- Scott Turner Addresses the Grand Prairie GOP Club on run for Speaker VIDEO
- A.G. Ken Paxton: As Texas Goes, So Goes the Nation
- Ken Paxton vows to continue Abbott’s federal fights as attorney general
- Conservatives urge Paxton to take up mantle against feds
- Ken Paxton sworn in as Texas attorney general
- Top Texas Officials on Hand as Paxton is Sworn In
- SD26: Express-News endorses radical Leftist with fake name for Senate (TRM’s fake name)
- HD17: Runoff expected in special election
- HD17: Home School Coaltion PAC backs Goleman in race
- Rep. Mike Villareal wooing Republicans in run for San Antonio mayor
- Gov. Perry to attend Fla. governor’s inaugural festivities
- Ex-Cherokee County DA announces switch to Republican party
- Pratt: Anti-risk societal moves threaten our prosperity. AUDIO
- ———-Texas government / issues————
- Incoming Lt. Gov. Patrick vows tax relief despite oil prices
- Sen. Bettencourt: Oil prices will make big tax cuts difficult
- Texas Budget Process Structured Against Transparency
- Sen. Kirk Watson: Key Senate rule change likely
- Sen. Perry files SJR 19 to keep minimum balance in Rainy Day Fund
- Sen. Perry: Falling Oil Prices Could Hurt State Budget AUDIO
- Agriculture expects good work in new session
- Gun Rights Advocates to Build Weapons at Capitol
- Lawmaker, Rep. Marsha Farney, wants to make cowboy hat the official Texas topper
- Does Texas Need An Official State Hat? Area Lawmaker Says Yes
- Legislators to consider marijuana bills VIDEO
- Injunction hearing set for Texas vs. Obama executive immigration action lawsuit
- Immigration group urges Congress to join states in amnesty fight
- 5th Circuit to hear second case on Texas abortion law Wednesday
- Jack Stick aide’s salary doubled, now questioned by top officials
- Jack Stick’s former chief of staff doubled salary in three years
- Stick’s Chief of Staff Facing Steep Pay Cut
- If the Internet becomes a public utility, you’ll pay more. Here’s why.
- Gov. Perry Appoints Jennings to Real Estate Research Advisory Committee
- Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Jefferson and Orange County Board of Pilot Commissioners
- Gov. Perry Appoints Three to San Jacinto River Authority Board of Directors
- Texas’s top doctor, David Lakey, leaving state agency for UT job
- Editorial: State attorneys general should adopt, endorse stronger ethical standards
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Texas Congressman Weber Tweets He’s Voting for Gohmert in Speaker Race
- Congressman Poe on Speaker’s Race: ‘I Have Not Decided’
- Gohmert Co-Sponsored Anti-Common Core Resolution
- John Boehner re-elected as House Speaker with biggest defection since 1923
- Gohmert Doesn’t Talk Like a Speaker, or Donate Money Like One – another reason he’d be a better Speaker!
- Jeffers: Texas GOP sends both leaders and agitators to Washington
- Thornberry takes leadership position
- Neugebauer: New Congress Set to Start with a Vote on My Windstorm Bill
- Vela to Biden: Violence is ‘ripping apart’ border region’s way of life
- Farenthold: Keystone XL bill to move fast
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- King Abdullah: Saudi Arabia will keep ‘solid will’ as oil prices falling
- Antero Resources to lay off more than 250 contract brokers
- Oil below $60 tests economics of U.S. shale boom
- Concho Resources cuts spending but expects production growth
- Plunging oil could chip away at million-dollar housing market
- Houston, D-FW have largest U.S. home price gains
- Southwest completes Love Field expansion with Tuesday’s new flights
- American Airlines again seeks to fly LA-Tokyo route
- American Airlines revamps ‘American Way’ in-flight magazine
- Texas Air Shuttle plans to launch private plane membership service as soon as February with flights to Dallas-Fort Worth
- Dallas Telecom Corridor office campus sold for redevelopment
- State Farm ready to move into its new Richardson digs
- 27-year-old Dallas sandwich shop owner made Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list
- Pratt: Anti-risk societal moves threaten our prosperity. AUDIO
- Irving-based NorthStar Anesthesia Acquires North Carolina Competitor
- SpaceX aims for pre-dawn launch to the space station
- Sturgis shipyard seeking permit for “objectionable” work
- —————Statewide general——————
- Brown Co. Commissioner Wayne Shaw to Stand Trial February 10th
- Walker County Commissioner Arrested For DWI
- Drunk Driving Black Dallas Co. Prosecutor Called Us ‘Uncle Tom’ and ‘KKK,’ say Cops
- Victoria police officer who used stun gun on 76-year-old man fired, more VIDEO
- Downtown Dallas light rail service suspended after attack on woman
- Former Houston Astro star Craig Biggio elected to Baseball Hall of Fame VIDEO
- Former Astros star Craig Biggio elected to Hall of Fame
- Alpine Grad Student’s Life At Risk During Power Outages VIDEO
- Ice Storm Ends in the Permian Basin, Clean Up Continues VIDEO
- Houston firefighters’ whereabouts trigger 3rd alarm in blaze
- Caregiver, housegiver charged in Houston half-million dollar jewelry theft
- Stun Guns Used On Scantily-Clad Woman Who Ran Into I-35 Traffic
- Cypress Woman Claims $14.5 Million Lotto Texas Jackpot
- Teens, 10-Year-Old Arrested In Armed Robbery Of Bellmead Pizza Driver
- Stolen tiny home found in San Antonio
- Hawkins man charged with terroristic threat VIDEO
- Austin couple killed in plane crash in New Mexico
- Raw Gas Fuels Worry for Rural Homeowner – use vented appliances only.
- Chikungunya virus confirmed in Dallas County
- Texas climber dies in Mexican mountaineering accident
- George and Barbara Bush celebrate 70th wedding anniversary
- Dallas fire truck crashes with cement truck, 4 injured
- Big Rig Stuck Under I-30 Bridge in Arlington
- 3.5 Earthquake Felt in Fort Worth, Dallas, Irving
- Pampa police officer shot in standoff, transferred to Lubbock hospital
- La Vernia ISD school bus hits wooden fence, 1 student hurt
- North Texas man sentenced to 7 years for tax fraud
- 2 million gallons of wastewater & storm water spill into Lanana Creek from City of Nacogdoches
- Armed robbers storm home near Donna
- 103-Year-Old Evicted from Midland Assisted Living Facility Passes Away at 104
- Trial Begins in Suit against McAllen ISD, Student claims she was forced to recite Mexican pledge
- Texas City lifts shelter-in-place order after natural gas line rupture
- Ex-pastor sentenced in child sex abuse case
- TSA stats say Texans should probably check their bags for firearms before traveling by plane
- At 70, North Texas firefighter earns college degree
- Creepy graffiti has Friendswood residents on edge
- Police surround El Paso VA Health Care System after report of shooter
- El Paso PD assisting Fort Bliss over reports of active shooter at VA clinic
- Congressman: Doctor shot, gunman dead in shooting incident at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso
- Gunman, 1 other person dead in shooting at veterans’ clinic
- Officials: Doctor at El Paso VA Health Care System killed, shooter kills self
Political and other Texas news for 1/6/2015
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