- Straus keeps support of most House Democrats
- Texas Democrats Join Cheerleading Team for Straus
- Joe Straus: The Texas House is ready to work
- State senators turn up heat on House at Turner rally
- Texas GOP Group Wants ‘More Conservative Candidate’ than Straus
- Straus Happened
- Speakership Victory
- New state leaders may mean new Texas Capitol dynamics
- New leadership prepares to take over in Texas 84th Legislative session
- New state leadership among top challenges for Texas Legislature
- Capitol Steps: Texas Legislature opening with different cast, new drama
- Herman: For the 84th time, 140 days of the Texas Legislature
- Texas Legislature: What you need to know about the politics at work – according to liberals at the Statesman
- Op-Ed: Joe Pojman, a Pro-Life Endorsement for Straus and a $50k Donation
- Michael Quinn Sullivan vs Joe Pojman: Pojman Fires Back
- Who is next to lead the Republican Party of Texas?
- Williams: Liberals demean blacks by setting double standards
- Texas Monthly’s Paul Burka to reture in March
- France has strict gun laws. Why didn’t that save Charlie Hebdo victims?
- The most likely targets of Islamist wrath are in the cities with the most restrictive gun laws.
- Extremism in election law. An example of what insiders are trying to do to upstarts
- Ted Cruz’s Twitter maestro gets profiled by CNN
- Rick Perry’s legacy: The good, the bad, the strange
- Chris Christie nabs Dallas-based Ray Washburne as finance chief for 2016
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- Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Releases Biennial Estimate – Hegar is set to appear on Pratt on Texas today.
- Hegar sees rosier revenue picture than many expected
- Hegar: “Moderate Expansion” of Economy is Expected
- Comptroller predicts better-than-expected growth in Texas economy
- Patrick: I can push property tax relief through
- Again, tensions mount between Austin and the descending Legislature
- Texas Legislature: 6 key dates
- NRA-ILA: Protect Your Right to Hunt & Fish – Urge Your Lawmaker to Support HJR 61 and SJR 22
- Waller: State lawmakers to tackle unfinished business
- Big County reps talk plans for 84th Legislature
- North Texas legislative delegation’s lost experience, rightward shift worry some
- Editorial: Leave postseason rules to the UIL
- Texas Rep Introduces Bill to Defend Traditional Marriage and State Sovereignty
- Analysis: Session a Mix of New Faces and Uncertainty
- The five biggest issues the Texas Legislature will tackle in 2015
- Other issues facing the 2015 Texas Legislature
- What to expect from House, Senate in 2015
- Who and what to watch in the 2014 legislature
- Medicaid Expansion: More Fraud, or More Corruption
- Texas chancellors united on seeking more legislative funding
- A Conversation With Huffman and Watson VIDEO
- House education chairman proposes super school finance districts across Texas
- Rule on Natural Gas Rate Hikes is Fuel for Debate
- Judges question Texas’ interest in banning homosexual marriage
- Texas child welfare agency not reporting hundreds of deaths
- Texas to leave inspection sticker behind
- More users, Texas State Railroad ridership up in 2014 VIDEO
- Handful of new Texas laws took effect Jan. 1
- Ag. Commissioner Sid Miller declares cupcake amnesty, more
- Gov. Perry Appoints Neeley as Justice of 12th Court of Appeals
- Gov. Perry Issues Proclamation Naming January 2015 as “Crime Stoppers Month”
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- Cornyn Unveils Bill Making State Sales Tax Deduction Permanent for Texans
- Cornyn Slams Obama Admin’s ‘Tendency Toward Political Correctness’ on Terrorism VIDEO
- Cruz hits Obama for skipping Paris rally
- Cruz and Rubio to chair important space and science subcommittees
- Mr. Cruz comes to Houston — for jury duty
- U.S. Representatives from Texas React to Keystone XL Pipeline Vote
- Gohmert Celebrated by Texas Grassroots
- Sen. Cruz Op-Ed in TIME: ‘Our President Should Have Been There’
- Neugebauer Criticizes Obama Administration for Paris Terror Attack Response
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- The Texas economy will weather storm
- SpaceX launches for NASA, no luck with rocket landing at sea, Elon Musk’s twitter explanation of the 1st stage landing attempt
- Gallery Furniture betting big on oil prices VIDEO
- Lubbock entrepreneur named to Forbes’ ’30 Under 30′ for water technology
- Whataburger to Mia Khalifa, a popular porn star with Texas ties who wants franchise: No thank you
- Oil could drive down ethanol profits, but industry shielded
- Texas Weekly Gas Price Update and Outlook
- Mills: The Debate About Fracturing Must Be Based On Sound Science
- Saudi prince: $100-a-barrel oil ‘never’ again – this is full of ridiculous, and simply wrong claims.
- List of the nation’s top master-planned areas includes Houston spots
- Patterson: RGV could get a natural gas generation plant
- Dallas-area insurers see spike in calls about quake policies
- Dallas commercial real estate broker and industry legend Bob Edge dies
- D-FW industrial construction is the highest in more than a decade
- Trinity Industries faulty-guardrail study is faulted in new review
- Small businesses added a million workers in 2014 — and they’re not slowing down
- More immigrants could mean slightly lower wages in blue-collar jobs – it’s “slightly” less money when it’s not your job and you’re not poor!
- How a better economy could mean more poor Americans go hungry – the standard view of hand-wringing libs – there is NEVER good new, just more problems in need of bigger government!
- American president says company is not being “unreasonable” in its pilots union contract ratification deadline
- American Airlines says proposed pilot contract would raise its 2015 costs by $650 million
- Container Store CEO Tindell leads industry group
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- Judge to Hear Manslaughter Case Against Former Wichita Falls Policeman
- Plano police officer arrested on child-sex charges
- San Antonio Cop Busted for Allegedly Stealing Drug Dealer’s Cash, Drugs and Gun
- Former Midland Teacher, Jennifer Oneill, Found Not Guilty of Indecency & Improper Relationship
- Victoria police officer who tased man, 76, wants job back
- Former IRS Employee Sentenced to Probation in Lubbock
- Camel tramples man, 53, and woman, 72, to death in Wichita Falls, more VIDEO
- Two Gambling Facilities Shut Down Graham VIDEO
- Beaumont Police: Brother kills sibling over TV channel argument
- Barricaded man surrenders to end standoff at Tomball hospital VIDEO, Police: Man in hospital standoff had gun, faces charge
- Retired firefighter killed in house fire
- Six People Taken to the Hospital Following Rollover Accident Near Alpine
- Officials Investigating Explosion at Midland Building
- El Paso police officer shoots armed car passenger dead during stop
- Packers rally to beat Cowboys 26-21
- Referee Gene Steratore explains thought process on reversed Dez Bryant catch – surely Lions’ fans are thinking “karma”
- Cowlishaw: Cowboys season ends with lousy referee explanation, controversy
- Man, 76, arrested in Texas City hit-and-run death of bicyclist
- Smash and grab burglaries spike in Houston
- Harris County road fatalities rise, bucking large county trend
- Houston police officer shoots home invasion suspect
- After 2 quakeless days, a 2.5-magnitude temblor hits near the old Texas Stadium site
- Woman arrested in theft of Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance
- Belgian student travels 5,000 miles to Austin to meet Facebook friend suggestion
- 2015 Houston Rodeo lineup announced
- A year later, Lindale firefighter, burn victim recounts his ordeal
Political and other Texas news for 1/12/2015
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