- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- House set to vote on ditching daylight saving time in Texas – we can get a vote on this B.S. but not Campus Carry or other important bills?
- House Votes to Keep Daylight Savings Time
- Senator unsure whether texting-while-driving ban can pass
- Are your tax dollars lobbying against you?
- Texas Legislature Moves Forward on Marijuana Related Bills
- Has the Legislature’s attitude on marijuana shifted?
- Texas House Approves State Hashtag Proposals
- Senate Votes to Increase Funding for ‘Godless,’ ‘Socialistic’ Pre-K – they make fun but Pre-K and earlier schooling is straight from the Marxist/Leninist handbook – really.
- Shining a light on Rio Grande Valley colonias
- Lawmaker wants to speed up funding for earthquake study
- Texas Public Policy Foundation Talks About Reining in Local Regulation AUDIO
- Interesting factions in the Texas House of Representatives AUDIO
- House panel refers witness list probe to Texas Rangers, more
- Video Shows Tense Exchange Between Pickett and Stickland
- Lawmakers on guard as group pledges to continue taping
- Legislators Likely to End Top 10 Percent Scholarships
- Warning to state from its accountant: Lawmakers need to shore up infrastructure, pensions, decaying buildings
- Hegar asks Big Three to prioritize things other than tax cuts
- Comptroller: Remember Responsibilities in Tax Cut Debates
- Tax cut spat threatens to engulf Legislature’s session
- Dallas-area mayors request meeting with Huffines over local control concerns
- Bills that would sack Texas cities’ bag bans left hanging in legislative committees
- Hospitals urge Texas lawmakers to fix Medicaid waiver or risk billions
- Critics Question Whether Insurance Card Measure is a Remedy
- House OKs screenings prior to solitary confinement
- Texas guardianship bill seeks to strengthen individual rights
- House OKs Expanded Sales of Raw Milk
- Governor Abbott Statement On Texas Ranking #1 Best State To Do Business VIDEO
- Governor Abbott On CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Texas’ Economy VIDEO
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- Governor Abbott Files Amicus Brief Supporting State Of Florida’s Lawsuit Against Expansion Of Obamacare
- Governor Abbott Statement On Obama Administration Unlawfully Implementing Executive Amnesty
- Texas, other states watching Medicaid standoff between Florida, Obama
- 21CT drops lawsuit against fired lobbyist James Frinzi
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- PolitiFact Discovers Shocking Fact about Rick Perry That He Wrote an Op-Ed About
- Spanish-language media dub Jeb Bush ‘Latino’ 2016 candidate – and they’ll likely call Rubio and Cruz “Anglo”!
- One of Jeb Bush’s top advisers on Israel: George W. Bush
- The Ticket: Hillary Clinton and Garry Mauro AUDIO
- Poverty is a complex problem for all of us
- Four Seek Two Runoff Spots in San Antonio Mayoral Race
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Thornberry refutes group’s claims on payday lending & the military
- Neugebauer Presses SEC Chief on Bond-Market Liquidity
- News with Sen. Cruz – May 8, 2015
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Chief Executive Magazine: Texas the Top Place to Do Business 11 Years Running VIDEO
- Governor Abbott Statement On Texas Ranking #1 Best State To Do Business VIDEO
- March traffic at Dallas Love Field jumps by 50 percent
- Proposed $1.29B expansion of GM Arlington plant may signal big changes
- More oilfield jobs lost despite modest rebound in crude prices
- Americans Not In The Labor Force Rise To Record 93,194,000
- AAA Gas Watch – May 8, 2015
- Gold Medal Packing Group to open beef processing plant in Lockney
- Record Setting Year for Texas Aviation Conference
- Austin-based company sues U.S. State Department over 3-D guns
- —————Statewide general——————
- Arrest affidavit: Austin ISD bus driver fondled child since August
- Texas man who ran law firms in three states charged with fraud, identity theft
- Lance Armstrong really doesn’t want to pay Dallas sports promoter that $10 million award
- Smith Co. constable’s wife cleared of wrongdoing
- Dallas doctor accused of running ‘pill mill’ wrote more prescriptions after arrest, feds say
- Brownsville Bomb Squad Responded to ‘Non-Explosive’ Device
- Pastor sues City of Fort Worth over incident at homosexual pride festival
- Toddler Attacked By German Shepherd Released From Hospital
- Man Who Slashed Neck After Killeen Traffic Stop Dies At Local Hospital VIDEO
- No injuries reported from natural gas well fire in Denton
- Four Injured in North Texas Train Derailment
- Earthquake Reported In Comanche County around DeLeon
- Magnitude-4.0 quake between Mansfield, Venus is biggest yet
- Railroad commission checking gas wells after 4.0-magnitude quake in Venus
- Child Killed After Being Crushed by Headstone in Odessa
- Lone Surviving Officer of Prison Bus Crash Tells His Story
- Caught on Camera: Thieves Rob Odessa Gast Station Armed With an Ax VIDEO
- Police Respond to Home Invasion: Suspect Had Knife, Homeowner Had Gun
- — Flooding / Weather stories —
- Governor Abbott Announces Activation of State Operations Center as Severe Storms Impact Texas
- Twisters rumble over open land in North Texas VIDEO
- Aftermath of Crane Hail Storm Leaves Residents Seeking Home, Car Repairs
- Minor Damage From Wind, Hail in Lubbock Co. Storms Thursday
Political and other Texas news for 5/8/2015
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