- Straus opposes conservatism but attracts conservatives
- Grieder: Conservatives Are Dangerously Overinterpreting the Speaker’s Race
- An Ideology of Elitism
- Three Elections, No Winners Yet: SD26, HD17 & HD123 head to runoffs
- SD26: Reps. Trey Martinez Fischer and José Menéndez head to runoff
- Bexar runoffs loom in Texas Senate, House races
- HD17: Republicans Cyrier, Golemon go to runoff for Kleinschmidt seat
- Homosexuals demonstrate their lack of tolerance over sign at Anthony business
- Gun-rights group ruffles feathers with 3-D printing plan
- David Dewhurst plans to stay busy with book, travel, advocacy
- Betting odds site reveals Republican contenders’ chances of nomination
- TPPF Building the Foundation of Texas Conservatism
- Jeb Bush leadership PAC raising money fast
- Vice President Joe Biden to visit San Antonio on Friday
- ———-Texas government / issues————
- Texas Assoc. of BIG-Business opposes end of margins tax
- TAB’s Hammond opposes ending the hated margins tax on business – should be renamed the Texas Assoc. of Big-Business as it often is counter to what helps small business.
- Texas Budgeting: Cutting Around the Edges
- Oil prices make big tax cuts more difficult for Legislature
- State files public school finance briefing schedule with Supreme Court
- Sen. Nelson calls for state agency contract law changes
- Representative Longoria Pre-Files Legislation for 2015 Session
- Sen. Nichols and Rep. Travis Clardy File Legislation to Invest in Stephen F. Austin State Univ.
- Tarrant lawmakers talk budget and tax cuts, both if and how
- Court to Weigh Texas Policies on Abortion, Gay Marriage
- Abortion foes confident following hearing on Texas law
- Appeals Judges Grill Lawyers Over Abortion Law
- Texas Laws On Hair Braiding Ruled Unconstitutional
- Governor’s Mansion, office already suited for wheelchairs
- The World’s Resources Aren’t Running Out
- Rural/Urban Resources / January 2015 newsletter
- Recent rains improve drought standing for some counties in West Texas
- State Board for Educator Certification to begin Internet live-streaming of meetings in 2015
- Gov. Perry Appoints Sudderth as Justice of 2nd Court of Appeals
- Gov. Perry Appoints Bourland as Justice of the 3rd Court of Appeals
- Gov. Perry Appoints Schenck as Justice of the 5th Court of Appeals
- Gov. Perry Appoints Haertling as Judge of 442nd Judicial District Court
- Lakey Leaving DSHS, But Not Public Health
- State to investigate judge in controversial sex offender program
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Obama renominates three Texans to federal bench
- Grieder: Conservatives Are Dangerously Overinterpreting the Speaker’s Race
- Boehner strikes back after speaker race; Gohmert unafraid
- Analysis: When Right Doesn’t Make Might
- The opposition to John Boehner & the coming GOP nomination contest
- Texans figure big in House Speaker fight
- Cornyn Announces Whip Team for 114th Congress
- Settling in as majority whip, Cornyn huddles with Cruz, hits Obama for stubbornness
- Cornyn Hails Progress on Trans-Pacific Partnership
- Ted Cruz: Censoring Charlie Hebdo Cartoons “Unfortunate,” “Inconsistent” With Free Debate
- Listener email on Rep. Neugebauer’s vote for Boehner
- Sen. Cruz Names Zadrozny Counsel in D.C. Office
- Hurd, Texas’ first black Republican in Congress, defends Scalise
- Will Hurd’s First Day in Congress
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Comptroller Hegar: Texas sales tax collections up 4.3%
- Top 20 City Sales and Use Tax Comparison Summary – January 2015, All Cities
- H-E-B recalls two soups
- Lubbock’s Buffalo Wild Wings & Las Brisas Add Obamacare Surcharge to Bills
- After 50 Years, Littlefield Denim Plant Shuts Down VIDEO
- Tax Break Helps Apartment Boom Take Off in a Famously Sleepy Downtown Houston
- Delta flies past Tuesday’s deadline at Dallas Love Field as the carrier and city officials continue to talk
- Dr Pepper to join at-home market via new deal with K-cup maker Keurig
- Dallas restaurateur buys downtown high-rise with plans for new development
- Crow, MetLife unveil plans for Dallas skyscraper project on Klyde Warren Park
- Big games become business as usual for AT&T Stadium’s neighbors
- U.S. Steel to lay off 142 in Houston
- LGI Homes sold record number of homes in 2014
- Transocean’s $9.1 billion debt may be cut to junk status
- Low gasoline prices the perfect backdrop to educate public about the oil & gas industry
- Lavaca Bay LNG project postponed with economic changes
- Rocket problem postpones SpaceX launch to space station
- —————Statewide general——————
- Austin high school teacher resigns after arrest for enticing a child
- FBI: Gunman fatally shot doctor at El Paso veterans’ clinic
- FBI to question 100s of patients after Texas VA clinic shooting
- Official says VA shooter was retired soldier
- A Total of 11 Earthquakes Hit Dallas Area in 24 Hours – Centered on and around the old Texas Stadium. It is the ghost of Tom Landy mad that Jerry Jones rarely opens the roof at JerryWorld so all can look on from the heavens.
- Snyder, in West Texas, also experiences 3.5 magnitude quake
- Irving ISD to hold earthquake drills Wednesday
- SMU to Deploy 22 More Seismographs in Irving
- The DMN’s Rudy Bush on Earthquakes, Drilling VIDEO
- Amid New Earthquakes, Researchers Head to Irving
- Runaway Horse Creates a Wild Chase for 2 Ranger Boys VIDEO
- School Gym in Roby Shut Down After Making Visitors Sick, more
- Arrest Made in Connection With Deadly Odessa Motel Shooting
- FBI Releases Surveillance Photos of Midland Bank Robbery Suspect
- Tough Mudder obstacle course to launch new ‘tear gas’ tent this year
- Report: Millionaire mother-in-law weds billionaire Houston dad
- Man sexually assaults woman, steals her coffee pot
- Questions Surface As Couple, Boy Solicit Money For Waco School
- Dallas man gets 9 years in $5M accidents scam
- Residents file negligence suit following deadly high-rise fire
- Police: Dog bites man’s ear off at Austin bus stop
- Airplane Makes Emergency Landing on Road in Sanger
- Keller student reports attempted kidnapping on way to school
Political and other Texas news for 1/7/2015
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