- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Editorial: Polls irrelevant to Second Amendment
- Governor Abbott Addresses Greater Houston Partnership Luncheon, Outlines Session Priorities
- Senate finance chair said Racing Commission has “gone rogue”
- GOP senators slam Texas Racing Commission chief
- Bad Bet By Rogue Agency
- Racing Commission Still at Risk of Being Cut Off
- Texas Senate gets plan to add $2B for highways
- Transportation Funding a Top Priority
- Texas Transportation Commission Approves More Than $2 Billion In Road Projects Across The State
- Toll Free Texas
- Senator Perry files bills to enhance election integrity
- Senate panel questions Gov. Greg Abbott’s nominees to UT board
- Senators Grill UT Regent Appointees
- YCT Opposes Beck and Tucker UT Board of Regents Nominations
- Rep. Stickland rattles cage, protests Straus is going slow on immigrant measure
- Teachable Moment: Straus and TRS
- Schwertner Files SB 8, Landmark Tax Relief for Small Business
- House leaders pitch pre-kindergarten reform bill, more
- New pre-K bills modeled on Abbott’s plan, but don’t spend the maximum
- Ban of e-cigarette sale to minors advances in Senate
- Rep. Burrows files bill to protect farmers’ interest in their crops
- Rep. James White Retired Teachers Press Release
- Rep. Herrero Files Legislation to Keep Tourism Dollars Local
- Rep. Chris Turner files bill to require schools to teach “medically accurate” sex-ed.
- Should sex ed in Texas be about safe sex?
- Rep. Gene Wu Announces Bills to Protect Kids and Modernize the Child Welfare System
- Lawmaker’s bill could be a silver bullet to stop high-speed rail
- Bill would end arbitrary closing of juvenile hearings in Texas
- Conservative Texas Lawmakers Target United Nations’ Agenda 20 in Texas
- Report: Border Surge a Success; Permanent Troopers Now Needed
- A.G. Paxton Speaks at Heritage Foundation Discussion on the Case Against President Obama’s Executive Amnesty
- Paxton: Obama administration ‘devious’ in immigration policy fight
- Comptroller Glenn Hegar Identifies Tax Laws For Repeal From State Statute
- Amputee’s case held up as example in sex offender program
- Abortion supporter organizations, lawmakers rally at Texas Capitol
- Texas agency at center of contracting scandal may face stricter rules
- Mired by contract woes, HHSC chief Kyle Janek hires ‘ethics officer’
- Revamped Cancer Agency (CPRIT) Faces New Questions – it should go away
- Governor Abbott Designates Ryan Sitton To Interstate Mining Compact Commission
- Rick Perry Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Dismiss Case
- Controversy abounds at Texas’ private prisons – the far-Left does not like their gov’t monopoly being threatened.
- Land Commissioner Bush expands veteran benefits
- Empower Texans: Hey Media, Be Happy We Won!
- State contract for next four years of STAAR to be awarded next month
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Sen. Ted Cruz at CPAC 2015: Stand With the People, Not Washington VIDEO
- At CPAC, Ted Cruz plies conservatives and plants seeds for 2016
- Cruz fires up conservatives at CPAC gathering
- Cruz: ‘Talk Is Cheap’
- To Conservatives, Cruz Touts Fights With Own Party
- Report: Ted Cruz Is Staffing Up in Iowa
- Perry turns hipster glasses into campaign art
- Open Carry Texas plans demonstration in Amarillo Saturday.
- Wendy Davis discusses gubernatorial campaign, women’s rights at lecture
- Federal Government is Very Unpopular With Texas Voters
- Ethics complaint against Dallas mayors’ aide-turned-council candidate moves ahead
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Bipartisan Success: Cornyn’s Human Trafficking Bill Passes Committee
- Senate Judiciary Committee passes bill to fight human trafficking
- Boehner mum on DHS bill as partial shutdown approaches
- Culberson Chairs First CJS Subcommittee Hearing of 2015
- Rep. Gene Green Votes to Stop Homeland Security Shut Down
- AG Nominee Loretta Lynch Survives Judiciary Committee — with Republican Help
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- U.S. Commerce Department: Texas set a record for exports in 2014
- Retail gasoline prices across Texas up 6 cents this week
- J.P. Morgan Chase considering Dallas area for huge employment center
- Southwest Airlines returns planes to sky
- Southwest Airlines baggage handlers protest carrier’s ‘Airline of the Year’ award – perfect example of unions
- Mesa Airlines to fly seven more Bombardier jets for American Airlines Group
- Health Wildcatters alum Lantern Pharma raises nearly $1 million in funding
- Mike McDougal sues family in dispute over control of family companies, more
- GM reportedly cuts production at car plants
- FCC vote on Net neutrality affects giants like AT&T, tiny startups
- Houston bucks downtown job growth trend
- SpaceX launches confirmed
- Oil Bust Empties Out Private-Jet Parking Lot in Texas
- U.S. Oil Inventories Surge for Seventh Week
- —————Statewide general——————
- Indian Lake police chief arrested on 14 felony charges
- Arlington Woman Wins ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Lawsuit
- RIP: Rancher, historian Jack Loftin
- Pasadena Mother Arrested for Pulling Gun on Student: Police VIDEO
- Truck Tanker Loaded With Oil Rolls in Upton County
- Lubbock Police Arrest Man for Kidnapping 22-Year-Old Woman
- Almost 88,000 households in Bexar County use food stamps
- Trail cam turns Texas bobcats into Facebook stars
- Houston police searching for armed bank robbery suspects
Political and other Texas news for 2/26/2015
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