- Greg Abbott: Sex traffickers prosecuted and convicted
- SD28: Charles Perry says campaign is a family effort
- SD28: Charles Perry receives Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND endorsement
- SD28: Libertarian McKennon focusing on small government, legal pot in Senate candidacy
- SD28: McKennon vies to become Texas’ first openly homosexual state senator
- HD83: Republican Panel Selects Dustin Burrows to Fill Ballot Vacancy, more, more
- HD83: Newly selected GOP nominee Dustin Burrows talks on Pratt on Texas VIDEO
- Tea Partiers reluctant to laud Rick Perry – shouldn’t it say “some Tea Partiers”? Many, maybe most, so-called Tea Partiers have not been on the Perry bandwagon so why is this something new?
- Analysis: For Perry, It’s All in the Timing
- Perry starts New Hampshire rehab tour amid Democratic taunts
- Dems look to link Perry to other ‘scandal-plagued bullies’
- Rubin: Rick Perry demonstrates a return to conservative strengths
- A Week After Perry’s Indictment, Legal Case Begins
- Judge cautions against Perry grand jury threats – maybe grand jurors should keep their mouths shut if they don’t want public criticism and no one in authority is “threatening” them. Just to suggest such is coloring the issue.
- Rick Perry’s lawyer will ask judge to throw out the indictment – I’d bet such won’t happen though it should. Depends on the fortitude of the judge.
- Perry Lawyers Will Challenge Indictment Next Week
- Perry’s arraignment reset
- Restoration of Funding for Public Integrity Unit in Limbo – it had better not be restored as part of the Travis Co. political-prosecution DA’s office.
- Perry’s lawyers say affidavit shows veto wasn’t meant to hurt cancer agency inquiry; critic disagrees
- Perry promoting T-shirts with his mug shot
- Gov. Perry’s Action on Border Serves as Contrast to President Obama & Congressional Democrats
- Becoming Enthusiastically Pro-Abortion | National Review Online
- Al Gore Study: Global Warming Causes Global Cooling
- Jonathan Saenz Recognized for Religious Freedom & Pro-life Legal Work
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- Gohmert: Execution of US Journalist Gives Glimpse into ‘Brutality of Radical Islam’
- Texas Republicans concerned with actions in Iraq
- Soros, Steyer Spend Big in Bid to Rescue Democrats’ Majority
- Henry Cuellar claim about social media, rebates and children in Central America lacks proof
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- Texas [un]Ethics Commission moves to regulate more political speech, without legal authority
- 14th Court of Appeals expands Texas libel rule to online media
- Efforts to Raise Teacher Certification Standards Falter
- Retired teachers group fights for pension, insurance fund
- Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas Council on Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- THSC Contacts Governor’s Office in Response to Discriminatory Admissions Policies by State Colleges
- New UT chancellor McRaven wants to mend relationship with lawmakers
- One year later, a state jail sits closed and empty on the Trinity River
- Sen. Eltife: Growing state demands revenue sources for water, roads – yes, but that same growth automatically provides more tax revenue and such should be sufficient.
- American Airlines will charge extra fee for solo kids up to 14
- How the Left in Texas sees the Eagle Ford oil & gas boom: Up in Flames
- Permian production gluts forces oil companies to discount crude
- Texas Tribune providing railway support
- SpaceX gets 10 years without Cameron Co. taxes; $13 million from state fund
- Executives talk about Midland’s space venture
- Dynegy to spend $6.25B on power plant acquisitions
- Cuban wins another round in court battle with Perot Jr., Hillwood over Mavericks
- AllianceTexas development still growing 25 years later
- GameStop profit doubled and sales soared
- Tuesday Morning narrows its quarterly loss but posts weaker-than-expected results
- D-FW home prices near record high, still less than many U.S. markets
- ‘Texas ratio’ revived for banks abroad
- Texas Health’s 2Q Outpaces First But Still Lags Behind Last Year
- Jared Mosley Named New CEO/President of Texas Sports Hall of Fame
- Toyota employees start touring Texas ahead of move VIDEO
- 1,000 new jobs coming to the Valley
- Ex-Jones Co. deputy sheriff, Stephanie Fenner, indicted for firing shots at truck with girlfriend inside, more VIDEO
- Houston PD officer may have lied on witness stand in alleged ticket-rigging scheme VIDEO
- Houston PD officer jailed on drug charges
- Almost a dozen train cars including some tanks derailed in El Paso
- Tanker Truck Rolls in Midland, Traffic Being Diverted
- Preparations Underway for the 33rd Annual Hotter’N Hell Hundred in Wichita Falls
- Amarillo Doctor Will Not Face Death Penalty in Capital Murder Case of Lubbock Doctor
- Dallas Cowboys’ Holloman Has Career-Ending Neck Injury
- Lakeville, MN man accused in 1983 murder on way to Texas jail
- Police: Up to $400,000 worth of bikes stolen in Austin
- Southwest jet makes emergency landing in Dallas
- Jury sends ex-teacher to prison for boy’s hit-and-run death
- Dallas police on shooting by off-duty officer: ‘Right now, it looks like he did the right thing’
- Austin Protesters Join ‘National Day of Rage’ VIDEO
- 2.2M bean bag chairs recalled following death of McKinney boy, Kentucky girl
- Dry lake near Fort Worth: Victim of drought or hydraulic fracturing?
- Man Sentenced To 8 Years For Running Wife Off Road
- Chikungunya virus confirmed in Tarrant County
- Judge sentences Midland man to 150 years for indecency with a child
- Brownsville man jailed after attacking paramedic
- Anonymous Houston trust claims $33 million Mega Millions jackpot
- Houston PD officer injured wrestling suspect in southwest Houston
- 1 killed, 1 injured when concrete truck overturns in Fort Bend County
- Man killed by train in Devine, Texas
- ISIS demanded Texas prisoner in exchange for U.S. hostages
Political and other Texas news for 8/22/2014
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