- Texas Reps Square Off on Straus v. Turner for Speaker
- Truth stranger than fiction: Speaker Straus stops conservative legislation & conservatives back him as Speaker
- Straus Not Always Silent on Issue of Record Vote
- Rep. Villalba says Speaker Straus pushes the progressive agenda
- How Abbott’s meeting with Obama went, according to Abbott
- Texas inaugural committee mum on who’s funding festivities
- Sid Miller Sworn-In as Texas Ag Commissioner: ‘Agriculture Matters’
- Three Texas Legislative Races Heading to Runoffs — Early Voting Underway in Fourth
- Working Poor Win in Red States, Due to Lower Cost of Living
- The Cost of Living Matters in Poverty Calculations
- George W. Bush calls for increased focus on the ‘suffering of North Korean people’ VIDEO
- Ron Paul on Paris terror attack: B****es had it coming
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- House releases initial round of interim committee reports
- Straus team on State Affairs recommends “dark money” regulation
- Dan Patrick lays out aggressively conservative agenda
- Patrick: Nix in-state tuition law, prosecutor unit funding
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ‘Determined’ to Pass School Choice Bill in Texas
- Stage Set for School Choice
- ‘School choice’ would save Texas billions, groups say
- Study: School choice a plus
- Gov.-elect Abbott targets local bans on plastic bags, fracking, tree-cutting, etc.
- Abbott: Replace Sunset Commission With Citizen Panel
- Texas Budgeting: System protects programs like the Texas Enterprise Fund
- Discussing “Clear Mandate,” Patrick Talks Tax Cuts
- New comptroller likely to crimp Texas budget plans
- Nelson: In Texas’ hugely outsourced social programs, tougher ethics laws needed
- Texas Lawmaker Asks for Audit of Second Health Contract
- Amid 21CT contract scandal, leaders call for more rules and oversight
- Sen. Charles Perry: Protect the Rainy Day Fund
- Sen. Charles Perry: Can We Keep Texas the ‘Shining City on a Hill?’
- HB623 Looks to Prevent Homosexual “Marriage” From Becoming Legal
- If Texas Caves On Medicaid, The War Against Obamacare May Be Over
- TWDB votes to keep Marvin Nichols project, more
- Texas Music Office director says Abbott is replacing him
- Attorney General Paxton Statement on HB 2 Arguments Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Spirited court debate greets Texas abortion law
- Gov. Perry Appoints Pittman as Judge of 352nd Judicial District Court
- Gov. Perry Appoints Pulliam as Justice of the 4th Court of Appeals
- Gov. Perry Appoints Miller as Judge of 5th Judicial District Court
- Gov. Perry Appoints Burnett as Judge of 50th Judicial District Court
- DPS Urges Texans to Prepare for Arctic Weather
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- JoAnn Fleming: Louie Gohmert is Our Hometown Hero
- Boehner retaliates against Texan congressman, other GOP rebels
- Immigration clash is coming as House
- Boehner promises quick action to block Obama immigration order
- Rep. Vela goes to court in support of Obama’s immigration order
- Thornberry Becomes Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
- House passes two of Neugebauer’s bills on second day of session
- Senate passes Neugebauer’s Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
- Freshman Texans to lead high-tech subcommittees
- Congressional leaders charge ‘potentially deceptive sales tactics’ by SolarCity, others
- Cornyn: Obama Keystone Veto Threat Cause For Whiplash
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- J.C. Penney to close 40 stores across 19 states this year; only Texas store is in Brenham
- Lubbock Buffalo Wild Wings Restaurants Drop Obamacare Surcharge
- Renowned trader sees $40 oil as ‘absolute price floor’
- Retail gasoline prices across Texas dip below $2 per gallon
- Aloft Hotel, Whole Foods grocery coming to Richardson’s huge CityLine development
- High-rise project next to Klyde Warren Park to be largest in central Dallas
- Working Poor Win in Red States, Due to Lower Cost of Living
- Has expanded flying at Dallas Love Field hurt the D/FW International Airport? November statistics say a little
- American Airlines’ customers may see new gray uniforms being tested by employees this month
- D-FW home starts surged 30 percent in fourth quarter
- Perryman: The Short-Term Outlook for the U.S. Economy
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- Pampa Police Officer Shot Tuesday Recuperating in Lubbock Following Surgery VIDEO
- Texas VA shooter named as a 48-year-old former clinic clerk and Iraq veteran who threatened his victim before at nearby supermarket
- DPS: $7,500 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Fugitive From Corpus Christi
- Residents React to Mysterious Boom in Lubbock
- Lubbock police working to notify hundreds of forgery victims
- NTSB Releases Preliminary Crash Report on Deadly West Odessa Plane Accident
- Barstow Residents Forced to Mail in Pecos Following Post Office
- Quake outbreak intrigues scientists, rattles residents
- 2 dead in north Houston car sales lot shooting
- Man charged with killing 2 in Conroe
- Teague vs. Bruceville-Eddy basketball game suspended after parent strikes player, parent arrested
- McAllen student who sued over Mexican pledge and flag loses lawsuit
- Texas-born plot involved terrorists teaming up with cartel
- 4 sentenced in West Texas same-day property flip scam
- North Texas man held without bond after 8th DWI charge
- Glenn Heights PD officer injured after getting hit by car VIDEO
- Suspected car thief crashes near Plano PD
- Unsung Cowboys defensive standout Jethro Pugh dies
- Sources: Ricky Williams going into College Football Hall of Fame
- 3 teens killed in fiery traffic accident south of Houston
Political and other Texas news for 1/8/2015
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