- Greg Abbott: A “straight-shooter” ready for bipartisanship next year
- SD26: Sylvia Romo launches bid to replace Van de Putte
- SD26: Martinez-Fischer campaign has raised $1 million for Senate special election, memo says
- Sen. Charles Perry: Loss of Moral Conscience is Responsible for Increase in Synthetic Marijuana Use VIDEO
- Zinn Education Project Launches Campaign To ‘Kick Koch Brothers Out of Our Schools’
- Op-Ed: A Year of Pro-Life Victories in Texas
- Jeb Bush jumps into presidential picture with holiday message saying he will ‘actively explore’ a White House run in 2016 – eat my shorts Jeb.
- Adviser: Bush move doesn’t affect Perry decision
- Rick Perry: whether Jeb Bush – or anyone else – is in presidential race doesn’t matter to him
- Charles Hensarling, father of Rep. Jeb Hensarling, dies at 86
- Texas politics full of ‘pants on fire’ moments
- ‘The Left’s Lawless Shock Troops’
- Ted Cruz Gets His First Big Break of 2016?
- Ted Cruz undeterred by Jeb Bush 2016 bid
- Cruz’s Jew-centric Blueprint for 2016 Victory — NYMag
- Cruz Doesn’t Believe Governors Have Edge Over Senators in Presidential Races
- Ted Cruz Will Bank on the Base
- Ted Cruz Quietly Seeks Peace With GOP’s Big Spenders
- Pratt: U.S. journalists in Australia demonstrate that they are idiots AUDIO
- ———-Texas government / issues————
- Lubbock-area Lawmakers Support Open Carry, But Others Cite Concerns VIDEO
- Editorial: Open carry law must include licensing, opt-out provisions
- Grusendorf: 4 Way Test, educational freedom
- State senator files bills to prod lawmakers on school finance
- Incentive plan would boost numbers of Texas mental health workers
- 5th Circuit appeals court won’t rehear Texas whooping crane case
- Pay-to-play scandal involves UT dean, Texas exes
- Regulators Pan Study on Methane Gas in Wells
- Bush School report says fracking could lead to Texas water shortage – how could it “lead” to something that already exists?
- Denton’s Fracking Ban Will Likely Cost Taxpayers Millions
- Dissecting Denton: How a Texas City Banned Fracking
- Fracking bans in cities hurt everyone
- Former Top Texas Health Official Defends The No-Bid Contracts He Resigned Over
- Children’s Advocacy Group Brings Class-Action Lawsuit Against Texas CPS
- Consumer Alert: Identity thieves claiming to be a governmental or debt collection agency; seek immediate payments for overdue bills – particularly child support
- Statement by Gov. Perry on Chanukah
- Gov. Perry Appoints Saladin to Governing Board of the Texas School for the Deaf
- Gov. Perry Appoints Hanley to Governing Board of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Gov. Perry Appoints Jeffries to Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board
- Gov. Perry Appoints Whitlock to Commission Texas on Fire Protection
- Gov. Perry Appoints Crosswell to Communities in School Advisory Committee
- Gov. Perry Reappoints Hall to Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians
- How much debt Texas’ 25 largest counties carry
- Texas A&M considering renaming historic building for Rick Perry
- Led by Putnam, Tarrant GOP Assembly Opposes TexRail
- ERCOT report re-ignites war of words over coal-fired plants
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Sen Cruz: Stand up for the Principles We Keep Promising the Voters We Believe VIDEO
- Sen. Cruz: From Pakistan to Australia, Terrorism Knows No Borders
- Republicans blame Ted Cruz for string of year-end Obama confirmations – beyond ridiculous
- The Cruz-Lee point of order and why the GOP establishment thinks you are an idiot – story includes Politico and The Hill stories demonstrating that nominees were going to be passed and it had nothing to do with Cruz or Lee.
- Ted Cruz reignites GOP civil war – Manu Raju and Burgess Everett
- Ted Cruz apologizes for weekend flap
- Sarah Saldaña wins ICE confirmation thanks partly to Ted Cruz
- Humility, Known Unknowns, and Ted Cruz
- Randy Neugebauer Discusses Omnibus Spending Bill, Tax Breaks AUDIO
- Neugebauer Harshly Critical of $1.1 Trillion Government Funding
- Former Staffer to Rep. Blake Farenthold Sues, Alleging Sexual Harassment
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Chart of the Day: History Says Oil May Finally Be Nearing Its Floor
- US stocks rise as Russian ruble, oil stabilize
- Lower price at the pump doesn’t mean much more driving, report says
- AAA says 8.1M Texans likely to travel for holidays
- APFA: American Airlines may give flight attendants the pay raises they turned down
- DOT lets Southwest Airlines keep Kansas City-Washington, D.C. route
- Southwest ground workers protest at Love Field
- Will Hotel Beaumont revival succeed?
- President bids farewell to Texas Farm Bureau
- Houston gets a Bitcoin ATM
- Dallas-based maker of supplements linked to deaths is facing federal mail fraud investigation
- Plans for Indoor Ski Center in North Texas Raise Questions AUDIO
- Dallas-based residential sales firms expanding in Fort Worth
- RadioShack has a new interim chief financial officer
- Research shows minimal shrimping industry impact on sea turtles
- —————Statewide general——————
- Ex-Teacher Convicted Of Fondling Girls Sentenced To 80 Years
- Austin teacher found guilty of indecency, improper relationship
- Former NEISD teacher serving life without parole won’t get new trial
- Austin Energy employees accused of stealing copper
- Odessa police investigating Midland officer-involved murder-suicide
- Another Special Needs Student Violently Bullied in Texas School
- Sex offender Santa Claus detained in Baytown VIDEO
- Escapee from federal prison in Bastrop recaptured
- FOX Sports Southwest to Televise UIL Football State Championship Games
- Lubbock Wedding Features Roller Skating Ring Bearer VIDEO
- Amarillo PD Says Man Used ‘Hidden’ App to Acquire Child Porn From Underage Girl
- Amber Alert discontinued for Denton 4-year-old
- RIP: Bluegrass musician Joe Carr passes away in Levelland VIDEO
- Brownfield ISD hoopster back on court after indictment
- USGS: High Plains Aquifer – Ogallala – groundwater declining
- Arkansas Man Arrested in Texas for Theft of Livestock after Manhunt
- Closing arguments under way in Kaufman DA murder trial
- Spurs coach Becky Hammon named ESPN’s Woman of the Year
- Jasper County murder victim’s pickup found in Abilene
- Robert Durst fined $500 after urinating on candy at CVS
- Katy man convicted of killing pregnant wife wants new trial
- Grand jury investigates Houston PD officer in fatal shooting of unarmed man
- Law on the side of Fort Worth cop who killed neighbor’s dog
- Victoria chief of police apologizes after officer uses Taser on 76-year-old man
- Off-duty officer shoots shoplifting suspect after being attacked
- Dallas journalist to be sentenced Tuesday for hacking ties
- Teen held after fatal shooting in Denton
- 4 Passengers, 1 Crewmember Injured on American Airlines Flight From Seoul to DFW
- Teenage Texas Mother Pleads Guilty In Alcohol Poisoning Case
- Texas Man Charged After Woman Stabbed In Eye With Fork
- Mother convicted in child’s salt-poisoning death given bail
Political and other Texas news for 12/16/2014
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