- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Carlos Cascos confirmed as Texas Secretary of State
- Stuart Bowen confirmed as Texas health inspector general
- The Conservative Approach to Limiting Government Growth
- Texas Leaders Respond to Abbott’s Address
- Abbott says schools, roads, border — and tax cuts — are priorities – typical libs, they can’t understand how tax cuts can lead to better gov’t service.
- Ideas in Gov. Greg Abbott’s address are short on scope, aspiration – an odd take
- Abbott proposes sweeping agenda in State of the State address
- Texas schools should get letter grades, Gov. Greg Abbott says
- Observers: Abbott strikes less partisan tone – than who!? His list was almost a match to that of Dan Patrick.
- Abbott makes border security a legislative priority
- Straus Opposes Long-Term Deployment of Guard at Border – come on, he opposes even short-term deployment.
- Parker: Patrick, step back from border – you’re not campaigning anymore – best reply posted: Democrats are always surprised when a politician follows through on their campaign promises. That’s why they hate Ted Cruz.
- Proposed revenue caps could cost Fort Worth $11.2 million – but taxpayers would have the money as opposed to gov’t!
- Rep. James Frank files budget consistency bill
- Leading by example: Sen. Konni Burton
- Sen. Kirk Watson files 3 ethics bills
- Jason Isaac, Kelly Hancock file bills to let Wal-Mart sell liquor
- Kindred Spirits: Wal-Mart, Kroger Align in Booze Bid
- Texas Chief Justice Presses Lawmakers on Legal Aid for Veterans
- Tim Tebow Bill (HB347) Update 1
- Proposed bill would raise car fees to fund Travis Co. road improvements
- UT corruption – it doesn’t end with Bill Powers
- Kroll ignored hundreds of weak UT applications
- Higher education chairman sees consensus on need for college bonds – just another avenue for ballooning public debt. These institutions have, for the large part, been unwilling to operate efficiently and curb spending. Why give them debt power?
- Texas is having big problems with its most violent sex offenders
- Texas senator: Sex offenders program not working as intended
- DPS Makes 645 DWI Arrests During Holiday Effort
- A.G. Paxton seeks emergency halt to Travis County homosexual-marriage ruling
- Texas AG: marriage licenses still limited to a man and woman
- Nearly 1.2 million Texans insured under Obamacare – still a very small number of those they claimed were uninsured and would be covered. Plus the rest of us are now facing premiums we can’t afford!
- Even Insured Consumers Get Hit With Unexpectedly Large Medical Bills
- Texas State Board of Education Members Address Math Concerns in Letter Sent to Education Comm. Michael Williams
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- SD26; HD123: Menendez wins Senate race, Bernal House race runoff VIDEO
- El Diablito is in the details: On El Jefe’s loss in Senate District 26
- HD13: Schubert beats Bilski in runoff
- HD17: Cyrier beats Golemon in runoff
- Voters elect two new GOP House members
- Menéndez to Senate; Three Claim House Seats
- Texas Special Election Results Settle Four Legislative Seats
- The crooks in the tea party movement
- In Iowa, Rick Perry learns all politics is local
- Barbara Bush finally changes her mind on Jeb for president
- Texas is not among the most Republican states as demographics shift
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Thornberry promotes business tax relief bill
- Sen. Ted Cruz Discusses Court Decision Blocking Obama’s Amnesty with Megyn Kelly VIDEO
- Cornyn: Above and Beyond the Call of Duty: Doris Miller’s Story from Waco to WWII
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Texas auto dealers reach out, but Tesla slams the door
- Cinemark beats analysts’ estimates on higher concessions sales, easier comparisons
- $50 million redo in the works for Solana business park near D/FW Airport
- 7-Eleven eliminates franchise fee on 200 stores, 31 in Texas
- Oil rises to highest this year amid Libyan, Iraqi disruptions
- Drop in oil prices leaves roughnecks at loose ends
- Marathon cuts 2015 capital spending by another $1 billion
- Baker Hughes, Midland driller to cut 150 more Texas jobs
- T. Boone Pickens’ energy holdings lost nearly half of their value in fourth quarter
- Southwest Airlines fights order to share gates with Delta
- Virgin America to launch Dallas-Austin flights in April
- Virgin America to hand out pay raises in April, but cut profit sharing in 2015
- Four Houston chefs among James Beard semifinalists
- An all-American history of Whataburger, the mouth-watering ‘Texas Treasure’
- Kindred Spirits: Wal-Mart, Kroger Align in Booze Bid
- Bullet Train Firm Reveals Dallas-Houston Route
- Texas crop, weather for Feb. 18, 2015
- Mark Cuban Says Net Neutrality Will ‘Fuck Everything Up’
- —————Statewide general——————
- Lubbock police officer arrested on charges of prostitution, police say
- Sharpstown High principal reassigned after abuse allegations
- Teacher arrested at school in child sex assault case in Houston
- Farmers Branch councilman resigns, indicted for theft
- DPS: $3,000 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Sex Offender From Beaumont
- Mother of Chris Kyle’s Accused Killer Testifies at Trial
- Before he killed, Routh was paranoid, wanting to get to married and needing a shower
- Texas Man Strangled Wife to Death, Slept Next to Her Body
- February Is Romance Time – Especially For Skunks
- Texas woman accused of stealing $1.3M from boss
- Lubbock Man Pleads Guilty to Aiming Laser Pointer at DPS Helicopter while in Garland
- Midland Police Warning Residents About Counterfeit Bills
- Fire Consumes Midland Home, Mother Claiming Ex Committed Arson
- Police searching for gunman after man shot on North Side of San Antonio
- Assault, indecency charges grow for Upshur County man
- FBI cracks down on public corruption in South Texas VIDEO
- Corpus Christi man allegedly stabbed by neighbor, 48, after asking to see her breasts
- Pearland: One of the twins found unresponsive in bathtub dies
- Texas’ woman named a finalist for chance to take one-way trip to Mars – well not exactly.
- Family forgives San Antonio man who stabbed teacher more than 100 times
- Texas man killed in Georgia concrete silo accident
- Suspected carjacker shoots man in Oak Cliff
- Fort Worth police shoot man who pointed gun at crowd
- Coast Guard in Texas rescues family of 4 from grounded boat
- Animal escapes from Brownsville zoo, seen running down street
- ‘I Hope I Broke Her Nose’: Customer Head-Butts Walmart Employee in Deer Park
- Police set up security for two employees after Samantha Dean death
Political and other Texas news for 2/18/2015
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