- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- House Leadership Guts Spending Limits Bill
- The Broken Promises of Campaign Finance Reform
- Cook turns politician-focused “ethics” bill into voter, activist focused bill
- Stickland says he has proof he was set up by Rep. Pickett staff
- Texas Racing Commission regains state funding
- Texas bill targeting unions declared dead – Speaker couldn’t even get this simple bill passed to slow-up money collection from Democrats’ top funders. Why?
- Senate Approves Open Carry of Handguns for CHL Holders, more, more
- Open carry step closer to law with Senate OK
- Campus carry faces last hurdle in Legislature
- Varying knife laws can confuse across state, local lines
- House OKs Bill Banning Insurers from Covering Abortions
- Senate set to debate new restrictions for minors seeking abortions without parental consent
- Health Commission Bill Could Set Up End-of-Life, Abortion Debate
- Effort to ban red-light cameras falters in House committee the DEMOCRAT chairman of the committee (thanks Straus) is from El Paso which loves to abuse its citizens with red light cameras. The idea that this issue needs more vetting in insane! This issue has been debated and received votes going back at least 4 sessions.
- House guts living centers closure possibility from bill, more
- Austin state supported living center may not close as expected
- Senate committee OKs Timothy Cole Exoneration Review Commission bill
- Dallas area exonerees ask for commission on wrongful convictions
- Legislators approve authority for some counties to regulate game rooms
- Texas House passes biker safety bill days after shooting
- Bill to abolish ‘pick-a-pal’ grand jury selection system clears final passage in House
- Abbott leads state charge against new foe: local ordinances
- House tentatively votes to bar cities from ‘source-of-income’ housing ordinances
- Senate votes to kill B-On-Time student loan program championed by Dewhurst
- Lawmakers have days to reach deal on $3 billion for college construction
- Texas ban against texting while driving stalled in Senate
- Capitol Digest: House OKs plan to shore up pension
- State Cemetery Could Soon Be Under New Management
- Former State Rep. Leo Berman dies at 79, more – always enjoyed reading Leo’s comments and having him on Pratt on Texas. RIP.
- Governor Abbott Addresses Joint Legislative Session Honoring Memorial Day
- OSHA Chief: Fine for Deadly Leak “Petty Cash” For DuPont
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- GOP debate rules could reignite questions about Cruz birthplace
- Small business is key in presidential campaign playbook
- Texas’ Julian Castro generates buzz as possible Clinton running mate
- Renn: Libertarians of convenience decry sky-high rent
- Happy Memorial Day from the Democrat Party
- ‘Died so they could write their drivel’: Salon ‘idiots’ slam the military on eve of Memorial Day
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Sen. Cruz: Trade Promotion Authority Creates a Path for Prosperity – I agree
- Congressman Mike Conaway Working to Lift Crude Oil Export Ban
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Mills: U.S. Should Be ‘Great Arsenal Of Energy’
- Elite law firms take Texas by storm
- Crust Pizza continues to expand brand
- Upcoming Pearland brewery set to expand Houston-area beer selection
- Despite ad, Walgreens admits: ‘Yes we have no Blue Bell’
- AT&T Byron Nelson is all about the money — and the young lives it changes
- Milk, boxing and more at the Bonton Farm-Works
- Dallas ad agency summons Incredible Hulk ’n’ friends to survive
- Hashimoto: Most Collin and Denton residents are yet to arrive? Better make room
- Tom Thumb will anchor retail portion of Uptown development
- Old Dallas library will become new downtown office digs
- D/FW Airport expects a record summer travel season this year
- Why Starwood Hotels Replaced Lululemon in Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust
- Halliburton’s Pullback May Be Complete
- Railroads have added tanker cars as oil production has boomed, which has lead to more spills and more rules.
- Schnurman: Is Texas going green with rebates for electric cars, hybrids?
- More apartment rent increases coming in North Texas
- —————Statewide general——————
- Whitehouse police chief, city manager and three police officers suspended after wild night out VIDEO
- 1 dead after robbery suspects crash into Houston Metro utility pole
- Motorcyclist run over on US 59
- 2 children dead in LaPorte house fire
- 1-car crash kills pregnant woman, unborn child
- Prostitution, drug bust nets 11 in Harris County
- States with the biggest arsenal: How much firepower Texas is packing compared to the rest.
- Midland Woman Accused of Attacking Dog
- Organic [mass starvation] advocates ‘March Against Monsanto’ in downtown Lubbock
- Houston firefighter, girlfriend dead in murder-suicide
- Police investigate case of Etsy shopper raped while meeting ‘seller’
- Harlem Globetrotters great Marques Haynes dies at 89 in Plano
- Cockrell Hill police looking for felony suspect who escaped from custody
- — Waco / biker gang shootings —
- Group that organized biker meeting in Waco gets city proclamation
- Waco witness: ‘It was a setup from start to finish’
- Texas House passes biker safety bill days after shooting
- Waco prosecutors face difficult task in deadly biker gang shootout
- — Flooding / Tornados / Weather —
- Houston apartment building collapses in wake of storm VIDEO
- Officials confirm Houston apartment collapse due to tornado
- Residents rescued from flooded homes in Texas, Oklahoma
- 900 evacuated due to flooding fears in Montgomery Co.
- Latest Wichita Falls Evacuation Details + Flood Maps VIDEO
- Wichita Falls Flood Evacuees Should Be Back Home By Late Sunday Afternoon
- Flooding rains, high winds leave Dallas a mess heading into Memorial Day
- One dead, three missing due to Hays County floods
- Hays County issues public safety curfew of 9pm
- Residents along Blanco River in Texas urged to evacuate
- Flooding at Blanco State Park forces campers to scramble to safety
- Wind blows trees down, wrecks playground equipment in San Antonio
- Rain could spell trouble for Conroe dam
Political, flooding and other Texas news for Sunday, 5/24/2015
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