- Gov. Perry Commemorates 10th Anniversary of Historic Lawsuit Reform
- Perry touts effects of tort reform on doctors
- Speaker Straus’ Original Band of 11 Shrinks to Four
- Lawmakers showered with free football tickets, more
- Conservative leader & former state rep., Wayne Christian, jumps in Railroad Commissioner race
- Wayne Christian to Run for Railroad Commission
- Christian muddles the field for railroad commissioner – interesting and biased headline
- True: Raul Torres would be first CPA to serve as Texas comptroller
- YNN interviews Raul Torres about his GOP bid for Texas Comptroller VIDEO
- Texas Attorney General candidate Dan Branch touts support from Ted Cruz advisers – Branch is just demonstrating that he knows that we know he’s no conservative. His record speaks for itself.
- Former Texas Supreme Court Justices Endorse Dan Branch for Attorney General
- Dewhurst “Standing Tall” for Texas in New Web Video VIDEO
- Greg Abbott on voter fraud: Al Franken, LBJ and Obamacare, oh my.
- Abbott: San Antonio nondiscrimination ordinance goes too far
- Abbott: Don’t be so quick to paint Latinos as Democrats
- Fikac: Harsh spotlight awaits Wendy Davis
- HD50 Special election to replace Democrat Mark Strama
- Rep. Ken King to seek re-election to HD88
- Sen. Donna Campbell no wallflower
- Primary elections set for March 4 help incumbents
- How Democrats Are Aiming to Make Texas a Swing State
- Few Texas voter-fraud cases would have been prevented by photo ID law, review shows
- Jeffress: Why is Syrian genocide intolerable while U.S. infanticide is protected?
- David Barton keeps going with political support, not good scholarship
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- DC: Neugebauer Says He Does Not Support U.S Military Strike On Syria AUDIO
- DC: Sen. Ted Cruz to speak at Exempt America from Obamacare Rally in DC on Tuesday
- DC: Seifert: Ted Cruz sort of visits the Valley – libs are never happy
- DC: Limiting gun ownership through taxes, Democrats want such
- DC: Vela stresses border trade in congressional junket
- Editorial: Rep. Burgess’ plan to better pay Medicare physicians
- DC: Where Texans stand on Syria
- DC: Cruz doubts Obama has authority to order strike without Congressional OK VIDEO
- DC: Hensarling: Congress to Tackle Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
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- Fromer A.G. Morales (& convict) Wants State to Examine Sealed Tobacco Records
- Human Trafficking Prevention Manual Released by Texas Attorney General
- State cracks down on illegal daycares – how about on “parents” who dump their kids anywhere? I know that is mean but the daycare centers only exist because many, not all, parents want material goods more than time rearing their children.
- Texas legislators split on statewide vs. local control on cellphone ban, lending restrictions
- Sen. Rodríguez: TEA needs to look deeper at employees involved in El Paso ISD cheating probe
- Recovery continues five years after Ike
- Interactive: Property value decline in aftermath of Ike
- New TPWD wardens settle into job and South Texas
- HOAs can no longer thwart water-wise landscaping VIDEO
- Texas gambling industry and Mexican drug cartels
- State’s tech fund gets new director, regional reviewers
- New Law Gives New Hope to Death Row Inmate
- New Laws Aim to Level the Playing Field for Texas Distillers
- Outbreaks Make a Case for Vaccinations
- Interactive: Texas Has Received Millions in ACA Grants – most of this stuff was from other programs and just moved to Obamacare in legislation to do just what the Tribune is doing – making it appear that we are getting new goodies from this monster.
- Democrat Lawmakers Ask Texas Military Forces to Process Benefits for Homosexual Partners
- Texas Program Hopes to Raise Quality of Foster Care AUDIO
- Wear: TxDOT’s summer of (sowing) discontent
- Homosexual pride-fest participants target Texas ban on same-sex marriage
- The Texas Department of Cowboy Justice: A case of lawless law enforcement
- Test of Texas gun range law heads to court
- Social conservatives criticize science textbooks
- Hundreds of Texas Judges Evacuated From Conference After Menacing Note Found Friday
- In Texas, if at first you can’t secede, try — joining a militia?
Texas politics, gov’t, DC, etc. for 9/9/2013
September 9, 2013 by