- Analysis: It’s a Lot Easier to Rule With a Mandate – Abbott will still have the line-item veto and that’s as good as a “mandate” and about all Texas governors ever have.
- Abbott defends Texas voter ID law
- New Abbot advert: Health Texas VIDEO
- Wendy Davis meets woman whose story inspired Davis to tell her own – the self enriching book tour continues on the campaign account dime!
- Herman: For Wendy Davis, abortion is both political and personal – it’s “personal” every time for everyone, you can’t get much more personal than sticking a device inside a woman’s body and murdering a baby in the womb!
- OP-ED: What’s the Whoop De Do about Wendy?
- Dan Patrick ruled “True” saying Border Patrol apprehends more immigrants a week than there are babies born in Texas
- Austin newspaper endorses Democrat Sam Houston for Attorney General
- Campaigns, consultants disregard Ethics Commission resolution – Ha, ha, ha! The agency is a joke made up of self-interest clowns for the most part. Including an ambitious Democrat, Paul Hobby, appointed to it by none other than Speaker Joe Straus who is supposed to be a Republican.
- CNN’s Dana Bash: Ted Cruz ‘Running for President’
- Opponents discover Pratt on Texas secrets!
- Biden to travel to Austin on Friday, more
- Dallas County DA Craig Watkins, rival Susan Hawk get personal in race
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- Lawmakers blast VA on Waco brain imaging program
- Thornberry: Foreign Support Needed for President’s Plan to Dismantle Isis
- Neugebauer Talks About President Obama’s Address about ISIS AUDIO
- Ted Cruz and the Continuation War | RedState
- Jews, Christians, and Ted Cruz
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- Let’s have some fun, and win some money, finding waste in Texas government!
- Map: Texas gasoline tax comparison
- Prop. 1 Could Give $1.4 Billion For New Toll Roads
- TxDOT seeks solution to battered roads in oil patches
- TxDOT stops payment to contractor widening Woodland Parkway
- New crime invented for UT Regent Wallace Hall: assisted guesswork
- Over $10 Million in Attorney’s Fees Awarded by Judge in School Finance Lawsuit – both sides of this lawsuit is coming from your pocket.
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- DPS Releases Border Security Trends, Recent Activity
- DPS Museum Day Offers Interactive Fun for Families
- Claim: Matt Mackowiak overshoots on what Texas spends on public education
- Workplace Deaths Decline, But Texas Still Fares Worst – we have more people working and in dangerous jobs than elsewhere.
- Dewhurst: Mexico’s Response to Guard is Offensive – see more in the Border section
- Election monitor argues strict photo ID laws won’t oppress transgender voters
- Abbott defends Texas voter ID law
- Lawmakers absent from Texas voter ID trial
- Texas Democrats ask for federal probe of AG raid that targeted voter sign-up group
- Appeals court weighs stay on ruling over Texas abortion law, more
- Texas business, labor interests team to push for reforms
- Moody’s: School Finance Ruling is “Credit Positive” – yes, these districts have piled up tons of debt for the new-and-nice as opposed to the necessary. Investors holding the bonds would love even more $ heading to the districts. That’s all this means.
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- US Airways flight attendants lose grievance over travel benefits
- Dallas law firm Locke Lord cements downtown office plans as it grows in merger
- RadioShack reviewing its financial options, including bankruptcy
- Latest Dallas Cityplace addition offers luxe living plus a large block of retail and restaurant space
- Martinez: Rio Grande Valley set to play role in Mexico’s energy industry
- Dunkin’ Donuts plans to open a dozen new stores in Texas
- Walmart workers say they can’t afford new dress code – they can afford it less if Walmart doesn’t offer them a job!
- Concussion Clinic Industry Growing As Awareness Spreads VIDEO
- SXSW Brings $315M Economic Impact In Austin
- Rick’s Cabaret features porn-stars in Odessa grand opening
- Mission welcomes Royal Technologies
- Toyota Texas welcomes first Hispanic woman-owned supplier VIDEO
- Generations, SAWS credit unions merge
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- Former Denver City Councilman Caught With Drugs
- Medina County’s chief appraiser arrested for stalking
- Former McLennan Co. Justice of the Peace Appears in Court on Federal Theft Charges
- USA Today readers think Dallas skyline is great, Houstonians not happy
- Indian National Admits Sexually Assaulting Sleeping Woman On Houston Flight
- Dallas PD Confirms Illegal Aliens Kidnapped and Assaulted Minor Female Near SMU
- Danaher, veteran pilot, dies at age 90
- Tom Green County patrol car wrecks on Hwy 277, ends up on side
- Owner of ambulance sale company accused of theft from Heart of Texas EMS
- Andrews ISD Bus Driver Could Face Criminal Charges After 4 Year Old Left on Bus Alone for 4 Hours VIDEO
- More Than 20 Aryan Brotherhood Members Arrested In Central Texas
- 200-pound giant squid found off Matagorda
- Teen convicted of manslaughter in stabbing of Spring student
- Dr. Ron Anderson, longtime Parkland hospital CEO, dead at 68
- Aquifer is No Quick Fix for Central Texas Thirst
- 16 indicted in North Texas ID theft, bank scam
- West Texas man pleads guilty in cattle fraud case
- Texas will allow Prada Marfa to stay
- Port Mansfield airport approved for drone testing
- West Nile virus fatality confirmed in Hidalgo County
- Police: Marion Barber took gun into Mansfield church
- Vikings’ Adrian Peterson indicted in child injury case in Montgomery County
- Plane flips while landing at Austin Executive Airport
- Cedar Park missing boy: Remains found in Austin are Colton Turner, 2
Political and other Texas news for 9/12/2014
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