- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Pratt: House panel passes driver license for illegal alien bill with faulty logic
- Bill allowing driving permits to illegal aliens gets another nod
- Chambers Not Too Far Apart on Border Security
- A Closer Look at Budget Conference Committee Members
- House finally approves tax cuts, sends package to a wary Senate
- Texas House sends tax cut package to leery Senate
- House setting up a tax showdown with Senate
- Advantage: House
- House Passes Tax Relief Measures, Straus Opposed Margins Tax Amendment
- Analysis: How Private Opinions Can Diverge From Public Votes
- Jackson: Protect homeowners from ‘appraisal creep’ VIDEO
- Senate votes to abolish state tech fund, create new university research initiative, more
- A Hail of a Storm Is Brewing in the Senate in Insurance
- Senate votes to curb homeowner lawsuits against insurance companies
- UT Survey Finds Support for City Fracking Decisions
- Lucio’s bill asks voters to approve $100 million to pave colonia roads
- House school letter grade system differs from Senate version
- House Moves to End High-Stakes Writing Tests
- Bill to help failing schools heads to House floor
- Abbott, Patrick Boost Charter Schools At Rally
- Greg Abbott calls for more charter school funding
- Union urges lawmakers to address rising teacher health care costs
- Bills against domestic violence advancing
- Lawmakers Entertain Legalizing Medicinal Marijuana to Treat Epilepsy
- House committee hears pleas for cannabis oil bill
- Legislature is Closer to Deciding on Abortion Bills
- Lawmakers Lend an Ear to Concerns Over Payday Loans
- Lawmakers face long odds in effort to crack down on predatory lending – “predatory lending” – is this an editorial or commentary? That is a value judgment and by the way a very elitist judgment that those without credit shouldn’t be allowed to make decisions about their own lives. How is is “predatory”? Do the lenders kidnap folk and force them to take out a loan?
- Texas Senate’s ethics measure adds ban on felons
- Senate Approves Drug Testing for Political Candidates
- Not Crooks…
- Lawmakers push for transparency in police use-of-force cases
- House tentatively OKs bill shifting regulation of driver ed, driving safety schools
- Rep. Dawnna Dukes says lingering injuries explain absence from capitol – terrible
- Woman who portrayed herself as Sen. Uresti’s wife charged with harassment
- DPS trooper reprimanded for Snoop Dogg photo sues bosses
- DPS: Renew Online, Skip Trip to DPS Office This Summer
- Multi-State Operation Rescues Endangered Children
- Governor Abbott On Concealed Handgun Licenses Reciprocity With The State Of Ohio
- White House says no liberties at risk from Special Ops exercise, despite Gov. Abbott concerns
- Texas sees enemies everywhere, from U.S. troops to preschoolers
- Texas inmate facing execution wins reprieve from state judge
- Appellate court to hear oral arguments on immigration suit in July
- Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Texas State University System Board Of Regents
- Abbott Names Two To Texas Funeral Service Commission
- Abbott Appoints Two And Names Chair Of Private Security Board
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- In Houston, Jeb Bush Makes Personal Appeal to Latinos
- Cruz accuses Obama of inflaming racial tension, suggesting partial blame for Baltimore riots
- For Perry and Luttrell, a Father-Son Relationship – Luttrell doesn’t honor his committments
- Texans with much at stake closely follow Supreme Court arguments on homosexual marriage
- History shows Texas hates social change
- Former White House press secretary Dana Perino gets surprise visitor at speaking event: George W. Bush
- Harvard: Young People Are Moving Toward the GOP In the Presidential Realm, Too
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- House Committee To Discuss 2016 National Defense Authorization Act
- Sen. Ted Cruz Questions DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson at a Judiciary Hearing VIDEO
- Sen. Cruz: How Many Criminals Have Been Released Across the Nation? VIDEO
- Cruz: It is my sincere hope that the Supreme Court will rule on the side of the U.S. Constitution
- Sen. Cruz Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill to Ban Bulk Record Collection
- Cruz Op-Ed in The Washington Times: “Congress Must Approve of Any Iran Deal”
- Senators Aim to End Patent Abuses that Cost U.S. Economy Billions of Dollars Every Year
- With trafficking bill done, Cornyn to take on free trade, patent trolls in “productive” Senate
- NASA’s robust Earth Science program now under attack originated in the Reagan and Bush administrations
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- California coffee company, Farmer Bros., relocating headquarters to North Texas
- Southwest Airlines cancels a handful of Baltimore flights because of unrest
- Allegiant dispatchers vote out Teamsters on a 7-7 vote
- Computer glitch delays American Airlines flights Tuesday night
- City of Dallas initiates foreclosure against Patriots Crossing development
- The Burden of Parking Minimums in Local Ordinances
- New forecast: Dallas net office leasing will be second highest in the country through 2017
- J.C. Penney opens Sephora in smaller markets including Wichita Falls
- Dallas author has a hit list when it comes to legalese
- AT&T fires president over racist text, still faces $100M discrimination lawsuit
- ‘Impact investing’ takes the bite out of auto loan sharks
- The offshore wind industry is still struggling to ramp up in the U.S.
- Continental Resources CEO’s ex-wife left with $1 billion divorce award
- Hines to develop large industrial park in southwest Houston
- Hess reports first-quarter loss on lower crude prices
- Tomball Tollway use taking off
- SMU earthquake study problems pointed out
- Regions Bank fined $7.5M for illegal fees
- —————Statewide general——————
- Dallas police officer fired after allegedly pointing gun at his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend
- Abilene FD Captain Wins National ‘Fire-Fighter of the Year’
- Man Resists Arrest, Breaks Window Inside Electra Police Station
- Flower Mound woman gets prison for embezzling from NTHBA
- Girl, 13, allegedly stabbed girl, 12, at Corpus Christi ISD junior high
- McCamey Teen with Down Syndrome Voted Prom Queen, Quarterback is Date
- Prosecutors Call Terlingua Beating ‘Intentional and Brutal,’ Defense Attorneys Claim ‘Self Defense’
- Man suspected in fatal stabbing told McKinney police he planned to kill wife
- Judge revokes release for man indicted in tech export case
- San Antonio man guilty in Honduras sex case with girl, 13
- Woman who portrayed herself as Sen. Uresti’s wife charged with harassment
- Lightning strikes cause fires across East Texas
- Woman rescued from large Cherokee County sinkhole VIDEO
- Arlington homeowner prepared with gun when intruders attack
- Rockets beat Mavericks 103-94 to advance out of first round for first time since 2009
- Man Who Died After Jumping From Brazos River Bridge Identified
- San Antonio River Authority shares photo of Fiesta garbage pileup in the river
- SAPD: Mayor’s driver not at fault in accident that left woman brain dead
- Police: Regular customer steals $500 worth of beauty products while getting haircut
- Houston mom turns in son suspected in iPad theft from 2-year-old
- Round Rock woman who allegedly sexually assaulted husband’s friend won’t be indicted
- Two North Texas Men Arrested and Charged with Horse Theft
Political and other Texas news for 4/29/2015
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