- Austin newspaper sets new low-mark for integrity on Wallace Hall story
- Perry touts the Texas economic model and criticizes Obama on foreign policy
- Perry teases presidential run in speech to Aggies
- SD26: Senate candidate Romo admittedly out of bounds
- GQ Magazine ranks America’s 20 craziest politicians of 2014 – yeah, those GQ people are experts. As you’d expect, it’s a lot of Texans and mostly conservatives on the list.
- True The Vote Appeals Dismissal of Lawsuit Against IRS
- TCR calls new Harris Co. DA, Devon Anderson, emerging star in the constellation of Texas elected officials
- Suit seeks to void Bandera mayoral election result
- Endorsements list for Van de Putte backfires in San Antonio
- ———-Texas government / issues————
- Prosecutor: Investigating HSSC’s no-bid $110M deal likely
- State auditor confirms probe of no-bid contract with Austin firm 21CT
- Whitmire Seeks Inquiry Into HHSC-21CT Contracts
- Abbott meets with East Texas officials, supports easier tax rollback elections
- Tesla gears up for Texas lobbying blitz
- Texas Closer to Open Carry of Handguns
- Open carry groups to hold competing Capitol demonstrations
- Texas appeals court overturns ‘stand your ground’ conviction
- Of $1.7B for Texas roads, 15% going to shale areas
- As Statewide Smoking Ban Stalls, Cities Go It Alone
- Analysis: The Tax That Consumers Are Ignoring
- For the state and fracturing opponents, a clash extends
- The Slow Death of the Death Penalty
- Degree Push for a Symbol of Injustice in Texas (Tim Cole)
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- Texas, 49 States Reach $90 Million Nationwide Agreement with T-Mobile USA
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Sen. Cruz: Help the Cuban Opposition, Not the Castros
- Cuban Dissidents Warn of Deal with Castros VIDEO
- Retiring Rep. Ralph Hall to pull in $139,000 annual pension
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Texas sets annual job growth record 4th month in a row, unemployment rate falls to 4.9% in Nov.
- Texas adds 34,800 jobs in November, but the energy industry loses jobs for first time in a year
- Texas posts big job gains
- Oil-price drop rattles smaller operators in Kansas
- Texas rig count down 4, U.S. 18 to 1,875
- Exxon Mobil shows why U.S. oil output rises as prices plunge
- Experts: Lower oil prices a threat to Texas economy
- Putin says Russian economy must brace for $40-a-barrel oil
- Oil’s slide shakes up the junk-bond market
- Enterprise Products gets new general counsel
- Magazine names Southwest Airlines its airline of the year
- New American Airlines pilot shares cockpit with Capt. Dad
- 2 North Texas airports expecting big holiday crowds
- Dallas land development would fill an empty corner of downtown
- D-FW home values rise by almost $25 billion in 2014
- Presidium Group adds to Houston apartment portfolio
- Chipotle rolls up new Texas locations
- San Antonio luxury armored car company sales up following Mexico carjackings
- First family moves to Imperial Sugar Land development
- Live Nation buys majority interest in Austin’s C3 Presents
- Khabele School suing founders, accusing them of rent gouging
- Easing Sanctions on Cuba Could Be Boon for Texas
- —————Statewide general——————
- Former Bryan police officer indicted in child pornography case
- District clerk suspended after arrest for intoxication, Flashback to July: Harrison County district clerk arrested on 4 charges
- Abilene police believe more victims may exist in Abilene ISD school sex case, more
- Von Ormy mayor found in contempt of court
- Reward Posted For Information On KCEN Gunman
- Construction Worker Recounts Moments After TV Station Shooting
- Missing Texas Boy Likely Smuggled to Mexico by Murder-Suspect Father
- Whistleblowers Expose Questionable Practices at Humane Society of Wichita Falls VIDEO
- Victim Shot During Home Invasion in Wichita Falls
- Winter Outlook and Holiday Safety Tips Issued by Texas A&M Forest Service
- Hurst Police: Teen Who Posed as 6th Grader Fondled 3rd Grader
- Abilene Man Indicted After Swerving to Hit Bicyclist
- Sick passenger, enroute to D/FW, dies after emergency landing at Lubbock airport
- Seagoville Police: Pilot killed in Texas plane crash
- Texas teenagers wanted in murder case arrested at Oklahoma motel
- 10 Aryan Brotherhood of Texas members get prison
- Texas death among 5 reported in listeria outbreak
- Woman gives mink coat to Whataburger employee VIDEO
- San Antonio police officers involved in fatal West Side shooting identified
- Thousands sign petitions to stop Texas hunter from killing endangered rhino
- Lufkin couple sentenced in infant’s death
- Two people found dead outside Lufkin area home
- Flaco Jimenez to receive Lifetime Grammy Award
- Arrest made in Stafford Walmart parking lot shooting that left father dead
- Family demands answers from man charged in disappearance of Fort Worth woman
Political and other Texas news for 12/19/2014
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