- Analysis: As Austin Lineup Changes, So Will Balance of Power
- Conservatives demand vote on House speakership as Straus gathers tea party backing
- Texas House Republicans Choosing Political Gain [Straus] Over the Unborn – a bit of a stretch
- Splits in tea party ranks enliven otherwise dull speaker’s race
- Sullivan: Who are you? [Speaker race]
- Inside Texas Politics: The Race for Speaker VIDEO
- Abbott, Perry to hit Florida for RGA conference
- Will Abbott shake things up on state’s incentives policies?
- Texas lawmakers look to end massive business tax
- On tax cuts, business leaders have mixed message for Texas lawmakers – learn it, business is very divided. Bigger established business likes gov’t policy which puts smaller disrupters at a disadvantage.
- Sen. Schwertner files SB184 files bill to end highway fund diversions, Includes SJR15
- Eager Texas lawmakers file bills on gay marriage, open carry
- Rep. Terry Canales Introduces Bill Allowing Student IDs To Be Used To Vote – but student ID’s are given to all students including many who are not legal to vote so, how does that work?
- HD123: Democrat Diego Bernal to run for newly open seat
- SD18: Kolkhorst ad: I’m the only “proven conservative”
- Report: DCCC urging Pete Gallego to run again in 2016
- No, Voter ID Didn’t Cost Democrats the U.S. Senate
- Poll shows Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler with substantial lead
- ———-Texas government / issues————
- Governor-elect Greg Abbott Meets With Fort Hood Commanding General
- Abbott’s pick for secretary of state celebrated, snubbed
- Hegar Announces Key Hires at Comptroller’s Office, more, more
- Gov. Perry spokesman, Rich Parsons, jumps to Railroad Commission
- Perry promoted aide with three alcohol offenses on record
- Texas Media Attack Perry Over Drunk DA Issue Like Rabid Dogs
- IRS Back Doors Same-Sex Retirement Benefits in Texas
- U.S. health secretary comes to Texas to jump start Obamacare sign-ups – think that will help? They thought it was free!
- ‘Broken’ state agency near $90 million deal on Medicaid fraud detection
- Health regulation makes for strange bedfellows
- Texas’ successes spur support for criminal justice reform
- TDCJ: More than 1,400 makeshift weapons seized from Texas inmates in 2014
- Meet the insane 3-wheeled vehicle the State of Texas doesn’t want you to have
- TSCRA News Release: TSCRA Submits Comments Opposing EPA Water Rule Proposal
- Texas grid operator says EPA rule would be costly
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Perry team: Actions in felony case ‘absolutely’ protected
- Former Wall Street Journal Publisher, Free-Market Allies Support Cruz on Internet Freedom VIDEO
- Neugebauer Discusses Amnesty and Keystone Pipeline Bills AUDIO
- Two Texans battling to lead U.S. House’s influential Republican Study Committee
- New Texans looking to find their way in Congress
- Common ground elusive between Obama, incoming Senate
- In Congress, Hurd will be the spy who came in from the shadows
- New Senators Tilt G.O.P. Back Toward Insiders
- Ralph Hall, still recovering from car wreck, not in Washington yet
- Will GOP put climate “science” back on trial?
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Halliburton Buying Baker Hughes in $34.6 Billion Dollar Deal
- In letters, Baker Hughes sends message to any potential buyer
- 10 things to know about the Halliburton-Baker Hughes deal
- Texas Weekly Gas Price Update and Outlook
- U.S. drillers shift oil rigs to tap most reliable fields
- How big is the Eagle Ford Shale boom?
- Harvard Endowment Loaded Up on Texas Energy Stocks Last Quarter
- Freeport LNG obstacles cleared in two rulings
- GasBuddy Survey Says: 92% of Americans Traveling for Thanksgiving Plan to Drive
- Tough nuts – freezes, water demands challenge Lubbock area pecan crop
- Spirit Airlines to add 10 new nonstop flights at Bush Intercontinental
- Pilot union sends contract counter-proposal to American Airlines management
- Sam Pack car auction generates $11.5 million in sales
- Cityplace Tower [Dallas] owners looking at new hotel, retail and apartments
- Arlington’s Sheraton Hotel sells to Plano investor
- Struggling Gilmer hospital to close
- San Antonio Scorpions win NASL championship title
- Few Texas hospitals lose funding after ‘immediate jeopardy’
- Highest paid professions from state to state
- Galveston listed as one of the top ten worst places to buy a home
- Texas Beef Council Turns Focus to Younger Eaters
- —————Statewide general——————
- Frio County sheriff sergeant indicted for allegedly assaulting wife
- Former Harris Co. Constable (Democrat) Trevino sentenced to 10 years probation
- First Snowfall Across Wichita Falls, Texoma Causes Slick Roadways VIDEO
- Wrecks Caused By Slick Roads Hit Abilene, Big Country Hard VIDEO
- Icy Sunday weather causes hundreds of wrecks across Lubbock-area
- Crowell natural gas service frozen off
- Low Visibility Causes Flight Cancellations at Abilene Regional Airport
- Police officer dragged through parking lot in Grand Prairie
- Houston police officer injured after cruiser struck by suspected DWI driver early Saturday
- Bellmead Police Officer Struck, Injured During Foot Chase After Police Pursuit
- Woman sues owners of dog killed by her pit bulls
- Pumpjack Fire Sparks Up in Gardendale
- Investigation begins into 4 workers deaths at La Porte plant, DuPont plant workers died rushing to help in La Porte
- DuPont Plant Where Workers Died Reported Recent Violations
- Teen shot ‘execution style’ in Spring Branch church parking lot
- Galveston man in critical condition after being shot by his father
- Father, son dead in fatal family shooting in NW Houston
- Husband charged with secretly filming wife’s friend in shower
- Man fatally shot in San Antonio home invasion
- Driver Arrested After Chase, Bomb Threat in Hill Co. VIDEO
- Boy Scouts’ day of service includes history lesson
- Lorena U.S. Postal Service Employee Arrested In Meth Raid
- San Antonio selected as 2018 NCAA Final Four host city VIDEO
- Motorcyclist who sued Dallas County Sheriff’s deputy for $1 million settled over helmet-cam seizure
- Dallas police say attempted robbery ends with crash; four hospitalized
- Two pedestrians fatally struck by cars in Rowlett in unrelated crashes
- Dallas Safari Club may cancel black rhino hunt, refund $350K winning bid
- Reality TV star Farrah Abraham selling Texas house
- San Antonio fire crews working fire at office building near the Medical Center
Political and other Texas news for 11/17/2014
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