- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Debt Now, Tax Cuts Later in the Texas House
- Rainy day fund overflows [for now] — and divides legislators
- Reported debt doubles at two Texas pension funds
- Senate Readies For Major Tax Relief Vote
- Big business lobby groups to Texas Senate: We don’t like your tax cuts – I’ve been telling you that the big-business lobby in Austin is hostile to small business in many ways. As nationally, they often want to use gov’t policy to benefit them at the expense of potential competitors.
- Fikac: Tax relief a recipe for political heartburn – only for big gov’t lovers.
- Grieder: At-Risk Ideas
- A Look at the Priority Bills for Straus and Patrick
- Rep. Villalba Deletes Angry Tweets and Facebook Page Amid Backlash, more
- Backlash Grows Against Texas Rep. Villalba’s Bill Criminalizing Bloggers Filming Cops
- Senator Seliger Seeks 100% Tax Cut for Race Tracks
- Jane Nelson at the top of her game in Texas Senate
- Rep. Geren’s HB1034 ends registration withholding for red light camera tickets
- Private toll company fighting for survival in Legislature
- Lawmakers Call for End to Toll Roads at Capitol Rally
- Rep. Shaheen’s Transportation Plan Favored Over Senate Version
- High School Steroids Testing Program On The Chopping Block – an expensive failure, end it.
- Steroid Testing Program Fails the Test
- Education panel considers stronger Texas ‘parent trigger’ law
- McBeath says lawmakers have ‘awareness’ of rural hospitals’ critical needs
- Texas Bill Would Allow Removal of Life Support from Pregnant Women
- Texas Bill Provides For Study of Online Law Schools and Licensing Through Other Methods
- Texas Senate Republicans Cheer Passage of Campus Carry Bill
- Toting guns a God-given right? Texas senators spar over the question
- Scared of guns? This senator says you need a shrink – is it not illness to fear an inanimate object?
- The Great Debates
- Texas ‘Bathroom Bill’ Criminalizes Entering Facility Of Opposite Sex
- All Texans’ birth dates would be private information under Garland lawmaker’s bill
- Backlash bills target same-sex marriage
- Homosexual activists find ally in Republican State Rep. Byron Cook
- As wind power booms, Texas lawmakers consider yanking support – taxpayers should not be forced to underwrite wind energy companies. If consumers want wind energy they are free to pay more to get such.
- Rep. Mary E. González Works to Defend the Texas Ecosystem
- Cowardly senator, Sylvia Garcia, runs from father of son killed by illegal alien
- County Officials: No Vacancy for Conservatives
- Sticker shock: On Dawnna Dukes, Adam Reposa and Rare Trends
- ‘The Kumbaya is over’ in the Texas Legislature
- Texas Capitol crowd cheers opponents of homosexual “marriage”
- Attorney General Paxton: Marriage Has Been Clearly Defined by Texas Voters
- Attorney General Ken Paxton Defends 2nd Amendment
- Confederate Battle Flag at Center of Supreme Court Free Speech Case
- US Supreme Court Hearing Texas Case Involving State Rejection of Confederate License Plates
- Texas Ethics Commission Case Against Michael Quinn Sullivan is Dismissed, Again
- TEA announces changes to 2015-2016 Student Assessment testing calendar
- Management of the Alamo should include input from historic advisors
- Daughters of the Republic of Texas Sue Land Office
- Daughters fight back, sue Texas over 30,000 artifacts at the Alamo
- Governor Abbott Appoints Barnard Judge Of 89th District Court
- Austin’s Calling with Sid Miller: 18 Billion Hamburger Patties, 2 Billion Pairs of Blue Jeans VIDEO
- Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of Texas inmate who has been on death row for 30 years
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Ted Cruz Announces Campaign for President Before 11,000 at Liberty University VIDEO
- Ted Cruz for President announcement video VIDEO Spanish version VIDEO, Ted Cruz for President in 2016 website
- Ted Cruz: ‘Imagine a President…’
- Texas Grassroots Cheer News of Ted Cruz’s Presidential Campaign
- Crowd at Liberty University applauds Cruz’s faith, stance on Israel
- Ted Cruz launches presidential bid, vowing truth and courage
- Ted Cruz, with Christian fervor, announces for president
- Cruz Lays Out Vision for Presidential Run
- Ted Cruz announces presidential run VIDEO
- McCain: I Will Support Ted Cruz If He Wins GOP Nomination VIDEO
- State Senator Konni Burton first Texas Republican to endorse Ted Cruz
- Cruz following Obama’s path with quick run for the presidency
- Like Obama, Cruz must overcome questions about experience
- Cruz spin: Not a bomb thrower, no “venom… He’s an optimistic guy” – I know Ted Cruz and it’s not spin, he is an optimist.
- Cruz’s citizenship question probably not a problem
- Everything you need to know about the Ted Cruz ‘birther’ movement VIDEO
- Analysis: Anonymous 3 Years Ago, Cruz Now a Presidential Candidate
- Will grassroots support be enough for Sen. Ted Cruz in 2016?
- Ted Cruz’s Gay Marriage Money
- Grieder: Ted Cruz: We’ve Got This Covered – I disagree with her a key part of this, my comment follows her article
- Ted Cruz Moves to Unite Tea Party and Evangelical ‘Brackets’ of the GOP – opposite of Grieder’s comment?
- Wolf: The Cruz Conundrum
- Ted Cruz’s presidential cash hunt commences
- Gov. Scott Walker to Address Harris County GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner in Texas
- George W. helping Jeb Bush’s PAC raise big money in Dallas
- Perry’s Likely 2016 Bid Draws Veterans, Newcomers
- Dallek: In defense of (Jeb) Bush, (Hillary) Clinton and political dynasties
- Fictional TV characters are more popular than Obama, poll finds
- Sharpton in Fort Worth: Don’t be too careful
- Mandatory voting in Texas?
- Ex-Israeli President Shimon Peres visits Fort Worth
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Democrats reject Cornyn abortion compromise in sex trafficking bill
- Thornberry: Action Needed against ISIS to Prevent Future Attacks
- Rep. Neugebauer: Let Taxpayers Have More Say Than Government AUDIO
- Rockwall manufacturer rips Cruz over Export-Import Bank opposition
- Matthews: Congress is downsizing the IRS, so it must downsize the tax code
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- What’s an S&P 500 listing worth? For American Airlines, how about nearly $4 billion
- Seniority hearings for American Airlines pilots to begin June 29
- Qantas to go back to daily Sydney-Dallas/Fort Worth flights briefly
- Texas Weekly Gas Price Update and Outlook
- US drillers scrambling to thwart OPEC threat
- Mills: Fossil fuels save lives & the environment.
- Plans in works to restore historic Laguna Hotel in Cisco
- Dallas Cowboys project tab in Frisco: $168 million and climbing
- Parkland CEO unfazed by first-year challenges at hospital
- Container Store, Texas Health Resources among four DFW companies in Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For
- Demo starts to rehab downtown Dallas historic building VIDEO
- Long-vacant downtown Dallas tower revamped as mecca for startups
- Dallas-based Tenet forms outpatient venture with United Surgical Partners
- —————Statewide general——————
- Former Dallas judge Carlos Cortez could face financial misconduct prosecution
- Burkburnett coach charged with tampering
- Former Abilene ISD Superintendent Dr. Heath Burns Arrested, Police Say More Charges Possible
- Stamford Police Officer Arrested in Lubbock County
- Border Patrol Agent Arrested in El Paso for Sexual Relationship With Minor
- Police: Travis County state district judge arrested for DWI had empty alcohol bottle in car
- Former Swisher County justice of the peace no longer guilty of fraud
- 4 Fort Worth firefighters among 5 hurt in I-35W wreck
- Lawsuits Over Fatal North Central Texas College Softball Bus Crash Settled or Dismissed
- Texarkana tattoo shop operator arrested for inking boys, 14
- Garland boy, 12, in custody for fatal shooting of friend, 13
- Train derails near Valley Mills
- Suspects Headed to Trial After Amarillo Armored Car Heist Indictment
- Kermit Homes, Vehicles Spray Painted with ‘Offensive Graffiti’
- Big Spring man allegedly forces 20-year-old by gunpoint to an ATM
- Large Cockfighting Operation Busted Near Texas Border
- Amarillo Patient Tests Negative for Ebola Virus
- Hundreds march in Grapevine to protest police killing of unarmed man
- Details emerge behind arrests in McKinney murder-for-hire plot
- Houston-area boy dies after bullet comes through wall
- DPS: 6 found children possible human trafficking victims
- Proposal calls for a radical redo of Fair Park — and the State Fair of Texas’ place in it
- New Urban Land Institute plan for Astrodome calls for multi-usage, parking below
Political and other Texas news for 3/23/2015
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