- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Allegations of Rep. Stickland falsifying witnesses referred to General Investigating Committee
- Video filmed by attendee
- House to conduct ethics investigation after Bedford lawmaker was ejected from hearing
- Panel to Investigate After Lawmaker Ejected From Hearing
- Jonathan Stickland, tea party legislator, kicked out of House hearing
- House panel investigating incident involving North Texas lawmaker after dust-up in committee hearing
- Statement from ethics chairman, Rep. Kuempel, on investigation
- Dennis Bonnen, From Loudmouth to Mouth of the House
- Senate Approves Comprehensive Property Tax Relief
- The Senate Passed a Property Tax Reform!
- Senate bill would make it tougher to raise local property taxes
- Patrick: Churches, clergy need protection if court upholds gay marriage
- House passes bill exoneration review commission named in honor of the late Timothy Cole
- State Rep. Schaeffer has plan to change Texas abortion laws VIDEO
- House gives tentative OK to boosting roads budget by $3B annually
- Rep. Cook’s ideas on driver licenses for illegals are preposterously silly AUDIO
- Panel sends Greg Abbott’s pre-K bill to the Texas Senate
- Hispanics for School Choice is bringing its Wisconsin experience to Texas
- Insurance bill seeks to curb lawsuits, worries consumer groups
- Some city officials protest bill to stop outright fracking bans
- Texas Truancy Law Reform Receives Widespread Support
- Chuck DeVore on Tax Relief, Transportation and Tuition Caps AUDIO
- Texas may Include Guns, Ammunition, and Hunting Supplies on Tax Free Weekend
- State Senate passes sales tax-free weekend for gun purchases
- Lucio: Hurricane-damaged homes can be rebuilt faster, cheaper
- Rep. Pat Fallon Fights to Improve Transparency & Protect Property Values
- Lt. Colonel William Edwin Dyess Selected for Texas Legislative Medal of Honor
- House approves new chemical storage standards two years after West explosion
- Electro Purification groundwater regulation effort hits skids
- Analysis: Two Faces of a Conservative House District
- Ex-GOP lawmaker blisters Abbott for ‘pandering to idiots’ over military exercise
- Jade Helm and the Second Battle of Bastrop
- An open letter to Attorney General Ken Paxton on the UT cover-up
- Texas transportation agencies spend millions of tax dollars with little to show for it
- TWDB moves closer to distribution of SWIFT program funding
- Newsletter / Rural/Urban Resources / MAY 2015
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- District judge over violent sex offender cases rebuked
- Texas Supreme Court Justices Again Avoid Underground Trespassing Question
- ‘Liberty City’ movement spreading through Texas
- How Rick Perry set up a surveillance state of Texas
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- TX23: Gallego blasts Hurd over vote to repeal D.C. reproductive health law
- If no vote means ‘No’ vote, Cruz’s record contradicts his platform
- IRS May Be Trying to Stop Tax Exemption of Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS
- Democrats Seek to Block Geert Wilders from Texas Muhammad Art and Cartoon Exhibit
- FBI Director: Police Frustrated By Media Ignoring Blue Deaths
- Hillary Clinton brings all the baggage of the 1990s
- Candidate says “Keep Blanco Blanco” slogan isn’t about the color
- City of San Antonio rejects Villarreal’s ethics complaint against Van de Putte
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Sen. Cruz: Congress Has an Opportunity to Stand For Religious Liberty
- Bergess Passes Bill through House Committee to Protect Small Businesses and Inventors
- Thornberry, Cornyn Introduce BLM Red River Land Grab Bill
- Is there anyone in Congress that can restore NASA’s Earth science budget cut?
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Texas home sales up 4 percent in first quarter, prices rise 8.8 percent
- D-FW has nation’s hottest housing market, according to Realtor.com
- Mills: LNG Finds A Niche In The Energy Market
- Broadwind Energy posts loss for first quarter – subsidies & forced customers and losing money…
- Grape Growers Hopeful For Profitable Season
- Dallas native Lela Rose launched her Lane Bryant collection in her hometown
- Frequent-flier programs at American Airlines, Southwest Airlines top ‘Freddie Awards’
- American Airlines’ new Boeing 787 Dreamliner comfortably goes the distance
- While 7-Eleven HQ prepares to bail on downtown Dallas, it keeps building stores there
- New leases fill millions of square feet of southern Dallas County warehouse space
- Chevron earnings fall 50 percent along with crude prices
- Drilling Deeper: Coming to Terms
- —————Statewide general——————
- Dallas police: Council member Scott Griggs under investigation for ‘attempting to influence’ city staffer
- DPS Reward Increased to $10,000 for Most Wanted Fugitive From Laredo
- 13-year-old driver among 3 teens arrested in Dallas-area carjacking and police chase
- Colliding Protests — ‘Dallas Won’t Burn Like Baltimore’ Threatens Open Carry Group
- 77-year-old man refuses armed robber in Lubbock mall bathroom
- Pilot Makes Emergency Landing in Muddy Pilot Point Field
- Midland Stores Evacuated While Police Investigate a Suspicious Package
- Reeves County Sheriff Re-Opens Monica Carrasco Case
- Accused Terlingua Killer ‘Cried’ After Body Found, Courtroom Artist Senses ‘Guarded Energy’ Among Witnesses
- Iraan Community Mourning the Loss of First Baptist Church
- Prosecutors in “honor killings” case tell judge of hit list against witnesses
- Baylor Student Arrested On Drug Possession Charges
- Fire burns at Seabrook Hampton Inn for hours
- No Decision Made On Whether 3 Texas Teens Will Face Death Penalty
- Galveston man wanted for sex-trafficking girls
- Dad’s response to Cy-Fair kindergarten dress code dustup goes viral
- Elderly man run over by wife in driveway of NW Harris County home
- Panola County woman charged with killing husband
- Malakoff ISD school bus overturns, at least 6 injured Thursday
- Convicted Australian sex offender living in Texas had 93K child porn images
- Cherokee County woman: 2-year sentence not enough for her son’s alleged killer
- Cedar Hill police: Nursing home worker arrested after being found in resident’s bed with his pants down
Political and other Texas news for 5/1/2015
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