- Gov. Perry Names Hecht as Chief Justice of Texas Supreme Court
- Austin insiders speculate about Tx Supreme Court appointment
- HD58: Rep. Rob Orr (Burleson) will not seek re-election
- Community schools group honors Sen. Seliger
- Wayne Christian, Texas Railroad Commissioner candidate, on Pratt on Texas AUDIO
- Wayne Christian announces for railroad commissioner
- Wendy Davis lagging behind Greg Abbott’s huge lead in the money chase?
- Comparing campaign contributions for potential governor rivals Greg Abbott, Wendy Davis
- DCCC chairman calls Rep. Pete Gallego the Texas “front,” shrugs off remap ruling
- Former Dallas mayor, congressman, Steve Bartlett, gets new job advising banks in Washington
- Fifth Circuit hears case about PAC donations by corporations in Texas state and local races
- Latino Task Force challenges changes to HD 90 in Tarrant County
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- DC: Cruz: No Procedural Chicanery to Circumvent Obamacare Defunding Vote
- DC: Ted Cruz Opposes Eric Cantor and Pete Sessions’ “Hug It Out” Plan to Fund Obamacare
- DC: Texas Townhall with Sen. Ted Cruz – full audio AUDIO
- DC: Ted Cruz: Why I’ll vote no on Syria strike
- DC: Rep. Beto O’Rourke against US military intervention in Syria
- DC: Pressure grows on Sen. John Cornyn on Syria
- DC: McCaul, Texans, dig deeper into Syria crisis, danger to the U.S.
- DC: Rep. Lamar Smith Talks Syria, Obama’s Address to the Nation
- DC: One on One with the Congressman Vela VIDEO
- DC: Tea party friction: Sen. Rand Paul lashes Ted Cruz approach to Russia and China
- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s pronunciation of ‘heinous’ is heinous
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- State water board holds key to Proposition 6 projects
- SBOE chairman Barbara Cargill: Lesson Learned (CSCOPE)
- Religious conservatives on Texas textbook review panels criticize proposed science books
- Feds: No waiver on HB 866 (No child left behind)
- No Waiver for Texas on Testing for Younger Students
- Map of America’s Future Growth Important for Texas Education
- Pratt: Having scientists on your side isn’t the same as having science. AUDIO
- A Decade On, Debate Over Tort Reform Still Heated AUDIO
- Kotkin: Americans’ Faimly Feud, Texas Has Growing Families
- Rural Hospitals Wary of Proposed Medicare Cuts
- Let’s Use All the Data This Time: Are Stand Your Ground Laws Racist?
- Fired Longview police officer to receive award from governor
- El Paso man on death row seeks to postpone execution date based on new evidence
- State outlines 20 year plan to ease traffic along I-35 between Buda and Round Rock
- Report: Elon Musk needs to drop more political cash to beat Texas auto dealers
- UT regent’s lawyer asks House panel to keep witness testimony public
Texas politics, gov’t, DC, etc. for 9/10/2013
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