- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Fiscal Notes Takes an In-Depth Look at History of Property Tax in Texas
- Property Tax Relief Comes With Big Cost to State – they never talk about the cost of taxes to citizens and the economy!
- Texas bureaucrats: Won’t somebody think of the children
- Kellow: In Defense of Texas’ Ambulance Providers
- Gov. Greg Abbott compares Dallas Cowboys defense to his state’s border
- Lawmakers Ask Attorney General for Opinion on “In God We Trust” Use on Law Enforcement Vehicles
- Texas Birth Certificate Denials for US-Born Kids Get Hearing
- Illegal aliens take Texas to court over birth certificates
- Attorney General Paxton Statement on DSHS Birth Certificate Policy
- Governor Abbott Announces $133 Million In Local Criminal Justice And Victim Services Grants
- Court lets stand rejection of Texas religious challenge to Obamacare
- Texas should assist women-owned firms
- Changes Coming to Texas Powerball in October
- TDI Actuary Boerner Wins National Award
- Texas Transportation Commission rolls out multi-modal freight plan
- Texas, Gulf States and Federal Government Announce Settlement with BP over Deepwater Horizon Spill
- In Final BP Deal, Texas to Get $800 Million for Gulf
- Report: Juvenile agency, policies to blame for Giddings disturbances
- Report issued after disturbances at Texas lockup
- Governor Abbott Hosts Reception Honoring 2015 National Teacher Of The Year Shanna Peeples
- Governor Abbott Honors Longtime Preservationist Couple
- Condemned Texas killer of woman, 85, loses at Supreme Court
- Condemned Fort Worth man loses US Supreme Court appeal
- Dallas cop killer to die next week loses at US Supreme Court
- North Texas hoarding case killer loses at US Supreme Court
- Juan Martin Garcia scheduled for execution tomorrow
- DPS: We’re going to triple the number of troopers in Starr County
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- HD121: Speaker Joe Straus attracts second challenger for re-election
- State Senator Urges Texas U.S. House GOP to Support ‘Conservative Principles’ Post-Boehner
- Rangel: GOP legislators could be in for battle within party
- Rowley wants four more years on state school board
- SD1: 3-way race shaping up to replace Eltife in the Texas Senate
- SD24: Susan King sets sights on Senate post
- HD54: Killeen mayor’s candidacy for House seat raises issue of timing
- Report: David Dewhurst will pay campaign debts from senate race
- Dewhurst to Pay Debts to Consultants
- Analysis: Winning by Packing the Ballot
- Fossil Free Texas holds workshop for upcoming Paris climate talks
- Brady Campaign Joins Media Attack on Oregon Sheriff
- Oregon Shooter’s Father: Guns, Not His Parenting to Blame
- James Alan Fox: Umpqua shooting – a tragedy, not a trend
- LA Times Labels Black Oregon Shooter as White Supremacist
- Williamson: Don’t Play the Shooters’ Game
- Australia’s 1996 Gun Confiscation Didn’t Work – And it Wouldn’t Work in America
- NY Times On How Mass Shooters Got Firearms Exposes Gun Grabber Reform Myths
- Texas Democrat says: “The victims don’t need your thoughts and prayers. They’re dead.”
- College shooting is all the more reason to carry guns, say Roseburg residents
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Cruz says allowing Syrian refugees into US is ‘crazy’
- Ted Cruz sees slow and steady path to 2016 presidential victory
- ‘Trump: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’
- Christie: Trump ‘Painfully Naive’ on Russian Air Strikes in Syria VIDEO
- Lowry: Let Jindal be Jindal
- Bush, Rubio and Kasich eye one another in the shadow of Trump
- Poll: Jeb Falls to 4%
- Carly Fiorina — Austin-born with deep Texas roots
- Carly Fiorina’s first political campaign had a surprising problem: Money
- Wendy Davis Resurfaces to Slam Fiorina on Planned Parenthood and Endorse Hillary
- Biden: No Question That Transsexuals Can Serve in U.S. Military VIDEO
- Biden: ‘There’s Homophobes Still Left — Most of Them Are Running for President’ VIDEO
- Bad, Bad, Bad Poll Numbers for Hillary This Weekend
- Hillary Will Grab your Guns, With or Without Congress’ Help
- Elizabeth Warren’s Favorite Think Tank & the Hedge-Fund Millionaire It Benefits
- An Offbeat Point about the GOP Race
- The Twitter follow lists of the 2016 candidates
- Election 2016: Potential running mates & the competition for supporters
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- Cruz says allowing Syrian refugees into US is ‘crazy’
- Sen. Cruz: My Prayers Are With the Families of Those Killed in Friday’s C-130 Crash
- What’s in the defense bill for military and families?
- Why Not Mac Thornberry? [for Speaker]
- Rep. Jason Chaffetz enters Speaker’s race
- Pete Sessions vying to turn good will from Republican revolution into whip votes
- What to know about the leadership shakeup in U.S. House
- Cornyn: On Mental Health, Give Law Enforcement and Families More Options
- Michael McCaul says Iran to blame for more than 1,000 U.S. casualties in Iraq, plot to attack D.C.
- Regardless of 2016 Outcome, Cruz Faces Hurdles With Senate – depends completely on election outcomes and leadership changes.
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Mills: No Quick Fix For Petroleum Oversupply Issue
- Contrasting signals in the crude market to start the week
- Schlumberger plans to relocate national headquarters to Sugar Land
- Cattle Auction Prices Plummeting: Are Local Ranchers in Trouble? VIDEO
- It’s not just VW: Official UK tester says Ford, BMW, Mazda & Mercedes emitting more than allowed
- Graham Hospital Accepts $500k Loan VIDEO
- Harvest-ready cotton survives High Plains rain; much more could be trouble
- Online fantasy football: Are games legal or not?
- Franklin Barbecue bans professional line-sitters
- TSCRA Statement on Conclusion of Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations
- New CEO takes over Cameron International
- Houston gas prices finally hit $2 a gallon
- Astros earn AL wild card berth for first playoff appearance since 2005
- Texas Rangers win American League West
- Employee fired after Texas Rangers twitter account tweets ‘Fire Charlie’
- Businesses in former Pizza Hut buildings can’t escape unique architecture
- Hotel Zaza to break ground in Memorial City this month
- River Oaks District design meant to evoke neighborhood feel
- Uber study details Austin ride data
- Bankruptcy court OKs sale of Z’Tejas restaurant chain
- Austin Energy poised to secure its biggest solar power contract ever
- Texas draws residents from other states as hot relocation market
- Austin tops list of fastest economic growth
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Former Fort Davis Coach, Teacher to Appear in Court Monday on Theft Charge
- Ex-Hill County deputies plead guilty in licensing scheme
- Records: Odessa missionary admitted to sexually assaulting 11 boys at African orphanage
- Most bikers charged in Waco shooting taken off GPS monitors – an admission they aren’t conspirators to capital murder?
- Sheriff’s Deputies Come Under Gunfire While Helping at Car Crash near Weslaco
- Recent Earthquake Near Dallas
- Victoria police investigate fatal shooting of man
- 2 dead in fiery wreck on Dallas overpass
- 19-year-old pedestrian killed in hit-and-run in South Texas
- Road rage leads man to use SUV to push another vehicle into San Antonio house
- Man in custody after five-hour standoff with Houston police
- Woman charged in Irving crash that left police officer injured
- Castle Hills police: Man accused of raping special needs woman
- Former teachers of clock boy Ahmed Mohamed say he was a trouble maker
- Spring man once passed on joining terrorist group ISIS but still faces charges
- Four injured in Pasadena plant explosion Friday
- $10K charged to company card at strip club
- Grass Fire Consumes Acreage Near Holliday
- Texas Rangers Investigating Police Officer Involved Shooting in Randall Co.
- Midland County Sheriff’s Deputy Involved in Shooting
- Inmate mistakenly released from El Paso jail
- Lubbock Man Arrested for Waterboarding, Murdering 71-Year-Old
- Anti-Wimp: Lubbock man stops car burglary
- Odessa Man Accused of Choking His Daughter
- Man arrested in fatal shooting of Corpus Christi store clerk
- 16 arrested in South Texas prostitution sting
- Judge changes bail for two accused in deadly Houston drive-by killing
- Exotic stag caught at Houston high school
- Employee kills supervisor, then self at Hong Kong Food Market in Bellaire
- Victoria Firefighters Save Urn Containing Grandmother’s Ashes
- Marshall woman in custody after barricading herself inside home
- Aunt arrested in drowning of 3-year-old Lufkin boy
- Spring man found not guilty of murder in brother’s shooting death
- Texas Veterinarian Who Killed Cat Could Lose License
- 4 dead in fiery wreck on Dallas overpass
- Shark bites Odessa teen’s foot at a Galveston beach
Political and other Texas news for 10/5/2015
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