- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Texas will not borrow to meet cash-flow needs in 2015
- Otto, House’s Lead Budget Writer, Announces Retirement – how un-fun serving on the Straus team must be! They keep retiring.
- Surveying the Field: Second Amendment issues in the 84th Legislature
- Freshmen Lawmakers Deliver Results
- Will union dues bill haunt Rep. Byron “Obama” Cook?
- After Supreme Court decision, Texas’ homosexua parents turn attention to birth certificates
- Homosexual former state rep., Glen Maxey, files state bar complain on A.G. for same-sex marriage opinion
- Rep. Cecil Bell Urges Resistance to Gay Marriage Ruling
- Paxton drops one fight over same-sex marriage ruling in Travis County
- Hood Co. Clerk Still Stands for Religious Freedom, Frivolous Lawsuit Filed
- New Texas law exempts EDC-owned land from property taxes – more local gov’t taking property off the tax roles
- ‘Rally for the Alamo’ to Protest UNESCO’s Presence in Texas – I’m sorry but this is kook stuff. If they were worried about the Alamo they should have been holding rallies to stop the state takeover of the property from the DRT.
- WaPo liberals: How Texas is whitewashing Civil War history
- Texas Capitol’s hawk-watcher depends on birds for his focus
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Grieder: Rick Perry’s Race Speech
- Ted Cruz is a ‘hardcore’ Spiderman fan who once played 21 games of chess on Mt. Fuji
- Paging Ted Cruz. Paging All the Candidates. Take on the Vichy Republicans.
- Mexican Elites Secretly Agree With Donald Trump – so true, I’ve heard much of it first-hand.
- In Rio Grande Valley, Some Campaign Workers Are Paid To Harvest Votes
- We should learn to love gridlock in Washington
- Pratt: To liberals inanimate objects more dangerous than humans AUDIO
- ‘Hello, Twitter! It’s Barack. Really!’: Obama’s tweets show a looser side
- Breitbart contributor calls for ‘independence from the federal government’ and ‘assembly of states’
- Texplainer: What’s the Democrat “Texas Two-Step” and Why is it Gone?
- Electric Vehicles Sometimes Create More Pollution than Gas-Fueled Cars
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Sen. Cruz: The United States should stop legitimizing the UNHRC with our membership and withdraw now
- Cornyn Urges Human Rights Focus for President’s Meeting with Top Vietnamese Official
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Massive $1 billion Facebook data center starts construction in North Fort Worth
- Governor Abbott Breaks Ground On New Facebook Data Center
- Google chooses Austin as latest testing site for driverless car
- High Plains planted cotton acreage estimates down
- Southwest Airlines mechanics seek federal mediation on contract talks
- Airlines improve on-time record in May
- 7-Eleven decision causes Houston-based Cardtronics stock to tumble
- Dallas home price gains are highest in the nation
- $500 million industrial park starts construction on I-45 south of Dallas
- Chemical plants and refineries hoping to hire laid off oil and gas engineers
- Lovett Commercial set to buy downtown Houston post office
- Zachry Engineering to double space in Westchase
- Hilcorp acquires Exxon Mobil subsidiary’s Alaska assets
- CBRE hires industry veterans to lead research team
- Whataburger: No ‘open carry’ in our restaurants despite new Texas law
- —————Statewide general——————
- Former HIDTA officer accused of drug trafficking pleads guilty
- Waco Twin Peaks Judge Reverses Decision to Extend ‘Pick-A-Pal’ Grand Jury
- Gunmen with AK-47s Rob Underground Cameron Co. Casino
- Brownwood grad Shelby Miller selected to first MLB All-Star Game
- Man flown to hosptial after being struck by metal flying through windshield of pickup, Driver Hit in Face by a Hydraulic Jack that Flew Off Trailer
- Texan charged in baseball bat attack, grandma’s neck broken
- Dare lands Brownwood teen in jail for aggravated robbery – for $13
- Reddy Ice truck catches fire in Abilene VIDEO
- Amarillo woman admits embezzlement from Federal program
- Midland Gun Shop Owner Arrested on Federal Firearms Violations
- Odessa Road Rage With Deadly Weapon Ends in Arrest VIDEO
- Man shot in robbery at Killeen pavilion
- Austin Omni Hotel shooter Michael Holt had filed to run for U.S. president
- Small plane, Cirrus SR-22, lands hard in NW Harris County neighborhood via emergency shoot
- Vandals spray-paint the N-word and “KKK” on family truck in Spring
- Fort Worth teen charged with ‘terroristic threats’ over allegedly violent online posts
- Laid-off worker surrenders in boss’s slaying
- Patriarch in honor killings case sent to prison for disability fraud
- 2 shot in west Harris home invasion
- San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor’s stepson arrested on pot possession charge
- Body found near East Texas Regional Airport
- Around 200 adults possibly exposed to active case of tuberculosis at El Paso halfway house
- Austin Music Hall to be demolished to make way for office tower
- Suspect killed during robbery turned shootout in San Antonio
- ——- Weather / Flooding ——–
- Abilene’s 7+ inches highest ‘daily’ rainfall total ever recorded!
- Wettest day ever in Abilene causes flooding
- Officials urge extreme caution as flooding continues in Abilene
- Abilene: Amazing Water Rescue VIDEO
- Morning water rescues keep Abilene firefighters busy
- Gallery: Big Country Flooding, July 7th, more
- Lubbock-area storms trigger power outages, flood roadways
- Two Trapped, Rescued From Vehicles Under Downed Power Lines VIDEO
- Joyland Amusement Park in Lubbock closed due to wind damage
- Post receives almost 5 inches of rain, Lake Alan Henry more than 4 inches
- Flooding reported on Hwy. 84 in Garza Co.
Political and other Texas news for 7/7/2015
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