- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Speaker Straus deserves a little Valentine’s love – about all you need to know – one of Texas’ most Leftwing writers praises Speaker Straus.
- Tension between speaker & lieutenant governor is about more than border security – yes, Straus is not conservative and this is no secret.
- Governing Like California: Insult or Aspiration for Straus?
- Cronyism Continues in the House of Straus
- Is a Democrat the Real Chair of Higher Ed in the House?
- Abbott: What Texans Want From State Of The State VIDEO
- What is the ‘State of the State’ of Texas? Houstonians give their take
- Both Political Parties Agree: Texans Need Property Tax Relief
- The Basic Mechanics of Tax Relief
- Taxes in the crosshairs: Abbott, Patrick promise cuts, but amount uncertain
- Texas’ every two-year Legislature isn’t so ‘part time’
- No Medicaid expansion – Texas is still on the right track
- Sen. Perry Files Bills to Respond to Needs of Rural District
- Lubbock officials hope Texas Legislature kicks in for cleanup of abandoned 80-acre dump
- On-tap at Texas Legislature: State of the State; runoffs
- Sen. Perry on Open Carry: Texas Hasn’t Considered It in Earnest Until Now AUDIO
- Rep. Jason Villalba files bill to remove judges, county officials from straight-party voting – bad, bad, bad and typical for Villalba.
- Editorial: Legislature, pass bill expanding access to DNA evidence testing
- Editorial: State employee pension is a ticking time bomb
- Thousands of retired Texas teachers could face higher health care costs, more – just like the rest of us. They’d be really shocked if they had any idea how much it really costs for those of us who pay for it all.
- Bill targets out-of-state requests for public information
- Austin has more Capitol lobbyists than any other Texas city
- Senate Aims to Expand Gun Rights
- Sen. Van Taylor’s bill designed to discourage legislators from monetizing public service
- Abbott nominee for TxDOT board opposed highway funding amendment – Tryon wanted higher gas & registration taxes!
- Transportation Reform: Restore Local Control, Accountability
- Rep. Keffer’s conflicts of interest
- Texas vs. the Feds: A Look at the Lawsuits
- As State Ages, Families Face Caring for Elderly at Home
- Just as Texas solar industry gets moving, it finds itself on defense
- Plastic bag bans in Texas seem to be on the rise and working – the evidence is merely assertions of success by the backers of the bans! How ridiculous.
- Schnurman: Why Texas needs the Obamacare backstop VIDEO – the idiot still doesn’t understand that the Obamacare mandates have made the insurance you buy yourself, as do I, much, much more expensive!
- Prosecution says Rick Perry wanted to obstruct work of anti-corruption unit – even if such were true the Gov. still has the veto and can use it without it being a crime. His motivation is not regulated.
- Prosecutors Lift Veil on Perry’s Alleged Crimes
- Walmart lawsuit highlights Texas’ surprising alcohol laws
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Rick Perry stresses executive experience, Texas success
- Rick Perry assembles Iowa team for possible presidential bid
- Perry adding staff, launching ads, running hard in New Hampshire, Iowa VIDEO
- Perry: US wants more than ‘young, attractive’ orator Obama
- Jeb charts own course as he seeks to escape the burdens of being a Bush
- Ponnuru: Republicans shouldn’t dodge the evolution question
- Wal-Mart, AT&T, Spurs owner among donors to Abbott’s inauguration
- Busted: Obamacare Co-Ops Are Underwater And Sinking Fast
- Geert Wilders to Keynote Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest in Texas
- Gov. Greg Abbott inaugural donor list
- Inauguration Donors Include Democrats and Gamblers
- New Boss Same as the Old Boss? (Abbott / Perry)
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Cruz: Don’t Believe ‘If You Like Your Internet, You Can Keep Your Internet’
- Hot seat is part of the job for immigration chief Sarah Saldaña
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Kotkin: America Needs the Texas Economy to Keep on Rolling
- Mills: Production Gain, Price Decline Lead To News Stories
- Across Houston, waiting for the fallout from falling oil prices
- Oil cities not feeling price pinch much yet
- Amelia Dipprey has her Rimfire Trucking, all 55 trucks worth, rolling—keeping the wheels turning in the oil and gas industry.
- Gas Prices Increase Third Straight Week
- Bennigan’s CEO liked the chain so much, he bought the company; rebuilding Steak & Ale too
- Farm Bill Safety-Net Deadlines Approaching for Texas Farmers
- Just as Texas solar industry gets moving, it finds itself on defense
- —————Statewide general——————
- Young couple killed when car crashes, bursts into flames near Galveston Seawall
- Burnett: Houston Islamic Center Fire Troubling ‘In Light of’ Chapel Hill Shooting
- Hundreds in Houston gather to honor Muslim shooting victims
- Deputy: Routh said he killed ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle, friend because ‘they wouldn’t talk to me’
- Drug paraphernalia found inside home after Routh’s arrest
- Stephenville ready to get back to normal after ‘American Sniper’ trial
- Authorities arrest man suspected of being “Evening Burglar”
- Parole denied to killer of girls in Grand Prairie, Mexia in 1960s
- Man, 51, accused of fatally shooting his wife at their Granbury home
- Richardson man accused in deadly hit-and-run arrested in East Texas
- Texas Man Gets Life Sentence after 10th DWI Conviction
- Texas driver arrested, allegedly dragged donkey behind truck
- Lance Armstrong Loses $10 Million Arbitration Ruling
- DPS Troopers Seize Nearly $700,000 During Traffic Stop in Weslaco
- American Boeing 787 Doing Training Flights in West Texas
- Midland County Sheriff’s Office Conduct Game Room Raid
- Stray Bullet Hits Fort Worth Woman As She Drives
- Police: Tomball Officer Shoots Man Who Refused To Drop Gun
- Police: Officer shoots, injures armed suspect in Corpus Christi
- San Antonio burglar shot in attempted home invasion
- Houston: Man shot during home invasion, two young children unharmed VIDEO
- Big-rig, multiple vehicles in fiery I-10 crashes in Beaumont
- UPS employees plead guilty after shipping drug-laden packages
- Police: Driver hit, killed cyclist in McAllen
Speak Your Mind