- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on veto-power dispute at the LBB on Pratt on Texas AUDIO
- Patrick sides with Abbott in budget flap — what’s up with that?
- In Emails, Patrick’s Office Did Not Object to Veto Memo – Patrick’s staff is not Patrick and he clearly objected
- Appeals court rejects one criminal count against Rick Perry, still facing second – Austin-based attorney Trey Trainor will appear on Pratt on Texas today to explain the ruling.
- One Criminal Charge Against Rick Perry Dropped, One Pending
- Appeals court tosses one count of Rick Perry indictment, more
- Appeals court tosses one Perry indictment, lets abuse of office charge go forward
- Texas Supreme Courts says Houston must put homosexual ordinance on ballot, more
- Governor Abbott Statement On Texas Supreme Court’s Ruling To Repeal Houston Ordinance
- Attorney General Ken Paxton Statement on Victory for Houston Pastors
- TX Supreme Court Stops LGBT Law, Houston Must Repeal or Vote in November
- Jared Woodfill finally wins in HERO case
- Texas Supreme Court Suspends HERO
- UT’s McRaven trolls Dallas Morning News
- Rep. Springer wants hospitals removed as gun-free zone soft targets VIDEO
- In Texas Jails, Hanging Most Common Suicide Method
- Sexually-transmitted disease numbers in Texas counties
- Aerial video reveals drought-ravaged lakes worse than imagined VIDEO
- Strong El Niño developing: What it means for Texas
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- DPS Inspects 7,800 Commercial Vehicles During Roadcheck
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- HD121: Former TPPF president & SREC member Jeff Judson to challenge Straus in GOP primary
- HD99: Hundreds of thousands of dollars pour into Texas House race
- Judge: Austin city council candidate Laura Pressley, attorney must pay $100,000 for election challenge
- Misremembering our past could negatively affect future
- Houston mayoral candidate calls for vote on charter amendment defining gender
- Newly-released photos show Bush Administration reaction to Sept. 11 attacks
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Laredo Officials Made it Difficult for Trump to Visit Actual Border
- Life-Long Democrat Hispanic Voter Says He Would Vote for Trump
- Media Arrives in Laredo to Attack Trump, Not Learn About the Texas Border
- Protesters Against ‘The Donald’ Trumped by Supporters at Border
- Politicians respond to Trump’s visit in Laredo
- Laredoans speak on Donald Trump VIDEO
- Trumpnado hits Laredo
- Trump does Texas: At border, he blasts naysayers, predicts victory
- How Univision and Telemundo covered Donald Trump’s visit to the border
- Jeb Bush to Mark Cuban: Help me understand this “Sharknado” thing
- Lib claims “States’ Rights” are racist
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- In stunning attack, Cruz accuses leader McConnell of lying
- Ted Cruz: McConnell ‘looked us in the eyes’ and lied
- Sen. Cruz: Corrupt Ex-Im Deal Proves We Have Government Of, By, and For the Lobbyists
- Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Export-Import Bank Reauthorization VIDEO
- How Senator McConnell Is Working to Raise the Ex-Im Bank from the Dead
- Mitch McConnell uses Failure Theater on Planned Parenthood
- Sen. Cruz Files DOTCOM Act as Amendment to Highway Bill
- Let Oil Reserves Fund Highways, Not More Taxpayer Money
- Sen. Cruz: The Court Has Declared Itself a Super-Legislature
- White House Honors Nine Illegal Immigrant Teachers Including 4 Texans
- Cornyn: Iran Deal Keeps Getting Worse
- Neugebauer Leads Subcommittee to Examine NCUA’s Budget and Operations
- Flores: House Votes to Punish Sanctuary Cities
- Sanctuary City ‘Solutions’ That Would Solve Nothing
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Despite price plunge, Permian Basin rig count increases for 4th straight week
- AT&T-DirecTV deal cleared, will be biggest pay TV provider in US.
- BlueCross BlueShield of Texas to drop individual PPO plans in 2016
- Dallas-area apartment building permits have dropped for the first time in several years
- Feds investigating 5 airlines for possible price gouging after deadly Amtrak crash
- American Airlines earns $1.7 billion in the second quarter, nearly doubling its previous best quarter
- Southwest captain blamed in LaGuardia landing
- Southwest Airlines flight attendants overwhelmingly reject proposed contract
- Walmart to sell car seat that will help prevent children left in hot cars VIDEO
- Telecom Corridor campus sale will bring opportunity for another Richardson business move
- Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4M vehicles to prevent hacking
- CB&I reports net profit, new contracts
- Patterson-UTI posts second quarter loss on falling rig count
- MOD Pizza expanding in Houston
- Brownsville-Port Isabel shrimp industry confronting multiple challenges
- Judge Sparks: Patent Expiration Doesn’t Mean Trademarks Do, Too
- Rackspace teaming with Intel
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Palo Pinto Sheriff Under Investigation for Assault VIDEO
- Abilene School Resource Officer Who Allegedly Choked Child was Relocated
- Seminole city councilman arrested, alleged to have cut lock and released pit bulls from city shelter VIDEO
- Sandra Bland and the Texas traffic stop: Questions and answers
- Waller County releases full Sandra Bland autopsy
- Waller County sheriff seeks independent panel to investigate his department VIDEO
- McClelland: Officer who arrested Bland ‘over the line’
- Trooper Who Arrested Sandra Bland Violated DPS Courtesy Policy AUDIO
- Austinites march to Capitol in honor of Sandra Bland
- Cedar Hill woman pleads guilty to $1.6M Medicaid fraud
- Woman arrested for 165 felony warrants in San Antonio smiles in mugshot
- Houston wrestler speaks out amid allegations that Hulk Hogan’s WWE removal was due to racist remarks
- Weather radar detects swarm of bugs over Texas VIDEO
- NTSA Issues Final Report on Deadly Medical Chopper Crash in Wichita Falls
- Convicted sex offender on Texas 10 Most Wanted list caught
- 11-year-old Fort Worth boy convicted in dog’s beating death
- 2 young brothers die after pulled from family’s Houston pool
- Colorado City May Destroy Hailey Dunn’s Home
- The Grand Theatre Shooting in Lafayette: No Weapons Allowed
- One dead, one injured in San Antonio-area elementary school parking lot
- Prosecutors Seek Life in Prison for Former Plainview CEO
- Tank Battery Explodes in Upton County
- Central Texas Man Hospitalized After Bizarre Rural Attack Arrested
- Anti-Wimp: Dallas homeowner critically wounds intruder
- Texas man given 5 years’ probation in death of Jazz musician
- Unconscious Man Pulled from Burning Fort Worth Duplex: Firefighters
- Missing Rockwall woman found safe
- Missing Lubbock woman found dead in Plainview
- Beaumont man claims $7.5 million scratch off lottery prize
- Man shot, killed at men’s club in southeast Houston
- Man held at gunpoint, forced to drive from Metroplex to Abilene
- Confederate Battle Flag stolen from man at Abilene gas station
Political and other Texas news for 7/24/2015
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