- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Lawyer’s Tactics Questioned in Contacting Collin County Grand Jury
- Securities Law Experts: Paxton indicted on ‘strange’ legal theory
- Understanding the Charges Against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
- Paxton Indictment is an Embarrassment to the Texas Criminal Justice System
- State Rep: It’s easier to indict political-persons than others. AUDIO
- Analysis: Paxton and the High Expense of a Good Defense
- Paxton to Supporters: “I Expect to Be Fully Vindicated”
- Texplainer: If Convicted, Will Paxton Have to Leave Office?
- In new legal woe, Paxton faces contempt of court over homosexual “marriage” issue
- Federal appeals court: Texas’ voter ID law violates Voting Rights Act
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals says Texas voter ID law violates Voting Rights Act
- Ruling Offers Texas Voter ID Critics Narrow Victory
- Governor Abbott Statement On Texas Voter ID Law
- Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Asks Harris County D.A. to Immediately Open a Criminal Investigation of Planned Parenthood in Texas, more
- Harris DA to investigate Planned Parenthood
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Senate will pass ‘sanctuary cities’ bill in 2017
- Otto Explains Maritime Museum Money Mix-up Mystery
- Showdown with a Strong Governor – B.S. on the LBB being right. This ignores a landmark court case in the 1970’s.
- The secrets of Senator Joan Huffman
- November Proposition Could Save Texas Taxpayers Money
- New Law Will Help More Texans Go Solar
- Texas’ cuts to Medicaid could leave poor without therapy
- Hurricane Season and the Risk for Potential Scams
- West Texas summit focuses on conflicts between business, environment
- Land Office puts oil & gas lease sale on-line, makes $20 million
- TEA: Class of 2014 graduation rate sets new mark
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- HD71: Isaac Castro, former Hamlin mayor, announces GOP run for House seat, more
- TX23: Republican Hurd touts his expertise to business leaders
- Newcastle, Texas man among over 80 to file to run for President VIDEO
- George W. Bush makes surprise appearance for jury duty
- Sugar Land air traffic control tower will be dedicated to Tom DeLay
- Robert Conquest, Seminal Historian of Soviet Misrule, Dies at 98
- Do Federal Judges Protect Journalists Exposing Animal Abuse More Than Journalists Exposing the Abortion Industry?
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Team Rick Perry Remains Determined After Narrowly Missing Top Ten Debate Cutoff
- To have and have not: Cruz in, Perry out of prime-time debate
- New 2016 poll shows Texans may see Perry candidacy as ‘less serious,’ expert says
- Christie squeezes into GOP prime-time debate
- Iowa couple connected to Cruz campaign erects first of 1,000 billboards against same-sex marriage
- Ted Cruz taps Gortz Haus owners as ‘religious liberty ambassadors’
- Google searchers can’t get enough on Donald Trump
- Is Donald Trump Starting to Sound a Little Serious? VIDEO
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- BLM Land Grab: Thornberry Meets With Landowners, more, more VIDEO
- Cornyn, Klobuchar Urge Congolese Officials to Expedite Exit Permits for More Than 400 Legally Adopted Children to U.S. Families
- Cornyn Introduces Mental Health and Safe Communities Act
- Backed by the NRA, Sen. John Cornyn proposes gun background check bill
- Lifting the export ban on crude oil would be a boon to the US economy
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil continues to plummet
- The Oil Crash Has Caused a $1.3 Trillion Wipeout
- Lifting the export ban on crude oil would be a boon to the US economy
- Frank’s CEO: Competition for oil field work leads to “irrational pricing”
- Analysts: Gas prices could fall to $2 a gallon
- Pioneer to bring drilling back to pre-downturn levels
- Nabors posts $37 million loss as rig demand declines
- Plains All American profit down by more than half
- Craig James’ [REDACTED] Lawsuit Against Fox Sports Awkwardly Puts Media in Cover-Up Mode
- Anheuser-Busch Swaps Distributorships with Standard Sales
- SunEdison Closes $390 Million of Financing for 300 Megawatt Wind Farm in Floyd County
- Energy Transfer explores crude pipeline in Texas, New Mexico
- San Antonio zoning commission rejects Tesla showroom & service center plans
- San Antonio to become Google Fiber city
- State health officials OK production and sales of ice cream at Blue Bell’s Alabama plant
- Apartment builder eyes Uptown condo project for new development
- On-demand economy spreading beyond Uber to lawn mowing and more
- High plains cotton still late but catching up some with hot weather
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Mission ISD trustee resigns amid theft, fraud charges
- Harlingen city manager case to go to DA
- East Texas mayor files lawsuit 1 year after his arrest VIDEO
- $2,000 Reward Offered for Sex Offender Who Fled From Fort Worth Facility
- Search for missing Bonham teen ends in tragedy
- Man jailed, another taken to hospital after altercation involving sword
- 15-Month-Old Accidentally Run Over, Killed By Father in Ector Co. VIDEO
- Lawsuit goes after Texas backers of tribal lending operation
- Church burglary suspect gets arrested again
- Victim dies after car crashes into Houston light pole
Political and other Texas news for 8/5/2015
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