- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Ratliff and his crazy no-labels world
- Abbott Ceremonially Signs Pro-Life Judicial Bypass Reform (HB 3994)
- Amending on the Hip: More on gun bills
- Analysis: Legislature Losing Some Key Players – yeah, Straus players for the most part.
- Grand jury reform, Falkenberg’s focus misplaced
- Texas Attorney General’s Office to Present Oral Arguments in Fifth Circuit Executive Amnesty Hearing
- Editorial: Texas school books reflect real history
- 2014 Snapshot: School District Profiles now available on TEA website
- Texas Prepaid Tuition Program Enrollment Deadline Approaches
- Dead Confederates at the Texas Capitol – To the Left soldiers in Vietnam were “baby killers” so let’s dump the new Vietnam memorial too. So silly.
- Ag. Commissioner Miller Encourages Texans to Eat Local, Support Texas Farmers and Ranchers
- TABC finds some businesses trying to pass off low-end alcohol as top-shelf brands – nothing new and pure theft from customers.
- DPS Offers Tips to Avoid Auto Theft This Summer
- Court: Air conditioning not necessary in hot prison
- Governor Abbott Appoints 7 To Texas Board Of Nursing
- Texas Supreme Court hits milestone: All opinions issued
- —- Campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Oh snap! moments: Ted Cruz’s appearance on MSNBC’s ‘Hardball with Chris Matthews’ VIDEO
- White House blasts Cruz for defending Trump, who’s in full-blown feud with Perry, more, more
- Pitts Jr.: Trump’s hostility toward Mexican immigrants not new for GOP – nor is mischaracterization and untruth new to the Left (Pitts included).
- Donald Trump and third-party campaigns AUDIO
- Perry Proposes Attack on “Sanctuary Cities”
- Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton to speak at Bush Center Thursday night
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Sen. Ted Cruz Questions General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC at SASC Hearing VIDEO
- Sen. Cruz: We Should Not Cut Our Military Force in the Face of Grave Threats Around the World
- Cornyn Questions DOJ Official on Houston Astros Hack
- Thornberry: Cyber space vulnerable to attacks
- Neugebauer Convenes Subcommittee to Examine the Designation & Regulation of Bank Holding Company SIFIs
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Texas was the top U.S. commercial real estate market last year
- Dallas Fed narrows Texas job growth forecast to 120,000
- Market analyst: China’s stockpiled cotton still troublesome
- Farmers would benefit from crude oil exports, too, oil industry leaders tell House agriculture panel
- Southwest Airlines, unions struggle toward new deals
- U.S. inquiry prompts flurry of lawsuits against four big airlines
- M&A Plummets in Texas during H1 2015
- —————Statewide general——————
- Houston ISD teacher taken into custody in child solicitation case
- Chemical leak under investigation at Dow plant near Freeport
- Methane leaks in Barnett Shale vastly higher than EPA estimates, study shows
- Fort Worth Police Officer Jumps into Lake to Rescue Man
- Arlington man fatally shoots man, then collapses, dies
- Lightning Sparks Fire, Midland Family Loses Home
- Report highlights the many ways drugs come into Houston
- Fugitive in Houston killing arrested in Mexico
- Houston PD says 3 guns recovered from body of man killed during chase
- Police: Woman stabbed husband at Nacogdoches motel
- Parents Of Teen Killed By Longview Police File $10 Million Suit
- China Spring Shotgun Slaying Victim Was Urged To “Go Someplace Safe” – better would be to arm and train her. Anywhere she could go the murderer could go.
- ——- Weather / Flooding ——–
- Austin Fire Dept. to Assist Brownwood with flooding
- Water Continues To Flow Into Lake Fort Phantom VIDEO
- Flooding Slows in Brownwood
- Brown County braces for more flooding
- Flooding update: Some Brownwood roads reopen, some still closed
- Brownwood, Early fight rising waters
- One Missing, Several Rescued as Flood Waters Rise in Brown Co.
- Man Swept Away in Floods in Brown County VIDEO
- Pecan Bayou Crests, Flooding Brownwood
- Austin Fire Dept. to Assist Brownwood with flooding
- Flooding forces Ranger College to postpone TSI testing in Brownwood
- Abilene Flood Rescue 911 Call Released VIDEO
- Heavy rain cause sewage water overload in Levelland
Political and other Texas news for 7/9/2015
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