- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Governor Abbott To Order National Guard To Carry Guns On Base
- Texas among three states to move to protect Guard recruitment offices
- Abbott orders Texas National Guard to carry guns at military facilities
- Forced annexation threatens Texans’ liberties
- Medicaid enrollment surges, stirs worry about state budgets
- Saying ‘No’ To ObamaCare Medicaid Expansion Was Good For Texans
- Texas Concedes Case Over Benefits for Same-Sex Couples
- Claim: Texas is Illegally Denying Birth Certificates to Citizens with Immigrant Parents
- Texas’ school funding levels called red flag – no amount will ever be enough for “fair”
- Child protection law, Colton’s Law, generates support, frustration
- Texans pay millions on facility being leased for $1 a month
- Jail employee blasts TDCJ statement on prison water issues VIDEO
- HD81: Few seem concerned with Rep. Landgraf’s town hall meeting VIDEO
- Rep. Brooks Landgraf highlights education and transportation
- Reps. Springer, King share accomplishments, disappointments
- 2nd time through makes legislative process easier, Rep. Ashby says
- Texas agriculture commissioner spends $33,000 in campaign cash on Texas-themed office furniture
- Attorney General Paxton’s Spokesman Speaks Out on Fraud Allegations
- Perry spends another $1 million in legal fees to fight indictment
- Quarter of Texas listeria cases not tracked
- Texas drought-free first time since 2010
- Texas officials confirm first case of Hantavirus
- UT admissions abuse is 10 times bigger than Kroll’s depiction
- Exclusive: Tom Hicks, Kay Bailey Hutchison among those who helped underqualified students get in to UT-Austin, records show – now we clearly know why KBH got behind the effort to protect Powers and pillory Regent Hall.
- Straus Directly Implicated in UT Admissions Scandal
- UT System: Hall Doesn’t Have Right to Sue McRaven
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- HD105: Harper-Brown mulls rematch against Anderson
- Analysis: Don’t Overlook Abbott’s Fundraising Feat
- Battle heats up to lead Tarrant County GOP
- Obituary: Betty Wright, widow of former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright
- George H.W. Bush released from Maine hospital
- Obama pushes to prohibit guns from ‘mentally deficient’ Social Security recipients
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Larger than expected crowd greets socialist Bernie Sanders in Houston VIDEO
- Bernie Sanders voices concerns about police brutality in Dallas campaign stop
- Crowd of 8,000 greets socialist Bernie Sanders in Dallas
- 1st GOP debate to leave out some candidates, possibly Perry
- Can Perry stand out in 2016 without his signature swagger?
- Perry takes on Trump: this is no “reality show”
- Rick Perry calls for Trump to leave presidential race – who’s he to call for such? Run your own campaign Rick.
- Rick Perry and Donald Trump get vicious in latest political sparring match
- Trump Goes off on ‘Today’ Show: ‘You Misrepresent, Just Like Everybody Else’ VIDEO
- Mackowiak Says Trump Remarks About John McCain Are Offensive VIDEO
- Trump: I don’t need to be lectured
- Rick Perry and Ted Cruz take opposite tacks on Donald Trump
- Wall Street Journal: Cruz’s closeness to Trump reveals ‘lack of character’ – so the open borders folk at the Journal are upset?
- Perry and Cruz tied at 4% in new ABC news/WaPo poll
- ————–Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Sen. Cruz Sends Letters to NIH, StemExpress about Potential Violations of Federal Law
- Cruz and Vitter Target Congressional Health Care
- Cornyn Op-Ed: Countering Climate Change with American Ingenuity
- Cornyn Statement on U.N. Security Council Approval of Iran Nuclear Agreement
- The Dodd-Frank Five-Year Anniversary Is as Bad as We Thought It Would Be
- ————Business & Economy—————-
- Permian Basin Rig Count for July 12, 2015
- Rig count resumes fall after another oil price plunge
- Texas’ tech industry sees growth, hold on future
- WPX Energy: Low price environment is best time to make acquisitions
- Pioneer Natural Resources names board members
- Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas names new chief nursing officer
- Private Equity Firms Fishing in Texas Medical Waters
- Halliburton profits fall 93 percent amid downturn
- North Texas venture capital investments slow in Q2
- Electric companies take note of outcry over minimum use fees
- Entergy Texas pulls out of power station purchase
- Starbucks seeks to sell beer, wine at Austin-area locations
- Could Dell Inc. spinoff talk become reality?
- D-FW warehouse and industrial net leasing up 30 percent this year
- American Airlines makes switch on US Airways reservations system
- American Airlines: We’re ready to start scheduled flights to Cuba
- New offshore safety rules would make drilling some wells too difficult, industry lobbyists tell White House – don’t fool yourself, such was the intention of the new rules.
- —————Statewide general——————
- City of Galveston employee accused of impersonating police
- Mission police officer accused of stealing cocaine and faking drug bust
- Whitehouse police chief gets 30 days unpaid leave
- Sandra Bland’s Family’s Lawyer Details Dashcam Video of Traffic Stop VIDEO
- Family, church leaders call for external investigation into Bland’s death
- Prairie View A&M students say Sandra Bland has them fearing for their lives VIDEO
- Dash-Cam Footage of Sandra Bland’s Arrest to Be Released
- Preacher: Sandra Bland Did Not Attack Trooper
- What we know about Sandra Bland, who died in a Texas jail
- Rep. Bell Makes Statement on Waller County Jail Incident
- DPS Statement Regarding Texas Ranger Investigation of Bland case
- Bikers Descend on Waco: No Scales of Justice at Waco Courthouse
- Barge Collision Results in Fire and Closure of Texas Intracoastal Waterway
- Officials seek cause in morning barge collision
- Officials assessing environmental impact after barge fire near Galveston VIDEO
- $3,000 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Sex Offender from Polk County
- Rural Texas Community Fights Back Against Planned Muslim Cemetery, more – I find this bigoted and ugly
- 2-Year-Old Dallas Girl Dead; Left in Hot Car
- Official says North Texas epicenter of rosebush disease
- Firefighters battle blaze after explosion at Abilene residence, Man Rescued After House Explodes, photos
- Man Killed in Midland Train Accident VIDEO
- Pecos Baby Mistakenly Buried in Occupied Grave
- Odessa Church Burglary Suspect Arrested
- Fraud Investigated Via Social Media in Citizenship, Marriage Cases
- Lubbock Police Officer Sues Driver for $1 Million or More
- Over 130 East Texans join 20-mile rally for Confederate flag VIDEO
- Confederate soldier memorial vandalized in Denton County
- One Man Dead After Shootout Occurs in Odessa Neighborhood
- 8 arrested during two consecutive raids in Weslaco
- Hackers hit ‘Ashley Madison’ dating site, post personal information of cheating spouses
- Tourist killed, local charged in head-on Galveston seawall crash
- Downed transmission line knocks out power for SW Houston residents
- Big gator spotted on Freeport beach
- Harris Co. sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots man during altercation outside night club
- Teen shot, killed during party in Fresno
- Husband killed after wife’s car plows into laundry business
- Quadruplets born at Temple hospital
- Homeowners: 10 dogs poisoned in Granbury neighborhood
- Woman shoots, kills man in San Antonio home with child inside
- Houston leaders fear that Fifth Ward church fire was arson
- Six Waco Men Plead Guilty In Gang-Rape Of Girl, 15
- Autopsy: Salado Doctor, Inn Owner Killed In Freak Fall Died Of Head Injuries
Political and other Texas news for 7/20/2015
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