- Animation: What is Proposition 1 on the November ballot?
- Voter registration spikes in Texas’s largest counties
- Davis: Abbott spent $45 million on travels – figure covers 4,000 employees over a decade! Oh my it’s getting beyond desperate in the Leftwing Davis camp.
- Greg Abbott predicts women will keep Texas red
- Abbott Campaigns With Fiorina to Reach Women Voters
- As governor’s race hits homestretch, Texas women seen as key
- Bill Clinton to donors: Pony up for Van de Putte – yet another reason to support Dan Patrick for Lt. Gov.!!!
- Leticia Van de Putte stresses bipartisanship, education in lieutenant governor’s race
- Dan Patrick errs on Leticia Van de Putte and Central America, but ad is right on other fronts – bull she has opposed the guard on the border and she does support in-state tuition for illegals.
- The future of GOP relations with Latinos, in one ad – The Washington Post
- Texas Lieutenant Governor Race: Stances On Issues In November Election AUDIO
- Jeb Bush, George P. Bush to attend Midland event
- Lone Cornyn, Alameel Debate in U.S. Senate Race May Only Air in Spanish
- Travis Co. won’t pursue billing complaint against Perry prosecutor – but of course!
- Dallas Co. Judge, Democrat Clay Jenkins: Townhalls ar for “Crazy People” VIDEO
- Wallbuilders David Barton prevails in defamation litigation with two former SBOE candidates
- —————Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Cornyn on CBO Report: Nation is Drowning in Debt – but he wouldn’t stand with Cruz and others to actually do something concrete about the problem. Talk is not action Senator.
- Rep. Olson Hosts Human Trafficking Roundtable at South Belt – Ellington Chamber of Commerce
- Jackson Lee: The Death of Thomas Eric Duncan Shows Necessity for Treatment and Person Now Monitored in the U.S. for Ebola Should Continue for the Full Period
- Cruz; The First Line of Defense Should Be to Prevent Ebola from Coming to US
- Conaway: Limit travel from countries with Ebola
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- Texas voter ID law blocked by federal district judge – as expected, the court-shopped judge in Corpus Christi
- Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Voter ID Law; Abbott Vows Appeal
- Federal Judge: Texas Voter ID Law Unconstitutional
- Gov. Perry Visits Troops Deploying to West Africa in Fight against Ebola
- Senate Nominees Take Stand Against Potential Texas [un]Ethics Commission Abuse
- Anti-Defamation League Calls Lubbock Senator’s Comments Insulting – his remarks were completely appropriate and not at all dismissive of the Holocaust. I was there and I understand fully what he meant – that when we fail to see evil in little places, it can lead us to massive evil with the Holocaust being an example. The ADL doesn’t own the concept of the Holocaust and more than Jews were killed by the Nazi menace.
- Lawsuit: ACA navigators used as union recruiters
- New laws drastically cut prosecutions of Texas students
- TTU’s Sutton explains plan for Texas Ebola task force VIDEO
- Texas Death Row Inmate Released After Being Proven Innocent of Murder but Guilty of Another Crime
- In Denton, a Fight Over Fracking
- Supreme court justice praises efforts of Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas, more VIDEO
- States must stay out of home schooling
- ERCOT discontinued rolling blackouts in the Valley at 7pm, Wed.
- Attention turns to U.S. Supreme Court in Texas abortion case
- Court hands Texas abortion providers [baby killers] another setback
- 5th Circuit Refuses to Reconsider First HB 2 Lawsuit
- Abortion safety as a pretext
- HealthCare.gov To Shorten Insurance Application Next Month
- Gov. Perry Reappoints Rucker as Presiding Judge of the 7th Administrative Judicial Region
- Gov. Perry Appoints Varma to Texas Medical Board
- Legislature Begins Discussion on Abolishing State Lottery
- State lawmakers, law enforcement outline plans to end rape kit backlog
- TWIA band back together again
- Former Judge Harley Clark dies; issued first major Texas school finance ruling
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Texas Retail Gas Prices Down By 8 Cents
- Windthorst wind farm celebrates with ribbon cutting ceremony
- Miller sells multifamily company to Oklahoma-based WholeLife
- Dallas startup will pitch products to Mark Cuban on ABC reality show ‘Shark Tank’ this Friday
- Frito-Lay continues role as PepsiCo’s profit leader in Q3
- Despite schedule changes, Southwest Airlines still lags industry in on-time arrivals
- Development deal could save downtown Dallas landmark and bring apartments to Deep Ellum
- Kimberly-Clark Corp. Announces Healthcare Business Spinoff Details
- Borderplex Alliance wants more nonstop flights for El Paso-area businesses
- How Houston Continues To Grow Economically
- San Antonio’s Texas Water Exchange is first of its kind in Western Hemisphere
- Flagship Baylor hospital in Dallas at risk of losing hundreds of millions in federal funding
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- Former Bangs Police Chief Turns Himself Into Authorities
- Former Houston PD officer pleads guilty in drug case
- Dallas ISD police officer resigns amid steroid investigation
- Former Midland ISD coach sentenced for indecency with a child
- Former Vidor teacher gets probated sentence for improper relationship
- Former Victoria Housing Authority commissioner pleads guilty to fraud
- Waskom teacher resigns following accusations of improper texting
- Air Evac Flight Nurse Dies From Injuries Sustained in Wichita Falls Helicopter Crash
- NTSB Files Preliminary Report on Helicopter Crash in Wichita Falls
- Pilot: Medical chopper spun out of control
- People in Texas Are Most Likely to Vacation in El Salvador?
- Temple man, woman, sentenced in massive mail theft scheme
- Police pull psychiatric patient out of drainage pipe near Fort Sam Houston
- Texas man gets life sentence for killing mother with hammer, defiling her corpse
- Murder conviction, 70-year sentence tossed for daughter of SAPD sergeant
- Man found shot and dumped in tarp may be related to slain police officer
- Man who chased alleged thief faces charge
- Conservationists Disagree What To Do As Buffalo Bayou’s Banks Wash Away AUDIO
- Report: Adrian Peterson to be arrested for violating bond conditions
- DA wants Peterson jailed over alleged ‘weed’ comment
- Ex-convict gets 60 years for Fort Worth burglary, standoff with police
- Six arrested in robbery, fatal shooting of Fort Worth man
- Officials: 8 babies born at El Paso hospital have tested positive for tuberculosis
- Huge jellyfish swarms caused by junk dumped in Gulf of Mexico
- San Antonio police officer, suspect wounded during early-morning scuffle
- Hospital: Midland Deputy Sheriff who was shot is in critical condition
- Illegal gambling arcade being run out of home in San Benito
- DPS Trooper seizes more than 14 lbs. of meth in I-40 stop
Political and other Texas news for 10/9/2014
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