- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Texas Legislature adopts $209 billion budget
- House wraps up work on, sends Abbott budget
- Senate OKs two-year, $209 billion state budget
- Capitol Digest: Business tax cut heads to Abbott’s desk
- The other tax cut? House OKs repeal of $300 million of fees
- House Sends Franchise Tax Cut to Abbott
- Lt. Governor Patrick Statement on Passage of Property Tax Relief and Reform
- Raging Ratcliffe: The Legislature Is Hoarding $18 Billion of Your Money
- How the Texas tax cut deal almost fell apart
- Lt. Governor Patrick Statement on Passage of Landmark Border Security Bill
- Licensed open-carry passes
- Open carry will soon be the law in Texas – Houston Chronicle
- Open carry bill survives, without contentious section opposed by police, more, more – so now the idea is that is “contentious” is that police should have to have probable cause that a crime has been committed to stop and question a citizen? What have we become?!
- Lawmakers hopeful on Hazlewood deal
- Rep. Cook’s ‘ethics’ bill imperils Texas journalists
- The 46 Texas House Republicans Who Voted to Repeal the First Amendment
- As major overhaul effort hits snag on “dark money,” ethics bills by North Texas lawmakers advancing
- Legislature fails to make sensible fixes
- Bill to restrict process minors use to have abortion without consent heads to Gov. Abbott
- Lawmakers race to head off bill-killing delays in final days of Lege
- State texting ban is halted in Senate
- Passion fuels push toward truancy reform
- Truancy Reform Heads Down to the Wire
- Texas Governor Signs ‘Emergency’ Pre-K Bill into Law
- Texas plans to give $30 million toward military bases
- Rep. Galindo Passes Fire Sprinkler Bill to Protect Bexar County Seniors – these mandatory fire sprinkler laws are a bad thing and in many cases simply close buildings – especially low cost retirement facilities.
- Rep. Rafael Anchia blocked from derailing Trinity toll road, says effort was worth it
- Larry Duncan: Don’t let Legislature do away with school bus stop-arm cameras
- Editorial: Lawmakers should end ‘pick a pal’ grand jury system
- Editorial: The fracking fight’s not over – nope, the Luddite-Left never stops
- State to spend $4.5 million for investigation of earthquakes
- One more chance to ban damnable red light cameras – if House will go along AUDIO
- Traffic Camera Industry Blocks Automated Ticketing Reform in Texas
- Access to records for adults who were adopted scuttled in the Senate
- Lt. Governor Patrick Makes a Statement on Senate Marriage Resolution
- Anti-Homosexual Marriage Amendment Dies, Capping ‘Huge Victory’ For LGBT Rights
- San Antonio lawmaker Ruth Jones McClendon thanks House members for helping her pass exoneration bill
- Disaster Recovery Proposal Revived in Flooding Aftermath
- After Error, Hays County Groundwater Bill is Revived
- Tough reform talk, but no action four years after revelation of fat incentives in Texas agencies
- Comptroller’s Office Offers Vital Resource for Business Owners Looking for Answers to Their State Tax
- Attorney General Paxton Announces $6 Million Settlement with Credit Reporting Agencies
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- Abbott’s first response to Jade Helm more measured, records show
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Taya Kyle, Widow of ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle, to Endorse Rick Perry
- Rick Perry Approaches the Arena AUDIO
- Hillary Clinton fundraising in Houston next week
- Quinnipiac: Republicans All Tied Up, Hillary’s Credibility Takes a Dive
- Pro-Paul PAC hits Cruz as “Capitulating Canadian” in first 2016 attack ad
- Giving to campaigns still a form of speech
- LULAC starts 86th State Convention with ribbon-cutting ceremony
- The Age Of Disinformation
- A journalist and filmmaking team fake a study and the press buys it
- The Obama Recovery Gets Another Downgrade
- Van de Putte, Taylor don’t pull punches in televised debate
- The Changing Geography of Racial Opportunity
- President George W. Bush’s daughter Jenna wows crowd
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Obama to Force Faith-Based Grant Recipients to Hire Homosexuals/LGBTs
- Thornberry & Cornyn Introduce Legislation to Protect Property Rights – Red River Land Grab
- Thornberry Speaks Out About EPA’s “Overreach”
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Philadelphia Fed: Economic activity increased in Texas and 39 other states in April
- Oil up even after signs of resurgent crude production
- Midland Energy Expo 2015
- Will Texas Instruments sit out wave of mergers and acquisitions? – fine quote: “If everybody’s buying, it’s probably a good time not to be buying.”
- Eagle Railcar Services Soars Into Expansion VIDEO
- Comptroller’s Office Offers Vital Resource for Business Owners Looking for Answers to Their State Tax
- Toyota effect: Developers rush to start offices in West Plano and Frisco
- Crowded D-FW grocery scene fights for $16.5B in annual consumer spending
- American Airlines names executive to head regional carrier Piedmont Airlines
- Landmark Dallas West End Marketplace building would be converted to offices in redevelopment
- In Brenham, layoffs continue, and the unemployed look for help
- Houston subsea company awarded big contract for North Africa gas project
- Star Cinema Grill expands to Katy
- Austin solar company to open office in Valley, install commercial arrays
- Wet fields vs. planting deadlines create cotton concern
- —————Statewide general——————
- Vendetta: Donna ISD Superintendent Arrested by Previously Fired Police Chief
- South Texas teacher, coach who gave student 2 STDs seeks end to probation
- Williamson County court-of-law judge pleads guilty in weapons case
- Former Socorro councilman gets 10-year suspended prison sentence
- Ropesville police chief arrested in firearms investigation
- 3 confirmed dead in Plainview plane crash
- 3 Dead After Plane Crash in Plainview Near the Airport
- Small plane catches fire after emergency landing in Llano Co.
- 5 Illicit Massage Parlors Busted in Corpus Christi, Say Authorities – why is “Homeland Security” involved in such a local policing activity?
- Wichita Falls Police Investigating Child Abduction [UPDATE: FOUND SAFE]
- Eleven Arrested in Snyder in Connection to Drug Operation
- Rep. Jim Keffer announces TxDOT developments for I-20, Ranger Hill
- 2-alarm apartment fire in Southwest Houston displaces residents
- Serial imposter in Dallas impersonates doctor, steals ambulance, crashes
- Houston contestant on ‘Shark Tank’ wins big despite losing
- Dead body spotted in the Port of Houston may be that of missing 87-year-old
- Austin lab received live anthrax spores from Army
- San Antonio man arrested for pound of meth 6 months after leaving prison for shooting officer
- Laredo ranked most boring city in the U.S.
- Lubbock Cop Seriously Injured After Being Struck by Vehicle
- — Waco / biker gang shootings —
- Lawyers, family say Waco police sweep an overreach
- Texas Bikers Plan Rally, Protest In Waco
Political and other Texas news for 5/29/2015
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