- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Charges against Rep. Jonathan Stickland are without merit, lawyer says, more – will Pickett’s unethical charges in public and forcing a member to leave a committee hearing be addressed seriously by the House?
- Officials Dispute Stickland’s Claim That Investigation is Over
- MQS: Straus Denied, Stickland Cleared
- Without Two-Thirds Rule, Senate Moving Patrick’s [GOP] Priorities
- At Capitol, one more hurdle to clear in tax cut negotiations
- Legislators still deciding who will oversee border security measures
- Lucio offers and then pulls amendment to border security bill
- In-State Tuition for Illegals Repeal, Sanctuary Cities Back on Calendar
- House skirmishes over bill banning payroll dues deduction for many public employees
- House Backs Senate Bill Making Execution Drug Providers Secret
- Legislature Gives More Approval for Legalizing Cannabis Oil
- House gives preliminary approval to narrowly-focused medical marijuana bill
- ‘Hail Yeah!’ Say Proponents of Bill Addressing Hailstorm Lawsuit Abuse
- Open carry bill moves to Senate floor
- After Waco Shootout, Lawmakers Continue Open Carry Push
- Campus Carry Faces Last Hurdle in Legislature
- Mom’s Demand Action, Texas: The Synchronized Testimony
- New Texas law bans cities from banning fracking, drilling
- Gov. Abbott Signs HB 40, Oil Consultant Weighs In VIDEO
- Lucio passes bill to let Cameron Co. voters form health district
- Pharr foreign trade zone bill advances in House
- Tebow Bill Passes Out of Texas Senate
- Living behind a tree? Tougher to prove under pending voter bill in Texas statehouse
- Libs: Texas lawmakers are busy making it harder to vote
- Bill to weaken Travis County judges in statewide cases passes
- Texas Legislature Passes Judicial Reforms
- Lawmakers optimistic that college construction bonds will be approved
- Senate approves $3 billion in construction bonds for colleges and universities
- Capitol Digest: Funding plan for state parks advances
- Same-sex couples would be denied adoption, fostering in Texas under amendment
- DPS Troopers Undergo Changes in Training Via Fitness Institute VIDEO
- TxDOT studies pelican deaths
- Is Texas feeding citizens’ driver license photos into an FBI database?
- George P. Bush Headlines Red Carpet Alamo Event
- Governor Abbott Appoints Moore To State Preservation Board
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Oklahoma Judge Throws Out Protective Order Against Texas Senator Charles Perry, more, more
- Stripper’s Case Tossed Out of Court, Texas State Senator Vindicated
- Cruz and Perry Noncommittal as Straw Poll Talk Heats Up
- Cruz roundup: Iowa, Abbott and Adelson
- A Quote That May Come Back to Haunt Rand Paul: I didn’t run for office because of the social issues
- Jeffers: Some Perry advice for 2016? Use retail politics, avoid gaffes
- Hillary Clinton to Campaign in Texas June 3-4
- Hillary Caught in Another Email Lie: New Docs Reveal She Used Second Private Account While Sec. of State
- Federal Judge Says DC Gun Carry Law is Unconstitutional
- An Ugly Youth-Violence Video Proves a Racial Double Standard
- San Antonio firefighter association endorses Leticia Van de Putte in mayor’s race
- Two losing Dallas City Council candidates file challenge, allege vote was rigged
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Op-ed: Stopping ISIS at Home and Abroad, by Congressman Will Hurd
- GOP Wants Review of Internet Governance Handover
- Rep. Vela to address violence in Mexico with new legislation
- House passes Cornyn human trafficking bill
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- America’s biggest ranch, which is larger than New York City, goes on sale for $713million in Texas – hardly a new story on Pratt on Texas but enjoy the British version.
- J.C. Penney bag appearance on Mad Men’s finale was a big surprise in Plano
- Holiday Inn near SMU to be converted to Magnolia boutique hotel
- Tool and equipment maker Hilti leases Irving R&D center
- Dallas startup wants to digitize downtown windows
- Solar energy companies look to shine across the Valley
- For the first time a new book opens the opaque window into Elon Musk
- Analysts: Eagle Ford drilling will get a lot cheaper by mid-2016
- Transocean idles three more rigs amid crude slump
- Sanchez Oil & Gas makes MLP and executive moves
- Amid new regulations, Tesoro upgrades its crude rail car fleet
- Researcher may have answer to deadly citrus greening
- Willacy County ‘Photo ranch’ planned for eco-tourists
- —————Statewide general——————
- Board Member of Brewster County Groundwater District Arrested on Trespassing Charge
- Houston Police Officer Run Down and Killed During High Speed Chase, Man accused in death of Houston police officer dies
- Grand jury clears Grapevine police officer who killed unarmed immigrant
- The American Challenge: One Man’s Statement of Love for His Country
- Rare Identical Triplets, Two Conjoined, Born in Corpus Christi
- DPS Seizes 150 Pounds of Marijuana on US 287
- Wichita Falls: More Than 90 Pounds Of Marijuana Seized In Traffic Stop
- Wichita Falls man charged in baby’s death
- Levelland man arrested after armed standoff with police
- Anti-Wimp: 72-year-old takes care of alleged burglar
- Houston postal supervisor convicted of stealing from agency
- Stars are big and bright at “Texas Rising” premiere
- 30 bags of cocaine wash ashore on Galveston beach
- Texas driver brags he slipped yet another dirty license plate by censors – dick head!
- Judge questions hospital company’s motive in Ebola nurse’s lawsuit
- Convict accused of killing Aggie father and daughter in Bryan found dead in his cell
- Death of spring breaker from Killeen ruled accidental
- — Waco / biker gang shootings —
- Biker Truthers Emerge Calling Waco Shootout a ‘Police Massacre’ disgusting
- Twin Peaks: Everything the PC Left Hates
- When Another Texas ‘Breastaurant’ Refused Service to a Suspected Gang-Affiliated Customer
- Twin Peaks franchisee says law enforcement never asked biker event to be cancelled – you may not believe them but this is an important read given government claims otherwise and repeated efforts to make the business appear more a perpetrator than the thugs who did the killing.
- Waco Police Update: ‘This was Anytown, USA Yesterday’, Could Happen in Any City
- City of Austin employee arrested in Waco biker gang shooting
- At Least Four East Texans Arrested in Waco Shooting
- Two Killed in Biker Club Shootout Were From Big Country
- New Braunfels man killed in biker gang shootout at Waco Twin Peaks
- Cossacks Biker Gang Recently ‘Transferred’ Members into ‘Bandidos Territory’
- 170 Held on $1 Million Bond After Biker Gang Shootout Kills 9
- Faces of bikers arrested following Waco Twin Peaks shooting begin to surface
- Autopsy Results for Men Killed in Waco Biker Shooting
- ‘The war will never end’: Fears grow about more biker gang violence
- Police Also Fired Shots in Biker Brawl, Officers on High Alert
- Biker Brawl: Bandidos are ‘Baddest of the Bad,’ Experts Say
- Gangs in Waco Shootout Almost Fought in Odessa
- On Twin Peaks, man-sized beers and the exquisite delicacy of bottom rocker etiquette
- Waco, Caring and Police Brutality
- Bexar County deputies on high alert following Waco biker gang shooting
- Police: Out Of Town Bikers Remain In Waco
- Complex investigation continues into deadly Waco biker melee
- Parking dispute may have lit fuse in Waco biker shootout
- Twin Peaks shooting is an argument for more gun regulations in Texas
- — Flooding / Tornadoes / Weather —
- Texas drought fades with heavy rains
- Montague County Commissioners Vote to Sustain State of Disaster
- Flooding in San Angelo; river flows break record
- Marina owner celebrates dramatic rise in White River Lake level VIDEO
- Higher lake levels prompt a change in park operation at J.B. Thomas
- Some South Plains area roads experiencing flooding
- Hidalgo County declares emergency in wake of floods
- San Antonio rescue crews recover SUV with woman’s body
Political and other Texas news for 5/19/2015
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