- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Report: Rep. Otto, Straus’ appropriations chairman, will not seek re-election – session after session Straus’ top committee chairmen keep leaving. How fun is it to be part of this leadership team?
- Texas Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Public School Finance Reform Case Appeal
- In tiny Irion County, county clerk issues a ‘declaration … of defense of natural marriage’
- ‘Wrong side of history’ or not, history shows Texas slow in social change – typical of the pseudo-intellectual Left in making equivalence of non-equal issues and lumping all together as positive “social change”.
- Abbott lets scores of bills, the most in decades, become law without his signature
- Texas wants its gold back inside the state’s borders
- Murder in San Francisco, and ‘Sanctuary Cities’ in Texas
- Texas Lottery Introduces Newest Scratch-Off Game Benefiting Texas Veterans
- Standoff over social media passwords breaks new legal ground
- State health department: Abortion doctors required to have hospital admitting privileges
- Gun bills dominated social media chatter on the Legislature
- A Primer to the Second Amendment Saga
- Abbott’s ethics promises haven’t come to fruition – yes, because the Straus House crowd destroyed real reforms attempting to target citizens as opposed to politicians.
- New law calls for bringing TX gold home. But how and where to put it?
- 84th Legislature left the troubled state supported living center system in limbo
- Analysis: Despite Ruling, Redistricting Reformers Pessimistic – these ‘reformers’ make nothing but moronic arguments
- Texas Supreme Court Expands State’s Reputation for Economic Freedom
- Sen. Lucio passes on consulting payments question
- Valley lawmakers critical of border security plan
- Alamo and Other Texas Shrines Win UN Designation
- Texas officials laud Alamo’s world heritage site designation
- Governor Abbott Presents Lone Star Medal Of Valor Award
- Lawyers Prep to Defend Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage
- Nanny ST8 of the Week: Anti-government messages not allowed on license plates
- Corruption On The Border: Dismantling Misconduct In The Rio Grande Valley AUDIO
- Former state Rep. Hope dead at 78, remembered for service
- Court Approves $84.4 Million Settlement in Farmers Case
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Cruz presidential campaign says supporters donated $51 million
- Cruz Boasts $51M War Chest After Raking in $10M
- Ted Cruz: ‘I Salute Donald Trump’ for Speaking Out on Illegal Immigration VIDEO
- Jeb Bush and Rick Perry go after Trump for comments on illegal aliens
- GOP hopefuls Perry and Cruz agree on immigration, not on Trump
- Cruz, Huckabee go head-to-head for evangelical votes
- GOP presidential candidate Cruz wasn’t always ‘Ted’
- Cruz calls PolitiFact ‘noxious, yellow journalism’
- Chris Christie: ‘I don’t need to be lectured by Ted Cruz’ on GOP attacks VIDEO
- Ted Cruz, Rick Perry tackle immigration, Donald Trump on Sunday shows
- Trump Doesn’t Exist in a Vacuum
- Why Trump Matters
- In New Hampshire, Perry says America’s best days (and his) lie ahead
- Amid Low Expectations, Perry Revels in Campaigning
- Cruz and Bush get extra time to file personal financial disclosures
- Patrick grassroots board dissolves amid tea party grumbling over legislative session
- Hood County issues marriage license to same-sex couple after they filed federal lawsuit
- Voters Aren’t Disenfranchised, They’re Just Lazy
- George W. Bush celebrates his 69th birthday
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Texas hold ’em — legal in Texas? Barton gambles on gambling, again.
- Cornyn Celebrates World Recognition for San Antonio’s Missions
- Neugebauer Voices Concern About U.S. Debt Over $18 Trillion
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- U.S. gas heading for Mexico
- Mills: EPA Did Not Compute Cost Of Regulation On Industry
- California Taxes Blamed for NBA Player’s Exodus to Dallas
- Texas Farm Bureau joins suit against EPA
- Hungry horses easier to feed post-drought
- Health Insurance Companies Seek Big Rate Increases for 2016
- Flight attendants reach tentative agreement with Southwest Airlines
- New apartment tower coming on North Central Expressway near Knox Street
- Investor adding to Stemmons Freeway business park
- D-FW home starts up 25 percent in second quarter
- Oil equipment builder Technip to layoff 6,000
- Shipping industry gloomiest since 2009 in survey as crude glut endures
- Dallas-area led U.S. metro small business job growth in June
- Occupancy drops in luxury, top-end Houston apartment complexes
- Austin airport’s explosive growth a boost for area’s business recruiters
- 360-room Westin set to debut in downtown Austin
- In wake of merger vote, Freescale to pay off $300 million in debt
- —————Statewide general——————
- Wounded Game Warden Avoided Felony Illegal Hunting Charges
- Ex-Galveston judge arrested, charged with online harassment
- Austin police kill man suspected of slaying 1 in hotel lobby
- Report: Austin Omni Hotel shooter identified as Michael Holt
- In separate shootings, police kill hotel gunman, ‘distraught’ man
- Demonstrators wave Confederate flags at Houston rally
- Every U.S. win in Women’s World Cup history has Texas ties
- Texas banker claims he lived real-life Wolf of Wall Street in new book
- The Americans are coming! Some in a Texas county fear an Obama-led U.S. military invasion.
- A question of vision in Marfa
- Ragland: Ellis County burial ground turns into a legal battlefield
- Houston child killed in head-on wreck with ambulance in Virginia
- Harlingen Mom Allegedly Left 5-Month-Old Baby and Toddler in Hot Car at Nail Salon
- Two Women Under Arrest After High Speed Chase in Lubbock
- Amarillo Man Admits Robbing Amarillo National Bank
- Body Pulled From East Texas Lake Sunday Afternoon
- DPS Trooper Seizes Over One Pound of Methamphetamine on I-40
- Rains leave drilling rig stranded in middle of temporary pond
- Escaped Inmate Apprehended in Midland
- Odessa Teen Arrested For Killing His Aunt
- Equipment Explodes at Big Spring Landfill
- 83-Year-Old Pecos Man Killed in Dog Attack
- Balmorhea pool hour cut-back blamed for economic damage
- Merkel Man Shoots Self After Hostage Situation VIDEO
- Search Warrant Executed at Hailey Dunn Residence
- Crash In Seagoville Causes AT&T Outage
- Three Day Manhunt is Over, Suspect is Found in Brazos River
- 3-year-old dies after shooting self with grandfather’s gun
- 45 gay couples marry in mass Houston wedding
- Fire engulfs chemical plant in Waller County
- East Texas counties have higher suicide rates than other areas of state
- Small plane crash in Shenandoah leaves pilot with minor injuries
- Rosharon man drowns off East Beach in Galveston
- Six Valley women arrested in connection with theft of state benefits
Political and other Texas news for 7/6/2015
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