- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Greg Abbott’s State of the State address set for Feb. 17
- Hegar sticks by his revenue estimate, sees “no wiggle room”
- Big 3 opposition to diverting road money no guarantee for TxDOT
- Transportation Reform: Fiscal Responsibility First
- Op-Ed: Texas Republican Senators, You have a Mandate to Drive!
- Lt. Gov. Patrick announces grassroots advisory board
- Dan Patrick taps conservative activists for advisory panel
- Op-Ed: Six Reasons Texas Should Kill the Margin Tax
- MADD president pushes for beefed-up DWI ignition interlock laws in Texas
- Sen. Perry Discusses Committee Appointments, Criminal Justice AUDIO
- Border senators pleased with committee assignments
- Grieder on Senate committee appointments
- UT-RGV will get behind efforts to retain in-state tuition for DREAMers – another example of how gov’t uses our money to lobby against us. This should be illegal.
- Legislature demands further oversight of BP disaster money
- Rep. Aycock Attacks School Choice
- Texas lawmakers look at quake funding
- Lighting up at the Texas Capitol?
- Don’t look for a meet-and-confer bill in the Lege this year
- Analysis: Legislators’ Expenses and Schmoozing, Linked
- Lucio to offer resolution honoring Holocaust project
- Libs: Texas has the Third Most Regressive Tax System in the U.S.
- Gun, school choice rallies on-tap at Texas Legislature
- Gun enthusiasts rally at Capitol for open carry law
- Photos of today’s open carry rally at the Capitol
- Open carry advocates tone down approach
- Pro-life groups rally behind George P. Bush, Texas first lady Cecilia Abbott in Austin
- Thousands ‘Rally for Life’ at Capitol with Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott
- Attorney for Michael Quinn Sullivan: ‘The Law Is Very Clear’
- MQS vs TEC hearing postponed until Feb 18. – Texas Politics
- How some local governments are violating the law and the public’s trust in records requests
- Abbott praises major healthcare initiative for Valley colonias
- NM Attorney General says water battle with Texas is critical
- TWC warns Texans of unemployment benefits scam
- New Texas law requires one car sticker, but sows multiple questions
- Texas AG Paxton Announces Majority of States Now Part of Immigration Lawsuit; Tennessee, Nevada Officially Join
- Garcia Glen White scheduled for execution
- Land Commissioner Bush promotes open government
- Homosexual agenda battles brewing across Texas
- Trial over Houston’s equal rights ordinance could be lengthy
- Texas CPS news: Placements with family members can be deadly for abused children
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Perry, Cruz thrill Iowa conservatives at 2016 field’s first big gathering
- Ted Cruz urges Iowans to look at action, not mere talk, in 2016 contenders
- Immigration protesters interrupt Rick Perry at Iowa summit
- Rick Perry, looking forward, still has one foot in a Texas courtroom
- In Iowa, a Preview of a Revamped Perry
- Rick Perry wins the all-important Iowa Twitter primary
- Perry Courts the Jewish Vote in Iowa
- Cruz, Perry lay out 2016 themes in Iowa
- On stage with Paul and Rubio, Cruz defends Koch Brothers
- GOPapalooza: A field guide to the 2016 Republican presidential campaign
- GOP race for president has a strong Texas accent
- As 2016 Campaign Heats Up, Rand Paul Reaches Out to Texas
- Are Ron Paul’s hard-core stands a problem for son’s presidential bid?
- While Rand Paul Seeks Donors, Ron Paul Talks Secession
- Grieder: Brace Yourselves – future Texas elections
- Lubbock mayor considering bid for 19th congressional seat
- The ‘Future of Texas’ Inaugural Ball with Photo Album
- California bars judges from Boy Scouts membership
- The rise of ‘scam PACs’
- John Bolton: The TT Interview
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Sen. Cruz: Yemen’s collapse demonstrates Obama’s foreign policy failures
- Thornberry on Turmoil in Yemen
- Gohmert denies ethics complaint
- Texas’ Flores steers huge GOP bloc, trying to keep it intact
- How Texas congressmen compare to their districts
- McCaul Leads Congressional Delegation to the Southwest Border
- Congressmen glimpse Southwest border security
- Vela tries to block more border fencing for RGV
- New GOP Caucus Could Set Stage for Leadership Coup
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Texas manufacturing outlook declined in January from December
- PolitiFact: Texas has gained jobs while U.S. lost
- Rick Perry’s Texas responsible for US job creation
- Toni&Guy co-founder survives a crisis to seize the day
- Lock of Lincoln’s hair, other items fetch $800,000 in Dallas auction
- Southwest services in Lubbock stable despite airline’s growth at Dallas Love Field
- Texas Man Sells “World’s Largest BBQ Pit” on eBay
- Beef supply lowest in 50 years due to drought
- Climbing beef prices doing little to curb consumers’ taste for cow, area experts say
- Helicopter company opens Houston office to serve offshore workers
- Apache taps new CFO as exiting CEO gets hefty retirement package
- Marathon Petroleum paying for refinery dust cleanup
- Energy Transfer to buy Regency Energy in $18 billion deal
- Bi-national Burgos Basin energy consortium to launch
- SpaceX Drops Lawsuit Against Air Force
- J.C. Penney closes its 10 Foundry Big & Tall stores
- Omni Dallas Hotel predicts 6% revenue gain for 2015 – amazing what you can do when gov’t takes the land and taxpayers build the hotel!
- Lenders who focus on back taxes now under fire from bankers
- This Scientific Development Could Impact Fracking Litigation
- —————Statewide general——————
- Off-duty Dallas police corporal arrested on DWI charge in Cedar Hill
- Houston police lfficer trio indicted in ticket rigging
- 3 cops on paid leave following Longview Police Station shooting
- The most violent cities in Texas the problem with assault-type reports is reporting from the public. A more law-and-order, less crime town will report almost everything whereas huge inner-city, don’t trust the cops populations often have much lower reporting of crimes.
- Plane makes hard landing at Kirbyville
- Possible flight delays in Austin due to Northeast winter storm
- Volunteer firefighter dies in Plantersville car crash
- Fading El Niño could extend Texas drought
- Irving man who’d worked at Austin Fox station killed himself in front of News Corp. HQ – sad, a scapegoater
- Two drivers arrested for DWI in Grand Prairie after back-to-back car crashes
- Heartbreaking Mystery: 40 Dogs Disappear in Texas County
- West Texas veterans parade crash that killed 4 set to go to trial
- Midland “Peeping Tom” Arrested
- Marshals arrest sex offender who has East Texas ties
- Top 10 wanted sex offender arrested in Mexico after 5 years on the run
- Houston woman marries herself in elaborate ceremony – more self-centered mockery of the holy sacrament of marriage
- Lance Armstrong says he would dope again
- Bond set at $1 million for suspect arrested in Rusk County burned body case
- Downtown Jacksonville buildings on fire
- Armed robber dead at Smith Co. convenience store
- Houston Man Mistakes Son For Burglar, Shoots Him
- Armed suspects rob City Centre bank in Houston
- Texas on list of states with highest rates of STDs
- Texas Woman’s Missing Dog Returned After Turning Up In Indiana
- Jury awards El Paso family $165M in FedEx wrongful death lawsuit
- Investigators Check Tips After Attempt To Abduct Girl, 12
- East Texas ophthalmologist helps restore patients’ vision throughout the world
- Dog tests positive for rabies, first in Harris County in decades
- Marion couple, unborn baby killed in East Texas accident
Political and other Texas news for 1/26/2015
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