- Pratt: Why I’m voting “NO” on Proposition 1
- Pratt election recommendations; Dems don’t offer much
- Abbott trying to keep supporters engaged
- Homosexual advocates: Greg Abbott campaigns with raging homophobe Chuck Norris – first time I’ve heard Norris called a phobe of anything! If you disagree with homosexuality being promoted as a moral good, the buggerers demonize you. Funny.
- UT/TT Poll: Abbott Holds Commanding Lead Over Davis, GOP leads all races by wide margins
- Poll: After Wheelchair Ad Backlash, Davis Down 8 More Points
- Greg Abbott Leading Wendy Davis Among Women, Nearly Tied Among Hispanics
- Wendy Davis: I’d Be “Thrilled” to Have Obama’s Help
- Wendy Davis Embraces Obama
- Davis: ‘I’ve never backed away from President Obama’
- Wendy Davis pleads for Obama or the Clintons to campaign for her – she’s not dumpy enough for Bill Clinton
- O’Malley stumps for Davis as GOP pounces
- Davis in Spanish-language TV ad: ‘We are family’ VIDEO
- Wendy Davis Can Beat Greg Abbott By Turning Out Obama Voters – silly leftist fantasy
- Rogers: Will the next Texas Governor protect low-income families? – see how the Left sees things? Low-income folk are dumb and unable to run their own lives and a governor is supposed to protect them from their own ignorance.
- Railroad Commission candidates differ on building trust for drilling
- HD137: GOP’s Morad Fiki gets campaign help from Allen West
- Cornyn widens financial lead, with $14.1 million raised for reelection
- C-Span will air Cornyn-Alameel Senate debate on Tuesday (*in English)
- TX27: Congressional debate to be televised
- Texas early voting turnout is up, but who does it benefit?
- Democrat leftwing actress Eva Longoria on her ethnically focused politics VIDEO
- Shades of Jim Crow at the Justice Department
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- Cruz: Obama Intentionally Did Not Pass Immigration so to Use it as a ‘Partisan Cudgel’ VIDEO
- Cruz: We Stand in Solidarity with Israel and Canada
- FBI Report Warns of Potential Homegrown ISIS Attacks Against Law Enforcement in US
- Houston’s rare victory in preventing post office closure
- Cornyn Calls for Hearings Following Report That ICE Misled Congress, Public on Detainee Releases
- Sen. Cornyn Honors Diwali
- Former USDA official calls Obama’s food stamp program successful
- Cruz: Obama Administration is Intentionally Misleading Americans on Proposed Water Rule
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- Straus says the business of the House won’t be limited by report cards – it never has been but what he’s actually saying is that he doesn’t give a damn what voters and citizens think. Nothing new there.
- Justice Ginsburg Revises Texas Voter ID Dissent, Then Announces It – so she had Texas and Wisconsin mixed up. Then why in the world opine on the Texas case. What it shows is that she is ruling with her beliefs and not on what the law says.
- Brits mock Texan’s whine of racism over voter ID
- State representatives discuss school legislation with area superintendents
- East Texas lawmakers muse on coming session
- Texas Lottery pulls controversial scratch-off card after hundreds complain
- State regulators open crowdfunding for Texas companies, residents
- Lambda Legal sues TDCJ for failing to protect transgender inmate from violence, sexual assault
- Health officials: State needs greater coordination, communication in dealing with infectious diseases
- Texas official: Most hospitals can’t handle Ebola
- Shortage of protective gear is a hurdle for Ebola preparedness
- Infectious disease task force to hold first public meeting Today
- State Fights Release of Race Records
- Denied Survivor’s Benefits After “Wife’s” Death, Texas Lesbian Files a Federal Suit
- Local taxes, debt are rising in Texas
- El Nino still a no-show in Texas, but in forecast
- Texas’ UIL partners with network to livestream games
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Prosperity Rising in Texas As California Home to Highest Poverty Rate in Country
- Texas among 43 states to increase economic activity in September
- Turns Out that Oil Rigs Support Biodiversity
- American Airlines, Southwest post record profits
- Texas Health Resources expects to receive $130 million from sale of MedSynergies
- Silicon Labs posts record revenue, stock surges
- Lawyer sues KENS-TV claiming defamation
- Cabela’s is slated to open in League City
- Average retail gas prices drop to $2.89 in Texas
- Sears Holdings disputes store closings report
- Oil patch infrastructure ranges from downhole to Wi-Fi
- Oil Show exhibitors offer options for water treatment technology
- Beyond the corn: The new frontier in ethanol is nonfood biofuel
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- Edgewood ISD board candidate arrested; probation violation alleged
- ETX investigator arrested for tampering with evidence
- Teacher Accused of Having Improper Relations with Student Arraigned in Court
- South San Antonio ISD Teacher Reportedly Brings Brass Knuckles, Meth Pipe to Public School
- See a partial solar eclipse today across Texas, click for times
- Houston Security Camera Hall of Shame: Why banks take lousy photos of robbers – putting some at eye-height and below would make a huge difference.
- Driver dies when cement truck overturns on highway in Midlothian
- Man Who Held Burglars At Gunpoint Talks About the Incident, more VIDEO
- Texas mom allegedly tried to kill hospitalized son
- Hive area monitored after 23 Texas students stung
- Jumbotron prompts Alamo standoff between anti-abortion activists, city officials
- Fog delays flights in and out of Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport
- 3 arrested in slaying of Dallas security guard
- Arlington man gets 60 years for sexually abusing 4-year-old girl
- Monarch butterflies face tough trek through Texas
- Infant Boy Abandoned at Houston Post Office
- El Paso couple pleads guilty in prostitution case
- Customer injured after woman crashes into credit union’s lobby
- Dallas man’s Halloween decor inspired by Ebola
Political and other Texas news for 10/23/2014
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