- Speaker Straus makes liars of Texas’ Republican Ticket on border enforcement
- Perry Stepping Up His Presidential Game
- Carl P. Leubsdorf: If he runs for White House, Perry faces daunting challenge – what candidate for President doesn’t?
- Conversation with David Dewhurst VIDEO
- Ted Cruz Tries, and Fails, to Win Over the WSJ
- How FDR’s island visit helped birth an era of Texas power
- ———-Texas government / issues————
- White House pushes back on Abbott-led, 17-state immigration lawsuit
- Abbott Takes Lead in Immigration Challenge
- Speaker Straus makes liars of Texas’ Republican Ticket on border enforcement
- New Texas House Rules: Press Must Affirm They Do Not Lobby – So reporters with media outlets which have opinion columns (or write their own) will be excluded? No. So what’s the difference. Every major paper in this state advocates for a political position and when that’s liberal it’s for Democrats. Also, most media companies separately hire lobbying groups for industry matters, would they now be afoul of the rules? This is just more insanity from the ruling-class wanting to shutout conservative media.
- Sen. Watrson hoping to team with Republicans on tax, budget items
- Austin political fixture Terry Keel moves to agriculture agency
- Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response Issues Further Recommendations to Safeguard Public Health
- Ebola Task Force’s Report Includes Call for New Facility
- Texas Railroad Commission approves new pipeline permit process
- CDC: 730,322 babies killed by abortion annually, 18% of all pregnancies
- Houston police chief: drug war failing; feds need to take lead on new pot laws
- Abbott skeptical Panetti too delusional for execution
- Attorney General Abbott Offers Support to Cherokee County Judge Over Challenge to Courthouse Nativity Scene, more, more
- Health insurance costs to rise, new Texas figures show
- Historic slowdown in rise of health care costs reported for 2013 – and yet Obamacare is pushing my premiums up 30%!
- The Devastating Consequences of Crony Capitalism
- How Christian conservatives rallied to try to prevent Scott Panetti’s execution – they are not conservatives per se
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Ted Cruz’s Tough Message to House Republicans: ‘Do What You Promised’ on Immigration
- Cruz pushes House GOP to confront Obama on immigration
- Republicans panned Ted Cruz & conservatives on funding
- Sen Cruz: Reject Attempts by Self-Serving Politicians to Exploit NDAA
- Thanks to Congress and not the White House, Fort Hood shooting victims will soon be eligible to receive Purple Heart
- Cornyn: Divided Government Presents Opportunities
- Ten biggest tax breaks extended by Congress
- Neugebauer Statement on Tax Extenders Package
- Sowell: ‘Psychiatrist’ Needed to Explain GOP Wanting More Foreign Workers
- House Votes to Block Obama’s Executive Amnesty
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Eagle Ford Shale hits 1 billion barrels
- Oil rises after government report shows U.S. supply drop
- CEO says Exxon Mobil can be “successful” with $40 oil
- Kinder Morgan remains optimistic at $70 US oil through 2015
- Oil prices not hitting petrochemical plant expansions
- Oil Futures Slide on Saudi Price Cut to U.S.
- Cabot, Williams’ shale gas line to the Northeast gets federal nod
- AAA: Expect gas prices to fall at least 15 cents over holidays
- Flight attendants protest over contract in front of American Airlines headquarters
- APFA, American Airlines disagree on three items, they tell arbitration board
- Here’s a rough transcript of the first day of American Airlines-APFA arbitration hearings
- With new A380, Emirates brings highflying luxury to Houston
- Frisco dubs projects in the works along tollway as The $5 Billion Mile
- Hotel ZaZa to open second North Texas location in Frisco’s 175-acre Wade Park
- High-end ‘affordable’ hotel planned for Uptown in Dallas
- Uptown Dallas apartment tower sale could top $100 million
- Judge allows more strippers to join labor suit against San Antonio strip club
- British International School to open new campus in west Houston
- Why is SpaceX hiring a farmer for its Texas test site?
- Tornado-ravaged Fort Worth neighborhood seeing housing boom
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- Judson ISD basketball coach Mike Wacker arrested for DWI
- 3 ex-Beaumont ISD school workers plead guilty to scam
- Ex-lawyer accused in Kaufman DA murders convicted of capital murder
- Wichita Falls police respond to early morning home invasion, kidnapping
- Missing Man’s Body Found, Suspects in Custody, Former Kilgore Coach Missing After Hunting in Brewster County
- Stanford appeal delayed 60 days as court grants DOJ more time to respond
- Nueces Co. cop resigns after putting woman in chokehold while she filmed arrest, Policeman asked for chokehold video to be deleted
- Ex-Mexican Mafia capo suspected in cop’s death won’t seek bail
- Reward offered for info about Nov. Athens ISD bomb threat
- Chick-Fil-A milkshake blamed for Texas woman’s heart attack
- Allegations About Asbestos Stir Controversy in Kilgore
- Northwest ISD school bus burns on Fort Worth freeway
- Lewisville dad added to FBI 10 Most Wanted list
- Arlington Teen Charged in Friend’s Accidental Shooting
- Mayor of Jacksonville, Kenneth Melvin, dies at 74 VIDEO
- Shocking Public Suicide In West Dallas
- Illegal Alien Attacks Nurse in Reagan County
- Cops: San Benito man caught on tape defecating outside courthouse
Political and other Texas news for 12/4/2014
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