- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Texas Files Suit Against Federal Government to Halt Illegal EPA Power Plan
- Governor Abbott Issues Statement On Texas Lawsuit Against EPA’s Clean Power Plan
- Texas AG Ken Paxton sues EPA over clean power plan
- Texas Part of Coalition Suing EPA Over Clean Power Plan
- News from Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick
- Greg Abbott fights back for homeschoolers against union school bias
- Does the Texas Home School Coalition have free speech? TEC pushes back.
- Texas Tribune suggests state is punishing Planned Parenthood for “pre-crime”
- Texas Inspector General Officials Raid Planned Parenthood Clinics
- Report: Texas attempted to illegally import execution drug from India – no they didn’t try and do it illegally, they attempted to do so legally but had a Federal agency stop them.
- Texans to Decide on Transportation Funding with Prop 7
- Texas Lottery looks at games based on sports betting, casino games
- Voters without photo ID may qualify for an exemption or free ID
- Analysis: When Apathy Becomes a Political Tactic
- Powerful tool for school intervention by the state sits at the Legislative Budget Board
- Texas Teacher Groups Ask For Health Care Help — Again – where do we, who pay for their “help”, get help to pay for ours?
- State board may drop need for classroom experience for superintendents
- TEA releases final 2014-2015 financial accountability ratings
- Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) names new general counsel
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Texas Home School Coalition primary endorsement to-date
- TX23: Pete Gallego Mounts Campaign Against Will Hurd
- TX19: DC-insider Arrington talks turning conservative values into results AUDIO
- TX19: Lubbock Mayor Robertson, Smyer’s Warren to kick-off campaigns Monday
- HD47: Jay Wiley draws Texans for Fiscal Responsibility endorsement
- HD92: Metroplex Rabbi Praises Stickland, Slams Texas Alliance for Life
- Norfleet talks current state of politics at Abilene function
- SEIU Antics Garner Attention in Texas
- Bob McNair folds to leftwing pressure groups, rescinds $10K donation to group fighting Houston’s pro-homosexual ordinance
- Republicans and Democrats can agree on justice reforms
- Indicted lawyer, Watts, has altered the lives of many key Democrats
- Polls irrelevant to Second Amendment
- A few “transgender” students tie school districts in knots over locker rooms
- Anatomy Of A Political Suicide: Lessons for the Right from Canada
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Ted Cruz hits third-place, double digits in Iowa poll
- Dan Patrick to hold presser with Ted Cruz at presidential campaign HQ
- Carson Surges Past Trump in Latest Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll
- Ben Carson Will Likely Win Iowa
- Jeb Bush loses the money race that counts
- Jeb Bush Campaign Shows that There’s No Substitute for a Good Candidate
- Jeb Bush Doubles Down on Religious Liberty
- Rubio: If Hillary Wants To Take Credit For Time At State, She Needs To Take Responsibility For Benghazi VIDEO
- Navarrette: Are Latinos ready for ‘La Hillary?’
- Hillary’s Campaign Sends Out Benghazi-Related Fundraising E-Mail
- Hillary’s Back on Top in Iowa
- Andrew Malcolm on Joe Biden’s Failure to Launch
- Lincoln Chafee drops out of Dem race; A Political Non-Factor By Any Metric
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- Cornyn hails committee’s vote for bill to boost judges’ discretion in sentencing; will likely reduce prison terms
- Texas Delegation Mostly Backs Paul Ryan
- Obama’s Department of Justice clears Lois Lerner and everyone else
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- U.S. oil rig count down just one, but Permian sees a sharper pullback
- Southwestern Energy posts loss amid low natural gas prices
- Phillips 66 names new CFO
- Despite thousands of oil industry layoffs, Houston growth won’t be slowed much
- Exxon Mobil fights claims it hid early climate change science
- Low oil prices cut into LyondellBasell income
- High Plains Farmers Surveying Rain Damage to Cotton Crops VIDEO
- Rains Help Wheat Crops in Hardeman County VIDEO
- Fort Worth lawyer gains national attention with is commercials VIDEO
- Fort Worth plant closes, cites lost Ex-Im Bank support – B.S. if the loans need taxpayer backing then they aren’t very good credit risks. It’s not my business to pay to help you sell on credit.
- Toll Brothers looks inside Houston Loop for home building
- Texas hits new wind power milestone on Thursday
- Huge new technology marketplace emerges
- Despite very high unemployment rate, mayor claims McAllen is “booming”
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Brooks Co. J.P. charged with theft after admitting eight-liner gambling addiction, investigators said
- Harris Co. sheriff fires investigator in Goforth controversy
- Hidden Pines (Bastrop County) Wildfire Event SITREP 8 (FINAL)
- TDI Offers Consumer Help After Hidden Pines Fire
- Governor Abbott Activates State Operations Center For Severe Weather
- Fires to Rain: Major rainfall event on tap for Texas from Saturday through Monday
- North Concho River swells, raises flooding concerns
- Heavy rains bring relief to wildfires in Stephens County
- Up to 12 inches of rain possible in parts of Texas this weekend
- Abilene flooding: Water Rescues and Road Closures
- Deluge dumped on Abilene causes wrecks
- Flooding destroys property in Midland
- Witness Snaps Photo of Ambulance in Floodwater Under JBS Parkway in Odessa VIDEO
- Mobile Home Swept Away By Flood Waters in Rankin
- Heavy rain in West Texas floats some travel trailers away
- Man, Midway ISD employee, Charged In Connection To Stolen Iowa Park Dogs VIDEO
- New Caney elementary students diagnosed with hand foot and mouth disease
- Amarillo Reports Rabies Outbreak in Bats – beware Halloween in Amarillo!
- Siblings in Corpus Christi house fire died of smoke inhalation, burns
- Midland Woman Arrested After Pulling Knife on Her Husband
- Arizona Woman Arrested in Brewster County Following Courtroom Disturbance
- Lawsuit planned amid Houston Gaslamp bar racial allegations
- Fatal H-E-B crash results in $1 million lawsuit
- Suspect crashes into Alvin police car during chase VIDEO
- Man accused of killing girlfriend, calling her mother with gory details, arrested in Tijuana
- San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich named head coach of USA Basketball Men’s National Team
- Infant Fights For Life In Temple Hospital; Mother Arrested
- Police: Gilmer man abandons 3-year-old son at Longview Home Depot
- 5 injured in late night crash in Tyler
- 1 dead in Gregg County shooting
- Family of Alto football player donates his organs
Political and other Texas news for 10/23/2015
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