- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Texas House kicks $210 billion budget to Senate
- Legislators, ‘Empower Texans’ react to state budget approval
- House panel OKs plan to make changes to Public Integrity Unit
- Effort to move Senate ethics bill derails
- Campus Carry Clears One More Hurdle on Journey to Passage in Texas Legislature
- House panel mulls increasing juvenile criminal age to 18 – turn us into England where the teenage thugs run wild knowing they’ll received limited punishment.
- Texas bill would bar gun ownership status from medical records – the Left has been lying about this claiming it criminalized doctors for asking about guns. It does no such thing but it keeps them from including such in an official medical record.
- Legislation Would Ban Fees for Conserving Electricity
- Battleship Texas could get much-needed funds for repairs
- Eltife optimistic for Kari’s Law
- Health and human services overhaul scaled back as bill advances
- Audit confirms Statesman findings that 21CT deal broke rules, misled
- State auditor slams multi-million HHS contract that skirted myriad rules
- State Audit: “Operational Defects” Led to 21CT Deal
- Imperious George P. Bush backs off on ban of Comic Sans font – they did not recognize it as a joke when asked by the media and published the order via the official website. If it was a joke then Bush should be criticized for using state resources for such. This all seems to be re-invention for cover.
- Sid Miller Backed, Then Nixed, Ag Agency Remodel – so he did the right thing and is criticized. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t… if you are a conservative.
- Texas’ air emissions continue to decline, EPA continues on warpath
- Burton named SBA Lower RGV district director
- Governor Abbott Awards 2015 Governor’s Science And Technology Champions Academy Scholarships
- Texas Forest Service displays 100 year of service with new museum exhibit
- Analysis: A Grand Jury With an Inappropriate Taste for Commentary
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Cruz: Dems Looking to ‘Persecute’ Those with ‘Good Faith Religious’ Opposition to Gay Marriage VIDEO
- Homosexuals in a hissy over prank article in Lewisville paper
- Cruz Gets Double Digits in Washington Post/ABC Poll
- Cruz to run TV ads in Iowa, South Carolina, Nevada on Easter
- In Iowa, Ted Cruz denounces homosexual marriage, lauds Indiana religious liberty bill
- Ted Cruz Tries to Parlay Obstructionism Into Campaign Asset – they don’t get it. This is what so many of us long for – standing in the way of the government growth and its march on our liberty and money.
- Ted Cruz boasts that $4 million haul shows he’s on a roll
- What Ted Cruz’s Early Fund-Raising Means, and Doesn’t – according to NY Times libs
- Will: Cruz is aiming at the wrong Republicans – Sadly Will is an entrenched establishment guy now.
- Cruz vows to reenergize conservatives
- Ted Cruz aims to win the West
- Ted Cruz’s family story: Poignant but incomplete – “To be sure, Cruz’s family story is poignant. But his description is incomplete and downplays the complexities of a modern American family.” A ridiculous assertion as his story is not an explanation of the “modern American family”. The extra-story mentioned here is his father’s story, not his.
- Cruz Offers to Speak at Texas A&M International Graduation
- Taxpayers paid portion of Cruz’s political trips
- TX23: Will Hurd Rakes in More Than $500,000 in First Quarter
- TX23: Gallego seeks rematch with Hurd for Congress
- TX23: Gallego seeks comeback, will challenge Hurd for volatile W.Texas seat, more
- Inheritance taxes aren’t ‘tax justice’
- McAllen applies to host 2016 presidential debate
- Texas freelancer forms political committee aimed at representing reporters
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Sen. Cruz: HHS Must Properly Care for Unaccompanied Children In Its Custody
- Cornyn Demands Answers from State Department on Clinton Emails
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Sharp drop in D-FW home starts means less choice for buyers
- Retail gas prices hold steady in Texas at $2.22 per gallon
- Ruggedized Processor Manufacturer Locates to Eastland
- Eagle Railcar expands services in Wichita Falls
- First Financial to buy Conroe bank, 8 locations
- Survey: Lubbock ‘best city’ to find jobs for college grads
- Cotton acreage to be down, sorghum up
- You can’t buy America’s most popular craft beer in Texas
- German investment firm pays $440 million for downtown Houston tower
- Transocean to scrap two more offshore rigs
- Odessa coal-to-gas power plant to break ground this year
- Exxon CEO: It’s time to tap the Arctic for oil and gas
- American Airlines to put Boeing 787 on D/FW-Shanghai route in June
- Union for American Airlines flight attendants asks Nicole Kidman to quit endorsing Etihad Airways VIDEO
- Plano’s Pearl Technology changing the way cars are bought, sold
- Plano is one of America’s hardest working cities, recent study shows
- Developer retools plans for Turtle Creek condo tower
- —————Statewide general——————
- Hill County Sheriff, Top Officials Free On Bond After Arrests VIDEO
- New charges filed in Houston PD ticket-rigging scandal
- Abuse alleged against Gilmer ISD worker
- Former TDCJ Allred Unit guard to be sentenced
- Midland ISD Sub Cleared of Indecency Charges, Mother of Victim Infuriated VIDEO
- DPS Most Wanted Sex Offender, Floyd Montrel Moore, Arrested in Fort Worth
- Prosecutor removed from Bernie Tiede case
- 1 dead, 3 injured in Argyle ISD building collapse
- 2.7-magnitude earthquake hits near Irving
- Harris Co. Man Leaves Puppies in Road to be Killed – Left Food in Road to Make Sure VIDEO
- Flooding, heavy rain, hail in parts of North Texas VIDEO
- Xbox Exchange Leads to Shots Being Fired in Wichita Falls
- Police: Vernon Woman Allegedly Stole Jewelry Off Corpse
- Abilene vehicle explosion blamed on passenger manufacturing drug
- Lubbock oil changing crew ‘startled’ by body found in trunk en route to funeral
- Texas billionaire will lose a $1 million if Michigan State wins Final Four
- New boyfriend kills Tomball woman’s ex-boyfriend after alleged brick attack
- Man wounded in police-involved shooting in Henderson County
- 27 charged with East Texas meth trafficking
- Dallas illegal injections woman previously charged, not prosecuted
- Inmate scales fence, flees Tyler Central Jail Facility
- Aquifer association proposes tighter regulation of EP, Electro Purification counters claims of aquifer depletion
- School bus crash sparks improvements to State Highway 21
- Judge tosses suit against Christus St. Mary nurse
- Man charged with pulling gun on family at Amarillo park
- DPS helicopter, police monitoring street racing in southwest Amarillo
- Reports: Police officer hurt during chase in SW Houston
Political and other Texas news for 4/2/2015
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