- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Straus Files for Another Term as Speaker
- With new tax cut and investment, Abbott will sell Texas to the world
- Abbott Paves Way For Historic Transportation Funding Increase VIDEO
- Abbott Touts Successful Session on Transportation
- At TxDOT, Concerns About Revolving Door Provision
- End of Session Interview with Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick
- MQS: Dan Patrick Got It Done
- Abbott: House Hijacking of Ethics Bill Unconstitutional
- Conservatives push Abbott to ditch bills on textbooks and standards
- Politicized Censhorship by Ken Mercer
- Coastal insurance [TWIA] bill awaits governor’s signature
- Abbott Signs Bill Designating Texas Highway in Honor of ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle
- Schools fought several measures during Texas Legislature, winning some
- What happened in Higher Education in the session
- A new law to stop an old bar trick
- Nelson bill targets shortage of doctors
- Dallas Latino leaders savor legislative win on in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
- Texas legislators mostly kept hands off local control
- After Fracking Ban, Denton Residents Ponder Next Steps
- Some Social Conservatives Want Special Session on Homosexual Marriage
- ‘Campus Carry’ bill to go into effect August 2016
- Newsweek: Texas Campus Carry ‘Still a Win’ for Gun Control
- Texas Farm & Ranch Lands Conservation Program moves to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- No money in state budget for colonia bus service
- Inmate Lester Bower Jr. Set to Become Oldest Texas Prisoner Put to Death
- ERCOT: Lower Rio Grande Valley-area consumers asked to limit peak hour electricity use through Friday
- Researcher: Climate change may cut Texas’ power supply at some plants
- Aging ungracefully: Texas last in highly ranked nursing homes
- On Death Row For 31 Years, Inmate Facing Execution
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- SD1: Political Intrigue Swirls Around Eltife Seat – he needs to go
- SD24: Physician Dawn Buckingham announces for open Fraser seat
- TX23: Cheney to headline S.A. private fundraiser for Hurd
- Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry Expected to Announce White House Bid Thursday in Addison
- Democrats offer primer on Rick Perry on eve of his 2016 announcement
- Perry Touts Texas Economic Success on Rubio/Bush’s Home Turf
- With Clinton in Dallas, Republicans offer gift of new email server and blast Foundation ties
- CNN Poll: George W. Bush More Popular than Sinking Barack Obama
- Slate writer accidentally exposes Obama’s stunning global warming hypocrisy in just one tweet
- FEC tries to force Anit-Hillary PAC to change its name
- Brooks on the Campus Crusaders
- Senator: Use RICO Laws to Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics
- New Report Reveals Explosive Growth of Home Schooling across United States
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Senate passes NSA surveillance reform bill co-sponsored by Cruz
- Sen. Cruz: USA FREEDOM Act Is the Right Policy
- Cornyn Statement On USA FREEDOM Act
- Cornyn-Schumer Op-Ed: Two U.S. Senators Explain Why Congress Must Unite Around PATENT Act
- Congress eyes “viral” terrorism behind Garland cartoon contest attack
- Obama to do local TV interviews in El Paso to push O’Rourke on trade
- Moeller and Skow: A Fast Track to Job Loss for Texans
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Officials Seek Federal Regulation on the Entire Trans-Pecos Pipeline
- Big Country Farmers Unable to Harvest Wheat Crop On Time
- Heavy rain creates a new problem for farmers
- Male-Themed Tallywackers Restaurant Opens In Dallas
- Favorite Fast Food Burgers by State — No Surprise, Whataburger Takes Texas
- Parker to retirees: American Airlines isn’t going to change its travel policy, period
- Dispatchers approve new contract with Southwest Airlines
- Texas Instruments’ Jason Rubadue turns a love of sports into a business
- Tesla, Wal-Mart learn Texas free-market bravado has limits
- —————Statewide general——————
- Ector County Sheriff’s Deputy Resigns Following Arrest
- School Bus Driver Charged with DWI After Joshua ISD Bus Stuck in Mud
- Former Ector County Youth Center Employee Indicted
- DPS: $3000 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Sex Offender From Leon County
- Swisher County Memorial Hospital CEO Arrested for Assault in Mass.
- 14-Year-Old Allegedly Beaten to Induce Abortion after Incest, Stillborn Baby Burned
- Twenty Arrested For ‘Chicken-Fighting’ in Eastland County, more
- City of Coleman vehicle stolen, burned and abandoned in Cisco-area
- Some homes evacuated in Levelland due to oil leak
- Midland Trio Charged With Forgery
- Elderly Woman Selling Newspapers Robbed in Midland
- Train Hits Truck in Odessa
- Colorado City High School remembers Hailey Dunn at commencement ceremony
- Anti-Wimp: Houston business owner works prepared
- Houston shop worker fatally shoots alleged robber VIDEO – anti-wimp
- San Antonio man shot during robbery in his driveway
- Beggar Shoots Man on Northwest Side of San Antonio – bum update
- Harker Heights Police Investigating Home Invasion Robbery
- 2 jailed in home invasion in Nacogdoches
- Deputy fatally shoots stabbing suspect at home in Azle
- Houston police fatally shoot man who led them on chase
- Palestine police fatally shoot theft suspect who had BB gun
- Man allegedly shoots at passing vehicle in Midland
- Man Dies After Being Shot While Sitting in His Car
- Two Men Injured in Another Shooting in Longview
- Bertram woman sentenced to life in husband’s murder
- 2 dead, dozens injured in I-10 bus crash near Weimar, Texas
- Police: Live Oak man who barricaded self in home after killing wife wrote disturbing messages on walls
- Central Texas teen has sense of humor as she recovers from being struck by lightning
- Toddler accidentally run over and killed by grandfather in Houston
- Killeen Lifeguard Fired After Marijuana Arrest At Work
- — Waco / biker gang shootings —
- Texas biker shootout: Suspect sues city, cops VIDEO
- Police narrative on Waco biker brawl shooting continues to weaken AUDIO
- Local Biker Who Sued Police, City, Released On Bond
- Some Shooting Defendants Released On Bond Agreement With DA
Political and other Texas news for 6/3/2015
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