- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Straus Sitting Pretty, Even Without Old Friends – yep, we’ve many fake-conservatives and a bunch more coward-conservatives
- Combs: Texas Gets It Right
- Governor Abbott Names Donna Bahorich Chair of State Board of Education
- Abbott Bill Signing May Bring $1 Billion in Gold Reserves Back to Texas
- Abbott signs bill expanding protections against surprise medical bills
- Abbott Posthumously Awards Chris Kyle Texas Legislative Medal of Honor
- Texas Law to Update Sex Offender-Civil Commitment Program
- Law Extends Electric Bill Help for Poor Texans
- Driver’s License Addresses No Longer Help Police
- Rural hospitals breathe sigh of relief as lawmakers restore some cut funding
- More Texas baby-killing “clinics” set to close
- Texas awaits high court ruling on homosexual marriage possibly next week
- Houston pastors pledge to defy SCOTUS in likely gay marriage ruling
- Pastors Tell Supreme Court: We Must ‘Obey God Rather than Men’
- Supreme Court Rules For Texas in License Plate Case
- Supreme Court: Texas within rights to bar Confederate flag on license plate, more, more
- 5 Supreme Court cases could have big implications in Texas
- Innocence Project of Texas names Scott Henson as new director
- Death row inmate Brandon Daniel to waive appeals in police officer’s slaying
- Execution set for killer of Tyler mechanic
- Commissioner Miller Announces Plan to Combat Child Obesity, Rule Changes to Return Local Control to Schools
- Ag Commissioner’s Plan to Reduce Texas Child Obesity and Return Local Control to Schools, more
- Feds Crack Down on Medicare & Medicaid Fraud in McAllen
- Southern group of state foresters to meet in San Antonio
- DPS Honors Officers, Employees for Exemplary Service
- Prosecutor: Grand Jury to Hear Paxton Case in July
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Field Takes Shape to Replace Fraser in SD-24
- Expert: Keffer retirement could hurt Big Country – utter ass-kissing hyperbole
- Collier Joins Texas Democratic Party as Fundraiser – what % did he get in his run for Comptroller?
- ALEC sets sights on local lawmakers
- HD15: Policeman drops bid to challenge Rep. Hinojosa
- Cruz: Pray Supreme Court Doesn’t Legalize Gay Marriage
- Scott Walker takes another step toward presidential run
- P. Bush Steps Into Role as Dad’s Surrogate
- Democrats worry Bush’s Latino connections could hurt Clinton
- Trump Bounces off the Turnbuckle
- Ponnuru: Gay marriage will haunt GOP in 2016
- If such exists, Dolezal is the supreme practitioner of “white privilege”
- None of Obama’s Own Gun Control Proposals Have Anything to Do with the Shootings in Charleston
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Sen. Cruz Statement on Charleston Shooting
- Ted Cruz joins Texas lawmakers to target Obama immigration order
- Cornyn To Democrats: Drop Filibuster Threats, Work With Us On Defense Bill
- Highlighting Impact for Texas, Cornyn Urges Democrats to Rethink Filibuster of Defense Funding Bill
- House Dems To Visit Texas Immigrant Detention Facilities
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Retail Gasoline Prices Across Texas Up Nickel This Week
- Rain flattens D/FW new-car sales in May
- Austin auto sales up 3.2 percent in May
- Former Taylor County judge, railroad commissioner Victor Carrillo named oil & gas CEO
- Texas regulators examine Oncor’s role in price spike
- Road to hydrogen cars is slow, but there are promising detours
- Dallas Symphony selling Arts District corner for new tower project
- AT&T has 30 days to avert record $100 million fine over wireless service
- Dallas asks U.S. court to solve gate fight at Love Field
- 3 North Texas hospitals among worst for inflating patients’ bills, national study finds
- Spurs’ AT&T Center undergoing major face lift
- Kinder Morgan looks to sign producers to Ohio-Texas NGL pipeline
- Ending oil export ban could help little guys, too, small businesses tell House committee
- Funeral homes, newspapers and hat shops among the Houston area’s oldest businesses
- Billionaire Tom Benson wins court fight to control his business empire
- Florida firm buys Austin’s eight-building Riata Corporate Park complex
- Hundreds flock to Santana Textiles denim factory job fair
- Former El Paso Children’s bankrupt hospital CEO received $250,000 severance
- —————Statewide general——————
- Retired Harris Co. deputy sheriff avoids prison in little girl’s sex assault
- 2 WilCo Jail Correctional Officers Arrested
- Former NE Texas judge gets $25K fine, probation in billing scheme
- Former West Texas band teacher indicted for indecency with child
- Convicted Killer Who Fled To India Amid Corruption Scandal To Be Extradited To Texas
- Feds Crack Down on Medicare & Medicaid Fraud in McAllen
- Abilene Man Sets Fire to House for Police Attention
- Cops: Texas fugitive lived under assumed name, raised abducted son
- West Texas Special Ranger gives tips to prevent cattle theft
- Truck Crashes into South Lubbock Home, 8 People Injured
- Man Pleads Guilty in Hit-and-Run Death of 90-Year-Old Man
- Propane Tank Explodes at Odessa Business
- Tanker Accident Causes Oil Spill in Martin County
- George W. Bush honored by daughter as ‘Father of the Year’
- Texas A&M’s First Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow dies at 79
- Houston police union to offer reward in officer’s shooting
- Great White Shark in Galveston photo on Facebook is a total fraud
- Naked Man Shot At Killeen Apartment Complex VIDEO
- Man found guilty of killing 9-year-old pedestrian sentenced
- San Antonio homeowner kills burglar
- White Woman Accused Of Racist McKinney Attack Fights Back
- Rachel Dolezal and the End of Reality
- McKinney Activist Launched Violent ‘Revolutionary’ Assault at Occupy Dallas
- 2 Charged Over Burnt Body Found In Jarrell
- — Waco biker gang shootings —
- City of Waco Responds (Sort of) to Breitbart’s Twin Peaks Biker Open Record Request
- — Weather related —
- Governor Abbott Again Adds Counties To Disaster Declaration
- Governor Abbott Adds 10 Counties To Disaster Declaration
- Drone Video of Wichita Falls Flooding in May VIDEO
- Flooding Forces Road Closures in North Texas
- Montague County Flooding Concerns
- Montague County take brunt of storm
- Flooding Closes Roads in Bowie VIDEO
- Authorities Warn Ellis Co. Residents of Possible Dam Breach
- Texas Reservoir Levels
- Stalled car, flood barricades in East Austin
- Storm causes more than 100 cancellations at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Conspiracy theorists ponder if military attacked Texas with storms ahead of Jade Helm – another reason I just have to avoid all of this stuff, even reasonable concerns know no boundaries to the point of approaching insanity.
- Flash flood warning for parts of Travis, Hays and Blanco counties
Political and other Texas news for 6/18/2015
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