in class experiment |
|
|
Corpus Christi: Small bag prompts evacuation, bomb squad investigation at
MHMR Friday |
|
|
Conroe woman woke up to masked man with knife |
|
|
Grass fire in Potter County threatens structures Thursday evening |
|
|
Gas Well Leaks Near Denton Airport |
|
|
Lufkin restaurant evacuated after Wednesday night bomb threat |
|
|
West Nile positive virus mosquito pool found in Highland Park |
|
|
04/18/2013 (includes some news back to 4/9) |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Senate budget
conferees announced: Tommy Williams (R-The Woodlands), Chuy Hinojosa
(D-McAllen), Robert Duncan (R-Lubbock), Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound), John
Whitmire (D-Houston). |
|
|
Gov. Perry pushes $1.6 billion business tax cut |
|
|
Perry: “Protect Our Rainy Day Fund” |
|
|
Perry urges lawmakers to keep $7B in rainy day fund, calls Senate bid to
spend $6B “a little too much” |
|
|
The Tommy Williams Spending Bomb |
|
|
Gov. Perry Proposes Tax Relief for Texas Businesses |
|
|
Dewhurst vows final conservative push |
|
|
Agenda Texas: Bond Rating Battle |
|
|
Nuns on the Bus: Perry 'oozing' toward Medicaid
expansion - nothing but leftwing
politics |
|
|
Zerwas Proposes Alternative to Medicaid Expansion |
|
|
Comparison on bills passed in 1st 100 days this Session vs. last Session |
|
|
Bill would require drug tests for elected officials |
|
|
Compromise emerges on driver permits for illegal aliens in Texas |
|
|
House chairman unveils plan to allow illegal immigrants to drive legally in
Texas |
|
|
Bill Would Allow Driver's Permits for Illegal Aliens |
|
|
Senate OKs mandatory DNA testing bill |
|
|
Republicans voting with trial lawyers: OK, how often does THAT happen? |
|
|
Overly Restrictive Occupational Licensing Inhibits Texas Growth |
|
|
A lesson in math for Rep. Hilderbran on the Margins Tax |
|
|
Senate votes to cut training time for CHL |
|
|
House bill opens many doors for concealed weapons |
|
|
Texas Senate approves teacher weapons training |
|
|
Texas Senate OKs raising cap on charters |
|
|
Texas isn't 'dumbing down,' says Senator Dan Patrick |
|
|
Bill dialing back tests for students heads to Senate |
|
|
El Paso state Rep. Joe Moody introduces bill to
end test-score bonuses - same
philosophy Dems have about the economy - end rewards for good work. |
|
|
Bill to change U.S. history core requirements in Texas gets heated testimony
and an appearance by Paul Revere |
|
|
Lawmakers Hear Proposals to Allow More Discrimination, Limit Ethnic Studies
in College |
|
|
Texas university student organization bill a protector of constitutional
rights or discriminatory? |
|
|
Lawmakers to review regents’ applications |
|
|
Here’s how bankrupt the gambling pitch is |
|
|
Carona Bashes GOP, Conservatives on Gambling |
|
|
A step toward reining in tax-fueled trust funds |
|
|
Senate panel passes restriction on abortion doctors |
|
|
Senate passes bill to address state's doctor shortage by expanding residency
slots |
|
|
Seliger bill would stop New Mexico residents from challenging Texas waste
dump |
|
|
Texas Senate committee votes to repeal sodomy
law - speaks for itself and it's not
and anti-homosexual law, sodomy laws applied to heterosexuals too you AP
morons. |
|
|
State Rep. Tom Craddick brings no-texting-while-driving bill to House floor |
|
|
House approves statewide ban on texting while driving |
|
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Statewide text and drive ban passes House
with help from Lubbock reps |
|
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Rep. Frullo's Key Initiatives Heard in House Committees |
|
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Payday Loan Industry Divides and Conquers at Capitol |
|
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Sen. Patrick wins vote to recall campaign finance disclosure bill passed by
Senate |
|
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House ignores Senate request to return Seliger's campaign finance bill |
|
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Seliger’s pro-union, anti-watchdog bill |
|
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House Acting on Recalled Disclosure Bill |
|
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Geren bill cultivates anti-transparency law |
|
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Clock Ticking Against Transparency |
|
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Callegari Announces Pension Transparency Legislation |
|
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House votes to clear path for veteran burials |
|
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Subsidizing DMN With Moving Picture Money |
|
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Lawmakers Facing Charges Can Get Legislative Pass |
|
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Campaign Accounts Help Texas Legislators Pay Staffers |
|
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Landowners, Industry Look to Lawmakers for Pipeline Ruling |
|
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Bill Casts Light on Mental Health Care in Solitary Confinement |
|
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Lawmakers honor former Texas chief justice on his 100th birthday |
|
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Texas Senate Confirms Public Safety Commissioners Brown and Watson |
|
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TAB are not fiscal conservatives |
|
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A Bit of Election Trivia: When Non-Citizens Could Vote in Texas |
|
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A look at remaining map disputes: Treatment of Hispanics in North Texas |
|
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Republicans and Democrats clash on redistricting |
|
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Highlights from around the Capitol |
|
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Burka: The Tea Party, Rick Perry, and Debt |
|
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Debra Medina talks Texas with the Clear Lake Area Republicans |
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DC: Sen. Cornyn Introduces National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Legislation |
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DC: Congressman Neugebauer Responds to Tainted Letter Sent to Congress |
|
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DC: Senate urges Obama to pardon boxer Jack Johnson |
|
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President’s Science Advisor Admits He Has Not Discussed Critical Energy
Pipeline with President |
|
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DC: Barton invokes biblical flood story in discussion of Keystone Pipeline,
climate change |
|
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DC: Cornyn: Yesterday Was A Shameful Day (gun legislation) |
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DC: Ted Cruz, John Cornyn offer gun proposals but can’t get them through
Senate |
|
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DC: Cornyn's Dallas-Area Office Gets Suspicious Letter |
|
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Dallas Fire-Rescue says tests “negative” on the “suspicious mail” sent to
Sen. John Cornyn’s local office |
|
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Equal Voice working to get Cornyn and Cruz to back Gang of Eight |
|
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Immigration advocates tell Texas Sen. John Cornyn “not to stand in the
way” |
|
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Ron Paul Institute opens amid split with Rand |
|
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Interactive: 1st-Quarter Congressional Campaign Filings |
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RIP: Homebuilder, philanthropist Bob Perry dies |
|
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Statement by Gov. Perry on the Passing of Bob Perry |
|
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Attorney General Greg Abbott, Former First Lady Laura Bush, Dallas Police
Chief David Brown Receive Awards for Human Trafficking Prevention Efforts |
|
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Gov. Perry Announces Economic Development Trip to Chicago, Launches Radio Ad |
|
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Former Secretary of Army named to CPRIT board
- Straus appoints a Democrat to oversee a scandal plagued government agency! |
|
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Cancer-Fighting Charity Hired Tobacco Lobbyist |
|
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Gov. Perry Wants Texas Gun Firms to Sidestep Fed Oversight |
|
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Jailed woman accused of ordering hit on Montgomery Co. prosecutors |
|
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Supreme Court ruling on DWI blood-draw affecting Texas |
|
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12 El Paso State Center employees fired |
|
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New DPS Airplane Named in Honor of Fallen Agent |
|
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DPS Employees, Texans Recognized for Heroic Efforts |
|
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DPS: $10,000 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Fugitive with Austin Ties |
|
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Statement by DPS Director McCraw on Kaufman County Murders |
|
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Current Texas Wildfire situation |
|
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Live webcast of April SBOE meeting available |
|
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State Law Challenged in Sexual Assault Case |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Lucas to Finance Commission of Texas |
|
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Gov. Perry Reappoints Powers to Governing Board of the Office of Violent Sex
Offender Management |
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Wiley District Attorney of Kaufman County |
|
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Senate approves new Kaufman County DA |
|
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Gov. Perry Names Cavazos Chair of Credit Union Commission |
|
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Land Commissioner Patterson called to highlight Texas success in oil and gas
on state land |
|
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TxDOT giving away thousands of $20 cab vouchers for Fiesta in San Antonio |
|
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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|
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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|
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
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West fertilizer plant explosion:
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|
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Boston bombing
related:
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Documents: Ex-official's wife confesses in Kaufman Co. DA deaths |
|
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Houston ISD guard charged with indecency with a child |
|
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Humble first-grader says teacher sent kids out, fondled her |
|
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Former DHS agents plead not guilty to falsification charge |
|
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Ex-JP's wife driver of vehicle in Kaufman Co. ADA Hasse murder |
|
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Waco: Ringleader Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing and Reselling U.S.
Military Goods |
|
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Parents' tardiness lands child, 6, in detention |
|
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Houston motorcycle police officer sent to hospital after collision |
|
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RIP: Pat Summerall dead at 82 |
|
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Baytown gym coach faces felony animal torture charge |
|
|
Abilene Cooper
students suffer minor injuries in school bus accident |
|
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Parent arrested for carrying gun on Lubbock ISD elementary campus |
|
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Lubbock woman shot in face with paintball gun Wednesday |
|
|
12 hurt in ExxonMobil refinery fire in Southeast Texas
|
|
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Pearland teen arrested in UH armed robbery |
|
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Houston woman barricades herself inside home with gun |
|
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Superintendent Of Historic Waco Cemetery Charged In Shooting Is Out
Of A Job |
|
|
Scan of cruise passenger list lets feds make easy arrests in
Galveston |
|
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Amarillo Orthodontist Ordered to Prison for Health Care Fraud
Following State and Federal Probe |
|
|
Sasser: Boaters must step up fight to save their lakes from zebra
mussels |
|
|
Storms spawn twisters, little local rain for Wichita Falls-area |
|
|
U.S. Attorney prosecutes major drug cases in Wichita Falls |
|
|
Texas Soldier Arrested for ‘Rudely
Displaying’ Weapon -
sickening and all too common for such ignorance and abuse to come
from some police. |
|
|
04/18/2013: Due to
American Airlines being unfit as an airline, I cannot post a full press
review today. I'll post today's show news and other times from the past week
in tomorrow's press posting. |
|
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Disgraced former Justice of the Peace arrested in murder in Kaufman Co. ADA
Hasse & DA McLelland and wife. |
|
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John Higgins, Jr, top-aide to Rep. Kleinschmidt, indicted 12 felony charges
|
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Note: Off for a week for much overdue and
necessary dental work, please call in and help out my guest hosts - give as
good as you get! |
|
|
04/08/2013 |
|
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
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With 50 days left, heavy legislative lifting done |
|
|
School choice / voucher fight politically significant |
|
|
Craddick says he meant to be a no in anti-voucher vote |
|
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Rep. Smithee: Much ado about nothing (anti-voucher item) |
|
|
Senate extends suspension of school rating system |
|
|
The Medicaid Expansion Merry-Go-Round |
|
|
Democrat Rep. Donna Howard proposes restrictions for leftover campaign cash |
|
|
Statewide texting ban: Stalled out |
|
|
Hey, look at that. Texting ban gets out of Calendars |
|
|
Backgrounder: Early Voting in Texas |
|
|
House Bill to Trim Early Voting is DOA |
|
|
Much to do about nothing on Texas early voting bill? |
|
|
Much to do about nothing on Texas early voting
bill? - EV has become a jobs program
in many counties paying huge amounts of overtime to those who have become
the regular judges and workers. |
|
|
Recap of action today in the House elections committee (a.m. session) |
|
|
Texas lawmakers seek to protect creatures great and small |
|
|
Proposed: a tax break for big yachts |
|
|
Traveling to “third world countries” to gamble. As in, Oklahoma and
Louisiana. |
|
|
Referendum on casinos in Texas gets boost |
|
|
Rep. Raymond Pushes Gambling Bill |
|
|
Sen. Carona Sets the Stage for Hearing on Gambling Measure |
|
|
Grassroots Liberal Group Aims To Change Gun Laws In Texas |
|
|
Texas Roads Paved With Taxes, Tolls and Debt |
|
|
Getting Serious About a Texas-Size Drought |
|
|
Lawmakers ponder additional, legal protections for homosexual teens |
|
|
Pratt: Some in
the Left used to understand the 2nd Amendment |
|
|
Rick Perry and top Texas officials collect
millions from interests benefiting from taxpayer fund
- note this is about political donations NOT personal income. It stands to
reason that these firms would donate to top officials no matter who held the
offices. |
|
|
Study: Perry, Dewhurst and Straus Reap Millions from TEF donors |
|
|
Sales tax vs. income tax: Kasich's plan has 'Texas envy' |
|
|
Texas Turns Battleground as Cowboy Boots Win Hispanics |
|
|
Barney Frank, Annise Parker address Texas Stonewall Democrats on homosexual
marriage strategy |
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|
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|
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Obama group targest Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in ads urging support for
gun background checks |
|
|
Statement by Gov. Perry on the Passing of Former British Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher |
|
|
Senator Cornyn
Statement on the Passing of Margaret Thatcher |
|
|
Sen. Cruz Statement on the Passing of Margaret Thatcher |
|
|
US Rep. Neugebauer Honors Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Legacy |
|
|
Former Pres. George W. Bush saddened by death of Margaret Thatcher |
|
|
Former Pres. Geo. H. W. Bush on Lady Thatcher's passing |
|
|
A Look Back: Margaret Thatcher's visit to Abilene in 2000 |
|
|
A Look Back: Former British PM Margaret Thatcher visits Abilene |
|
|
The Moral Foundations of Society by Margaret Thatcher |
|
|
DMN editorial: Margaret Thatcher, a true and tireless friend of freedom |
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|
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Turkey hunting season off and running across Texas |
|
|
Texas Woos "Persecuted" Gun Companies |
|
|
Texas Forest Service current wildfire situation |
|
|
Staples: Save Water, Save Money, Save Texas |
|
|
Getting Serious About a Texas-Size Drought |
|
|
Amid drought, Odessa's mayor asks to pray for rain |
|
|
Reverse osmosis for desalination growing cheaper |
|
|
County governments shoulder some of the burden for state roads |
|
|
TxDOT Ramps Up Public Education on
Distracted Driving - Yeah,
with big electronic signs on high-speed freeways that district
drivers while trying to read them! |
|
|
Sheriff disputes comments made by man claiming to be slain Kaufman
DA's family spokesman |
|
|
Kaufman County Crime Stoppers defends award amount |
|
|
Attorney general challenges CPRIT foundation’s expenses |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Former Garland H.S. Teacher Gets 8 Years For Child Porn |
|
|
Ex-Commissioner Sylvia Handy Back in Court |
|
|
Travis Co. district attorney investigator killed in Sunday crash |
|
|
Convicted trainers clean Lackland kennel
as "hard labor" - today's
military... |
|
|
Manziel's ceremonial pitch high, wide and 'too cool' |
|
|
Scotland's Laird rules Valero Texas Open with course record-tying 63 |
|
|
Texas' biggest gang gains foothold in El Paso |
|
|
Woman Rushed to Hospital After Home Invasion in North Lubbock |
|
|
Abilene PD: Father Admits to Abusing 21-Week-Old Infant |
|
|
Travis Co. Resident Arrested for Child Pornography Possession |
|
|
Wichita Falls Holiday Inn robbed by man with a pipe |
|
|
Waco: 5,000 gallon milk truck overturns, driver sent to hospital |
|
|
Sugar Land Police Officer Killed Man Whose Parents Called For Help |
|
|
Police Chase Ends In Fiery Crash Into Killeen Apartment Building |
|
|
Woman Dies After North Texas Police Chase |
|
|
Bomb Squad Called Out After Early Morning Trailer Fire |
|
|
Couple pleads guilty to killing Arlington man, stuffing him in refrigerator |
|
|
Justin Hangar Fire Destroys Antique Cars |
|
|
Amarilloan wins title at Miss Texas Latina 2013 pageant |
|
|
Edinburg police search for home invasion suspect |
|
|
Lumberton woman shot suspected robber that police say they had been
searching for |
|
|
Spring man arrested for allegedly smashing foot of 3-year-old girl |
|
|
HPD: Man secretly records sex act with girlfriend, threatens to make public
after breakup |
|
|
Houston named most walkable of all large Texas cities |
|
|
Sugar Land police fatally shoot man armed with rifle |
|
|
San Antonio River Walk restaurant worker robbed, pushed into water |
|
|
04/06&07/2013 |
|
|
Getting Soaked? Spending the Rainy Day Fund |
|
|
Medicaid expansion sure gets some people’s blood up |
|
|
Obamacare foes using it for Medicaid control
- good because the program is out of control cost-wise |
|
|
Texas House OKs $193B budget; could help El Paso-area public, higher
education |
|
|
Hundreds attend gun control rally at Capitol
- I don't see evidence of "hundreds" in these photos. |
|
|
Legislator backs off bill to ban living-wage requirement |
|
|
Stupid state law on electric signs splits
industry - another sign that even in
Texas, gov't regulation and control is destroying even the most basic
commercial liberty. |
|
|
Poor may never get electric bill help
- a ridiculous and loaded headline. So now people are owed electricity too
paid for by others - the Dems sure think so. |
|
|
Bill would give fans more freedom to sell, give away game tickets |
|
|
Cybersecurity efforts advancing in House, Senate |
|
|
Bill taps into saltwater study for state |
|
|
Abortion fight rising to forefront |
|
|
Rep. Simpson: Dedicated funds, spending increase led to ‘no’ vote on state
budget |
|
|
Rep Joe Moody seeks study on impact of port delays |
|
|
Burnam's evolution: from loner to colleague |
|
|
Opposition to private school vouchers runs deep in Texas House |
|
|
UT regents chief wants lawmakers denied records |
|
|
UT controversy echoes tradition of hardball politics |
|
|
UT System Regent Calls for Legislative Hearings |
|
|
More push to have court adopt a schedule on redistricting maps sooner than
later |
|
|
Backgrounder: Early Voting in Texas |
|
|
Is Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott hotter than California AG Kamala
Harris? |
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|
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|
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DC: Sen Cornyn: The Administration That Cried Wolf (sequestration) |
|
|
Sen.Ted Cruz shares his views with KETK |
|
|
Cruz tells East Texans he will 'stand on principle' |
|
|
Herman: Does anyone who voted for Cruz regret
it? - only conservative haters? |
|
|
Cruz says causing a stir is what he promised to do |
|
|
Cruz's message resonates, but will he be
effective in Washington? - what shape
we're in if abiding by the Rule of Law through Constitutionalism can no
longer "work" in our Capitol! |
|
|
Gillman: Obama won’t get much Texas help if bold House prediction proves
true |
|
|
South Carolina senator tours Permian Basin oil operations |
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|
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|
|
Hundreds of Texas educators take free concealed handgun class |
|
|
Trouble brews over terrorist-friendly curriculum in CSCOPE |
|
|
Texas’s graduation requirements miss the mark
- why should Texans care what the editors at the Washington comPost think
about our schools and why do they keep writing about Texas when the pretend
we don't matter? |
|
|
Texas Supreme Court: public workers not entitled to union rep. |
|
|
Racing the drought to protect endangered species |
|
|
Texas provides clues to climate change impacts |
|
|
Texas prosecutor slayings get attention in Oklahoma |
|
|
McLelland children upset over "inadequate" investigation |
|
|
Critic says reward for DA's killer needs to be increased |
|
|
Texas Police Seeking Clues to How Killer Got in Home |
|
|
Second man charged with making threats in DA case |
|
|
Gov. Perry Dedicates New First Baptist Church-Dallas Campus |
|
|
How Texas Became Texas and Why It Matters |
|
|
After Decades, DNA Testing and a Conviction |
|
|
Austin student wins Texas Geographic Bee, advances to national competition |
|
|
Huntington ISD moving ahead on firearms policy allowing faculty with CHL to
carry |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
San Antonio ISD elementary teacher accused of slapping 9-year-old girl |
|
|
DA pursuing charge against San Benito mayor |
|
|
Distracted guard enabled Hopkins Co. jail escape |
|
|
Three Smith County Deputies treated at hospital following assault |
|
|
Injured Fort Worth officer gets a boost at fundraiser |
|
|
Private-boat operator could get prison in Ship Channel breach |
|
|
Killen Resident Comes To The Rescue As Salesmen Robbed At Gunpoint |
|
|
Man shoots, kills robbery suspect in Pasadena
- Anti-wimp |
|
|
Murder charge filed in 1984 Galveston Co. death |
|
|
Worker from Houston falls to his death in San Antonio |
|
|
Woodlands man pleads guilty to posing as CIA agent |
|
|
Juror may help Houston playboy's retrial chances |
|
|
Lack of members closes the book on 120-year-old study club in Abilene |
|
|
Cold case arrest prompts cross-country probe |
|
|
2 men charged with dumping for giant junk pile in Killeen |
|
|
Disgraced Lance Armstrong asks court to dismiss SCA lawsuit |
|
|
Inaugural race hosted in memory of Willie McCool |
|
|
3 children die in East Texas house fire |
|
|
Lubbock wins toughest weather city competition |
|
|
Remains unearthed in old Waco cemetery await reburial |
|
|
Grapevine man went to great lengths to cover up dual marriages |
|
|
Dallas Zoo celebrates 125 years |
|
|
High-speed chase that began in Texas ends in NM |
|
|
Midland Fire Crews Battle Fire at Retirement Home |
|
|
EPA tells owner to clean up old Longview refinery property |
|
|
Man ambushed, killed in robbery outside auto repair shop in far southwest
Houston |
|
|
Police: Radio Shack robbers encounter 'time release' safe |
|
|
14 people stuck in Tower of the Americas elevator near observation deck |
|
|
Katy Police: Man kills wife, baby before shooting himself |
|
|
Big
Spring Fire Officials Say Brush Fire in State Park Under Control |
|
|
04/05/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Texas House overwhelmingly approves $93B budget
- little drama to the AP because they don't count conservatives |
|
|
Texas House backs away from expanding Medicaid |
|
|
House OKs Budget, Nixes Vouchers, Medicaid Expansion |
|
|
Rep. Simpson
Says Why He Voted against Budget |
|
|
House ObamaCare Sneak Foiled |
|
|
Rick Perry’s Failure to Lead Leads Texas Closer to Obamacare,
Rick Perry’s Freedom Agenda |
|
|
Burnam withdraws Medicaid measure after setback |
|
|
A Familiar Reluctance to Health Care Expansion in Texas |
|
|
Uncompensated care fee proposal moves forward in Senate |
|
|
Rep. Joe Faris on opposing the budget |
|
|
Behind the Scenes of the Budget Debate |
|
|
House budget OK seems to slam door on school vouchers |
|
|
A House Less Susceptible to Political Stampedes |
|
|
Hollywood Handouts Before Teachers And Taxpayers |
|
|
Highlights from around the Capitol Thursday |
|
|
Breast-feeding in the budget bill |
|
|
AgendaWise: Rep. Phil King works for Straus, both men fumble ORR |
|
|
A Conversation About Transportation |
|
|
Texas hit-and-run bill could take away motivation for drunk drivers to flee |
|
|
Senate approves bill to limit ticketing youth for acting out in school |
|
|
Texas Senate bill would train teachers for on-campus gunfights |
|
|
Texas Senate approves use of cellphones to prove insurance coverage |
|
|
Senate state affairs committee will consider online registration,
presidential primary bills |
|
|
After Austin uproar, Senate adds local protections to public-private
partnership rules |
|
|
Texas Deer Breeders Seek Fewer Regulations |
|
|
Zedler, Aggies back off defunding LGBT resource centers |
|
|
Bill blocks efforts of cities, counties to regulate gun shows |
|
|
Hancock gets traditional freshman razzing on Senate floor |
|
|
Deep in the Red of Texas, Republicans Fight the Blues
- the overall slant of this story doesn't reflect what I've seen and heard. |
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|
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|
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Audience applauds Sen. Ted Cruz's ideas, Obama administration criticism at Abilene
Chamber luncheon |
|
|
Cruz: Economic growth will come from private sector |
|
|
DC: Rep. Vela continues to push for Mexico to release water |
|
|
DC: Rep. Vela talks farm bill, Mexico water treaty in Willacy County |
|
|
DC: Rep. Veasey says redistricting tussle could play out over the summer |
|
|
Ron Paul using campaign cash to aid his nonprofit |
|
|
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|
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Texas Government Insider weekly edition |
|
|
Houston crime lab worker had history of poor work |
|
|
Forensic Science Commission Reviews DPS Lab Trouble |
|
|
Kaufman Co. DA, wife mourned; search for killers continues |
|
|
Obama keeping tabs on Kaufman DA slaying case |
|
|
Justice will continue in Kaufman County, interim DA says |
|
|
Texas Supreme Court says bereaved dog owners
can't sue for emotional damage -
solid ruling |
|
|
Texas, Oklahoma Amtrak passenger service draws mixed views |
|
|
Texas has hogs, Hawaii has frogs |
|
|
New Leafcutter Bee Species Exclusive to Texas |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Former Hidalgo Co. deputy sheriff appears in court on drug charges |
|
|
Jailed Harlingen lawyer gets early release |
|
|
Ex-Upshur County commissioner, son go before judge, but parties silent |
|
|
Mother upset over Alief teacher's alleged relationship with teen |
|
|
Camp manager accused of crime against second child |
|
|
Escaped Hopkins Co. Capital Murder Suspect, Other Escapee Recaptured |
|
|
Hopkins Co. escapee transferred to TX Department of Corrections jail |
|
|
Ex-banker gets 41 months for raiding $133,000 from customers |
|
|
Former Abilene Gold Exchange co-owner indicted for allegedly misreporting tax
records |
|
|
Lubbock: Stolen guitar found after 28 years |
|
|
Lubbock advances to final round of Toughest Weather City contest |
|
|
Lubbock pastor's death triggers legal dispute over church's affiliation,
leadership |
|
|
Jittery robber jumps Pearland motel counter, accidentally shoots |
|
|
Houston man shot multiple times while investigating noise outside |
|
|
Copper thieves cause power outages for 2,000 in Liberty County |
|
|
San Antonio firefighter hurt in fall at Medical Center blaze |
|
|
911 call: Mom tried to revive adopted Russian boy |
|
|
Lubbock Co. DA to present Stanley Marsh 3 sex assault cases to grand jury |
|
|
Family of slain West Texas doctor, Joseph Sonnier, files lawsuit |
|
|
Two People Indicted In Graham Mother's Murder |
|
|
Texas Home Health employees allowed back in office following bomb threat |
|
|
Longview barber shop owner shot during robbery |
|
|
10 men charged with Amarillo prostitution after police sting |
|
|
Ward
Co. oil rig blowout leads to at least one death |
|
|
Fire destroys 30 condos in San Antonio complex |
|
|
Uninsured hail damage victims in Galveston County have nowhere to turn |
|
|
HPD: Man arrested after road rage attack in north Houston |
|
|
04/04/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
|
|
Tarrant freshmen taking 'a principled stand' on Texas budget |
|
|
Early Tea Party effort to curb spending sputters |
|
|
Retired-Teachers Group Not Endorsing Budget
Amendments - Democrats first, teacher
concern second. |
|
|
In Bipartisan Truce, House Members Pulling Amendments |
|
|
Texas House begins debate on $93B spending plan |
|
|
Texas House nearing passage of massive state budget |
|
|
Budgetpalooza: House opens marathon debate on the one bill it must pass |
|
|
House Members Expecting Daylong Budget Fight |
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House budget aims new funds at property-poor districts |
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Budget Amendment Pits Arts Against Firefighters |
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Plan would restore millions of dollars for rural firefighters |
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The Polling Center: Public Opinion and the Budget |
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Public, Private Hospitals at Odds Over Budget Rider |
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Texas state senator pitches alternative to Medicaid expansion |
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Lib Kuffner on
Williams’ “Medicaid” plan |
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Gov. Perry, Sen. Cornyn, Sen. Cruz: Texas Stands Firm Against Medicaid
Expansion |
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State approves temporary funding to keep air traffic towers open |
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Texas House panel considers bill to end driver surcharges |
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Bond issue ballot transparency a victim of non-conservatives in the
Legislature |
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Bills target homosexual "rights" and resources |
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Sen. Nichols and Rep. Phillips on Toll Roads |
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Bill to require detail for landowners in wind power leases |
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Texting while driving bill by Rep Tom Craddick awaits placement on agenda
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Texas Senate passes special education cameras bill |
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State Senate panel hears teacher gun training bill |
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Teacher gun training bill headed to full Senate |
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State Senate gets first look at school safety bill |
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School marshal bill passes House committee |
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3 bills inspired by El Paso ISD scandal sail through Texas Senate |
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Rocker Ted Nugent addresses legislative hearing in white-tailed deer |
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List of election law bills coming up for hearing on April 8 |
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State water: El Paso already an expert |
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Texas Senate panel approves shorter course for handgun license |
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Texas House has a message for UT regents
- fake conservatives going after regents trying to look into waste
and fraud. Shameful. The travel $ deal is ridiculous and punitive to
all who've done nothing wrong as the Senate meets only every two
years. |
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UT Regent Defends Review of Law School Foundation |
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Think Tank Supports Less Sex Offender Disclosure |
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Federal Framework Being Set Up To Arrest
Sheriffs? - notice the claim of a
similar bill in Texas but no bill number given. This is typical of this
type of story and likely calls it into question.
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Texas considers giving prosecutors more security |
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Senate approves bill to limit ticketing youth |
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Mayor Castro has earned the patience of Stonewall Democrats |
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Texas Democratic Party chairman: Here's how to turn state blue |
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DC: Sen. Cruz tells Lubbock audience economic growth key in solving
nation's problems |
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DC: Cornyn: Self-Defense Policies Must Be Strengthened For Federal
Prosecutors |
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DC: Cornyn Statement on Napolitano Trip to Houston |
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Feds hand out money for drought
adaptation - complete waste |
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Podcast: Sen. Ted Cruz interview on Pratt on Texas 4/3/2013 |
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Gov. Perry Announces Reward Up To $100,000 in Kaufman County Murders |
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Gov. Perry boosts reward in prosecutor killings to $200,000 |
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Texas House pauses in honor of slain Kaufman County DA, wife |
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Gov. Perry to speak at memorial for slain Kaufman Co. DA, wife |
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Kaufman DA, wife remembered as 'true love story' at memorial |
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Rick Perry: Border security key in Texas DA slayings |
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Official: Not close to charging anyone in killing of Texas DA |
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Interim Kaufman Co. DA says staff 'unnerved' by killings |
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Texas considers giving prosecutors more security |
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Arlington mayor speaks out about being assassination target |
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No free pass for 5th- and 8th-graders taking state tests |
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Forest Service: Proactive measures can prevent wildfires & help protect your
home |
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FEMA hands over $31.2 million for 2011 wildfires |
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Gov. Perry Appoints Garcia as Judge of 357th Judicial District Court |
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Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
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Borderland &
immigration issues:
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Economy /
Financial / Business
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Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
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Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
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Former Hidalgo Co. sheriff's deputy to appear in court on drug
charges |
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Judge overturns convictions of dead attorney who jumped off Queen
Isabella Memorial Causeway |
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Barratry battle is pitting lawyer against lawyer in San Antonio court |
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2 Hopkins Co. jail escapees still on the loose |
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Hunt for East Texas fugitives turns to stolen vehicle |
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Dallas Co. jail escapee recaptured day after fleeing |
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Galveston couple arrested in Las Vegas over boy in box |
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Driver convicted in 2 Central Texas traffic deaths |
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2 with gang ties sought in Colorado prison boss death |
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Ex-pastor in Houston area gets 5 years for sexual assault |
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3 guilty in Dallas-area, Houston health care fraud |
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Austin rail disruption fixed after derailment |
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Fake police officers tie up Harris County family in home invasion |
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Austin couple sues Galveston pizzeria over toddler's partially amputated
finger |
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Driving lesson turns deadly for woman in SE Houston |
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Armed Citizens Project looking to bring free shotguns to San Antonio |
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Update:
Armstrong drops out of swimming event,
Disgraced Lance Armstrong will race again, as a swimmer |
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Paul McCartney set to play his first ever show in Austin |
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Man charged in break-in at Austin DPS office |
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Co-owner of a Dimmitt concrete business pleads guilty in Social Security scam |
|
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Abducted Central Texas Boy Found Safe In New Mexico |
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Police Arrest Three After Report Of Home Invasion Robbery |
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2 shot in southwest Houston home invasion |
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Truck loses control slams into model modular home |
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Kilgore minister accused of sexual assault of a child released on bond |
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3 treated after Tyler house explosion, fire |
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Manhunt Underway for Suspect After Shots Were Fired at Deputy in Ector Co. |
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CPS removes Russian teens from Silsbee home |
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Passenger on Royal Caribbean cruise ship charged with sexual abuse |
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Fire sweeps through condominiums in Medical Center Houston |
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04/03/2013 |
|
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Pratt's Top of
the Stack
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Senator
Ted Cruz at the top of the show |
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Much
legislative new today, the list begins below... |
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Pratt: Watching the elected makes some of them very uncomfortable |
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The Void of Conservative Leadership |
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Cooking The Books in the Legislature? |
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Legislative accounting fraud |
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Budget Plans May Be Larger Than They Appear |
|
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DMN Editorial: Here’s how to improve Texas House’s budget |
|
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More oversight demanded over tax incentives for sports,
entertainment events |
|
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Texas comptroller avoids answering questions about state's sports
arena spending |
|
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Legislative push for highway cash hitting roadblocks |
|
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Lawmakers admonish CPRIT charity over closure |
|
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Texas Senate passes CPRIT reform legislation
- it needs to be closed, not reformed. |
|
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North Texas senator hopes troubled cancer institute will rebound with
restructuring |
|
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Some evangelicals push reform in immigration law |
|
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Texas senators consider homosexual discrimination bill |
|
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Bill to bar job discrimination on sexual
orientation faces quiet opposition -
this bill would make a restaurant subject to lawsuits if it didn't hire the
50-year old hairy man who wears a dress for a hostess position. |
|
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Texas House names pecan pie state's official pie |
|
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Freshman hazing in the House starts with pecan pie bill |
|
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Tuesday Highlights from around the Capitol |
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Texas Senators Discuss Fracking Groundwater Rules |
|
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Bill to reduce concealed gun class time
considered - 4 hours is too short |
|
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Senate panel likes idea of halving gun-license training requirement |
|
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Texas Senate considering bill request by El Paso officials on hiring medical
examiners |
|
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Bill limiting payday loans advances in Texas Senate; some argue it’s too
weak |
|
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Texas House panel wrestles over requiring welfare drug tests |
|
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State Rep. Ken King's drug testing bill under scrutiny |
|
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Zerwas: House Medicaid Bill Will Include Williams' Plan |
|
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Elon Musk Rallies Employees To Take On Texas Auto Dealers |
|
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Senate panel approves tighter rules for university regents |
|
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Aggies, Zedler cite religious freedom in charge against LGBT centers |
|
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Ted Nugent to testify on breeder deer bills |
|
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Sharia law bill unnecessary, religious leaders say |
|
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Exotic animal licenses in Texas face criticism for being too lax |
|
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Senate panel approves UIL homeschool measure |
|
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Revised bill could remove Daughters of the
Republic of Texas as operators of the Alamo
- sickening |
|
|
How long has Texas had straight-ticket voting? |
|
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Greg Abbott and Trey Martinez Fischer on the VRA's Section 5 |
|
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Game on. Battleground Texas unveils strategy at Austin meeting |
|
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Tom Pauken for Texas governor announcement letter |
|
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Herman: In State v. State, winner and the loser are sure to be, well, the
state |
|
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A first look at what kind of candidate George P. Bush makes |
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DC: Rep. Louie Gohmert links gay marriage to bestiality |
|
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Bush library: Obama and Bush share “a deep love” for the US, Obama
aide says |
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Houston: U.S. prosecutor quits Aryan case, citing security |
|
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New federal prosecutors in Houston assigned to Aryan Brotherhood
racketeering case |
|
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Man Arrested After Threat Left on Kaufman Co. DA Murder Tipline,
more |
|
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Former Judge Says He Was Questioned in DA's Murder |
|
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Slain Texas District Attorney, Wife, Will Be Buried In Wortham |
|
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Interim Kaufman district attorney gets 24-hour security as
authorities scramble for leads in slayings |
|
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Former El Paso ISD interim superintendent alleges TEA targeted
administrators for removal |
|
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Grand jury indicts woman on election violation charges |
|
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Zebra Mussels Found in Trinity River |
|
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Rickey Lynn Lewis scheduled for execution |
|
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Search Warrant Highlights Debate Over Railroad Commission's
Enforcement |
|
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TEA Commissioner Williams Certifies Ban on Social Promotion |
|
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TEA Advisory Panels Didn't Recommend A-F
School Ratings - so? |
|
|
Fort Bend County is nation's most ethnically diverse, leading
Houston region's 'most diverse' status |
|
|
Perry says Austin’s on the (Korean) map because economy put it there |
|
|
Torres: An Economic Plan for Texas in the 21st Century: The Need to
Prioritize |
|
|
Hidden spots inside the Texas Capitol |
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
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|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
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|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
Ex-guards at South Texas prison admit racketeering |
|
|
Prosecution of South Texas lawmen widens |
|
|
Judge grants two special requests to Panama Unit suspects |
|
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9th lawman to remain behind bars for now |
|
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Socorro police sergeant pleads not guilty to theft charges |
|
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Frisco cheer coach faces sex abuse charges, arrested at D/FW airport |
|
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Former
Henderson High Teacher Indicted on Child Porn Charges |
|
|
Ex-Upshur County commissioner, son in court Thursday |
|
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Cypress youth minister gets 5 years for sex assault of child |
|
|
Hunt resumes for 2 violent inmates who escaped Hopkins Co. jail |
|
|
Dallas jail inmate flees while taking out trash |
|
|
Dallas police: Suspect in 3 rapes arrested |
|
|
1st black heavyweight champ's family wants pardon (Jack Johnson the
Galveston Giant) |
|
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AWOL serviceman accused of assaulting teen |
|
|
Fire guts Bexar Co. home seen on CMT reality show |
|
|
Multiple Wrecks Close Northbound I-35 near Lorena on Tuesday |
|
|
Mystery Of Skeletal Remains Found Along Central Texas Highway Solved |
|
|
Materials to Make Meth Found at Closed Killeen Hotel |
|
|
Train derailment blocks some streets, disrupts some MetroRail service in
Austin |
|
|
7 injured after MetroRail, SUV collide near Medical Center in Houston |
|
|
Bacteria advisory for stretch of beach on Galveston Island |
|
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El Paso's Asarco smokestacks: Residents fear impact of stacks'
demolition |
|
|
Work under way on West Texas power lines |
|
|
Driver Hits Parked Car, Sends It Into Central Lubbock Home Overnight |
|
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Lubbock in the final four for America's Toughest Weather City |
|
|
Crosses Placed at Hailey Dunn's Colorado City Garden From Supports
Around the World |
|
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Burnet man pleads guilty in federal court to money laundering |
|
|
Official: Aryan Brotherhood plays substantial role in Tarrant crimes |
|
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Dallas: Two Arrested and Charged in Amber Alert Hoax |
|
|
Schools remain on lock down due to Hopkins Co. Jail escape |
|
|
Smith County investigator injured in blaze on SE Loop in Tyler |
|
|
Impact from 2012 tornado outbreak still visible in Forney |
|
|
Panhandle: Icy roads making travel difficult, accidents piling up |
|
|
Cars, homes damaged as hail pounds Galveston County |
|
|
Softball-sized hail smashes homes, cars in Hitchcock and Santa Fe |
|
|
Wind, lightning blamed for fires across Houston area |
|
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Execution sought in Beaumont courthouse shooting |
|
|
HCSO: Cypress man angry that girlfriend wanted to leave Texas beats
her, her 8-year-old |
|
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Teen finds mother fatally stabbed inside north Harris Co. home |
|
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Woman who couldn't drive killed when she slammed vehicle into store |
|
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Strip club patron resists robbers, is shot |
|
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Frenship High Student Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Bring
Firearm Onto Campus |
|
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04/02/2013 |
|
|
Pratt's Top of
the Stack
|
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Legislature & headlines - I'm not yet sure! |
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Texas Republican leadership stands united on Medicaid |
|
|
Dueling Medicaid events pit Perry vs. Castro bros. |
|
|
Battleground Medicaid: Democrats see opening in Perry’s resistance to
expansion |
|
|
Cornyn: Expanding Texas Medicaid Would Weaken It |
|
|
Advocates rebut Perry on Medicaid Expansion |
|
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Lucio: Medicaid Expansion is a 'No-Brainer'
- it's all free $ to these dolts |
|
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Pratt: Support for Texas Medicaid expansion is support for Obamacare |
|
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Fight Over Medicaid Expansion |
|
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Agenda Texas: Medicaid Expansion and the Week Ahead |
|
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An Obligation to Cut |
|
|
Despite crony blitz fundamentals still good in Texas |
|
|
Senator Estes files latest school-safety bill |
|
|
Testy exchange in hearing on high school standards |
|
|
Texas Public School Teacher Blows Whistle for School Choice |
|
|
UIL Participation for Home Schoolers – Update on SB 929 |
|
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Lawmakers Examine High-Stakes Testing in Lower Grades |
|
|
The Polling Center: No Backlash to Education Cuts? |
|
|
Senate panel OKs tweaks to ethics panel; critics
say major reforms ignored again -
they have little to do with "ethics". |
|
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Texas Legislature takes up privacy tech with bills on drone surveillance,
phone tracking |
|
|
UTSA Economic Study, water issues top agenda for Eagle Ford Shale
Legislative Caucus |
|
|
State Senator credits ETX college for new background check legislation |
|
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Prison health care in critical condition |
|
|
Senate fight erupts over prison health care |
|
|
Bill would screen welfare applicants for drug use |
|
|
In Texas, Abortion Issue Heats Up, Bills Introduced Could Restrict Access |
|
|
Bills would eliminate or limit straight-ticket voting |
|
|
Monday's House elections committee hearing, part 2 |
|
|
Push for debt implications on Texas ballots
stalls - another sickening example of
little effort at limited gov't by House leadership! |
|
|
Election bills out of committee so far - House side |
|
|
Texas Senate toughens punishment on fleeing an accident |
|
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Bill Increasing Penalty for Fatal Hit-and-Runs Advances |
|
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Cable and Satellite Providers Square Off Over Tax Break |
|
|
Graffiti Sentencing Reform Faces Uphill Fight |
|
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Bill Would Limit Non-Transferable Tickets |
|
|
Texas House committee hears SpaceX pitch |
|
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Lottery opponents: Do away with agency |
|
|
Democratic group knows making Texas a swing state is a long-term
goal |
|
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Texans for Fiscal Responsibility to engage in local elections |
|
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Leftwing Scott McCown stepping down as CPPP chief |
|
|
Domingo Garcia's bid to lead LULAC has group wanting him declared
ineligible |
|
|
Miriam Martinez taps local advocate, felon, to gubernatorial
campaign |
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DC: Neugebauer opposed to GMO labeling |
|
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DC: Cruz to headline GOP dinner in South Carolina, home of key
presidential primary |
|
|
DC:
Rep. Bill Flores backs ‘path to legal status’ for undocumented
immigrants |
|
|
White House confirms that Obamas will attend dedication of George W.
Bush Presidential Center |
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Williams: Texas will get A-F school rating system |
|
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Former ed. commissioner, Moses, decries current state of education at
Abilene meeting - find out how much
Moses has personally made off the education industry and then
reconsider his position |
|
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State tells cancer foundation to stop spending (CPRIT) |
|
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AG investigating CPRIT Foundation |
|
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CPRIT Nonprofit Board Members Resign |
|
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CPRIT foundation to shut down in 60 days |
|
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Memorial service Thursday for slain Kaufman Co. DA and his wife |
|
|
Suspicion in DA death shifts to white supremacists |
|
|
A history of prosecutor deaths in the US |
|
|
Kaufman gets interim DA as investigation into double murder continues |
|
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Kaufman Law Enforcement to Provide Updates on Investigation |
|
|
Suspect in Colorado prison chief death got out 4 years early due to error |
|
|
Texas DPS review finds shift in top gang threat,
report (pdf) |
|
|
DPS assistant director commutes at state expense beyond agency’s distance
limit |
|
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DPS Wait Times Shorter at New Mega Center License Offices |
|
|
Racing the drought to protect endangered
species - Texas' entire
history is one of extreme weather and drought. If certain species
are that sensitive to drought then maybe they should go away? |
|
|
Map Texas Wastewater Disposal Wells |
|
|
Don't Mess with Texas campaign targets worst offenders |
|
|
Oil and gas lease sale earns $9.2 million for Texas schools |
|
|
Obama's & the
D.C. Democrats' War on Texas
|
|
|
Borderland &
immigration issues:
|
|
|
Economy /
Financial / Business
|
|
|
Higher Ed. /
Colleges & Universities
|
|
|
Local government
spending, budgeting, hiring, stupidity & etc.:
|
|
|
New twist emerges in Cameron Co. public corruption cases |
|
|
2 flee Hopkins Co. jail, 1 faces capital murder charge |
|
|
Hopkins County inmates escape; schools locked down |
|
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Ex-Houston-area doctor pleads guilty to $19 million fraud |
|
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Trial starts for man charged in Jefferson Co. courthouse slaying |
|
|
Convicted killer of twin sisters loses appeal |
|
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Texas woman gets 40 years for slaying boyfriend |
|
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2 face arson charges in Austin apartment blast |
|
|
Man sentenced for sexually abusing girl for nearly 10 years |
|
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Bid to curb traffic scofflaws lands man in legal quagmire |
|
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Lightning Sparked Fire That Destroyed Whitney Church |
|
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Plainview & Littlefield communities still in shock after horrific glider crash |
|
|
Tornado sweeps through Briscoe County, no injuries reported |
|
|
Georgetown Child Pornographer Sentenced to 20 Years in State Prison |
|
|
Lives rebuilt year after North Texas tornadoes |
|
|
Police: Naked intruder discovered by homeowner in east El Paso |
|
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Laredo police officer hospitalized after car accident |
|
|
East Central ISD teacher placed on leave after student allegedly tied to
chair |
|
|
$230,000 in cash hidden in fake car batteries, Fort Bend deputies say |
|
|
Man shocked, burned in pre-dawn climb up power pole |
|
|
Two accused of shining laser at helicopter |
|
|
Missouri City girl, 5, honored for taking action when her grandmother was
stuck in tree |
|
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Weslaco dad dies weeks after mini-bike accident |
|
|
East Texas native Kacey Musgraves nominated for 3 AMC awards |
|
|
Former
Oiler, UH coach Jack Pardee dies of cancer at 76 |
|
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Authorities searching for gunman in downtown Austin shooting |
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