- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- State attorneys seek to reverse constitutionality ruling in Rick Perry indictment
- Texas Supreme Court finalizes details for school finance arguments
- Could horse racing in Texas end Aug. 31? Regulator runs into budget limbo
- Racing Commission faces budget deadline to keep tracks open, more
- Texas horse industry official files complaint against senator, more – more of this attempt to criminalize politics and oh, the Speaker’s family is in the racing biz.
- Same-sex judicial-fiat couples allowed amended death certificates
- Attorney General Paxton: The Continued Assault on Religious Liberties Undermines our Constitution
- Paxton Wants High Court to Block Mandatory Birth Control Coverage
- Lawsuit is filed against HHSC Commissioner over huge Medicaid reimbursement rate cuts
- For God’s sake, Texas to permit prison beards
- Inmate Beard Policy Will Not Cost Taxpayers Extra
- New Law Seeks to Curb Surprise Medical Bills VIDEO
- Months After Scandal, Another Health Agency Official Resigns
- Jimmy Willborn, an original co-founder of CLEAT, passed away this morning
- DPS seeks AG opinion in fatal shooting records request
- ERCOT system breaks 69,000 MW in hourly peak demand for first time ever
- ERCOT General Counsel Bill Magness chosen to succeed Doggett as top executive
- Where do people go when they move away from Texas? – Hell?
- J. Rolando Olvera, Jr. is newest district judge in Southern District of Texas
- Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Statement on DPS Officer Shooting Incident
- Daniel Lee Lopez Scheduled For Execution
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- HD 118: Tomas Uresti to run against Gabe Farias for San Antonio House seat
- HD118: Rep. Joe Farias resigns Texas House seat, prompting another special election in San Antonio
- Ex-Texas legislator Adams honored for public information
- Jon Stewart’s legacy will be lower standards
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- ‘Over Ninety Percent’ of Rick Perry Staffers Stay on Campaign Despite Pause in Pay
- Sarah Rumpf Talks About Rick Perry Campaign Funding Woes AUDIO
- Rick Perry’s campaign, short on cash, stops paying staff, more
- Perry Campaign Details Path Forward Despite Money Woes
- Here’s where Rick Perry’s cash-strapped campaign spent its money
- No White House for You, Rick Perry
- Perry falters as Cruz surges
- Ted Cruz Raises $1 Million in First 100 Hours After Debate
- Cruz releases TV advert on religious freedom VIDEO
- Trump Looming, Cruz Seeks to Seize Momentum
- Ted Cruz: ‘Foolish’ for GOP to criticize Trump
- Cruz, Rubio, Paul, Walker and Bush get nod from Club for Growth
- Coulter: Trump Will Stay Strong ‘As Long As He Keeps Talking About Immigration’ VIDEO
- Trump Open To Idea of Continuing Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood
- Origins of Trump’s luxury empire lie in father’s more blue-collar buildings
- Laura Ingraham Gets Punked By Donald Trump
- Pratt: What’s up with Trump? AUDIO
- Mark Davis: Why Donald Trump is the wrong blunt voice for the GOP
- Grieder: The Trump Problem; A cautionary tale, courtesy of Texas
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- Immigration crackdown splits GOP in DC
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Raycom Media buys Drewry TV stations
- Taxi drivers sue to stop UberX, Lyft from operating at D/FW International Airport
- July may have set record for East Texas home sales
- Blue Bell: ‘Our trucks are on the road again’
- Toyota still No. 1 in profits — though not sales
- CoreLogic breaks ground this morning on new North Texas office campus
- New office tower in the works at North Dallas’ Preston Center district
- With Hunt deal in hand, Energy Future looks to end bankruptcy
- FAA steps into Delta-Southwest Airlines fight over Dallas Love Field gates, with warning to city of Dallas
- Storm-battered American plane gets hail of a fix at D/FW
- Texas crop, weather for Aug. 11: Triple-digit temperatures stressing beef cattle and calves
- New tenants announced for Cypress mixed-use development
- Raymond James lowers oil forecast for 2016
- EIA cuts 2016 oil price forecast as crude trades below 6-year low
- Report: Eagle Ford production to slip in September
- Chambers of Commerce, EDCs, announce support for LNG terminals at Port of Brownsville
- Critics of LNG terminals plan to make themselves heard
- Former speaker Tom Craddick joins those suing Chesapeake over royalties
- Odessa and Midland Walmart Stores No Longer Open 24 Hours
- Austin’s HUVRData raises $2 million, looks to make mark in drone sector
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Wharton ISD Band director charged with improper relationship with student
- Center ISD teacher accused of improper relationship with student turns self in
- Webb County jailer arrested
- Ex-Houston cop arrested in connection with armored car robbery
- Kelly Siegler responds to allegations in Katy murder case
- CPS sought in 2013 to remove the 6 children killed Saturday
- Source: Accused mass killer David Conley inside home for 14 hours before surrendering VIDEO
- Sandra Bland: Texas records show racial breakdown of those stopped by same trooper – looks fair
- East Texas man on death row for killing daughter loses federal appeal
- Another ‘Mystery Death’ in a Texas Jail – Williamson Co.
- Morning house in fire in Tyler displaces 7
- Highway 31 East, aka ‘Death Valley,’ claims more victims VIDEO
- East Texas couple sentenced to matrimony; White House petition filed VIDEO
- Pilot injured after aircraft crashed into Lake Tyler VIDEO
- Experimental Helicopter Crash Lands in Midland Park
- Three-alarm fire sparks at Ft. Worth paper recycling plant VIDEO
- Arlington PD Release Audio Communication of Dealership Shooting VIDEO
- Three sentenced in Amarillo armored car heist
- Sperm bank lawsuit called unprecedented for Texas VIDEO
- 3 arrested after Houston McDonald’s robbery leads to chase
- Caught on camera: Customer, suspected car burglar exchange gunfire VIDEO
- Warrant: 2-year-old had paper towel lodged in throat
- Racer dies at drag boat race in Marble Falls
- Lubbock Teen Killed in Jet Ski Accident at Possum Kingdom lake
- Another giant centipede spotted in Texas VIDEO
- Recycling plant burns in Fort Worth – the one fire likely cancels out all the “recycling” the plant has ever done as well as many others.
- Woman Dies in Parasailing Accident on SPI VIDEO
- Irrigation Workers Find Body in La Joya Lake VIDEO
- Temple Police Use Bean Bag Rounds To Subdue Suicidal Man After Assault
- Wanted: Child Support Evader McKinley Arthur
- New record for Heat in Houston today; it could go higher
- Burglars Crash Vehicle Into Dallas Pharmacy: Police
- DEA data shows Harris County as one of country’s top sites for flakka cases
- North Texas hippie commune sues Arlington over failed SWAT raid
- Fort Bliss sergeant gets 20 years in child porn case
- Suspect Killed in Odessa Shooting, 2 DPS Troopers Recovering VIDEO
- Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Statement on DPS Officer Shooting Incident
Political and other Texas news for 8/11/2015
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