- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Rep. Byron Cook’s Illegal Immigration Interference: Part One, Part Two
- Screw-up?: Attorney General Paxton Re-Indicted in Fraud Case, more
- Perry rejects calls for indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton to resign
- Perry Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Dismiss Last Charge
- UNT’s $70 million debt to state mysteriously disappears in a blur of lawmaking
- Texas again ordered to pay lawyers’ fees in redistricting case
- Texas lost when it thought it had won. The cost: $1 million
- Future Legislature could see anti-sanctuary city bill advance
- Lt. Governor Patrick and Senator Whitmire Announce Jail Safety Interim Study
- Texas Senate to Investigate Jails: ‘Zero Tolerance for Suicides’ Says Senator
- Millions Slated to Hire More DPS Troopers for Border Security
- Child Sex Trafficking Victims Get More Protection
- New state law requires insurers to make drug costs and coverage easier to understand
- Attorney General Paxton Takes Action to Halt Operations of More than a Dozen “Diploma Mills” in North Texas
- Attorney General Paxton Announces $71 Million Multi-State Settlement with Amgen
- Governor Abbott Appoints Romano To State Securities Board
- Governor Abbott Appoints Billingsley Judge Of 446th Judicial District Court
- Governor Abbott Appoints McCraw Judge Of 469th Judicial District Court
- Governor Abbott Appoints Miskel Judge Of 470th Judicial District Court
- Governor Abbott Appoints Cowen To Texas Historical Records Advisory Board
- Sid Miller, the Slim Pickens of Texas politics
- Texas GLO agrees to partner with company for Nueces Co. desalination plant
- Researchers say High Plains Aquifer Contaminated with Uranium, TTU Researchers Weigh In – get the point? This stuff people panic about is naturally occurring.
- Texas Muslims Fearful After State Official’s Controversial Facebook Post – I think they mean “idiot” muslims.
- DPS Enhances Patrols for Labor Day Enforcement Period
- Jailhouse Snitch Claims Secret Deal in Death Case
- Bracewell & Giuliani attorney to head SEC’s Texas regional office
- Reports against shuttered group homes included sexual abuse
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- SD24: Ryan Downtown reported to running for Senate seat
- HD69 Representative James Frank Announces Bid for 3rd Term
- HUD Secretary Julian Castro interested in running for office again
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Robert Pratt says Texas has huge role in 2016 presidential race
- Rick Perry at Iowa State Fair: “mad as hell,” but no veggie corn dog this time and far less buzz
- Rick Perry: Illegal immigration is ‘like a disease’
- Perry rejects calls for indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton to resign
- Rick Perry Campaign in Triage Mode
- Ted Cruz Megadonor Identified as Cellphone Executive
- Ted Cruz’s Time
- Ted Cruz and Donald Trump might campaign together
- Trump remains ahead, but the polling is unclear
- Carly Fiorina: Not Clear Trump is Republican
- Veterans Challenge Trump to Hike with Them in Underwear
- Trump’s proposals on immigration divide GOP candidates
- Richard Parker: Trump’s bad immigration ideas are a good chance for true debate
- Trump immigration plan riles the border
- Donald Trump Paints Republicans Into Corner With Hispanics
- Trump’s immigration stance echoes state bills
- Harlan Crow seeks to boost Marco Rubio’s presidential bid
- Scott Walker Is Sounding More and More Like Ted Cruz
- The Issues with Scott Walker’s Obamacare Replacement Plan, more
- Jindal vs. Walker on Health Care
- Gov. Bobby Jindal tries to shake image as one-time Common Core supporter
- Billionaires crowd out the bundlers in White House race
- Matthews: ‘Like Nixon,’ Hillary’s ‘In a Public Life’ That She Doesn’t ‘Want To Be In Personally’ VIDEO
- Fournier: Hillary’s Press Conference Was One of the Worst of All Time VIDEO
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- What They Are Saying: Cornyn Mental Health and Safe Communities Act
- Cornyn, VA Secretary McDonald to Visit Rio Grande Valley
- Texas’ Austin Tice: Captive Three Years
- Proposed methane rules chafe Texas natural gas industry
- Should Lyndon Johnson receive Congress’ highest honor?
- Hurd, Cuellar Announce Approval of U.S.-Mexico Oil Swaps Arrangement
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- After the Black Gold Rush in the Permian Basin
- Analysts: Oil patch will come roaring back to life in 2017
- Oil and gas cos. among most profitable per employee, analysis finds
- Analysts: Oil patch will come roaring back to life in 2017
- Happy Bancshares oversubscribes private stock offering
- Houston bar named one of the five best in the country
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Prosecutor: State Cancer Official Deceived Agency
- DEA Agent Accused of Watching Child Porn
- Actions of Lubbock police force gain broad scrutiny
- Former Hale County jailer accepts guilty plea
- Former Shallowater High School Softball Coach Indicted for Assault
- Melissa High School band director suspected of improper relationship with student
- ACLU releases statement on Lubbock police investigation of Escarcega’s arrest
- Jailed former Dallas council member Don Hill has stage 4 prostate cancer
- Fundraiser for John Wiley Price legal defense kicks off in Dallas
- DPS Troopers Injured in Deadly Odessa Shooting Released From Hospital
- Escaped North Texas Sex Offender Found Dead in S.C.
- San Antonio Man Accused of Leading College Women into Prostitution
- Caught on Tape: Texas School Bus Driver Beaten by Middle School Students Speaks out VIDEO
- San Antonio Pipe Bomb Maker to Spend Almost Five Years in Federal Prison
- ‘Not Guilty’: Midland Jury Unanimously Clears Resident of 19 Charges of Peacocks Roaming Without Restraint
- Police probing who was driving SUV in Texas wreck that killed 5
- $20,000 in Gift Cards Seized During Brownwood Traffic Stop
- Firearms Stolen from Abilene Gun Show
- Man Arrested in Lubbock for Threat to Blow Up Statue of Liberty
- Suspects posing as mailmen pull of armed West U robbery
- Mutant head lice found in Texas can resist common treatments
- Suspect in mass stabbing at Lone Star College pleads
- Photos of ‘persons of interest’ in anti-Semitic vandalism at Jewish centers in San Antonio released
Political and other Texas news for 8/19/2015
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