- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Governor Abbott Statement On Vandalism Of San Antonio Synagogue
- Trade groups asking ethics panel to water down contract disclosure law
- Departing Texas House leaders leave void, opportunity
- Baby Moses law expanding to include emergency centers
- Parents to Be Guaranteed Right to Bury Stillborn Babies
- Rep. Rafael Anchia cheers state’s ‘historic’ movement on policies for same-sex couples
- Analysis: Education Funding With a Judicial Assist
- State raises the bar on school district financial accountability
- New Law Allows Texans to Cash In on Low-Value Gift Cards
- George P. Bush: Land Office Faces Internal “Threat” VIDEO – will he stay and fix it or spend more time out campaigning for his father for president?
- Ag Commissioner Sid Miller shares Facebook photo about bombing the ‘Muslim World’
- Miller Spokesman: No Apologies for Atomic Facebook Post
- Process of Getting Mail-In Ballots Poised to Simplify
- Court ruling another blow to state Medicaid regulators
- Forensic Science Commission will investigate convictions based on bite marks
- Texas hunting and fishing licenses can be renewed now
- Capitol Fire Suspect to Go Before Iowa Judge
- Governor Abbott Statement On Capture Of Suspected Capitol Arsonist
- Attorney General Paxton Statement on Illegal Group Home in Belton
- 2015 DPS Graduates 52 Highway Patrol Troopers
- Governor Abbott Appoints Swanson Judge Of 143rd Judicial District Court
- PUC approves new unaffiliated director to ERCOT Board of Directors
- Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Stephen F. Austin University Board Of Regents
- Governor Abbott Appoints Romano To State Securities Board
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- SD1: Rep. Bryan Hughes endorsed by Department of Public Safety Officers Association PAC
- Obama, the Left downsizing the American Dream
- Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk golfing with Obama, Clinton, Vernon Jordan on Martha’s Vineyard
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Cruz roundup: Rick Perry’s pain is Ted Cruz’s gain, Cruz courts southern conservatives and donors
- Ted Cruz’ anti-establishment message resonates in northern Nevada.
- New York cellphone executive gives $250k to Ted Cruz super PAC
- Roundup: Perry’s Money Woes, Cruz on the Move
- Perry super PAC head walks a ‘bright line’
- Trump leads in first post-debate Fox national poll
- Trump’s plan for border outlines wall, how Mexico will pay for it
- Trump: Deny citizenship to babies of people illegally in US
- Donald Trump ‘saw Princess Diana as the ultimate trophy wife’
- Barone: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: Incapable of Embarrassment
- Clinton hoping to take Texas by storm
- Pro-Bush super PAC spending $10M-plus on initial TV campaign
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- Rep. Neugebauer Says Obama Administration Makes America Look Weak VIDEO
- After Three Years, Cornyn Calls for Renewed Push to Bring Austin Tice Home
- Cornyn Op-Ed: New EPA Rules Will Heat Up Texas Utility Bills
- Cornyn Pushes Obama Administration To Give Inspectors General More Access
- Spurred by Cecil the Lion, Texans join Congressional push to protect wildlife
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Dallas Fed names Harvard business professor as new president
- As other malls die out, Dallas’ NorthPark turns 50 in style
- Blue Bell Announces Distribution Plan
- Peso is putting pinch on shoppers
- High beef prices fueling rustling revival in Plains states
- A look at proposed redo of landmark Braniff building at Dallas Love Field
- Houston’s Black Elk Energy facing criminal charges for fatal Gulf explosion
- American Airlines to launch next trial of new employee uniforms
- New apartment tower near Highland Park will open in 2017
- Hotel and condo tower eyed for Frisco’s Wade Park project
- Frontier Communications is bringing hundreds more jobs to Richardson’s Telecom Corridor
- New hotel breaks ground on Galveston’s East End
- Mills: Many Factors Force Crude Oil Posted Prices Below $40
- Private toll road picks up speed south of Austin
- Austin-based Tiff’s Treats gets $14 million to fund expansion
- Fortress Environmental expands in the Eagle Ford while oil prices are low
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Trial begins Monday for former CPRIT executive
- Feds headed to Bali to retrieve ex-Austin police officer
- Williamson County DA Jana Duty released from jail
- Lubbock police conducting internal investigation of responding officers in July assault VIDEO
- Don’t make Christian Taylor’s death a racial flash point, father says
- Boerne Officer Fatally Shoots Armed Man During Disturbance
- HPD: Officer shoots suspect in northeast Houston
- Kerrville officers shoot, kill man who fired shot at them
- Christoval wildfire grows to 5,300 acres
- Body Found Near Graham ID As Missing 23-year-old Leah Martin
- Child drownings over weekend in Texas include 4-year-old
- Early man, 32, killed in 4-wheeler accident
- Pecos Mother Charged With Manslaughter After Toddler Was Found Dead
- Drunk Driver Crashes Through Sheffield Home Killing 4-Year-Old Boy
- Culberson County Cold Case Reopened
- Hotel Roof Blows Off on Highway 385 in Ector County
- Farmers Branch Family Uses Vulgar Language to Call Out Neighbor VIDEO
- Lubbock Woman Sentenced to 45 Years for Murdering Ex-Husband
- Lumberton PD advertises for drug dealers to snitch on competitors
- Fifth family member arrested after Dallas teen’s forced abortion is charged with sex assault of a child
- Dallas police: Man breaks into old home, threatens to ‘slice up’ current residents
- Second Jewish congregation hit by anti-Semitic graffiti in San Antonio
- Hundreds gathered to pay respects to family gunned down in domestic violence case
- Woman running illegal group home told clients to keep mum, Austin police say
- Attorney General Paxton Statement on Illegal Group Home in Belton
- SAPD: Neighbor follows, shoots suspected car burglar VIDEO
- One dead in Harris Co. home invasion
- Family of Hamshire teen killed in home invasion speaks out
- Masked intruder ends up dead after kitchen encounter with Jefferson County man
- Austin police searching for man behind home invasion, shooting
- Autopsies: Vidor couple was stabbed 24 times
- State Fair of Texas filed SLAPP suit to quash public’s right to query via open records, court rules
- Judge sanctions State Fair of Texas after it sued lawyer who wants to see Big Tex’s checkbook
- Gandhi statue unveiled at entrance to Houston’s Little India
- Famed Houston prosecutor sued over TV show
Political and other Texas news for 8/17/2015
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