- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Curiouser and curiouser! Case against UT Regent Wallace Hall has ‘Alice in Wonderland’ feel
- UT regent blasts speaker for ‘abuse of office’
- Grand jury passes on UT regent indictment
- Wallace Hall Vindicated By Hostile Jury
- Time is up for UT Regent Wallace Hall
- Senate Finance passes bills to limit spending to population and inflation growth, Eltife joins with Democrats in voting “no.”
- House Budget Debate to Tackle Hot-Button Issues
- As Budget Debate Kicks Off, School Funding a Hot Topic
- House approving amendments during marathon budget debate
- Pratt: 60% through and the Texas House hasn’t acted on business tax reform AUDIO
- Reform Slowed As Seliger, Eltife Side With Democrats
- House panel approves ‘campus carry’ bill, more
- Texas Bill Would Provide Legal Representation for an Unborn Child
- Texas Democrats seek to cut funds for abortion alternatives – gotta kill those babies! Sickening evil.
- Democrat Lawmaker Questions What DPS is Achieving on Border
- Editorial: Are border surge’s benefits worth the costs? – sort of depends upon whether you favor uncontrolled illegal immigration and the crime that goes with it.
- Legislation Aims to Boost Electricity Conservation
- Rep. Spitzer’s Statement regarding the Terrell State Hospital and the State Auditor’s Report
- Rep. James White Lays Out Vital Legislation in Committees
- Texas lawmakers have filed a record number of anti-homosexual special rights laws
- Senate passes bill to deal with future Ebola, infectious disease outbreaks
- Senate votes to strengthen state contracting rules, more
- Senate tentatively approves effort to limit contentious local housing policy, more
- House panel votes to bar cities from banning fracking
- Senate committee approves cash raffles at Texas professional sports stadiums – why?
- House passes measure to outlaw powdered alcohol
- Texas Senate approves bill to give schools letter grades
- Lobbyist-Politicians Targeted in Ethics Bill
- The Do’s and Don’ts of the Tim Tebow Bill
- After scathing report, will Kyle Janek keep his job?
- No-bid 21CT deal a ‘policy fiasco,’ Greg Abbott’s strike force concludes
- Texas’ current religious freedom law was bi-partisan, non-controversial, when adopted in 1999
- Texas Education Agency: Revisiting Educator-Student Sexual Misconduct
- Governor Abbott Addresses Texas Police Chiefs Association’s Annual Conference
- Texas truancy laws: an open letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder
- Conservative leader Hotze lobbies Texas court on gay marriage
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- HD 124: Four Democrats on Ballot in Special Election
- Rick Perry says 2016 will be very different if he runs for president again
- Former Texas Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Perry Isn’t a Cowboy, He’s an American Caudillo
- Texas Plays Host to 2016 Fundraising Scramble
- If Cruz Is ‘on Obamacare,’ So Are His 2016 Rivals
- Ted Cruz Confronts the Liberal Mania
- Ted Cruz and the New Politics of Texas
- Barry Smitherman Lands Job at Law Firm
- Wichita County Republican Party Treasurer Gains Additional Charge
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Neugebauer on Iran Nuclear Talks and more
- Cruz MIA at Armed Services hearings
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Labor Officials: 1,300 Permian Basin Oil Workers Underpaid $1.3 Million
- The Case for Permitting Crude Oil Exports
- Methane in drinking water unrelated to fracking, study suggests
- Planted Acres of Cotton Expected to Decrease in 2015
- Judges halt Xcel rate case; Public Utility Commission opposes move
- Group of Sheppard Aerospace Workers Could Go on Strike VIDEO
- 87 wind turbines to go up in Comanche County
- Hale Co. Officials to Break Ground on Wind Turbine Distribution Center Tuesday
- Texas crop, weather for March 31, 2015: Peach crop could be the best in years
- Dallas Love Field traffic climbs 45 percent in February
- D-FW is nation’s top market for apartment leasing, construction
- Case-Shiller: Dallas one of top U.S. markets for home price gains
- Schnurman: Tenet and Baylor blur the old lines in health care
- KeepTrax raises $1 million in seed funding led by Irving-based venture capital firm
- Toyota to bring nearly 1,000 contract workers in Plano move
- Warburg is pumping $500 million into a start-up oil producer
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- Lawsuit Highlights Political Favors and Retaliation in Starr County
- Businessman files suit, says falsely linked to ‘scandal’ with ‘Lubbock weather girl’
- Kidnapped Katy ISD Schoolgirl Strikes Back and Escapes Attacker VIDEO
- Former Lubbock, Amarillo Resident Arrested After Amber Alert for Girl, 13, in Missouri VIDEO
- Gun Fired During Armed Robbery in Odessa
- Woman Breaks In To Odessa Homes to Hide From Police
- Odessa man allegedly posed as officer to cut into fast food line
- Amarillo police seek second robber after holdup at Denny’s
- Fire Crews Battle 700 Acre Grassfire in Jeff Davis County
- Saint Jo Police Officer on Paid Administrative Leave After Shooting
- Baytown police officer fatally shoots man who had pellet gun
- Intoxicated Mother Charged With Abandoning Child in Trash Bin: Dallas Police
- Report: Almost 3K undelivered mail found at D/FW airport
- $8 million in illegal honey seized in Houston
- 12 arrested in child sex sting operation in Fort Bend County
- Houston man honored for rescuing woman in pit bull attack
- Ex-banker denied bail in $66 million investment scam
Political and other Texas news for 3/31/2015
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