- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Example of the tyranny of the House Calendars Committee
- Trial lawyer registers “Conservative Foundation of Texas”, group makes odd claims on HB11
- House Appropriations passes budget and supplemental budget
- Texas House budget writers OK $210 billion budget
- $209.8 Billion Budget Plan Headed to House Floor
- House Sluggish on Tax Relief
- Straus praises Appropriations Committee for unanimous budget vote – that means the Democrats were happy.
- Another view: Business coalition praises Senate tax cut package
- Patrick’s Tax Cut Package Triggering Debate
- State employee, retiree groups laud pension fix
- Senate approves thumbprints for driver’s licenses
- Driver’s license mega center in Collin County gets green light in House budget
- Lawmakers hear concerns about possibly shuttering state living centers – the employment vs. those served numbers are astounding.
- Texas same sex marriage foes call for ‘Biblical marriage’
- Texas Capitol draws crowd on homosexual marriage
- Republicans Vow to Continue Fight Against Homosexual “Marriage”
- Rep. Murr Presents Two More Bills to Enhance Private Property Rights
- Rep. James White Lays Out Vital Legislation; House Takes Up First Bills
- Urban drilling, Day 2, Sen. Fraser wants to vote out bill
- War of words escalates on proposed drilling bill
- Bill to limit cities’ ability to regulate drilling draws heated debate
- Confusion Swirls Over Bill to Clarify Drilling Rules
- Craddick: “I think oil companies are the ones getting beat up”
- Lawmakers: trim Austin Energy $$$, let users get juice elsewhere
- Lawmakers Say Sports Shaped Their Political Careers
- House Public Education passes Gov. Abbott’s Pre-K bill on 11-0 vote
- Governor Abbott Files Amicus Brief On Executive Amnesty
- FEMA’s Climate Change Carrot to Texas
- FEMA becomes the thought police
- New Texas Secretary of State starts tour in Houston area
- Supreme Court asked to look at UT’s backdoor admissions program
- Will Senators Allow Themselves to be Used Again?
- Straus Confidant Faces Dog Abuse Questions
- Population Boom – Who’s Moving To Texas
- Texas license plate case pits free speech against hate speech
- Supreme Court justices question both sides on Texas Confederate license plate issue
- Confederate plates concern both Democrat, Republican chairs in Lubbock County
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Fellow Texan John Cornyn won’t back Ted Cruz in presidential primary
- Who will conservatives choose? With Cruz in the race, battle for voters and donors heats up
- Cruz: I Take Pride That ‘Washington Elites Despise Me,’ ‘Both Parties’ Don’t Listen VIDEO
- Cruz: GOP Needs to Capture Cons ‘Who Stayed Home in ’08 and ’12’
- Ted Cruz, first in for 2016, says ‘God isn’t done with America’
- Imagine Ted Cruz as president; it’s easy if you try
- Herman: The ‘Ted Cruz for President’ show hits the road
- Twitter users have a field day with Ted Cruz campaign slogans
- Cruz portrays himself as the most Reagan-like GOP contender – he is.
- Ted Cruz called the “anti-establishment” candidate AUDIO
- Ted Cruz, the Antiobama
- Ted Cruz dreamed of politics, sees victory in a grassroots army
- DMN libs: Ted Cruz can obstruct, but can he lead?– obstruction is leadership, what fools.
- Cruz’s Presidential Hype Gives Way to Political Reality
- Ted Cruz blazed a new trail to higher office
- One-on-One Interview With Ted Cruz VIDEO
- Ted Cruz’s Risky Bet
- Everything Is Going According to Plan for Ted Cruz
- ‘Reformists’ and ‘Retros’ Battle for the GOP – writer has it backwards to a large degree
- Ted Cruz Enters Stage Right
- A&M prof, Brazos GOP weigh in on Ted Cruz’s upcoming presidential run
- Former Gov. Perry ignores questions about fellow Texan Cruz
- Ted Cruz to sign up for Obamacare, he tells CNN
- Perry: Life on the farm, in state Capitol sets him apart
- Bush brothers teaming up for fundraising in Dallas
- Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Pro-Life Activists Outside Austin Planned Parenthood, more VIDEO
- District Court judge has website asking for donations to pay for honeymoon
- Bill Clinton in Dallas next month for private fund-raiser
- Clinton, Castro share same stage amid talk of a presidential ticket
- Dispute over Islam lands Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne on national stage
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Cornyn: GOP Budget Will Protect Taxpayers
- Neugebauer, other lawmakers form bipartisan caucus to focus on payments technology
- Rep. Kay Granger to co-chair bipartisan task force to combat anti-Semitism
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Blue Bell Extends Recall to Ice Cream Cups
- How Oil Companies Raise Money is Revealing
- Crude’s fall hits hard in Texas, harder elsewhere
- IHS expects low oil prices to slow growth this year in Texas and other top oil-producing states by an average of 0.5 percentage points
- Schnurman: Amid low oil prices, Dallas is bright spot
- Big candy plant and warehouse operation opts to stay in Grand Prairie
- Dallas’ landmark Ambassador Hotel sells for redevelopment
- American Airlines, US Airways frequent-flier programs to merge starting Saturday
- Baylor, Tenet, USPI, Concentra in new partner, ownership deals
- Anadarko paid executives $127,252 for club memberships in 2014
- Linn Energy announces $1 billion equity deal
- Hugo Ortega, Justin Yu named 2015 James Beard Best Chef Southwest finalists
- Willacy County businesses band together to offset layoffs
- Anti-fraud efforts mean big investment for banks, merchants
- Texas crop, weather: Too much of a good thing further delays plantings
- Hartman: San Antonio Scorpions Sale Is a Possibility
- —————Statewide general——————
- Police arrest substitute Big Spring ISD teacher on improper relationship charge, more
- Texas Cow Defies Odds, Gives Birth to 4 Calves
- ISIS list targeting U.S. service members includes airmen in Abilene
- ISIS supporters breach Abilene website
- 20 Cars Burglarized Overnight in Midland
- Small Plane Crashes in Marathon, Two Injured
- San Antonio PD: No explosives found in suspicious package
- Fire believed to have started after San Antonio woman doused herself in gasoline
- Woman, baby injured in apparent West Side drive-by shooting
- Man killed in Conroe ATV crash
- Religious bronze statue to travel by boat from Italy to San Juan basilica
- Abilene man arrested after trying to hit police officers with car
- Man accused of trashing mom’s house, throwing knife at her head
- 10 years later, Texas City explosion serves as benchmark
- Helicopter, Coast Guard vessel join search for missing spring breaker off SPI
- Cops: Man shoots at Cash America Pawn employee after stealing gold necklace
- Grand jury declines to indict UIW police officer in fatal shooting
Political and other Texas news for 3/24/2015
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