- Texas State Senator, Zaffirini, makes #1 on list of worst Americans for 2014
- UT Regent Wallace Hall makes list of 2014 “Good Guys”
- Wendy Davis Admits She Was Faking Support for Gun Rights to Get Votes
- Wendy Davis’ post election flip-flop shows why voters are cynical
- SD26: Fischer says Menéndez connected to powerful special interest group, more – TMF is connected to the most radical of groups – the extreme-Left!
- SD26: Fischer seeks to force Texas employers to pay employees more
- HD17: Crowded race could go to runoff
- With New Land Commissioner, a New Era for Bushes
- Editorial: The biggest donors support Democrats
- Decade later, Lubbock native continues Leftwing activist work VIDEO
- Planned Parenthood Performed 174 Abortions for Every Adoption Referral in 2014 – please God forgive us.
- Perry Legacy: Battles With the Feds — and at Home — Over Medicaid, Women’s Health
- Perry Legacy: Ushering in Reform by Stepping Aside
- Rick Perry, Ted Cruz Among 16 Candidates to Watch for in 2016
- Cruz to travel to South Carolina to address Tea Party activists
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- Handful of new Texas laws took effect Jan. 1
- Abbott Announces Leadership Team as Incoming Texas Governor
- Could Texas win block Medicaid grant from feds? – for all Medicaid it would be good if we could run our own but no block-grant makes it a good thing to further expand Medicaid coverage.
- In THSSC contract scandal, official had close ties to lobbyist
- Texas lawmakers propose databases to identify ‘doctor shopping’ to curb prescription drug abuse – not worth the cost in terms of money or privacy and Liberty losses.
- New Texas Law Adds Restrictions For Motorcycles Carrying Passengers
- Herman: Can Texas legislators use staff as chauffeurs?
- Under the Rotunda: The Battle Begins (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
- Rep. Munoz, Jr. pushes for mandatory expansion of pre-K program VIDEO
- More whining about not raising the gasoline tax on all Texans
- Lawmakers could change structure of aging, disability services
- Editorial: Legislature should resolve to ban e-cigs for minors in 2015
- Editorial: Some felons deserve provisional occupational state licenses
- Bill Would Purge the Phrase ‘Mentally Retarded’ From State Documents – ridiculous
- Pro-Life Bills Piling Up Ahead of Legislative Session
- Texas Sheriffs To Fight Marijuana Decriminalization
- Medical marijuana fight looms in Texas
- Texas legislature possibly considering changes to concealed weapon law
- Rep. Phil King: 2014’s Record-Setting Year for Texas
- Greenfield: Will Texas be the Next Detroit?
- San Antonio judge busy with more than Perry case
- George P. Bush sworn in as Texas land commissioner
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- States work to meet new renewable energy standards
- Take a look inside ERCOT’s control room
- Harris Co. woman sues DPS after roadside body cavity search
- Dallas joins ultra-Leftwing world with shopping-bag-tax
- New DPS Corpus Christi license office set to open Monday
- Gov. Perry Appoints Calhoun to Texas Health Services Authority Board of Directors
- Gov. Perry Appoints Six to Texas Industrialized Building Code Council
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Mills: Decline In Oil Price Tops Industry News In 2014 – Alex Mills will appear on Pratt on Texas today
- Midland Basin oil worker talks crude prices, fracking bans in Reddit AMA
- Activist investor sells off oil field “man camp” stake
- Oil refiners brace for tough times
- Crude Oil Export Decision Seen as Major Boost for Eagle Ford
- Excelerate Energy puts Lavaca Bay LNG on hold
- Low oil prices unlikely to hurt railroads much
- Linn Energy to cut spending in half this year
- Drilling Deeper: Buy, Sell, or Get Out of the Way
- Oil industry rings in year with low crude prices
- US factories grow at slowest pace in 6 months
- After Toyota, what else was big news in 2014
- $215,000,000 domed ski resort planned for DFW VIDEO
- Real M&A’s 2015 Guide for Deal Watchers: Pfizer to MegaBrew
- 2014 was the Year of the Deal – Texas M&A Hit Record Levels
- Mobile app Parking Panda to launch in Austin; plans for Dallas, elsewhere in Texas – I’ve used them several times in Dallas a year ago.
- Post-harvest crop fields see boost from winter snowstorms
- ‘Extreme Waterworks’: El Paso businessman to debut reality TV concept
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- Willis Mayor Has Police Chief Dismiss Camera Ticket Issued To His Employer
- DPS: Reward Increased to $12,500 for Most Wanted Fugitive Freddie Alaniz
- UIW police officer in Cameron Redus shooting resigns, school confirms
- Hidalgo Co. Sheriff’s Deputies Save Woman’s Life and Prevent ‘Suicide By Cop’
- Lawyer asks to move Austin police officer-involved shooting case to federal court
- Woman Missing After Car Crashes Into Lake Waco, Update: Body found
- At least 2 killed when car strikes Houston police vehicle, plunges off freeway
- Texans’ J.J. Watt named to NFL All-Pro team
- Texans’ Watt wins AFC defensive player of month for December
- Woman Wanted In Robbery Of Lacy Lakeview Bank Arrested
- Panola County court sets hearing in ongoing Bernie Tiede case VIDEO
- Whitehouse (TX) Police respond to criticism over arrest of pedestrian VIDEO
- 3 jailed for dumping dogs in Glade Creek
- Woman accused of kidnapping told police she found kids at White Rock thrift store VIDEO
- Man killed after falling in front of oncoming train at DART’s Walnut Hill Station New Year’s Eve
- Vidor man shot dead after breaking into home
- Former director of Burkburnett Boys & Girls Club sentenced to jail for theft
- Two Earthquakes Rattle Scurry County on Wednesday
- Lubbock resident killed at Lowe’s Home Improvement Store when lumber pile fell, more
- Brownsville dad threatens daughter with machete
- Driver cited after crashing into Harlingen fire truck
- McAllen Police Shooter Still on the Loose
- Semi-Truck Goes Off Hwy 105 Bridge near Navasota, Driver Killed
- Navasota teenager in critical condition after apparent accidental shooting
- Child injured during drive-by shooting in Marshall
- Union Pacific: Troup man fatally struck by train
- 2 adults, 6 children injured when train hits 2 vehicles in southwest Houston
- I-20 shut down in Arlington after truck carrying propane catches fire
- Texas (Alvin) Father and Son Suspected in Deadly Multistate Crime Spree: Police
- Beaumont woman accused of driving into, stabbing her children’s father
- Girl injured as teen skate party turns into brawl in SE Houston VIDEO
- Man watching fireworks killed by celebratory gunfire in Houston
- Santikos, San Antonio cinema mogul, dies
- Police identify driver killed after crashing SUV into Sun Metro bus
Political and other Texas news for 1/2/2015
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