- At last week’s end, 61 GOP state reps have publicly pledged to back moderate Joe Straus for Speaker
- Straus picks up 12 more backers in speaker’s race
- Straus perilously close to winning it in his own caucus – the headline shows the problem, he’s been speaker not due to GOP votes in past sessions but due to Democrats.
- Straus foes may have more than one way to count a win
- Legislative Conference names Straus the 2015 Texan of the Year
- Exclusive: Straus says House will not vote to bust spending limit – expected but that “limit” is so weak at present that it not much of a limit.
- Straus Creates More Border Insecurity
- Still at Abbott’s side, Daniel Hodge readies for a new role in Austin
- Inside Texas Politics: A Consequential Governor VIDEO
- Analysis: Election Season Headed for Overtime
- SD18: Abbott back Kokhorst in special senate election
- SE18: Empower Texans endorses Kokhorst in special election
- SD 18 candidates on contracts with public entities VIDEO
- HD17: Rep. Kleinschmidt to resign seat to take TDA job
- Cruz courts major Jewish group, blasting Obama
- Ted Cruz introduced by liberal Alan Dershowitz at Zionist dinner in New York
- Liberal Group Sees Executive Actions as Way Forward, Offers a Wish List of Actions
- Perry to stump for Republican in Louisiana Senate runoff
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- Abbott: ‘Odds favor’ Texas suing over Obama immigration order
- Greg Abbott plans to sue Barack Obama over immigration order
- Abbott: Immigration Lawsuit Could Come in Two Weeks
- Next Texas governor eager to sue Obama
- Abbott: Obama’s Immigration Order ‘the Epitome of Lawlessness’ VIDEO
- Obama’s exec. order on immigration as Texas lawmakers make plans
- Attorney General Abbott Responds to President’s Executive Action on Immigration
- Abbott confident in Obama lawsuit over immigration action
- Newly emboldened GOP targets illegal immigration
- Texas Supreme Court declines to peek at state ‘pole tax’
- Texas plaintiffs ask Garcia to lift stay, allow homosexual marriages
- Another try: Proposed texting while driving ban has West Texas backing
- Rep. Villalba files HB368, would require police video recordings in family violence, disturbance calls
- Senator Rodríguez has high ambitions for new Texas Senate
- Bill would rework ballot language for bond elections
- DPS Urges Texans to Practice Safe Driving Habits During Thanksgiving Holiday
- State audit: School districts not verifying tax incentive job claims
- Texas auditor criticizes school program partnering with energy projects
- No-bid Texas Medicaid fraud contracts raising questions
- Federal health law, Obamacare, doesn’t deliver HIV care as promised, advocates say VIDEO
- Texas reporters fight for access to fracking facts
- Gov. Perry Reappoints Balido to Historical Records Advisory Board
- Gov. Perry Appoints Schroeder and Wynne to Statewide Health Coordinating Council
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- Cruz Doubles Down: Block Obama’s Appointees
- Thornberry Statement on Secretary Hagel’s Resignation
- Cornyn Statement on Secretary Hagel’s Resignation
- Sen. Cruz: Hagel Resignation Shows Obama Defense Policy Has Failed
- Ted Cruz: Obama ‘counterfeiting immigration papers’ VIDEO
- Ted Cruz Proposes ‘Detailed, Systematic Plan’ to Stop Obama’s Amnesty VIDEO
- Cruz proposes Lieberman to replace Hagel at Pentagon
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- Dallas Fed: Texas manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace in November
- Texas Miracle Continues in October 2014
- Dallas-based Alco closing all stores after 113 years serving rural America
- Texas Weekly Gas Price Update and Outlook
- American Airlines, pilot union will continue talking on new contract
- American Airlines plans second flight between Philadelphia and London
- American Airlines Mulls Headquarters Move Year After Merger – sounds as if they’re looking for taxpayer handouts.
- Ex-American Airlines chief Tom Horton joins Walmart board
- Downtown Dallas apartment deal drew lots of bidders
- Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher is comfortable running inflation a bit above the 2 percent target for a while
- J.C. Penney holiday starts without the upheaval
- Mills: Busy Week For Oil And Gas News
- Chris Bell Wins $12K Judgment, Sanctions Against Former Client
- Houston’s growing wealth draws attention from financial services firms
- Solar and Wind Energy Start to Win on Price vs. Conventional Fuels
- Oil rises again on Chinese interest rates
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- Photos Show Upton County Commissioner Urinating in Public Building
- Willacy Co. Sheriff’s Deputy Killed In Rollover Wreck
- Pilot killed when aerial photography plane crashes in Lee County
- Hurst detective’s medical leave delayed child porn inquiry
- Fort Worth porn suspect admitted molesting more than 100 children, police say
- Feds get case involving alleged child porn scheme
- Georgetown Teen Tragically Commits Suicide After Relentless Bullying – Bullying is not a “cause” of suicide. If it were, people who have gone through much worse suffering would commit such. This is a terrible, horrible tragedy for this family but it is simplistic to blame bullying. People who are not bullied and who seemingly have everything going for them commit the despicable act of suicide as well.
- Suicide rates rise and fall with economy, especially in Texas
- Texas arrival delayed for ex-nuclear power barge
- 3.3 magnitude earthquake rattles North Texas
- Lufkin U.S. mail carrier shot in leg while on route
- Howard County VFD Responds to Five Tank Battery Fires
- Lightning The Cause of Oil Tank Fire Near Merkel
- Man Sentenced in Lubbock for Threatening the President
- Texans lose QB Ryan Mallett for season
- Texas holds tight to tradition on corporal punishment
- Old Winona School lost in fire VIDEO
- Whitney woman, children killed in weather-related wreck
- Crash On Texas Highway Kills 3 College Students
- Longtime community leader — and mom to former San Antonio mayor — Elvira Cisneros dies
- Car with fatally shot driver crashes into Alief yard
- Windmill tower falls off truck, snarls Houston traffic
- 1 dead in gas station shooting near downtown Houston
- Federal authorities drop Bastrop County Taser case
- Texas Woman Cleared in Death Linked to G.M.’s Faulty Ignition Switch
Political and other Texas news for 11/24/2014
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