- Few fireworks in first Texas governor’s debate
- Davis, Abbott stage Rio Grande Valley battle over schools, border
- Wendy Davis Melts Down, Talks Over Moderator During Debate
- Abbott Takes Strong Stand for Life During Gubernatorial Debate
- Live Blog: Abbott and Davis Debate Near Texas-Mexico Border
- Inside Texas Politics: Abbott and Davis Face Off – VIDEO
- Burka: Weighing in on the Debate
- For Davis, a practiced performance in first debate, but not enough to turn the tide
- Tilove: Wendy Davis, Greg Abbott draw sharp contrasts in first debate
- Mounce: Grand Debate on the Rio Grande – remember this Mounce is the far-left, anti-gun radical at UTPA
- Abbott Claims He Is Preparing To Sue Obama Administration Over Border Protection Costs
- Abbott: There is ‘Zero Proof’ That Requiring Photo ID Suppresses Voter Turnout
- Abbott Sets Sights on “The Bluest Part of a Red State”
- Abbott: I can win, or come close to winning, the Rio Grande Valley
- Abbott’s hard push for Hispanic votes has an eye to future
- Davis Intends to Use Executive Action, Veto Power if Elected – so Davis has just told us she’ govern Texas in the Obama-mould.
- Video: Wendy Davis at The Texas Tribune Festival – VIDEO
- Davis back in front of an audience Saturday and feeling confident in her debate performance
- After debate, A confident Davis says she doesn’t regret voting for Obama
- Davis’ flurry of attacks reflects strategy to win over women, Hispanics
- At TribFest, Patrick and Van de Putte Talk Education, Health Care – VIDEO
- Patrick pitches tax swap; Van de Putte wants revenue surplus for schools
- Push to end discounted tuition for illegal aliens in Texas could face GOP criticism
- Republicans dismiss equal pay and abortions for rape as minor issues; Dems pounce
- HD16: Gov. Perry Sets November 4 Special Election to fill seat formerly held by Creighton
- HD105: DMN endorses Democrat Susan Motley in race
- Dallas dentist, Democrat David Alameel, pouring his own money into U.S. Senate campaign
- TX19: Abilene man challenges Neugebauer as write-in candidate
- Weeks After Davis Revelation, Rep. Dukes Says She Had Abortion
- Texas has become epicenter of conservative movement
- Analysis: Contenders’ Dreams of Political Buzzer Shots
- George P. Bush Won’t Endorse Dad for President – VIDEO
- Video: George P. Bush at The Tribune Festival – VIDEO
- George P. Bush: In-State Tuition for Illegals ‘Nominal Cost’ to Taxpayers – the amount of money isn’t the issue. It is: Should those not residing here legally get a taxpayer benefit that law abiding people cannot get even if they own property and pay taxes in Texas.
- Rick Perry Defends In-State Tuition for Illegals, Despite Tough Border Talk
- TribFest: One-on-One with Rick Perry – VIDEO
- Rick Perry speaks of his sucesses and regrets, and what he believes his legacy will be
- Citing Joan Rivers, Rick Perry backs clinic law
- Perry wants to go to Europe, prosecutor wants him at pretrial hearing – McCrum’s is exposing his political agenda by wanting Perry present at all pre-trial hearings. It is not terribly unusual to allow a defendant to not be present. McCrum is billing taxpayers $300 per hour by the way!
- Rick Perry prosecutor hires Austin lawyer to join him
- Donna campaign manager arrested in coke-for-votes scheme
- A Marxist Mistake? AFL-CIO Pushes Get Out The Vote For Mid-Terms Under Soviet-Style Symbol
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- Gohmert Introduces Bill to Get Feds Out of School Cafeterias
- Rep. Hensarling votes for spending bill, keeps Ex-Im Bank alive
- John Cornyn: Dysfunctional Congress a ‘miserable experience’
- TribFest: One-on-One with John Cornyn VIDEO
- TribFest: One-on-One with Ted Cruz VIDEO
- Cruz denies playing role in congressional gridlock – yes we know: if you don’t simply agree with liberals on everything and let them have their way, you are part of some negative or other.
- Texas Senators Still Trading Barbs Over Shutdown
- Mills: Senate Examines Tax Reform, Again
- Castro: Hispanics key to US housing sector future
- Ted Cruz, John Cornyn have 2 takes on health law fight
- A Bridge to the Health-Care Future | National Review Online
- Cornyn, Cruz Applaud Nominations for Texas’ Southern District Judgeships
- Cornyn Statement on SpaceX Groundbreaking in South Texas
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- Abbott Claims He Is Preparing To Sue Obama Administration Over Border Protection Costs
- Abbott: There is ‘Zero Proof’ That Requiring Photo ID Suppresses Voter Turnout
- Pratt: Scotland vote gave example of Voter I.D. law value
- Justice Department wraps up Texas voter ID trial
- Feds, state clash over Texas voter ID law
- Rep. Huberty: Expect special session on school finance
- State Rep. Simpson touts migrant solutions
- New Smart on Crime Coalition Challenges Legislature to Take Action
- Editorial: Left and right join forces to push ‘smart on crime’ measures
- State Rep. Ron Reynolds: Criminal Charges, Texas Ethics Commission Fines, and Civil Lawsuits
- Video: House Speaker Joe Straus at The Texas Tribune Festival – VIDEO
- Straus Says He’s “Awfully Sick” of UT Regents Drama – yes, he’d like it swept away as the scandal has already exposed his allies and swept away his appropriations chairman!
- Joe Straus addresses outside groups’ influence in Texas House
- Straus dodges important racing royalties question
- Gambling in Texas on racing replays is far from the finish line
- Push to end discounted tuition for illegal aliens in Texas could face GOP criticism
- Texas Ethics Commission Folds in Legal Dispute with THSC; Home School Group Argues for Enforcement of First Amendment Protections
- State Senate rarely declines to confirm Perry appointees – it rarely stops any governor’s appointments.
- Michael Williams as Rick Perry appointee extraordinaire
- Perry: Texas adequately funded schools on my watch
- Perry: Rivers might still be alive under HB2
- Texas Woman Denied Driver’s License over Same-Sex Marriage – headline is a lie. She was denied using the name she wanted to us.
- Guns, alcohol don’t mix, public tells TABC
- Texas ‘Goddesses’ rally for open-carry of handguns in San Antonio
- Texas a ‘Jim Crow state’ for homosexual community, says San Antonio lawyer – oh really? Where are the schools, businesses, neighborhoods, etc. where homosexuals are forbidden by law to go? What a ridiculous comparison.
- Internal Investigation at Texas CPS After Cedar Park Toddler Found Dead
- Tax refunds will be cut for Obamacare recipients
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- Secretary of State Nandita Berry: Texas is a State of Great Personal and Business Opportunity
- SpaceX breaks ground on Texas rocket launch site
- SpaceX founder expects flights from Texas spaceport to begin in 2016
- Gov. Perry Helps Break Ground on SpaceX Commercial Launch Facility
- Requests to buy guns in Texas are plummeting
- Optical firm moving operation from California to Grapevine
- Middle Eastern investment group proposes to build mixed-use project in Frisco
- RadioShack negotiating with ‘major vendor’ to help financial restructuring
- Siemens makes smart (and big) bet on U.S. oil and gas
- Getting and Keeping People in the Permian Basin
- Permian Basin shed six rigs last week
- RRC’s Craddick talks about ‘sustained economic growth’
- Commercial Vehicle Crashes Cause Litigation Boom for Texas Lawyers
- Midland ranked 12th fastest growing city in US
- Nurse practitioner field surges in Jefferson Co.
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- Ex-Conroe ISD cop avoids jail time for sex with student
- Ex-San Antonio science teacher gets 17 years in prison for making pornography
- Donna campaign manager arrested in coke-for-votes scheme
- American Commercial College executives receive three years of probation
- State Rep. Ron Reynolds: Criminal Charges, Texas Ethics Commission Fines, and Civil Lawsuits
- Copperas Cove man makes mockery of White House security by jumping fence and entering building
- Relatives: Texas veteran arrested at White House needs help
- Prosecutor: 800 rounds found in White House intruder case
- Accused White House intruder to appear in court
- Downtown Houston club shut down after raid for illegal drugs, ‘rape cave’
- M.D. Anderson doctor reveals details of affair in testimony at poisoning trial
- Jurors hear secret tapes in poisoned Houston doctor trial
- Owner Throws Pet Chihuahua at Man During Argument, Dog Dies
- Update: Escapee caught, Convicted Murderer Escapes from Neal Unit in Amarillo
- DPS trooper seizes $623,000 in drugs on I-40
- Back-To-Back Emergency Landings At DFW Airport
- Money names McKinney as best place to live in the United States
- Mystery surrounds 14-year old Aldine boy’s death
- Willie Nelson Gave New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd A Pot Tutorial
- Michael Sam attends HRC mixer, LGBT fundraiser in Dallas
- Armed robber shoots clerk in San Marcos tobacco shop
- UPS employee wanted for stealing packages, pawning items for cash
- “Molecular lab” used as a front for illegal 8-liner arcade
- Aldine ISD school bus involved in crash
- San Antonio woman saves tot in hot car VIDEO
- Hey, Texas: Time for a real climate-change debate – a tour de force of ignorance and leftist agenda items
- Lyft driver’s dash cam records Austin citation, towing VIDEO
- College Station police seek suspect in home invasion
Political and other Texas news for 9/22/2014
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