- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Abbott suggests Texas Supreme Court Justice Willett should be pick for U.S. Supreme Court
- Governor Abbott touts Texas achievements in campaign-style event
- Gov. Abbott Speaks Out About Student Handcuffed, Suspended For Homemade Clock VIDEO
- Gov. Greg Abbott says Irving teen Ahmed Mohamed shouldn’t have been arrested
- Abbott, conservatives also decry jailing Irving teen
- Gov. Abbott spokesman: HHSC is simply complying with the budget directive enacted by the legislature
- Lt. Governor Patrick Announces Senate Member Appointments
- Lt. Governor Patrick Announces Joint Interim Border Security Committee Appointments
- Empower Texans’ Recommendations for November Constitutional Propositions
- Walmart and Texas set to meet in court next year over booze sales
- What is left of Planned Parenthood in Texas
- Charles Butt lobbyists quash Texas school competition
- Analysis: Citizen Feedback, Without the Road Trip
- Texas Drops Suit Over Dead Denton Fracking Ban
- Parents of Disabled Children Ask Texas Not to Cut Services – it’s not a cut of services but a reduction in payment amount for some services when paid by taxpayers in Medicaid.
- Is George P. Bush gone half the time? No, not really
- Report: Ken Paxton paid $100,000 in company shares to provide political advice – hmm, this type of thing was no problem for Democrat Wendy Davis, she carried bills specifically benefiting her law practice clients. Political advice is not banned by rules.
- Ken Paxton conflict-of-interest questions raised in new filing
- Texas Attorney General Employee Recognized for Excellence by Western Interstate Child Support Enforcement Council; San Antonio Child Support Officer David Barrera receives individual achievement award
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Names Lubbock Child Support Employee Office Manager of the Year; Elaine Garrison honored as top manager for her dedication to Texas children
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Names Beaumont Child Support Employee Managing Attorney of the Year; Matt Block honored as top managing attorney for his dedication to Texas children
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Names Austin Child Support Employee Manager of the Year; Kathy McMichael honored as Austin’s top manager for her dedication to Texas children
- Attorney General Paxton and Harris County File Suit to Stop Sale of Dangerous Synthetic Drugs at Houston Convenience Store
- Texas Forest Service employee receives national communications award
- Panel reprimands Dallas judge in rape case of girl, 14
- Judge steps aside in East Texas man’s decades-long exoneration fight
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Marty Rowley announces re-election campaign for State Board of Education, Dist. 15
- TX19: Neugebauer won’t seek re-election in 2016, area leaders praise record
- TX19: Neugebauer Will Not Endorse in Primary To Succeed Him – “probably”
- TX19: Potential candidates weigh in on open race
- TX19: State Rep. John Frullo Tells KFYO News He Won’t Run for Congress in 2016 AUDIO
- TX19: Sen. Charles Perry Will Not Seek Neugebauer’s Congressional Seat
- SD24: Ryan Downton announces for senate seat
- National Sheriff’s Association President Blasts Obama’s Silence on Cop Murders
- Scientists Ask Obama To Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics
- NOAA Massively Ramps Up Their Temperature Fraud Ahead Of Paris
- Government red tape, bureaucratic delays cost taxpayers millions
- Homosexual Republicans fear exclusion from GOP convention
- Battleground Texas looks for a face lift
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- As Race for Youth Vote Heats Up, Cruz Makes His Play
- Carly Fiorina’s second debate triumph could prove costly to Ted Cruz
- Trump: Fiorina ‘Playing Double Standard’ Because of Remarks She Made About Boxer and Whitman VIDEO
- Trump suddenly no longer attending Heritage event tonight.
- Trump: Beware of scorpions asking for a ride across the river
- Jeb: Admitting Refugees ‘Bad Idea’ If No Screening, Take In ‘Every’ Christian Who Will Die If They Stay
- Scott Walker campaign heads for the glue factory
- Trump and Cruz in Lubbock? Lubbock Area Republican Women Hosting Four-Day Convention
- Reports: Perry super PACs return millions
- Policy discipline is important, as well
- Sanders: We’re Going To Put the Private Insurance Companies ‘Out of Business’ VIDEO
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- House OKs GOP bill blocking Planned Parenthood funds
- Senate Republicans shun Ted Cruz’s tactics on Planned Parenthood
- Anti-Gun Lobby Shows It’s True Colors, Again
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Texas unemployment rate falls to 4.1%, job market contracts by 13,700 positions
- Deloitte: More oil and gas deals coming if crude prices stay low
- Oil Entrepreneurs Give Advice During Downturn
- Workforce Turnover: Changing with the Times
- $725 million Waggoner Ranch Could Have New Ownership Soon
- D/FW-area new-car sales up 19.3 percent in August
- Texans changing surface at NRG Stadium to artificial turf for rest of 2015 season
- High-tech lighting displays are reshaping Dallas’ skyline at night
- New United CEO sends letter to its frequent fliers, pledging to do his best
- American Airlines’ ground stop lifted after technical woes brought D/FW flights to a halt
- Southwest Airlines pilots’ union agrees to send tentative agreement to members for a vote
- La Quinta chain looks for new CEO as stock price remains listless
- Walmart and Texas set to meet in court next year over booze sales
- AT&T expected to roll out ‘Gigapower’ Internet in San Antonio to rival Google
- Judge order Goldthwaite-based Henry’s Turkey Service to pay up
- GM will pay $900 million over ignition switch scandal
- El Paso UMC May Withdraw Offer, Allow Children’s Hospital Closure
- Fifth Circuit Reverses Criminal Conviction of Citgo in Corpus Christi Pollution Case
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Former Wharton HS band leader gets 8 years after guilty plea to sex with student
- Burleson ISD substitute teacher accused of sexually assaulting child
- Texas CPS Worker Found Guilty of Official Oppression
- Trial Begins for Former State Official, Jack Stick, Accused of DWI
- Search warrant outlines discoveries after Deputy Goforth shooting
- Waco police bullets hit bikers in May melee
- Gov. Abbott Speaks Out About Student Handcuffed, Suspended For Homemade Clock VIDEO
- Gov. Greg Abbott says Irving teen Ahmed Mohamed shouldn’t have been arrested
- Teen Clock-Maker Ahmed’s Father is ‘Anti-Islamophobia’ Activist – has zero to do with him being arrested simply because police officers thought a scared 14-year-old science geek boy wasn’t verbal enough even though they had no evidence that he had made anything other than what he claimed – a clock.
- If Ahmed Was ‘Jimmy’ No One Would Jump to ‘Hoax Bomb’ Conclusion, says CAIR DFW Director – I can’t stand CAIR or this movement but in this case they are right. The project looked like dozens of things I’ve seen or worked in in school.
- Two injured in Brazos County small plane crash
- Texas Rangers Sweep Houston Astros, Take the Lead in the West
- John Jay H.S. Football Players Who Assaulted Referee Break Their Silence; Claim coach ordered hit VIDEO
- Doctor accused of arranging murder of Lubbock surgeon, getting ready for re-trial
- Lubbock man accused of home invasion, beating elderly victim VIDEO
- DPS trooper recovers at risk child after 911 call near Dalhart
- No Adult PJ Party at Odessa Boys & Girls Club
- Mother, Baby Remain in Critical Condition Following Explosion Near Seminole
- DPS Trooper seizes almost a pound of methamphetamine in I-40 stop
- Reviving downtown Waco an all-in effort
- Reporter claims no taxpayer money used to build new Cactus PD HQ, “entireley city-funded”
- Reports: Harris Co. Precinct 4 deputy’s car involved in roll-over crash
- Undercover video at Texas Tyson chicken facility prompts federal complaints
- Pimp defendant to attorney: ‘Don’t do me like this, man.’
- Bexar County Constable’s deputies critically wound suspect during Southeast Side shootout
- Judge issues split ruling in Tim Duncan’s legal battle with former financial adviser
- 100+ felony DWI charges in Montgomery County drunk-driving crackdown
- Woman Arrested For Theft Found Hanged In Bosque Co. Cell
- Waco Police Use Taser On Man Trying To Steal Jet At Local Airport
- East Texas student in trouble for bringing pocket knife to school – almost every one of us carried a pocket knife in school.
- Anti-wimp: Dallas homeowner protects property
- Lamar County Man Arrested for Stealing 10 Head of Cattle
- Prosecution rests murder case against former Bastrop County deputy
- Oil-price depression brings sleepy feel back to South Texas boomtown
Political and other Texas news for 9/18/2015
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