- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Texas House, Senate agree to $3.8B cut in property, business taxes
- Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, Speaker Straus Announce Tax Relief For Texans
- At Capitol, negotiators strike deals on budget, tax cut
- With vote, sticking point in tax cut negotiations settled
- MQS: Taxpayers (still) Winning!
- TPPF’s DeVore on Tax Cuts, Education and Transportation Legislation AUDIO
- Anti-high-speed rail provision stripped from final budget deal
- State budget negotiators agree to boost university research funds
- Bill Increasing Unemployment Taxes Advances
- Action needed on licensed open carry AUDIO
- Abbott Signs Online Solicitation Measure into Law
- Texas union-dues law, SB 1968, stalls in meeting, future unclear
- Union Dues Spark an End-of-Session Dispute
- Governor Abbott Vows to Sign Pastor Protection Bill into Law
- Bill to protect pastors from homosexual “marriage” lawsuits sent to governor
- Marriage bill OK’d as Democrats drop opposition
- House “Republican” Sarah Davis supports homosexual “marriage”
- Attorney General Paxton Statement on Passage of Pastor Protection Bill
- Planned Parenthood Head Threatens ‘Orange Flood’ Repeat over Defunding of Cancer-Screening Program
- Senate Unanimously Backs House’s “Right to Try” Legislation
- Effort to protect military bases in Texas gets boost in state budget
- 3 bikers arrested in Waco helped write motorcycle safety bill OK’d by Texas House
- Ethics Bill Hits Dark Money, Secret Recording – bad, bad stuff. Needs defeating as the little good doesn’t outweigh the bad.
- Contracting Experiment Drawing Mixed Reviews
- Bill to create Hidalgo Co. healthcare district heads to governor’s desk
- Editorial: Texas, seize this chance to create an exonerations panel
- Proposed Tim Cole Exoneration Review Commission set for public hearing in Austin
- Innocence Project of Texas Chief Counsel Resigns, Unhappy with NY Branch – not new. Blackburn expressed much of this on Pratt on Texas two years ago when I asked about such.
- State Fire Marshal and Lubbock Fire Marshal’s Office Host Two Discussion Series in Lubbock
- Collin Co. loses license mega-center to Denton
- Herman: ‘In God We Trust’ not a big seller on license plates in Texas?
- UT’s back door still open, but can’t stay secret, AG rules
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Sowing the seeds of a comeback: Rick Perry in Iowa
- In Iowa, Voters Size Up Perry’s Shot at Redemption
- In Announcement, Perry Set to Tout Military Service
- The Houston Chronicle’s Dylan Baddour (@DylanBaddour) Lied About Ted Cruz
- Rove’s Crossroads PAC no longer GOP’s “Big Dog”
- Donors to Capitol videotaping group include prominent conservatives
- Study: more Hispanics are sticking to English
- Protest rally takes aim at high property valuations in Howard County, more
- Transgenderism in Girl Scouts
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- U.S. Rep. Thornberry Juggles Politics as Panel’s Chairman
- Jeb Hensarling will test his power with Export-Import Bank vote
- Cruz: Obama Administration Withholds Critical Information About Iran
- The News with Sen. Cruz – May 22, 2015
- Data show which Federal lawmakers got a whole lot richer in a year
- Senate confirms Jose Rolando Olvera, Jr. as district judge for Southern District of Texas
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Texas unemployment rate steady at 4.2%, lowest rate since July 2007
- Texas’ oil industry lost 8,300 jobs in April — the most in six years — but overall state added 1,200 jobs
- SpaceX Dragon completes CRS-6 mission with splashdown
- Commercial property firm Avison Young ramps up its Dallas operations
- The competition for the top of Dallas’ skyline has been on hold for 30 years
- Dallas inventor sues Container Store over his patented, ‘elegant’ iPhone holder
- Facebook looking at North Fort Worth for huge data center
- AgriLife Research engineer develops real-time listeria biosensor prototype
- —————Statewide general——————
- Ex-Paducah Principal With Brownfield Ties Pleads Guilty, Indecency, Sexual Assault of Child
- Falsely Accused Andrews ISD Teacher Speaks Out
- Long Time Midland DEA Fugitive Apprehended in Dominican Republic, Returns to Midland
- Denver Broncos player Antonio Smith ‘is being investigated for child sex abuse’ in Texas
- ‘Paralyzed’ veteran father-of-two caught WALKING after charity built him free, wheelchair-accessible house in Dripping Springs
- New Trial Date Set for Dr. Accused of Killing Another Dr. in Love Triangle
- Big Spring Man Arrested for Shooting at Police
- — Waco / biker gang shootings —
- Waco Revisionism: Police Retract ‘1,000 Weapons’ Claim, 4 of Dead Had No Texas Criminal Records
- Biker killed in Waco shoot-out was a law-abiding decorated Vietnam veteran with Purple Heart, records reveal – despite police claims that all 9 dead were criminals, more
- 3 bikers arrested in Waco helped write motorcycle safety bill OK’d by Texas House
- Leaked memo suggests biker gangs could target Houston law enforcement
- First Lawsuit Filed In Wake Of Deadly Restaurant Shootout
- — Flooding / Tornados / Weather —
- FM 571 at Leon River Bridge Replacement to Take Place Within the Coming Days
- Brazos River in North Shackleford County Close to Flooding
- City of Wichita Falls: Morning Flood Briefing
- Latest Wichita Falls Evacuation Details + Flood Maps VIDEO
- Rising Waters 2015: Officials Release Maps of 2007 Flood
- Rising Waters 2015: Lake Arrowhead Pollution VIDEO
- Wichita Falls Current Lake Levels VIDEO
- May 2015: Wettest month ever in Wichita Falls
- Volunteers Needed to Fill Sandbags
- Red Cross Operating Two Shelters in Texoma, Hirschi High School Shelter VIDEO
- Flooding video: Hwy 287 between Wichita Falls & Henrietta VIDEO
- Montague County Road Closures, May 22nd
- Iowa Park’s 3 lakes are full, first time in years
- Iowa Park Officials Keep Eye on Lake Buffalo
- Wichita Falls City Crews Work to Keep East Side From Flooding
Political and other Texas news for 5/22/2015
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