- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Racing Commission orders horse race tracks closed, for now
- Wagering on Texas horse racing off — for now, more
- Racing commission shuts down for lack of funding
- Appropriations Chairman Otto: House and Senate have worked out an agreement on Racing Commission
- Appropriations Chairman is hopeful Racing Commission standoff can be resolved in the next few days – problem is that the Speaker’s people, House members of the LBB, are shilling for the lawless commission and industry.
- Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Statement on Texas Racing Commission
- AG: School Finance Should Be Addressed by Legislature, not Lawsuits
- Future of Texas school funding now rests with Supreme Court
- State Asks Supreme Court to Drop School Finance Lawsuit
- Sales Price Disclosure Debate May Take a Turn in Texas
- Dunn: Paxton indictment an embarrassment to Texas Criminal Justice System
- Prosecutor formally challenges pre-Rick Perry court ruling – more like pro-Rule of Law ruling
- New bills going into effect bring broad changes
- List of Bills From the 84th Legislative Session Becoming Laws
- New State Law to Combat Domestic Violence in Military Families
- Three laws to increase access to the probate process go into effect today
- 15 new Texas laws you need to know
- Invasive body cavity searches will now require a warrant
- Rep. Price Appointed Co-Chair of HHSC Transition Legislative Oversight Committee
- Abbott Courting Feds for Health Care Money, Emails Show
- Gov. Greg Abbott urges Texas lawmakers to oppose Iran deal
- Houston Arguing to Keep Its Air Pollution Rules
- Open Enrollment in Texas Tuition Promise Fund® Begins Today
- DPS director says his agency caught more drugs in border surge
- UNT executive gets $225,000-a-year job after walking out amidst accounting scandal
- Group Pitches $2.8 Billion Hurricane Protection Plan
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Rep. Pete Sessions’ radio remarks about diversity draw fire AUDIO
- New GOP mantra? “Proud to stand with police.” – nothing new
- George W. Bush talks about pitch that ‘lifted our nation,’ inspired 30 for 30 film
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Rick Perry Delivers Fiery Religious Speech to 10,000 in South Carolina
- Perry cuts back in Iowa, but a super PAC comes to his rescue again
- Perry’s campaign struggles, but in for long haul
- In local campaign swing, Cruz should answer Ex-Im questions
- CNN relents, changes debate qualifcation, Fiorina should make the stage
- Presidential hopeful Scott Walker to start Texas tour in Dallas
- Scott Walker’s Brilliant Border Plan
- The Carson Conundrum
- Trump forces immigration debate
- Chilling Trump video attacks Bush for calling illegal immigration ‘act of love’
- Trump Shows Why Money In Politics Is A Good Thing
- Good Fun from Across the Pond: What if the unthinkable happened? Donald Trump becomes U.S. President and Jeremy Corbyn makes it to Number 10
- Trump v. Bush Escalates, and the Huffington Post Rewrites History
- Will Latino Voters Support Jeb Bush?
- Huckabee: Hillary Owes Me Apology Over Holocaust Reference
- In Iowa, Castro Makes Debut as Clinton Surrogate
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- House ag chair Conaway talks food stamps, Obama’s honeybee ‘infatuation’ during Lubbock event
- Texas Black Activist Asks President to Denounce ‘Racist’ #BlackLivesMatter VIDEO
- Governor Abbott Sends Letter To Texas Congressional Delegation Urging Opposition To Iran Deal
- Cornyn on The Mental Health and Safe Communities Act
- Rep. Smith: EPA Waters of the U.S. Rule Should be Halted
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Dallas area ranked No. 3 for new jobs among all U.S. metros in July
- Sam Houston Race Park ordered to close
- Retama Park ordered to shut down
- ConocoPhillips to cut 10 percent of global workforce
- ConocoPhillips starts up deep oil sands project in Canada
- Many Texas manufacturers see conditions worsening amid cheap crude
- W&T Offshore to sell Permian assets for $376 million
- Texas crop, weather: Conditions ripe for armyworm population explosion
- CoreLogic report: Dallas still tops for home price gains
- Highland Park Village’s Royal Blue Grocery making debut soon with local owners
- Delta Air Lines wants to know more about the United-Southwest deal at Dallas Love Field (and the ‘king’s ransom’ that was paid)
- Customers Of Small Central Texas Water Company Socked With $1,500 Bills
- Texas looks into price spike at Hunt-owned Sharyland Utilities
- Willie and the Weed Factory
- Instacart, H-E-B agree on delivery partnership
- Salt Lick files trademark suit against Georgia business
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- FBI monitoring investigation of on-camera shooting of San Antonio man who had his hands up
- FBI opens civil rights investigation into fatal on-camera shooting of San Antonio man
- Armed Black Panthers to Texas Cops: ‘We Will Start Creeping Up on You in the Darkness’
- Texas Black Activist Asks President to Denounce ‘Racist’ #BlackLivesMatter VIDEO
- Alleged Texas Cop-Killer Found Mentally Incompetent in 2012 Case
- Suspect in Harris Co. Deputy’s Murder Was Held in Vernon Mental Hospital for Six Months
- Obama expresses condolences to murdered Harris Co. deputy’s widow
- Did the lawless encourage the murder of a Harris Co. deputy sheriff? AUDIO
- Off-duty Abilene PD officer found dead at home in Clyde, Officials suspicious
- Brown County Sheriff in Critical Condition, Found Unresponsive
- Suspended Austin lawyer Marc Rosenthal awaits appeal on his bribery, racketeering conviction
- JP still deciding on reducing bond for former commissioner’s daughter in capital murder case
- Texas Highway Standoff Ends: Suspect Shot as Police Return Fire
- DPS Releases Cause of Rising Star Bus Crash
- Grandmother Runs Over Infant in Levelland, Child Dies
- Reward Increased to $10,000 for Most Wanted Fugitive
Political and other Texas news for 9/1/2015
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