- Quick take: Abbott’s control issues are fluid
- 46 Texas House Democrats come out for Straus as Speaker – and there you have it, almost all the Dems in the House back putative Republican Joe Straus. Do you think they would if he was friendly to conservative legislation?
- Protect Power or Serve the People
- Do reps who stand with Straus stand with him on issues too? AUDIO
- Jason Villalba: Joe Straus is `Reaganesque;’ Scott Turner, `Godly,’ but unprepared to be speaker
- Op-Ed: Joe Pojman, a Pro-Life Endorsement for Straus and a $50k Donation
- Patrick and Paxton Voice Support for Wallace Hall in UT Scandal
- By the Numbers: The Inauguration Celebration
- Perry to let Abbott schedule runoffs
- D13 special election news roundup
- Van de Putte kicks off campaign for San Antonio mayor
- Top donor Mostyn to step down as chair of Annie’s List
- Texas Legislators Are Spending Fast And Loose With Your Contributions – but not tax-money, private money that we volunteer to give.
- 2016 Presidential Hopefuls Have Deep Ties to Texas
- Carson, Walker, Perry to headline RNC meeting
- Gov. Perry unafraid to laugh at ‘Oops moment’
- ———-Texas government / issues————
- Gov. Perry: Falling oil prices ‘painful’ for parts of Texas
- Nearing revenue estimate, Hegar seeks to soothe oil concerns
- State legislators pledge property tax relief
- All eyes on the new guy for the revenue estimate
- Texas Budgeting: Dead Money
- Conservative Think Tank Charts a New Way Forward for Tax and Expenditure Limits
- Dan Patrick lays out aggressively conservative agenda
- Rep. Workman calls for Article V convention of the states to propose a federal balanced budget amendment
- Nelson proposing tougher ethics rules in state contracts
- House to push for greater oversight of state contracts – yeah, led by the same folk who were getting favors from UT! Also it’s just me-too-ism as the Senate is already leading on this.
- Health agency seeking to avoid releasing emails about no-bid contract
- House panel recommends Texas Legislature take action on so-called “dark-money” – this is evil stuff. Congrats to Smithee, Craddick & Hilderbran for not signing it.
- Dispute over pollution permits likely to rematerialize at Legislature
- El Paso delegation’s only freshman learning the ropes before legislative session
- Legislature to convene on Jan. 13; New faces, old issues highlight 140-day session
- How a Texas public pension fund dealt with an ethics dilemma
- TTI, TxDOT Team Up to Test Connected Vehicle Technology
- Gov. Perry Appoints Knight as District Attorney of Leon County
- Skepticism greets Texas homosexual marriage argument in court
- Texas Poised to Cut Some Specialty License Plates
- Part of gun rights group’s suit against Arlington dismissed
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- Texas inmates struggle to be heard when family visits
- The “Texas model” works elsewhere
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Cornyn Bill Would Eliminate Obamacare’s IPAB
- Neugebauer Praises Senate Passage of TRIA
- Cruz, McConnell vie for influence VIDEO
- The News with Sen. Cruz – January 9, 2015 VIDEO
- Illness delays swearing-in for Rep. John Carter of Round Rock
- Freshman Brian Babin explains “present” vote in defiance of Speaker John Boehner
- US farmers will push Congress to end embargo on Cuba
- U.S. Rep. Will Hurd learned to lead at Texas A&M
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Oil rigs fall by most since 1991
- Gov. Perry: Falling oil prices ‘painful’ for parts of Texas
- Mexico’s Pemex proposes to import U.S. crude
- U.S. oil export ban poised to loosen with Mexico request
- How OPEC weaponized the price of oil against U.S. drillers
- Analysts split over whether oil plunge will hammer Texas’ housing market
- Delta reaches temporary agreement to keep flying from Love Field
- American Airlines plans to ‘rebank’ its Dallas/Fort Worth Airport hub this spring
- In Fort Worth trial, Moncrief Oil seeks $1.37 billion from Russian firm
- The Container Store working to improve customer traffic
- US ends best year for hiring in 15 years with 252,000 jobs added in December
- Texas city, Sweetwater, that prepared for oil boom now waits for bust
- Dallas, Arlington look for $300 million-plus boost from College Football Playoff
- Lubbock Ranked Among Best Performing Cities in 2014, Economic Think Tank Reports
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- Police: San Antonio officer stole suspects’ cash, drugs, rifle
- Dallas officer charged with sexual assault found dead in Little Elm, Suicide
- Plano police officer accused of indecency, possession of child pornography
- South San Antonio H.S. teacher heads to prison for child porn downloads
- Questions For Texas Earthquake Scientists — Why & Why Now?
- 2.6-magnitude quake Friday morning near Bachman Lake in Northwest Dallas
- Dallas Walmart employee refuses to print engagement photo with shotgun, store apologizes
- Amarillo Health Officials Monitoring Travelers for Ebola
- Travelers under Ebola quarantine in Amarillo
- NTSB: Kickapoo Airport Crash Cause Revealed VIDEO
- Homeless person killed in Brownwood fire at bum camp
- 2 charged in Austin theft, $18K worth of cookies, crackers
- Texas man gets 37 years for pouring boiling water on wife
- 5 caught, Houston theft ring favored fancy cars worth $485K
- 2 Texas men get prison time in Pine Bluff kidnapping
- Man Killed In Central Texas Barn Collapse Identified
- Judge wants trial for SXSW crash suspect Rashad Owens this year
Political and other Texas news for 1/9/2015
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