- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Senate Tax Cut Plan Draws Criticism
- Will Senate tax plan shift burden to businesses? – in other words, we want a break on property taxes too.
- Texas Lt. Gov. Talks Border Security, Tax Relief and Education VIDEO
- Texas Senate plan to free funds from spending cap met with skepticism
- Analysis: Fear of Spending Even Extends to Tax Cuts
- So Much for Fiscal Responsibility
- Proposed legislation to provide tax relief
- Texas cities and schools #2 in U.S. in local debt per person
- Rising Local Debt Draws Attention of Legislature
- Burka calls Dan Patrick’s ego “monumental”
- Ratcliff joins in the Texas Monthly attack on Dan Patrick – he’s way off on the Senate not moving more quickly than the House – completely opposite take from all I’ve heard from and read.
- Funding for More DPS Border Officers Gets Tentative OK
- House Leaders Seek to Phase Out B-On-Time Loan Program
- Senate nominations committee approves UT System regents – shame
- GOP bill would strip Public Integrity Unit power
- Editorial: Funding Texas’ Public Integrity Unit – the “unit” is a vacuum of “integrity”
- Rep. Dutton (D-Houston) pens bill to dismiss DWI charges for first-time offenders
- Rep. Peña (D-Laredo) looking at legalizing beer dispensing machines
- Rep. VanDeaver Files Legislation to Protect Student Privacy
- VanDeaver Files Legislation for Bowie County medical fund
- Rep. Tan Parker files bill package to combat human trafficking
- Rep. Simpson: Pot is not God’s mistake for government to fix
- Lawmakers hear logistics for statewide ban on texting while driving, try for Abbott’s support
- “Texting is the King of Distraction,” Lobbyist Tells Panel – yes, but where is the evidence that a law will stop it. Do speed limits posted on big signs repetitively on street after street, highway after highway, mile after mile stop speeding?
- Texas truancy laws need reform, study finds
- Panel approves bill to ease testing ultimatum for high school seniors, more – bad
- Lesbian Lawmaker’s Partner Left Out of Legislative Directory – too bad they both can’t be absent
- Menendez takes oath in Senate
- Pratt: Food stamp numbers in Texas are outrageous AUDIO
- Attorney General Paxton Asks Federal Judge for Discovery to Investigate Obama Administration Misrepresentation
- Governor Abbott Statement On Texas’ Motion For Discovery
- DPS border documents reveal contractor’s role, spark calls for investigation
- Advocates say 50,000 in El Paso could lose health insurance if Obamacare struck down
- Same-sex marriage licenses in Tarrant County?
- Report: Texas Population to Double By 2050
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Grieder on TMF’s whining over losing Senate seat
- Will Ted Cruz’s new book on political courage include a chapter on David Simpson?
- Sen. Ted Cruz’s book, ‘A Time for Truth,’ coming out June 30
- Ben Carson sorry for comments on homosexual people
- Texas Nationalist Movement rally Saturday in Big Spring
- Third Amendment needs our love, too
- Kathleen Parker: If GOP keeps this up, it’ll forfeit White House in 2016
- Clinton and Perry are Birds of an Email Feather
- Et tu, Rick? Perry Has Own Private Email Trail – he’s not a Federal official with Federal law covering him.
- Rick Perry Supporters Form Opportunity and Freedom PAC
- Jeb Bush Picks Up Major East Texas Fundraiser
- This Land Is His Land: Remembering Bob Armstrong
- Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy S. Moore to address Defense of Texas Marriage Amendment Rally at the Texas Capitol
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Cruz Highlights Unfairness of Obama’s Amnesty Towards Legal Immigrants
- Cornyn files reciprocity bill in U.S. Senate
- Cornyn joins fight over ‘armor piercing’ AR-15 ammo
- Cornyn calls Clinton’s private email “brazen” and a huge security risk
- Neugebauer Introduces CFPB Reform Bill
- Challenge on Rep. Sessions’ claim of daily murders by immigrants caught and released
- Knee surgery pushes Hinojosa to miss vote on Homeland Security bill
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Texas Has One of the Best Economies in the United States
- Dallas-Fort Worth ranks No. 8 for highest share of temp jobs
- Exxon slashes global capital budget 12 percent to weather ‘transitional period’
- Offshore oil services firm Cal Dive files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
- Oil bust threatens mortgage-backed securities in Wall Street-funded shale towns
- Dallas Startup Week is still on despite ice and snow
- North Dallas’ largest estate, home of Tom Hicks, has hit the market with a $100 million price tag
- American, United, Delta press case against Gulf carriers
- American Airlines leading fight against three foreign rivals
- More labor board charges filed in Steelworkers strike
- Goldman sees LNG as biggest commodity after crude this year
- Uber says policy changes still not enough to stay in San Antonio
- Chesapeake plan to consolidate lawsuits draws opposition
- FCC Already Causing Problems for Coming 5G Standard
- All Hail Austin, Texas, the Boomingest Big City of All
- Austin’s Forestar Group reveals new initiatives; shares surge
- —————Statewide general——————
- Fort Worth police officer arrested for drunken driving
- Judson High School student shoots 3 classmates with BB gun on campus
- Coahoma teen fights for life after sledding mishap, more
- San Antonio native lands role in new ABC drama
- Man wanted in Ft. Worth homicide case arrested in New Mexico
- Man fatally shot overnight while taking pictures of snow with his family in Dallas
- 15 years for woman in fatal DWI car crash at Austin laundromat
- Anti-Wimp: Cherokee Co. home owner wounds would-be robber
- Randall D.A. awards detective for work in home invasion case
- Amarillo home invasion suspects go before grand jury
- Man shoots neighbor’s pet, faces felony charges
- FedEx Truck Wrecks on Interstate 20 in Odessa
- Winter storm causes +700 Thursday cancellations at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport
- Power Outages Reported In Parts Of Central Texas
- Record-setting snow closes schools, including Dallas ISD, and hampers road, air travel
- Reports: Bodies found may be those of missing teens
- East Texan sentenced to 99 years for killing wife
Political and other Texas news for 3/5/2015
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