- Hour 1 feature: Our extended guest today: Merrill Matthews, Ph.D.
- Hour 2 feature: How Ted Cruz’s Dad Became a GOP Rock Star
- For Candidates, the End of the Year is a Deadline
- Democrats work to raise number of female governors – how about we work to get good governors, no matter their sex, ethnicity, etc? Nope, can’t do that on the Left as all must be identity politics.
- Abbott dutifully defended school finance system and legislated cuts
- Jerry Patterson, in run for Texas lieutenant governor, wins converts with freewheeling style VIDEO
- Agriculture commissioner candidate Sid Miller again defends Duck Dynasty star
- Challengers could spell change for State Board of Education
- Will Al Green and Kevin Brady change their campaign websites?
- TX4: Ex-prosecutor mounts serious challenge to Rep. Ralph Hall
- TX4: Hall announces final re-election bid, final bid for public office
- TX36: T’was a Wild Week in Texas Politics
- The hypocrisy of A&E Network
- Duck Dynasty controversy shows depth of political divide
- John Eisenhower, historian and Ike’s son, dies
- Dallas DA Watkins asks that folks ‘like’ Heath Harris for local Democratic Party chairman
- GOP plan would make Texas major player in 2016
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- Congressman Joaquin Castro Goes on the Record on The Affordable Care Act
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- Legislators see need for change in state tax structure, but uncertain what it will entail
- Perry, Straus Reach Out to Appointees Amid Hall Inquiry
- Investment bonuses coming at Texas pensions for teachers, state workers
- State pension officials draw $9.4M in bonuses
- Texas troopers to get 9 mm service S&W pistols
- DPS Graduates 102 State Troopers in Austin
- Ruling on Louisiana prison overheating could have Texas impact
- Pratt: Cost versus benefit on Texas icy roads, Audio version AUDIO
- Dallas group opposes rule to boost health care navigator training
- Obamacare law didn’t mandate background checks of “navigators,” but states may require them and prime Texas grant recipient imposes them
- Industry Groups Give Up On Medicaid Expansion In Big Blow To Obamacare
- Will enough ‘Young Invincibles’ sign up for health care?
- The Year Anti-Choicers Found Success by Arguing Abortion Is Too Dangerous to Allow Women Access – no, it’s dangerous to the baby who gets murdered.
- Texas losing billions of gallons to annual water leaks
- Website names Tarrant County DA Joe Shannon as one of country’s worst bosses
- Off-Duty Bell Co. Jailer Dies At Local Hospital After Crash
- Houston doctor cleared in late-term abortion scandal
- Veterans Cemetery announces $4.9 million renovation project
- UPS Driver Locates Missing Teen With Autism After Seeing His Picture on KFDX Mobile App
- Lubbock Driver Suffers No Serious Injuries After Car Slams Into House
- Schertz police officer shoots alleged thief
- Houston police: Man fatally shot in fight with home invaders
- 3.3-magnitude quake hits Parker Co. Sunday
- Christmas Week Off to a Rumbling Start in North Texas
- Olivarez: Collaboration will be foundation for healthcare in South Texas
- Houston: An unevenly regulated mess whose elected leaders have forgotten basic services
- Oil Boom’s Unexpected Byproduct: Broken Windshields
- The widow of ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle sues the company her slain husband started
- Fracturing’s thirst deepens in South Texas
- Evaluating Texas’ Challenge Against EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulations
- 8 arrested in South Texas cockfighting raid
- Driving conditions improve in icy Amarillo area
- Texas Monthly Gives Astros Bum Steer Award, Puts Wrong Unis, Players on Cover
- 19,000 acres of East Texas hardwood forest protected
- Socorro police hope to regain community’s trust VIDEO
- 9 cases of swine flu reported in Hidalgo County
- Fort Worth columnist: A Texas city [Lubbock] publicly atones for what it did to an innocent man
- Missing Plano man found dead
- Steve Harvey’s ex-wife speaks out from behind bars following arrest
- Secretary of State’s office reminds businesses: Don’t wait, file early
- Three arrested, accused of ramming Dallas police cruiser after carjacking
- Dead baby found in duffel bag at Texas recycling center
- Austin-area district (Round Rock ISD) pulls all school websites after hackers post obscenities
- Houston’s Mattress Mack wins former president’s [Geo. H. W. Bush] philanthropy award
- Coast Guard investigating collision of 2 barges
- Footprints in snow lead to Texas burglary suspect
- Texas deputy slaying suspect thought he was victim
Texas politics, gov’t, DC, etc. (& general news) for 12/23/2013
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