- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Lt. Governor Patrick Announces Latest Installment of Interim Charges
- 84th Senate Interim Charges, Part 5
- Patrick Signals Interest in More Tax Cuts in 2017
- Dan Patrick Asks Senators to Study Fetal Tissue
- Gov. Abbott aims for longer-range view of economic development
- Hegar concedes budget forecast was too rosy – really, the forecast was among the most accurate we’ve had in modern times.
- Transportation projects to take a hit as comptroller reduces state revenue projection by billions
- High Court Might Clarify Water and Surface Rights
- High Court Hears From Ranch, Lubbock in Water Case
- CLEAT honors Rep. Tony Dale as Best of the House
- The Socialist Solution: Shut Everyone Up
- Analysis: Compensating for a Loss on Campus Carry Law
- Inside a Texas Lawyer’s Campaign to Ditch Workers’ Comp
- Opt-Out Plans Let Companies Work Without Workers’ Comp AUDIO
- One-third of uninsured Texans could but don’t accept help in getting covered
- SBOE 2015 Employers for Education Excellence Award winners named
- Execution reprieve lifted for condemned Texas man
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- TX19: Two more Lubbock men plan to run for Congress
- TX19: Robertson, Arrington say they will run for Congressional District 19 seat
- TX23: Hurd Continues to Out-Raise Gallego
- HD5: Texans for Fiscal Responsibility endorses Cole Hefner in GOP race
- HD84: Former Plainview Rep. Landtroop considers run for Rep. Frullo’s Texas House seat
- Under fire from Democrats, State Rep. Villalba stands by Tweet with Nazi meme
- What Wendy Davis Would’ve Done Differently
- Framers’ intentions were not a mystery
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Bush-plant makes pro-abortion argument Republicans should be able to defeat AUDIO
- George P. says Jeb’s on track. Yes, really
- Ted Cruz hits third place in new Fox News poll, claims Obama harbors ‘antipathy for Christians’
- Cruz Skeptical of Ending Military Transgender Ban
- Ted Cruz calls Democrats debate an audition to wear jackboots of despot – there’s your answer Rush – Ted Cruz!
- Rand Paul’s ‘Dumb-A** Live Stream’
- Rand Paul serves up large helping of WTF
- Democrats Debate, but Donald Trump Has the Best Line of the Night
- Hillary Clinton Views the ‘NRA’ and ‘Republicans’ as ‘Enemies’
- Hillary’s Texas Ties
- Hillary Clinton: A 1990s Democrat in a Netroots Nation Party
- Hillary and the Four Dwarfs — and Other Thoughts From the Democratic Debate
- CNN’s Henderson: Hillary ‘Played the Gender Card’ ‘In a Pretty Clever Way’ VIDEO
- Sanders Defends Clinton On Emails VIDEO
- Anderson Cooper to Hillary: ‘Will You Say Anything to Get Elected?’ VIDEO
- AP FACT CHECK: Clinton, Sanders revise history in Dem debate
- Debate shows Hillary Clinton has easy road to Democratic presidential nomination
- Editorial: What happened in Vegas? Clinton reasserts herself in debate
- Clinton bashes Republicans on abortion restrictions as Texas preps their defense
- Hillary’s ‘Republicans Are My Enemies’ Line Was a Mistake
- Democrats show sympathies on immigration, a complex issue of daily life in Texas
- Democratic candidates call for a ‘green revolution’ as Texas spars with EPA
- Democratic candidates argue gun control. What’s that mean in Texas?
- Competing visions: Clinton, Sanders spar on Mideast, economics
- Best one-liners, zingers from Democratic debate
- Bernie Sanders brings Sandra Bland case back into national spotlight
- O’Malley’s Big Whiff
- A Lesson for Our Political Aristocrats — Jim Webb Puts ‘Enemies’ in Perspective
- Politico’s Ken Vogel goes after war hero Jim Webb for his ‘creepy smirk’
- Civil tone aside, Democratic debate exposes rifts on key liberal issues
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- Conservative Members of Congress Demand Immediate Removal of Margaret Sanger Bust from Display
- Conaway visits Lubbock, addresses rumors about bid for U.S. House Speaker VIDEO
- Conaway: Only ‘family conversations’ so far about speaker’s race
- Flores Sends ‘Dear Colleague’ Email to Colleagues About Potential Speaker Bid
- Bill Flores Tests Waters on a Run for Speaker
- Why Is a Republican Congressman Forcing a Vote on Reviving the Ex-Im Bank?
- Ding Dong, the Comprehensive Patent Reform witch is dead
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Texas economy grew at ‘moderate’ pace in early fall: 6 things to know
- International Trade Influences Texans’ Prosperity
- Neiman Marcus pushes back IPO to 2016
- Warm fall allows Texas High Plains and Rolling Plains cotton to mature
- Eagle Ford, Bakken, Niobrara shale plays set to lose nearly 115,000 barrels per day of production next month
- Inside a Texas Lawyer’s Campaign to Ditch Workers’ Comp
- Oil slide means ‘almost everything’ for sale as deals accelerate
- Oil and gas IPOs fall in third quarter
- Two D/FW Airport office campuses are up for grabs for tenants
- Wal-Mart is expanding online grocery and pick up in store to Dallas-Fort Worth
- Grand Prairie scores only the second Ikea in North Texas
- Tollway towers in Far North Dallas set soon to sell
- Houston’s housing market still dodges a slump
- North Texas’ tight housing market isn’t showing signs of ending soon
- Delta pledges to appeal any adverse court ruling in its Dallas Love Field fight over gate use
- 2016 VW diesels have new software affecting emissions tests
- Whole Foods looks for edge with new technology
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Spring ISD police officer arrested on child sex charges
- Grand jury indicts Maypearl police chief on child sex charges
- Texas attorney general’s office files charges against Weslaco city commissioner
- Ex-Central Texas Youth Minister Pleads Guilty To Child Sexual Assault
- New grand jury set to consider Waco biker shooting cases
- More than 100 cops have been assaulted in Austin this year VIDEO
- Changing Weather Could Bring Trouble with Texas Wildfires
- 33-Year-Old Father Killed at West Odessa RV Park, Shooter Still At Large
- Size estimate of Bastrop County fire quadruples to 1,500 acres
- Manor schools cancel outdoor plans; Smithville ISD buses avoiding fire
- Wildfire prompts M.D. Anderson to evacuate Bastrop facility
- 12-year-old accuses 3 teens of sex assault inside home
- Veteran pays fine in terroristic threat case
- Houston ISD student killed by train
- Shots Fired As 2 Temple Residents Robbed; Juvenile Detained
- One injured, one detained in Marshall hotel stabbing
- Man vandalizes church in order to return to jail
- Hays CISD student dead after friendly wrestling match
- Threats to Aubrey ISD over dress code lead to police presence
- Garland Industrial Fire Electrical in Nature, Not Chemical, Fire Officials Say
- Fire Forces Evacuation of Irving High Rise
- 1 Dead, 1 Injured During Fight Between Roommates: Police
- Comal County murder suspect escapes to Killeen, arrested
- Former New England Patriots lineman Sam Adams, 67, has died at his Houston home
- Customs computers crash at D/FW, airports across US
Political and other Texas news for 10/14/2015
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