- Political and other Texas news for
- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Attorney General Paxton Calls on EPA to Halt Carbon Rule
- Officials: CPRIT was young, but Cobbs should have known better
- Special Prosecutors Obtain Re-worded Indictments Against Texas AG – Note: “The re-indictments also delete that Paxton’s alleged actions are violations of section 29(C) of the Texas Securities Act.”
- Texas Legislature takes away bond alternative
- State lawmakers fear cuts to Medicaid funding benefiting disabled children
- Lawmakers laud state employees at ceremony
- News from Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick
- Education Week-in-Review: GOP education and disappearing debt
- Taking New Steps to Put an End to “Revenge Porn”
- Austin press continues its obsession with Sid Miller
- DPS Director, Security Experts Call For Enterprise Approach to Counterterrorism
- Feds Forcing Release of Criminal Aliens, Says Texas Sheriff
- These 4 Texas State Parks Will Be Closed Through Labor Day
- Texas Transportation Insitute’s Carlson Receives Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award
- TEA releases preliminary 2014-2015 financial accountability ratings
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- New regulations on deer with diseases VIDEO
- State’s Role in Unhealthy Water Probed
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- SD1: “Red” Brown considering race for senate seat – if he doesn’t think Hughes or Simpson are right for the seat then he’s likely not a conservative.
- Lt. Gov. Patrick Endorses Six GOP Senators for Re-Election
- Lambert: Are traditional values no longer the majority?
- We need involuntary commitment laws to help homeless
- Aides to Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential bid plead not guilty
- George H.W. Bush tweets support for Jimmy Carter
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Renewed Immigration Debate Follows Cruz to Iowa State Fair
- Cruz’s potential path to the White House paved by his wife, 99 pastors and Republican pariahs
- In Iowa, Ted Cruz woos the right with business owners who refuse same-sex couples
- At Iowa fair, actress Ellen Page grills Ted Cruz over harassment of gays VIDEO – so now disagreement equals harassment!?
- Ted Cruz’s plan to win back the anti-establishment vote
- Cruz sticks with critique of Jimmy Carter, day after cancer revelation – how does Carter’s illness put his decades-ago political record off limits?
- Rick Perry: I’ve been out of money ‘a lot of times in my life’
- Trump organization seeks peace with Hispanic media
- Bergdahl’s attorney warns Donald Trump VIDEO
- The political fight over the term “anchor babies”
- Trump organization seeks peace with Hispanic media
- Plenty of firsts would come with a Donald Trump presidency: Here are a few
- Sen. Marco Rubio refuses to get ‘caught in the trap’ of using the term ‘anchor babies’
- Jerry Jones will host Cowboys fan Chris Christie for 2016 fund-raiser
- Jeb Bush: ‘You Should Demand Competency’
- Bottom of GOP heap seething at RNC over debates
- Smerconish: How the ‘Fox News effect’ limits the GOP
- Hillary Clinton will campaign in Dallas again in late September
- Hillary aide Huma tried to force past Secret Service without ID, have agents carry luggage
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- Congressional Democrats probe group that revealed Planned Parenthood videos
- Neugebauer: Iran deal not good for US, allies VIDEO
- The latest anti-Obamacare lawsuit, and why it might succeed, explained
- Americans for Prosperity lauds Rep. Jeb Hensarling for Ex-Im Bank fight
- Texas lawyers lobby up in patent fight
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Texas job growth continued in July, unemployment rate 4.2% in July
- Oil breaks $40 barrier for first time in six years
- Crude’s plunge chills mood at deal-making event
- Cattle auctions down, research shows
- Business Owner in Midland Opens Gun Shop Inside of a Barber Shop
- Dallas Symphony selling Arts District corner for new tower project
- Dallas Uptown’s Frost Tower construction tops out at 22 floors
- More construction cranes coming for Dallas’ booming Uptown district
- Navy veteran wins 7-Eleven franchise valued at $180,000
- In Wealthy ZIP Codes, Freestanding ERs Find A Home
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Dallas jailer fired over kick in body cam video
- 2 former Melissa HS teachers accused of improper relationship with same student
- Crystal Beach oil tank fire put down by fire crews
- Argyle firefighter injured in blaze
- Bland case prompts Quanell X-led forum with DPS
- Starr County Shooting Kills Two, Injures Two Others
- Border Patrol arrests heavily-armed member of ‘Texas Militia’
- Breckenridge Bank Continues To Flood With Water VIDEO
- Dozen trapped dogs die in Houston house fire, cause sought – and people will be upset who find not problem with Planned Parenthood.
- Chevron Pipe Line Project Coordinator Sentenced
- Former Church Intern Appears in Court, more
- Leah Martin Case: Details Behind the Arrests of Two Men VIDEO
- Weapon, other evidence found in Graham death
- 1 Killed, 1 Injured in Midland County Accident
- Man Found Guilty for Sexual Assault of a Child
- Body Found by Rancher in Ward County
- Grandmother, Mother Arrested After Infant Was Found Unconscious in Odessa
- Joint Operation Leads to Arrest of Suspected Child Predators
- Signs make I-69 transition through Houston area official
- Pearland West starts Little League World Series off with a bang
- Man Found Dead In Vehicle Pulled The Brazos Identified VIDEO
- Jurors To Decide Fate Of Ex-Baylor Player Convicted Of Rape
- Lindale gas leak prompts evacuations
- Storms cause electricity outages for more than 20,000 in RGV
- Five homes struck by lightning in McAllen
- Weslaco city crews respond to flooded roadways
- Tutt Family Update: Hope for a Dismissed Case
- Denton roller derby owner accused of bilking Bedford company of almost $1 million
- Celis wins new trial in falsely identifying as officer case
- The Retrial of a Texas Man Imprisoned Despite an Overturned Conviction
- Body of woman stolen from casket at San Antonio funeral home
- Amber Alert: Two children abducted in Corpus Christi
- Texas Fugitive Sex Offender Captured in Shreveport
- Texas Gulf Coast is virtually seaweed-free
- Last piece of Trinity River bridge’s first arch goes into place tonight
- Armed, masked men caught on video robbing a Garland Whataburger
- Beaumont author wins national book award
- 3 arrested after McDonald’s armed robbery, chase in NE Harris County
- Girlfriend charged with shooting Texas retired judge, 70
Political and other Texas news for 8/21/2015
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