- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- House committee takes up bill to reduce size of businesses’ ‘no-gun’ signage, more – the more and more liberal TAB supports this effort to frustrate concealed carry.
- Texas Assoc. of Business’ Bill Hammond fighting for homosexual political agenda
- It’s not about accommodating homosexuals but about not compelling religious practice AUDIO
- Critics warn of Indiana-style backlash in Texas – oh really? Bring it on.
- House approves lower cap on rainy day fund, using excess dollars to retire bonds
- Bid for Rainy Day Fund Changes Moves Forward
- A Tale of Two Chambers
- A Conversation With Nichols and Pickett VIDEO
- The FAR Left: House Budget Shows Process, Substance
- Aycock unveils details of his school finance plan – appears to be just another band-aid of more money. We’ll see what the funding changes are.
- Key Texas House lawmaker details $3 billion school finance fix
- Pre-K could get more money from state than first announced
- There’s no war on public education
- Voucher bill, Senate Bill 4, passes Senate Ed Committee on a vote of 7-3
- Anti-testing push continues at state and local levels – yeah let’s hand ’em even more money and have less accountability. Who are these “parents” who don’t want a measurement of how their child is doing? I can guess.
- GM: TWIA needs a new story more than big reform
- Wu Joins Effort to Combat Underage Drinking Texas High School Seniors
- Rep. White Promotes Prevention and Early Intervention of Child Abuse
- Lawmakers want to close ‘judicial bypass’ for teen abortions
- Lt. Gov. Patrick explains decision to send tuition legislation to border security panel
- Senate subcommittee votes to repeal in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
- Texas Senate bills aimed at unauthorized immigrants stir emotions
- GOP effort to repeal in-state tuition law takes center stage, more
- Rodríguez: SB1819 “educational opportunities to Texas students” – are they really “Texas” students when here illegally?
- Tuition Revenue Bonds are a Bipartisan Problem
- Texas brides could find relief in hair bill, more
- Texas House bill would crack down on ticket-buying software – not gov’t’s business
- New Physician Licensing Compact Comes Under Scrutiny
- River Authority Transparency Turned on its Head
- End The State Wind Energy Subsidy
- Texas renewable energy requirement in cross hairs at Capitol
- Legislation Aims to Prevent Another Fertilizer Plant Blast, more
- From the hard Left: The Lite Guv and the Frack Master
- Vela outlines case for expanding Medicaid, or something similar
- Sex offenders living by school have nowhere to go
- Uncertainty Haunts Health and Human Services Commissioner Kyle Janek
- Rick Perry begs court for quick action
- Watchdog group to Collin County DA: ‘Recuse yourself’ from Paxton case – a FAR Left “watchdog” group.
- New UT System associate vice chancellor named – this is a POLITICAL job!!!
- Former First Family, First Granddaughter, Spend Easter In Crawford
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Kentucky’s Rand Paul: ‘I am running for president’, more
- Surprise! The Rand Paul Store Blatantly Caters to the Paranoid
- Rand Paul Has a Daddy Issue
- Ron Paul Is Expected to Play Little Role in Rand Paul’s Campaign
- Rand Paul Says That Which Cannot Be Said
- Rand Paul’s First Challenge: Defeat Ted Cruz
- Rand Paul Keeping an Eye on Texas
- Rand Paul karaoke party planned in Houston
- Rick Perry: “I don’t think you have a heart”
- For Jeb Bush, Christian Persecution Is Personal
- Ted Cruz and Rick Perry share political donors in race for president
- Ruin: Rick Perry at the Citadel
- Perry: Repeal of In-State Tuition Law is Up to Legislators
- The Democratic Party Wants to Buy Your ‘Assault Weapons’ — with Taxpayers’ Money
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Congressman Conaway Meets With Ukraine President, Talks Defense Strategy Against Putin
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Liberty Mutual confirms it’s bringing 5,000 jobs to new Plano campus
- Southwest Airlines begins third Love Field expansion Wednesday
- American Airlines and Tulsa, Okla., officials are talking again about how to improve the carrier’s maintenance base
- Hundreds more Houston-area jobs cut as oil-equipment demand falls
- Oil train tank cars need urgent upgrades
- Cheap oil is squeezing property owners in energy hubs
- New Jersey posts details of Exxon Mobil settlement
- CoreLogic: Dallas-area home prices up 9.3 percent in February
- Blue Bell says ice cream recall completed
- United joins other national grocers in pulling Blue Bell products
- Brookshire’s pulling Blue Bell products
- Sugarcane aphid infestations early in the season could be much greater this year
- New residential community will bring 1,800 homes near Prosper and Celina
- Plano father does the math, realizes he can’t afford his stay-at-home wife – I’ve run the numbers many times and stay-at-home comes out on top but only if you don’t want to spend, spend, spend.
- USA Today snubs Whataburger in very important survey
- —————Statewide general——————
- Williamson County Court at Law judge Timothy Wright indicted on Federal firearms charges
- Federal court approves Texas inmate’s execution wish
- Justices deny appeal for Lubbock man sentenced to life in prison for robbery, sexual assault
- American Eagle Flight Diverted From Wichita Falls, Pilot Cites Bad Weather, City Says Otherwise
- McKinney Teen Arrested After Student’s Suicide: Police
- Authorities Looking for Missing Man in Nocona
- Three Victims Come Forward Against Former Church Worker Arrested for Sexual Assault
- Another fatal accident at Argyle ISD’s construction site
- DPS: $7,500 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Fugitive From El Paso
- Anti-Wimp: Might be a good idea to stop when commanded
- Nonprofit group gives ‘transit score’ to Texas cities
- Neighbors react to 70-year-old Smith County woman stabbed
- ETMC ambulance converted into mobile surgical eye clinic headed to Togo, Africa
- Video shows bright lights above El Paso, some claim it’s UFO – it is a UFO if unidentified
- Suspect in San Antonio machete attack arrested
- Grand Prairie man jailed for not mowing his yard
- Officer-involved shooting reported in NW Houston
- Alleged sex trafficking leader faces Houston showdown against her family
Political and other Texas news for 4/7/2015
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