- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Governor Abbott Issues Special Constitutional Election on 3 November
- November 3rd Texas constitutional amendment ballot
- Busted: Sheriff Releases Video of State Rep. Garnet Coleman Who Claimed Mistreatment During Stop VIDEO – see the video – Coleman is a self-serving lying demagogue of the worst type.
- Police association demands apology from lawmaker, Rep. Coleman
- Is Speaker Joe Straus protecting Planned Parenthood through inaction?
- Texas officials wander around spousal disclosure rules with little direction
- Ethics commission to decide disclosure carve-out for cancer agency
- Sen Troy Fraser defends Texas’ voter ID law
- Study: Law Discouraged More Than Those Without Voter ID – data doesn’t support this
- Revisiting the Lessons from the Voter ID Experience in Texas: 2015
- Obama administration celebrates Texas voter ID ruling on Voting Rights Act anniversary
- Texas Democrats cheer voter ID ruling
- A half-century after Voting Rights Act, black religious leaders say suppression is rampant, bull, bull, bull
- Sen. Nichols: Voters should look toward Prop. 7 in November
- Border physicians call for Medicaid expansion
- Texas hospitals lose millions to Medicare readmission penalties, though trending down
- New Law Helps Tackle Health Agency Woes
- Texas amends homosexual man’s death certificate to recognize marriage status
- Judge has until next week to decide if lawsuit over immigrants’ U.S.-born children will proceed
- Dallas County Judge Asks State to Resolve Birth Certificate Issue
- News from Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick
- First court appearance set for Attorney General Paxton on securities fraud charges
- Analysis: Blame, Reputation and the Long Road Back
- Ag. Commissioner Miller Announces $306,440 in Grants to Help Young Farmers
- Ken Paxton: Wrong even when he’s right on Texas carbon emissions
- Texas Sheriffs Decry Federal Policies: Criminal Aliens Have Free Rein
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- Governor Abbott Appoints Three To OneStar Foundation
- Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Texas Board of Professional Surveying
- TEA releases 2015 public school accountability ratings – see more in the school news post
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- ERCOT Reports 2 Peak Electricity Demand Records in 1 Day
- Shell leaving conservative ALEC over climate change views
- Federal Lawsuit Describes Conspiracies, Favors, and Corruption in Weslaco
- What happened to ‘safe, legal, rare’?
- I’m not a mother, you aren’t an American, by these rules
- Licensing schemes a limit to freedom
- Liberty Institute and Craig James Sue Fox Sports for Unlawful Religious Discrimination in the Workplace
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Perry appears prepared, passionate in Republican presidential debate
- Why Rick Perry Can Still Win the Republican Nomination
- In undercard GOP debate Perry hits Trump, touts immigration record
- In first debate, Rick Perry is top dog but Carly Fiorina shines
- ‘Undercard debate’ unfamiliar territory for Rick Perry
- Oops: Rick Perry turned himself into a policy wonk
- Super PAC spends big to put Perry on TV
- After Debate, Perry Calls for Unity Among Conservatives
- Carly Fiorina Shines in First GOP Debate
- GOP Debate: Fox News Down; Cruz, Walker Up
- Cruz Stays Above Fray in Combative First Debate
- Cruz Sets Sight on “SEC Primary” States
- Inside Ted Cruz’s Southern strategy
- Cruz: We Need a Consistent Conservative to Stand for Religious Liberty VIDEO
- Trump Hits Back at Megyn Kelly for Sexism Question VIDEO
- Trump: Megyn Kelly’s Sexism Question ‘Was Not a Very Nice Question’
- Combative Trump doesn’t rule out third-party run during GOP debate
- Trump still dominates, but as front-runner or comic relief?
- Trump Alters the Way the Rest of the Field Is Perceived
- The Trump Coalition: “You can’t trust the rest of them.”
- Trump piñatas bring big business to Austin shops – do you think this would be reported the same way if the piñatas were not of a white guy? What if they were of Cesar Chavez or Jesse Jackson?
- Carson: We Can’t Make Every Incident Into ‘A Race War,’ ‘Move Beyond’ Race VIDEO
- Christie, Rand Fight Over NSA VIDEO
- Rand Paul calls out Houston Mayor Annise Parker over HERO controversy
- Grieder on the debate and who is the winner
- Clinton Campaign Headed for Rio Grande Valley
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- Cornyn: Report Confirms Gross Politicization by Top IRS Officials
- Cornyn pitches NRA-backed mental health bill
- Sen. Cruz Statement on Texas Voter ID Law Decision
- Cruz: This Deal Is No Different Than Calling the Iranian Supreme Leader, Asking If They’re Developing Nuclear Weapons, and Taking His Word For It
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Annual Texas Sales Tax Holiday Is Underway
- Oil poised for sixth weekly drop as signs of oversupply persist
- Oilfield jobs decline in July
- Explorers in need of cash are selling oil fields as last resort
- Exxon secures more Permian Basin fields
- Miller Energy executives charged with accounting fraud
- To please investors, Big Oil makes deepest cuts in a generation
- Apache posts $5.6 billion loss, but still beats analyst estimates
- Carl Icahn takes activist stake in Cheniere Energy
- Transocean profit falls 41 percent
- Dynegy sees profits grow after power plant buying spree
- U.S. employers add 215,000 jobs in July; jobless rate at 5.3 percent
- ERCOT Reports 2 Peak Electricity Demand Records in 1 Day
- Construction kicks off on second phase of high-profile North Dallas mixed-use project
- New residents are making a home in downtown Dallas’ old LTV Tower
- Neiman Marcus fighting class action status of case relating to 2013 credit card breach
- Construction starts next week on new Rolex building in Uptown
- Here’s the lineup of Southwest Airlines flights out of Dallas Love Field
- Southwest, Delta feud over Love Field gate
- Sabre hit by hackers, and maybe American Airlines was, too
- Alaska Airlines touts growing links to American Airlines
- California company to ship Mexican-grown lemons through McAllen
- GM going light with trucks, SUVs, report says
- San Antonio City Council strikes deal to bring Lyft back
- Did Texas’ big Amazon deal yield a prime return?
- Lawsuit claims Whole Foods violated securities laws, misled consumers
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Judge sentences Williamson County DA Jana Duty to 10 days in jail, $500 fine
- College Station Teacher Arrested for Alleged Sexual Contact with Student VIDEO
- Disturbing Summer Surge of Teacher Sexual Misconduct with Students in Texas
- Waco shootout: Judge recuses himself from hearings involving bikers, more
- Anonymous to Protest Saturday in 35 US Cities — Threaten Cops, ‘No Mercy for Murderers’
- Sandra Bland Activist to Texas Trooper: ‘You Tyrannical F**king Pig’ VIDEO
- Corpus Christi Daycare Worker Accused of Making Child Porn with Infants
- San Antonio, Bexar County warn residents about rabies exposure
- Still on edge from June HQ attack, Dallas Police receive suspicious package VIDEO
- Houston’s favorite ‘Be Someone’ graffiti altered
- Child Dies After Being Rescued From Car at Austin Waffle House
- Autopsy: Infant boy left in car at Waffle House died of heat stroke
- Arlington Police Shoot, Kill Burglary Suspect At Car Dealership
- Officials Confirm: Body Found in Graham
- Graham human remains sent for testing
- Downtown Midland Demolition to Begin on Monday
- Woman Admits to Stabbing Common-Law Husband in Odessa
- Multiple injuries in accident involving Lubbock Citibus
- Driver of Porsche killed near The Rim in head-on crash in San Antonio
- Man found guilty of manslaughter in bicyclist’s death
- One dead in stabbing near Pflugerville; suspect in custody
- Memorial unveiled for Travis County deputy killed in Sept. flooding
- Cigarette started battery warehouse fire; Tyler building fire cause unknown
- Grandfather Charged In Central Texas Infant’s Death
- More than 1,000 photos found and collected in Van tornado
- 11-year-old earns Miss Texas Covergirl
- Possible murder-suicide in The Woodlands
- West Texas police report uptick in fake IDs
- Blood trail leads SAPD to gruesome find
- Machete attack leaves woman dead in New Caney
- Four young men held in fatal Fort Bend party shooting
Political and other Texas news for 8/7/2015
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