- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- As lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick remains a ‘Christian first’
- Taxpayers Winning!
- Budget chief ‘like a hog in a mud puddle’
- Texas House’s top tax writer wants the same cut for all businesses – this further entrenches the permanence of the hated margins tax AND favors big business over small as it is the compliance costs that are actually worse than the tax for many of the small firms paying it. The Senate version of raising the exemption to a much higher figure is FAR better.
- Texas House apparently headed in different direction on illegal immigration issue, In California demand by illegals for driver licenses surges
- Rep. Bohac fixes gast-tax notification bill
- GOP lacks consensus on Public Integrity Unit’s future
- Analysis: Moving Integrity Unit Won’t Curb Conflicts – no but it will make those conflicts more addressable by the appropriate voters
- Bill Seeks to Stop ‘Revenge Porn’ in Texas
- Bill Mandates Parent Notify Other Parent of a Relationship With a Domestic Abuser
- Legislature will have to answer questions over religious freedom
- Texas lawmakers want to close ‘bypass’ for teen abortions
- Texas Senate subpanel approves ‘sanctuary cities’ bill, more, more
- Another illegal immigration showdown in the making at State Capitol
- Senate panel weighs repealing in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
- Repeal of in-state tuition for illegal aliens takes center stage
- Amid debate, open carry handgun bill advancing in Texas
- GOP Gun Measures Could Backfire With Minorities– B.S.
- Report Shows CHL Holders Commit Fewer Crimes VIDEO
- Patrick talks up public ed. reform while Otto’s “reform” is of the Democrat kind. AUDIO
- Unconstitutional NASCAR Reimbursement Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk [Major Events Trust Fund] – yeah, why do we need to give taxpayer money to lure events that are already here such as NASCAR. This is terrible.
- Bill would keep children in rear-facing car seats longer – at what point are parents responsible? Damned nanny-state is more dangerous than the terrible accidents.
- Texas GOP lawmaker: Women ‘will die’ without key screenings – and women can get them at many places without taxpayers funding Planned Parenthood. Also, they can pay like I do for such things.
- “Bathroom Bills” Pit Transsexual Texans Against GOP
- Politician on powdered booze: Won’t somebody think of the children?
- Texas House panel OK’s bill letting some school districts exceed debt cap
- Panel to consider naming Galveston Causeway after Mitchells, more of 290 for President Reagan
- Dallas pair earning millions through TxDOT land deals
- TTI Researchers Identify Research Needs Resulting from Energy Boom
- High Court Will Drag Texas ‘Kicking And Screaming’ to Homosexual “Marriage” in June, Attorney Says
- How a Texas data project was derailed as part of 21CT fiasco
- Details Murky on State’s Largest Contracts
- Perry prosecutors fight Paxton open records decision
- Agriculture appointees connected to waived political fees
- Alabama Man On Texas Death Row Loses Supreme Court Appeal
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Texas gaining stature as a key presidential primary state
- Inside Ted Cruz’s Campaign HQ: How Texas Firebrand Plans to Win by Breaking All the Rules
- Cruz Path to Victory Unites Tea Party, Christian Right
- Ted Cruz’s campaign hits the ground running
- Ted Cruz touts religion in first TV ad of 2016 presidential campaign VIDEO
- Since bringing Jesus into his campaign, Cruz has risen – using Jesus for politics would be sinful but Cruz is being consistent in that he has always been open, clear and affirmative about his faith.
- True believers embrace Ted Cruz in Iowa campaign swing
- Cruz Clues on Immigration: parsing words
- Watch Texas-Born Rand Paul 2016 Launch Tease: ‘A Different Kind of Republican Leader’ VIDEO
- Houston’s Sho Muhammad wants donations to run for President
- Jeb Bush marked ‘Hispanic’ on Florida voter form
- Another reason to be skeptical of Jeb Bush
- Another potential presidential candidate with Texas ties, Mark Everson
- At Citadel, Perry Fuses Foreign Policy with Biography
- Koch-backed group gearing up in Texas for 2015
- Yuval Levin on The Church of the Left and Religious Liberty
- Republican Party Elites Abandon Traditional Marriage
- Texas Values Files Amicus Brief for Historic Supreme Court Marriage Case
- Liberals Are the New McCarthyites—and They’re Proud of It
- Equality or liberty? The debate was inevitable, A&M Law prof says – utterly false premise
- Jenna Bush Hager expecting second child in August
- Critics blast UT’s Latino award to George P. Bush
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Bill by Veasey would restore funding to transit services for elderly, disabled
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Record gasoline output to curb biggest U.S. oil glut in 85 years
- Texas Weekly Gas Price Update and Outlook
- Bell 525 helicopter from Textron sets new standards of luxury
- The fastest-growing cities for multi-millionaires are Ho Chi Minh City and Houston – what do you bet Houston slows down a bit now?
- Dallas pair earning millions through TxDOT land deals
- German engineering giant, Siemens AG, expanding U.S. operations in Houston
- AT&T launches its GigaPower Internet service in Houston
- Wear: Texas 130 ailed by lack of people above ground, too much clay below
- Dallas area ranks No. 2 for most H-1B visa workers
- FireHost CEO steps down; founder takes over top position
- Sam’s Club, Kroger pull all Blue Bell Ice Cream products
- Southwest Airlines CEO total compensation rose to just over $5 million in 2014
- Austin developer plans $500 million project on Bull Creek land
- ‘San Antonio’s first major corporate citizen’ — USAA, through the years
- Strippers finally settle with Rick’s Cabaret for $15 million
- Environmentalists upset over proposed LNG plants at Brownsville
- Valley grain sorghum growers likely to face rough year with pests
- Anheuser-Busch Opening Houston Brewery Tour Center
- —————Statewide general——————
- Ore City police officer stabbed but is OK
- Liberty police officer shoots, injures possible robber
- Big Spring police officer injured in traffic stop
- Houston Homicides Up 59 Percent in First Quarter of 2015
- Easter weekend murder toll reaches 3 in south Houston
- The MS13 gang … 13 things to know
- Dallas’ Jordan Spieth remains hottest player in PGA Tour heading into Masters
- Mother with Texas-sized appetite will take on pro wrestlers in attempt to eat 3 72-ounce steaks
- I-35 closed during 2-hour standoff Saturday with veteran, 38
- Burnet woman charged in mother’s strangulation death
- Man drowns in jet ski crash near San Jacinto River
- Del Valle neighborhood alligator caught on film; 2nd gator spotted
- Herman: Austin not tops for hipsters; College Station makes top 10
- Suspected New Braunfels drug dealer shot in San Antonio
- Houston geologist freed after serving 8 years in China prison
- Conroe man, linked to death of outspoken woman, convicted in federal fraud case
- West Texas records 3.3 magnitude earthquake near Pecos, nobody hurt
- Seismographs Worrying Neighbors in Midland
- Texan charged with assaulting girl, 13, burning with lighter
- Boy, 12, dies in mobile home fire near San Antonio
- Texas rancher speaks out against wind farms
- 12-Year-Old Boy Killed in Car-Pedestrian Accident in Odessa
- Truck Crashes Into Odessa Furniture Store, Driver Arrested for DWI
- Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Midland County
- One of Ten Best National Park Lodges Located in West Texas
- Wichita Falls Regional Airport turned off lights before final diverted plane arrived
- Parents to rally outside of McKinney Boyd High in reaction to student suicide
- Man hit by train in Fort Worth loses leg
Political and other Texas news for 4/6/2015
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