- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Secret lawmaker videos handed over to Breitbart Texas, more
- Turning the camera on those secretly taping Texas lawmakers – insider press sure is mad others are doing the job they should be doing!
- Speaker Straus’ Union Dues
- Unlikely alliance carries property tax bill
- Ahead for property-tax break: one tough House hearing
- New call-in line helps business leaders shape Texas laws
- Texas best to do business, can do better by ending Franchise Tax AUDIO
- Abbott signs bill exempting thousands of high school seniors from graduation tests, Governor’s statement
- Ratliff: Bill doesn’t solve school home-rule law’s problems; it makes them worse
- Fast-growing school districts fear double whammy in Texas House
- Senate votes to let home-school students participate in public school extracurriculars
- Rep. Springer’s Bill Would Forgive CHL Holders for Airport Security Slips
- Open Carry Rally Held In Abilene
- Senate tentatively OKs bill allowing pastors, churches to opt out of same-sex marriages, more, more
- Homosexual rights advocates warn bills would undercut favorable court ruling on same-sex marriage
- Statewide texting-while-driving ban heads to full Senate
- Representative Wu’s Bills Modernizing the Judicial System Head to the Senate
- Rep. Workman passes Article V resolution in House
- Rep. Guerra passes SB797 in the House affecting port of entry wait times
- Huffines jabs back at Dallas-area mayors over local control concerns
- House lawmakers take another swipe at Denton fracking ban
- House approves research for statewide water grid
- Bill to end deadly shootings of dogs heads to governor’s desk
- Texas a Flashpoint in Debate Over Right to Film Police
- House Gives Early OK to Expanding DNA Testing
- Bill to cut disaster rebuilding from years to months
- Texas Senate OKs keeping execution drug suppliers secret
- Texas bristles at Obama’s ‘invasion’
- In Jade Helm operation, Texas gives early lessons on the ‘human domain’
- Texas Gov and AG: Feds Continue Blatant Disregard for the Law in Executive Amnesty Lawsuit
- Governor Again Renews Proclamation Extending Drought Emergency
- Attempt to force Obamacare expansion on states backfires
- Law enforcement in Texas still a man’s world
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- GOP primary presidential debate coming to Houston in 2016
- Republican presidential hopefuls focus fire on Obama foreign policy
- Irving Muslims join voter rolls in record numbers
- Cruz roundup: Big hires, awkward interview
- White man asks the son of Cuban immigrants, Ted Cruz, if he is Cuban enough VIDEO
- Senator Cruz, You Say You’re Cuban. Will You Rumba for Us?
- Nordlinger: Dealing with Ted Cruz
- Perry, Cruz Make Their Mark at South Carolina Forum
- Perry Enjoys Warm Welcome in Return to South Carolina
- In crowded field, Perry turns to national security, foreign policy
- Cruz: Not All Republicans Back Religious Liberty
- Former Michigan GOP Chairman Joins Sen. Cruz Presidential Campaign
- In Houston, Mike Huckabee Details Energy Plan
- Wendy Davis Fined $5,000 for Ethics Violation
- Spotlight Finds Abbott, and It’s Not Flattering
- Rep. Sylvester Turner’s exit leaves void for Democrats
- Van de Putte & Ivy Taylor make runoff for San Antonio mayor
- Arlington, Texas Voters Dump Cameras And Pro-Camera Mayor
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Maersk embarks on Houston hiring spree to staff mega training center
- U.S. Drilling Rig Count Falls Below 1,000; Texas Down by 513
- OTC 2015: 6th Largest Offshore Technology Conference ever Despite Low Oil Prices
- Mexico to open ‘mature’ fields to foreign investors today
- Spec building to break ground at GeoSouthern Energy’s Woodlands-area campus
- Oil firms drill, wait to complete
- Concho Valley sets cotton record
- BNSF Railway back on track after weekend of nasty weather
- —————Statewide general——————
- Are Islamic Terrorists Making Their Way Through Texas? Graffiti in Scurry County Targeted Against Lubbock
- Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces Arrest of Nine Suspected Child Predators
- Fort Bend County Truancy Court Illegal, Alleges Class Action Lawsuit
- Vandalism Closes Olney ISD Schools
- 33 Texas Prisoners Earn Theology Degrees
- One Killed in Drive-by Shooting in Midland
- Child Killed After Being Crushed by Tombstone in Odessa, Officials Investigating
- 3-year-old drowns over the weekend in Freestone County
- Mall in Frisco remains without power after dual transformer fires VIDEO
- RIP: Famed Country Fiddler Johnny Gimble Dies
Political and other Texas news for 5/11/2015
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