- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Joe Straus may already have challenge for speakership – Cecil Bell, hmmm.
- Cecil Bell Could Announce Speaker Bid on Monday
- More than 90 percent of Texas counties on board with homosexual judicial-fiat marriage
- Attorney General Paxton Statement on Fifth Circuit Marriage Ruling
- Texas Concedes Legal Challenge to Same-Sex Marriage Ban
- Harris County’s top lawyer rebuts Paxton’s gay marriage opinion
- Texas throws in the towel with the Fifth Circuit
- Few Options for Gay Couples in State Marriage Classes
- Texans Rally to Support Religious Freedom of Christian Hood County Clerk
- Ag. Commissioner Miller Announces $750,000 Grant Award to Grow Jobs in Montgomery
- Prosecutor: Sufficient Evidence to Indict Paxton
- First-degree felony charges to be sought against Texas AG Paxton
- Paxton: Potential Indictment ‘Politically Motivated’
- Ted Cruz says embattled AG Ken Paxton should get a “fair” shake from grand jury
- Burka: The Ken Paxton Problem
- Low-income Texans expected to receive $50 electric bill discounts
- Texas Reaches Agreement On Deep Water Horizon Case
- BP to Pay Texas $780,000,000 Over Oil Spill
- DPS will keep pushing for expanded fingerprinting
- Despite Rains, Lake Release Limits Upheld
- Governor Abbott Appoints University Student Regents And Student Representative To The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Is Texas GOP’s Mechler Showing His Stripes?
- Perry says GOP, not Dems, should offer the most promise for black community. more
- Second Super PAC Backing Perry in Presidential Race
- Brian Babin becomes fifth Texas congressman to endorse Ted Cruz
- Cruz signs books in Arlington, talks of breaking ‘Washington cartel’
- Lowry: Sorry, Donald Trump Has a Point
- Media Outlets Attack Donald Trump Like Pack of Wild Dogs – would be fine if they did the same to all.
- Walker-for-President Effort Hires Another Controversial Anti-Conservative In Brad Dayspring
- Rubin: Candor is not the same as a moral compass
- Former Cuban Political Prisoner Resides in Lubbock And Shares Thoughts On U.S. Cuba Relations VIDEO
- Polygamous Montana trio applies for wedding license
- DOJ says transgender student’s restroom lawsuit has merit under Title IX
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Cornyn Talks Trade, Obama-Care, and Homosexual Marriage AUDIO
- Sen. Cornyn talks Supreme Court decisions and trade bill in Lubbock
- Congressman Mike Conaway Visits Odessa Business
- Repl Joaquin Castro accuses Govl. Abbott of “Pay to Play” politics – Castro might well be an expert in the subject!
- Voting Rights Bill Would Address, Not Invalidate TX Law
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Farmers Insurance will refund millions for overcharges under court ruling
- High plains wine-grape crop in top shape so far AUDIO
- Updated federal report predicts more sorghum, less cotton
- Peanuts surviving disease risks, minimal irrigation
- Whole Foods execs apologize for overcharging
- American, Southwest part of Justice Department probe
- American Airlines’ Doug Parker nets more millions in stock sales
- Mills: LNG exports create historic economic opportunity for South Texas
- Cuellar: Opportunities for U.S. companies in Mexico’s Burgos Basin
- Chesapeake sells Oklahoma oil land for $840 million
- 7-Eleven hooking up with Postmates to compete online, but not in Dallas yet
- D-FW net office leasing doubles this year compared to 2014 levels
- City council approves Frisco’s $1B Frisco Station project next to Cowboys HQ
- Cypress Waters development lures big companies with North Texas location and mixed-use construction
- Shareholders approve $11.8 billion share of Austin-based Freescale
- United Launch Alliance keeping rocket component plant in Harlingen
- —————Statewide general——————
- Harris Co. deputy sheriff charged with making a false report
- Former Waco HS Band Director Indicted For Child Sexual Assault
- DPS: $7,500 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Fugitive From Deer Park
- Cyclospora Parasite Outbreak in Texas
- Pro-homosexual children’s books at Hood Co. Library causes stir VIDEO
- Two Killed in Fiery East Texas Plane Crash
- Iraan Church Optimistic About ‘Fresh Start’ After Devastating Fire
- New Information on Death of Baby Boy in Lubbock From Arrest Warrant
- Lubbock CDA: No charges after Texas Rangers complete investigation of mayor’s gun incident
- Anti-Wimp: Machete-wielding clerk thwarts robber, could have been a gun
- Toddler dies after run over by rig at South Texas truck stop
- Lance Armstrong girlfriend must testify, Landis to produce records
- Judge: David Temple deserves a new trial
- Flea-borne disease thought eradicated reemerging in Galveston
- Body cam video in Palestine police officer-involved shooting released
- U.S. marshals nab alleged sex offender in Van Zandt County
- Tyler man, 2 sons indicted on charges stemming from long narcotics probe
- FEMA opens flood relief shelter in Brownsville
- 85th Annual Texas Cowboy Reunion underway in Stamford
- Cardinals fire scouting director connected to hacking of Astros’ database
Political and other Texas news for 7/2/2015
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