- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Governor Abbott Touts Franchise Tax Proposal On Tax Day
- Abbott says biz tax cuts a must; no clear preference on property or sales tax options
- Abbott: Sales and property tax cuts both on table
- Abbott Refuses to Take Sides on Tax Cuts
- Patrick says property tax relief “is No. 1 for me” as Senate, House collide on tax cuts, budget
- Samms: Tax cuts are not the answer for Texas – gov’t is the basis of all life to this moron
- Reforms, Budget Pass Senate
- Legislature marching toward tax cuts
- Big-Business leaders: State must be friendly to homosexual workers
- Anchia: Texas should list both same-sex “parents” on adopted children’s new birth records – birth certificate is about the biological material donors, not who will “parent” the child so this is ridiculous.
- Lawmakers in No Rush to Disclose Wining and Dining
- House’s border security bill sits idle in Senate, awaits debate
- Senate panel moves insurance over-litigation bill to full Senate
- Texas Senate passes bill to criminalize revenge porn
- House tentatively OKs ban on trafficking in shark fins
- Four bills aim to prevent another West explosion
- John Legend Targets Texas Incarceration Rates
- Policy groups and senators question $3 billion House education plan
- School Finance Plan Praised in Capitol Hearing by School Bureaucrats
- What Texas Tests – and Why That Matters
- Texas Senate passes bill to decriminalize truancy
- Bill to provide info about Down Syndrome to prospective parents receives pushback
- Texas Teen Pioneers Campaign to Change Confederate Heroes Day
- With funding in limbo, Texas House panel tackles veteran tuition program
- Senators air ideas to rein in tuition costs
- Lubbock Democrats rally against Sen. Perry’s SB185 VIDEO – better not to protest publicly if you don’t have but a handful of people.
- Rep. King’s welfare drug testing bill sees support, opponents in Texas House
- Texas Senate OKs ending breaks for wind energy
- Herman: House Democrats sling ‘POO’ on open carry bill
- El Jefe is back: TMF stalls open carry, still has sights set on Senate
- Lawmakers give Austin Energy a verbal beating
- DPS chief to be called to explain questionable testimony
- Abbott Gets His Signature Pen Going
- Free market reform can improve dental care in Texas
- See the report criticizing CPS in Katy boy’s death
- Division of Workers’ Compensation Announces Recent Enforcement Actions
- Attorney General Paxton Files Brief Defending Injunction Stopping President’s Illegal Amnesty
- Prescription for Preemption: Texas High Court Strikes Down Hurdles To Arbitration In Care Provider/Patient Agreements
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Hillary Clinton-Julian Castro 2016: an already inevitable Democratic ticket?
- Conservative Leaders Plan Two Secret Meetings Aimed at Picking a 2016 Candidate – fine but is is voters who matter
- Remembering Arthur “Buddy” Temple, fromer state rep., candidate for governor
- Eight Tax Myths from TTU prof — Lessons for Tax Week, Part II, Part III
- Virginia decides WinVote touch-screens too risky for use
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- One day, two White House veto threats against Kevin Brady tax bills – purely War on Texas stuff
- Report: Energy issues dominate congressional agenda – with little to show for it
- REST Act Aims to Streamline Transportation
- Rep. Castro calls for feds to help evaluate Texas border security effort
- Rep. Neugebauer Drafts Legislation to Crack-Down on the IRS
- Cornyn, Thornberry Draft Legislation to Lessen Burden of Small Businesses
- With “doc fix” repeal, Burgess earns long-awaited win
- Congress OKs bill reshaping Medicare doctors’ fees, avoiding 21 percent cut
- Cornyn: Repeal Obamacare’s Individual Mandate To Pay For ‘Doc Fix’
- Cornyn Calls on Democrats to Support Human Trafficking Compromise
- Senate Democrats reject Cornyn’s fix to human trafficking bill
- Cruz: Cuba must prove it is willing to change behavior before U.S. removes it from terrorist list
- Neugebauer wants Iran deal clarified, stricter
- Lawmakers Urge CFPB to Go Easy on Enforcement of New Disclosures
- Federal House Ag committee tackles trade, SNAP benefits
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Stars & Stripes Drive-In Theatre offers digital cinema experience in New Braunfels – so proud of Ryan, a longtime Pratt on Texas sponsor!
- SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 capsule from Cape Canaveral, fails to nail rocket booster landing VIDEO
- Southwest Airlines wants to fly between Denver and Puerto Vallarta
- American College of Emergency Physicians starting new Irving headquarters
- Apartment towers to rise this summer at Dallas’ Victory Park
- Video reveals many changes coming to downtown Dallas’ Victory Park VIDEO
- D-FW fast food workers plan ‘tax day’ protest here, Houston – fools
- Survey: Oil workers value job security; oil executives value bonuses
- Oil CEO wages immune to price slump as shareholders vote on pay
- Cheap gasoline is helping some states rake in more tax revenue
- Austin Energy earns political wrath from Legislature
- Smith County home sales soar in March
- ClearTalk Clears Out From Texoma
- Texas Leads the Way in Wind Energy Contributions
- Cisco Sees New Growth and Development
- Lubbock Economic Index shows slight dip despite large spike in construction permits
- AT&T announces 200 new tech jobs coming to Lubbock
- Aggie-made app helps pet owners
- —————Statewide general——————
- Raymondville: Rangers clear police officer in assault allegation
- Montague Grand Jury Takes No Action in Officer Involved Shooting
- Police in Dallas fatally shoot Texas man suspected in 2 Oregon slayings
- Dallas Zoo Sports a New ‘Natural Born American Citizen’ Giraffe
- San Antonio tickets chef for feeding homeless, $2000 fine
- Suspected brisket bandit arrested following bizarre crime spree in San Antonio
- San Antonio police officer involved in overnight crash
- State halts deadly high school punching trial with appeal of jury instructions
- San Antonio barbers make the cut on new TV show
- Suspect in high-speed chase shot by police outside Houston elementary school
- Man shot by Houston police officer had welding gun, not firearm – can’t tell the difference in a split-second
- See the report criticizing CPS in Katy boy’s death
- Woman comes face to face with accused sex trafficker
- Heavy rain leaves thousands of South Texas residents without power
- 18 arrested in Beaumont for using fake identities to get jobs
- Father suspected in son’s shooting death in Harris Co.
- Man shoots, kills parents at southwest Houston home VIDEO
- Former Grand Saline hospital owner sentenced
- Experts to speak on black bears in East Texas
- Sky Ranch inappropriate touching investigation continues VIDEO
- Boy, 13, with shotgun allegedly tried to rob Beaumont taxi driver
- Falfurrias-area traffic stop yields $1.7M of cocaine in Porsche Cayenne
- Two Vehicle Accident Shuts Down Portion of Highway 287
- Bomb threat called to Covenant Hospital Plainview Tuesday
- Wind gusts overturn truck on I-27 overpass in Plainview
- Morton man gets 15 years for arson in church fire
- New Video from Dallas Museum of Art Crane Collapse VIDEO
- Former Lubbock Councilman Morrison Sued Over Low Income Housing Project
- Dickens County rallies around man convicted of Blackwater shootings VIDEO
- South Plains family of man convicted for Blackwater shooting in Iraq hoping for appeal
- Midland Woman Accused of Stealing Vehicle With Children Inside
- Author Jim Dent gets 10-year prison sentence after 10th DWI
- Set of all-girl quintuplets born at Texas hospital
- Bum accused of threatening to shoot police at Austin hospital
- Police: Boy critically hurt after struck by brother’s arrow
- Cash, gun, medication taken in Amarillo home invasion
Political and other Texas news for 4/15/2015
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