- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Governor Abbott Attends Fort Hood Purple Heart Medal Ceremony
- House is sitting on needed reforms
- Texas Senate Strengthens Spending Limit
- Senate votes for tighter restrictions on future state spending
- Dissenting Dems Support Useless Taxes
- Texas Senate Bill Moves Public Integrity Cases Out of Travis County
- TM’s Raging Ratcliffe makes silly claim about changing Public Integrity Unit AUDIO
- TPPF’s DeVore talks tax cust on KFYO AUDIO
- House Committee Takes on the Enemy: Public Lobbyists
- Time to End Taxpayer-Funded Government Campaigns
- Local Government, School Lobbying in Ethics Crosshairs
- Local governments decry bill limiting revenue – liars, the bills do not limit revenue, they just give taxpayers an easier say among other good things.
- Tyler City Manager addresses tax rate increase limits in Texas Senate – all they have to do with lower caps is vote to raise the tax rate but see, they don’t want to have to make the case for their spending increases instead relying on appraisal creep.
- Hidalgo Co. healthcare taxing district passes County Affairs Committee
- Analysis: Lawmakers Inconsistent on Debt and Domain
- Legislature could hike funding, pave way for tuition revenue bonds – more debt, higher fees and tuition!
- Universities Try Again on Construction Funding
- House OKs $550 million for new DFW college buildings
- Editorial: Don’t rescind in-state tuition [for illegal aliens]
- Local control looms over House committee debate on statewide rules for Uber, Lyft
- Body camera bill would require devices for all Texas police departments – huge mandate on local gov’t so where are all the scream of local control on this one?
- Texas Medical Board poised to vote on telemedicine rules
- Texas Supreme Court refuses to block anti-camera election in Arlington, orders disclosure of camera related accident data in Houston.
- State of Texas Executes Cop-Killer by Lethal Injection
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- Agreement struck on Alamo planning effort – exactly what I said was behind much of the terrible GLO actions, the City of San Antonio wants more control over the Alamo.
- Collin DA asks Texas Rangers to investigate AG Paxton
- Attorney General Paxton: The Federal Government Can’t Re-Write the Law
- AG Paxton Reaches Agreement with Dental Supply Distributor over Anticompetitive Conduct
- Paxton Encourages Texans to Recognize April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- AG Paxton Charges Cameron County Land Developer with Violating Colonia Prevention Laws
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Abbott lauds Hispanic role in Texas job growth
- Some UNT students say ‘no’ to Greg Abbott commencement speech – reported here several days ago.
- First Lady Cecilia Abbott Addresses #Stand4Freedom Rally On Texas Ending Modern Slavery Day
- Is Ted Cruz Latino enough?– disgusting.
- Navarrette: Jeb Bush, the Mex-churian candidate
- Meet Ted Cruz’s Tax-Dodging Sugar Daddy – tax avoidance is practiced by all
- Cruz battles changing cultural attitudes on gay marriage
- Ted Cruz vs. Rand Paul in clash of the tea party titans
- Van de Putte amasses major campaign war chest in mayoral bid – yes, she was quite popular in the Senate too, because of how smoothly she worked with the big-money lobby.
- New York Times Kicks off NRA Convention Coverage with Massive Lie
- At the NRA Convention in Nashville . . .
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Cornyn Statement on Fort Hood Purple Heart Ceremony
- Lauding Fort Hood Purple Hearts, Cruz glosses over no vote on bill that authorized the medals – he pushed the medals but voted no on the overall bill for other, bigger reasons.
- Neugebauer Announces Abilene Office Staff Changes
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Cotton leader: Let’s remind customers they love our fabric
- Cotton trouble, Chinese demand could mean more sorghum
- Latest cotton gins parade through Lubbock’s Memorial Civic Center
- Cotton farmers to face economic challenge
- Housing shortage puts the pinch on Dallas-area homebuyers
- New report: D-FW housing market gets bad marks for soaring prices
- Major D-FW real estate investor GE Capital is being sold
- U.S. oil rig count down 42 as industry’s slowdown accelerates
- Energy and America’s Security Risks
- Houston oil company among five caught in legal battle over new U.K.-Argentina Falkland Islands fight
- Wages for oil and gas workers are growing the slowest of any industry
- Revisiting the origins of our favorite Texas brands
- Walgreens to close 200 stores, boost cost cutting
- American Airlines sees lower revenue due to the strong dollar, passenger traffic dipped in March
- American family of carriers had 14 long tarmac delays in February, Envoy is last in on-time arrivals
- Etihad responds to claims made by American Airlines’ flight attendants union
- —————Statewide general——————
- Ellis County fire chiefs arrested, accused of sex assault cover-up
- FBI watching prosecution of jailers who kept inmate in filthy Harris Co. cell
- 16-Year Veteran Lubbock Police Officer Arrested for Indecent Exposure
- City settles suit in alleged rape by San Antonio police officer
- Nine San Antonio PD officers served suspensions in February
- Surveillance video shows former Austin PD detective Kleinert pursuing Larry Jackson Jr. VIDEO
- Feds Indict Houston PD ‘Officer of the Year’ for Trafficking Cocaine for Los Zetas Cartel
- Odessa Pastor Accused of ‘Misconduct’ With Underage Girls
- Cedar Hill High’s head football coach arrested on DWI charge, records show
- Investigations underway over security breach at Denton Co. Health Dept.
- Tornado rips through Longview area VIDEO
- Storms batter Mixon, East Texas
- Storm damages nursing home in Longview VIDEO
- 2 busiest Texas airports see 13 [known] breaches to security fences
- Houston man’s naughty license plate could get the ax – the old calculator type trick
- McKinney police, school officials find no proof boy who killed himself was bullied
- Dallas’ 21-year-old phenom Jordan Spieth leads Masters after Round 1
- Nearly 5,000 MS-13 Gang Members Arrested by ICE over Past 5 Years
- Houston makes the cut as one of the best music scene cities in the United States
- Two People Killed in Early Morning Cisco Fire
- Men California Men Arrested at Abilene Restaurant Openly Carrying a Firearm – they should have been checked for records and warrants and then if they came up clean, released telling them that open carry is not legal in Texas. This is the type of law enforcement which breeds bad relations and accomplishes little positive.
- Man captured in Callahan County manhunt
- Early man stung multiple times after disturbing bee hive while mowing grass
- 16-Year Veteran Lubbock Police Officer Arrested for Indecent Exposure
- Man Arrested in Connection With Alpine Murder
- Police Look For More Victims 5 Months After Sexual Assault Arrest at Fort Hood
- ‘Mad Men’ star Jon Hamm was charged in brutal 1990 hazing incident at University of Texas at Austin
- Body of missing angler recovered on Lake Palestine
- DPS Offers Safety Tips for Enjoying Texas Wildflowers
- DPS Most Wanted Fugitive Captured in El Paso County
- Irving police step up mosque security amid hate mail reports
- Judge decides Dallas teen won’t be tried as an adult in baby girl’s drowning
- Fire At DoubleTree Suites Hotel in Austin VIDEO
Political and other Texas news for 4/10/2015
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