- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Senate Passes Property, Franchise Tax Relief
- Will Texas House Kill ‘Significant’ Tax Relief?
- Addition and Placation – House budget & the school lobby
- Speaker Straus: Our Budget Shows ‘Commitment to Education’
- House leaders say fix troubled school finance system now, not later – their proposal doesn’t fix a damned thing, it just does the same old thing: throw more money at public schools as a band-aid.
- Ratcliffe: Budget Wizardry – just can’t stand that we don’t spend it all, old fossil liberal
- Lt. Governor Dan Patrick: ‘A Lot of Good Bills Die’ Due to Slow Legislative Process AUDIO
- Hispanic activists organizing In support of SB185 & tougher immigration laws VIDEO
- Students for Concealed Carry set record straight on SB 11
- House panel OKs open carry, but will wait on campus carry – just remember that House leadership has used time to defeat campus-carry for several sessions.
- Texas House Committee Approves Open Carry Bill, more
- Rep. Springer Introduces Bill Abolishing Gun Free Zones
- Jason Villalba in the arena (cue the lions)
- Abbott on texting-while-driving ban: ‘I’ll give it the deep consideration it deserves’
- Proposed Legislation would hide Public Notices – newspapers fighting to keep a gov’t revenue stream
- Sen. Charles Schwertner’s agenda includes educations costs, business taxes
- Senator Charles Perry Talks Sanctuary City Legislation AUDIO
- Lt. Gov. Patrick defends private school tax credit, voucher bills before Senate panel
- Long Legislative Road for School Choice Option Bills Begins
- Texas Senate debate school voucher legislation
- All Texas High School Athletes May Have to Get EKGs Before Playing
- New Bill Would Expose Student Vaccination Information
- ‘Smitty’ Smith: SB 10 is an anti-ethics bill, a politicians’ protection plan– what a load of B.S.
- Ethics Bills Draw Ire of Conservative Activists’ Lawyers
- City mayors cry “local control” over things that are state issues
- Local Governments Have A Spending Problem
- Springer proposes making Texas vodka and grapefruit juice the mixed drink of the session
- State and local costs could be downfall marriage preservation bill
- Religious case made against anti-homosexual-marriage bill
- Curtain Drop on Cronyism [Texas Film Commission]
- Hays County Water Fight Tumbles Into Committee
- Herman: 50 Texas bill captions that make you say, ‘Hmm’
- Texas House speaker pushes for changes in privatizations
- State hospital privatization contract killed; auditor cites bidding irregularities
- Lawsuit not stopping search for new Alamo manager
- Texas vs. the Feds: A Look at the Lawsuits
- Ethics Commission dismisses Texas Right to Life complaint against Deuell
- Federal Court Grants Stay Against Obama Admin on Family Medical & Leave Act
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- How many Texans have run for president in the past 60 years? A lot.
- A Wiser Rick Perry Takes Campaign Step By Step
- New video shows Rick Perry all over Iowa VIDEO
- Kay Bailey Hutchison Will Endorse Jeb Bush VIDEO – and she said it on MSNBC! Hilarious.
- Jeb Bush in Fort Worth to raise money for potential presidential bid
- Jeb Bush adviser, James Baker, shows anti-Israel agenda
- Paul vs. Cruz – way too early for any of these numbers to have much meaning
- Pete King vs. Ted Cruz
- Rep. Peter King Threatens to Jump Off a Bridge if Cruz Gets GOP Nomination
- Ted Cruz, Previous Experience, and Predictors of Success
- New Conventional Wisdom: Ted Cruz can’t win Evangelical Christians
- Pratt: Denier? The real conservative’s argument on “climate change”. AUDIO
- Medicare’s Becoming A Means-Tested Welfare Program, And That Could Be A Good Thing
- Perryman: Five Years of the Affordable Care Act
- Was Ross Sterling the greatest governor in Texas history?
- San Antonio Pastors for Religious Liberty Host Event With National Expert
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- At hearing, lawmakers weigh measure that would endanger Barton’s poker bill
- Cornyn confident the Senate will eventually pass trafficking bill
- Cruz returns to Senate for votes; Cornyn talks about whipping votes from 2016ers
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- 200 new jobs added at Edinburg call center
- Prison company hopeful for Willacy Co. facility
- Bingo halls struggle to compete with illegal eight-liners
- Liberty Mutual workers informed about Plano office plans as deal for big campus moves ahead
- Goodbye, Cactus: American Airlines, US Airways expect a single operating certificate on April 8
- RadioShack’s sale hearing has numerous objections
- Land deals may signal H-E-B push into Dallas area
- Amazon’s one-hour delivery now available in Dallas; find your ZIP code
- GE increases oil field equipment job cuts to 575
- Study: Eagle Ford producers hurt most by crude export ban
- Late Co-Founder of Peak Completion Technologies Sued for His Estate
- —————Statewide general——————
- Austin-Round Rock, Odessa among fastest-growing areas in USA
- Texas Counties, Metros Among Fastest-Growing in U.S.
- Couple Back to Court in Texas for ‘Animal Crush Videos’
- Update: Missing Spring Breaker found dead, Police find narcotics in missing Central Texas College student’s car
- Affidavit: Woman, 52, threw Molotov cocktail at prayer group outside Austin Planned Parenthood
- Comal Co. sheriff to beef up patrol near home of soldier targeted by purported ISIS ‘kill list’
- Authorities: Man sent texts before setting San Antonio house on fire
- Temple: Scott & White Health Plan Office Locked Down After Threat
- Fire Levels House Near Downtown Waco; Firefighter Injured VIDEO
- Overturned big rig leads to 7-car crash on Eastex Freeway
- Salado overpass bridge collapses onto I-35: 1 dead, others injured, DPS says, Raw Video: Tractor-trailer plows into bridge, 1 dead
- I-69 coming through Houston, though few likely to notice
- Meteorologist’s analysis ranks the dreariest cities in Texas
- East Bay jogger kills 15-pound pug with a kick – leash your dogs.
- Sketch released in Houston road-rage shooting
- 14 Houston residents named in pill ring case that recruited homeless
- More Than 100 Firefighters Battle Blaze in Jacksboro
- Fort Davis Murder Suspect Turns Self In
- Colorado City Man Killed in Morning Shooting
- Dash Cam Video Released of Odessa Police Shooting Dog
- Lubbock ISD bus involved in accident, no bus passenger injuries
- Student wounded in Clear Creek ISD high school stabbing in Friendswood
- 2 injured after plane lands, flips near Taylor
- Officer who killed UIW student yelled “Stop .. Stop” repeatedly before shooting him AUDIO
Political and other Texas news for 3/26/2015
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