- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Legislature is right to cut franchise tax
- Ginn: Texas Legislature Can Ease the Pain of Paying Taxes
- Texas Senate approves emergency supplemental budget bill for TRS-Care, more
- House, Senate deal would boost Texas road fund by billions
- Texas Senate gives preliminary approval to border bill, more, more
- Contentious Texas immigration-related bills appear to die quietly
- Senate takes aim at double-dipping officeholders
- The Republican Who Protected Unions (And Democrats)
- Sen. Taylor Criticizes House ‘Distortion’ Of Ethics Package
- House Passes Ethics Bill; Senate Showdown Likely
- House passes ethics bill, more – bad so-called “ethics” bill
- Joe Basel: They wanna make me a criminal VIDEO
- Campus carry bill passes House late Tuesday with opt-out provisions for schools – hardly campus-carry but it’s yet another step.
- House abruptly approves campus carry gun bill, just before deadline
- Weakened Campus Carry Bill Proceeds, more, more
- Lawmakers appear unmoved by some police officers’ fierce opposition to open carry changes
- Police Chiefs: Open Carry “Handcuffs” Law Enforcement
- Collin lawmaker drops effort to revive bill protecting “rights of conscience” for child-welfare providers
- Protections for adoption agencies who refuse homosexual couples dies — twice
- Anti-same-sex marriage bill resurrected as amendment to county measure
- In Texas Senate, Smooth Sailing for Shark Fin Ban
- Funding Cut as Film, Video Game Lobbies Squabble – good. It should all be cut, to zero.
- Hopes Fading for New Rules to Limit Tuition Growth
- Tea party House members launch retaliatory attacks – and then, didn’t.
- Herman: Dems’ delaying tactics reach limit
- Lawmakers: Bill Slaughter Not a Partisan Deal
- After Day of Rules Warfare, Both Sides Claim Some Wins
- Texas Moves to Outlaw ‘Revenge Porn’
- Minors Seeking Abortions: Texas Making it Harder for Judges to Bypass Parents
- Wimberley Groundwater Protection Faces Challenge from El Paso Democrat
- Private School Credit Card Bill Passes Texas Legislature
- Senate approves limits on schools’ use of controversial bonds
- False conviction [Timothy Cole] bill passes Texas Senate
- House OKs Raising Age of Juvenile Offenders to 18
- Diverse opposition kills hailstorm insurance reform bill
- In Deadly Flood, Abbott Faces First Big Leadership Test
- Group says Texas coal permits violated Clean Air Act
- Governor Abbott Statement On EPA Water Regulations
- U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Texas voting case
- On Immigration, It’s Texas 2, Obama 0
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Cruz roundup: Conservative competition, liberal support, Perry’s career advice
- CBS’ Bob Schieffer, Texas-native & Leftwing media-man, ready for retirement
- Los Angeles labor unions demand exemption from minimum wage
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz press conference on storm damage in San Marcos VIDEO
- Cornyn Statement on Texas Flooding
- Rep. Neugebauer explains Texas disaster response
- Neugebauer Statement on 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Ruling
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Economist: Texas housing market continues to hold up
- Amazon hiring 450 more workers in Haslet
- Watco acquires railway from Plainview to Dimmitt, line from Lubbock to Seagraves
- NTS Communications announces new gigabit fiber network for Lubbock
- Toyota still world’s most valuable car brand
- Whole Foods to issue up to $1 million in loans to flooded businesses
- Whataburger donated $100,000 and food to help flood relief efforts in Texas
- Monte Anderson selling the Belmont Hotel, a decade after he restored the West Dallas landmark
- Austin startup Knowlingly buys tech website GigaOm
- —————Statewide general——————
- Hays County Court-at-Law judge arrested on DWI charge
- Two San Antonio priests accused of sexual assault of child in lawsuit
- Lubbock Co. J.P. Aurora Hernandez refused restraining order in child sex assualt case
- Amber Alert: Texas Girl Found Safe, Kidnapper Killed by Police
- Feds Accuse Texas Man of Trying to Join ISIS: ‘I Want to Join ISIS, Can You Help?’
- Possum Kingdom Water Pipeline Construction on Hold Due to Shiner Minnow
- Semi-Truck Fire on Westbound I-20
- A big rig flipped on its side in Odessa
- 66 Pounds of Cocaine Washes Ashore Galveston Beaches
- Vehicle crashes into Abilene strip mall, causes fire
- Marfa Fire Destroys 12 Apartments, Displaces Dozens
- San Antonio woman: Thieves took selfie with stolen phone while eating food paid for with stolen card
- State to probe fireworks barge blaze off South Padre Island
- Ex-Waco Daycare Owner Sentenced In Infant’s Overdose Death
- — Waco / biker gang shootings —
- Police Clear Twin Peaks Crime Scene
Political and other Texas news for 5/27/2015
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