- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Bill to move Public Integrity Unit stalled in Senate – sad to see
- Texas lawmakers show ignorance of political speech law
- Analysis: Trying to Spark Ethics Reform, Without a Scandal
- Waller: Texas looks to further invest in Rainy Day Fund
- Franchise Tax Reform Stalled in Texas House
- $44 billion debt is now getting the Legislature’s attention
- State Budget at High Noon on the House Floor
- Pratt: Welfare spending in Texas crowding out other items AUDIO
- Texas Could Save $1 Billion per Year with “Design-Build” Model at TxDOT
- Rep. Dustin Burrows Talks Drug Prices, Tax Cuts AUDIO
- Burrows, Frullo would support open carry bill in the House
- Lubbock Rep. Burrows explains texting, driving ban “nay” vote VIDEO
- Wear: Toll opponents sense momentum at Lege, but it may be mostly hot air
- Bill would offer underused public schools to charter operators
- Lower graduation standards cheat students, parents
- Texas House Set to Make Anti-Education Choice Play
- Texas Senate approves plan rating schools with letter grades
- House Energy Resources passes urban drilling bill
- Texas House legislation outlines cities’ role in urban drilling
- Senate hearing on Office of Immigration and Refugees Affairs cancelled
- Ratcliffe: Border Surge Makes the Rest of Texas “Less Safe”
- Bills brewing in Austin could help or hurt Texas craft beer
- Texas Legislature Tries to Weaken Board Governance at UT-Austin
- Momentum for Campus Carry in Texas
- Democrats Against Campus Carry: College is For Learnin’ Not for Gun Totin’ – 1) how does having a firearm concealed affect learning, and 2) how do you keep the criminals from having a gun on campus?
- A Glut of Texas ‘Pro-Vax’ Bills Threaten Vaccination Exemptions
- Where Texas excels: On compulsory voting and exercising the right not to vote.
- Bill to expedite produce over border faces concerns in committee
- Ratcliffe: The Civil War Ended 150 Years Ago. Let’s Move On
- Report of the Health & Human Services Strike Force
- Abbott’s strike force: 21CT deal a ‘fiasco’ that skirted the law
- Governor Abbott Statement On HHSC Strike Force Report
- Health Commission Should Not Consolidate, Report Says
- Medicaid overhaul in Texas and Travis County draws federal scrutiny
- Medical board seeks to restrict online, on-phone medical encounters
- Sid Miller’s appointments include wife of longtime campaign consultant – hardly new or a standout issue in Austin
- Lawyer’s One-Year Banishment Leads to Showdown
- Texas has execution drugs through April
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Early Texas primary may play vital role in 2016 GOP nomination battle
- New Texas GOP Chair Denies Email Targeted Michael Quinn Sullivan – Mechler is an empty-suit who craves recognition.
- Cruz Pushes Back on Inexperience: I Wasn’t Just a ‘Community Organizer’ VIDEO
- Cruz: GOP leaders pressured PACs to cut off his funds after Obamacare fight
- Ted Cruz tries to widen appeal beyond evangelicals
- Ted Cruz Keeps New Hampshire Republicans Laughing Through Their Obama Pain
- A Texas take on Ted Cruz’s presidential bid
- Op-Ed: Texas’ Welfare Rolls Shrink, Rick Perry Deserves Praise
- Rick Perry tells tea party group he was right to back David Dewhurst over Ted Cruz in 2012 primary
- Walker Denies Reversing Position on Immigration
- Jim Crane says President Obama’s golf game has improved
- Separatists’ idea of a free Texas doesn’t sound very free
- Dallas mayoral candidate arrested for ‘666’ taggings booted from debate with Rawlings, Ronquillo
- Precinct analysis: Abbott versus Perry in Latino districts
- Claim: National Republicans are quietly strategizing to delete gay marriage from the party’s 2016 platform
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Mills: Congress Takes On Energy Issues
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- US Oil and Natural Gas Rig Count Drops By 21 to 1,048, Texas by 3
- Texas Weekly Gas Price Update and Outlook
- Low oil prices and strong U.S. dollar cause Texas manufacturing activity to decline in March
- Texas CEOs in Dallas Fed survey give insight into impact of low oil prices and their outlook
- These are the 15 fastest-growing places in Texas
- Texas hasn’t been this bad in 2 years
- Liberty Mutual Insurance in talks to lease big Plano office block
- Texas Cattle Raisers: Border not Secure, Drug War Hurting Business
- Walmart Drops Request to Have Paralyzed Toddler Attend Jury Selection after Media Attention
- Lubbock’s housing market is still strong and healthy, Realtors and officials say
- American Airlines is waiting, waiting for seats for new Boeing 787s
- New apartment tower in the works on Central Expressway near Knox Street
- Dynegy gets federal OK to buy Duke, Energy Capital plants
- Saudi Aramco signs $10 billion loan as oil companies raise funds
- Bills brewing in Austin could help or hurt Texas craft beer
- —————Statewide general——————
- Former Seguin high school teacher who pleaded guilty to sex with student lands on ‘Most Wanted’ list
- Home of Williamson County Court-at-Law Judge Raided
- Former Navarro Co. J.P. Sentenced in Drug Case
- Overpass Involved in Deadly I-35 Crash Hit Twice Before VIDEO
- 2 arrested for murder in Colorado City shooting death
- Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Crude Oil Stolen in Stanton
- Odessa Man Accused of Choking His Wife
- Family Of Missing Snyder Man Asks For Help VIDEO
- Man dies in East Texas mobile home fire
- Historic Spring hamburger joint goes up in flames
- East Texas Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Murdering Grandmother
- Lethal Force Justified in Dog Shooting by Odessa Police
- It started with purple brownies: Drug policy creates local outcry in Panhandle
- What does it mean to be ‘middle class’ in Texas?
- 1 dead in Houston drive-by shooting
- 1 dead in northwest Houston shooting
- Pickup driver leads authorities on high-speed chase through NW Houston
- Machete attack near Channelview leaves man in critical condition
- Four People Seriously Injured In Plane Crash Into Home In Gordonville
- Boerne’s Jimmy Walker prevails in Valero Texas Open
- Report: Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines sells Austin home
- Hostage situation unfolding in Independence Heights
- Spring Starts Beginning of Brush Fire Season in West Texas
- Jeff Davis County Grassfire 60 Percent Contained
- Controlled fire near Wolfforth goes out-of-control
Political and other Texas news for 3/30/2015
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