- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Texas Governor Refuses Syrian Refugees
- Texas, Alabama, Michigan, Indiana Tell Obama: We Won’t Accept Any Syrian Refugees
- Abbott orders officials to amend refugee plan, check on Syrians already here
- Abbott Discusses Rejection Of Syrian Refugee Resettlement Program On The Real Story VIDEO
- Experts say states lack legal authority to block refugees
- Obama can’t beat Islamic State, but he can whip U.S. states
- West Texas leaders praise Abbott for rejecting refugees after Paris attacks
- Texas Governor: I Will Not ‘Roll the Dice’ with Syrian Refugees
- Governor Abbott Appoints Young As State Refugee Coordinator
- Sen. Perry asks for Attorney General opinion on Syrian refugees
- Doubting Our Refugee-Vetting System Isn’t Xenophobia
- Syrians in Texas react to Gov. Abbott’s call to bar Syrian refugees, State Dept. lawyers examining issue
- Refugee Nonprofits: Texas Response is What ISIS Would Want – sure
- Texas Governor Approves Funds for 4,300 Border Cameras
- Border-security push is reshaping role of Texas game wardens
- Governor Abbott Announces Support For Texas Landowners Against Illegal Federal Land Grab
- Abbott applauds Red River landowners for suing federal government
- The dual role of Texas “sin” taxes
- Arguments over bite marks get testy at Texas Forensic Science Commission meeting
- National Spotlight on Texas Ethics Commission
- Secret Email Group Helps States Demand Names of Donors to Conservative Groups
- AG: Dallas County Booking Records Can Be Kept Secret
- SBOE may vote to let academics check school textbooks
- Governor Abbott Announces 60×30 Higher Education Plan In McKinney
- Judge Julie Kocurek intends to return to the bench after assassination attempt
- Texans go naked as rates rise under Obamacare
- Bernanke defends Federal Reserve policies in Fort Worth talk
- Supreme Court turns down Austin man on death row for triple homicide
- Condemned man’s lawyers stop helping, cite ‘false hope’
- Governor Abbott Appoints Reiser And Walker To The Coastal Water Authority Board of Directors
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- SD24: Rep. Susan King (HD71) battling depression, suspends state Senate campaign, more, more
- SD24: C.J. Grisham drops out of race, endorses Dr. Brent Mayes
- HD115: Huffines Enthusiastically Endorses Rinaldi for re-election
- TX11: Rep. Conaway files for re-election to U.S. House
- Justice Massengale Earns Endorsement of Texas’ Largest Taxpayer Group
- Marty Rowley Files for Re-Election to State Board of Education District 15
- Empower Texans Foundation launches Restore Justice initiative
- Analysis: A Test of the Two Republican Parties in Texas – analysis by a liberal
- UT/TT Poll: Texans Say Immigration, Terror Are Greatest Threats to U.S.
- Anti-fracking group plans demonstrations in a dozen states
- Democrat Chris Bell endorses Bill King in Houston mayoral runoff
- Obama’s Legacy: College Protesters Shout ‘F*** Your White Tears’
- Rick Perry backs Waybourn in Tarrant County sheriff’s race
- A year after Denton, anti-fracking movement reassesses how to reclaim momentum
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Rep. Steve King Endorses Ted Cruz for President to ‘Restore the Soul of America’
- Ted Cruz wins endorsement from influential Iowa congressman
- Ted Cruz explains his challenging path to the GOP nomination
- Cruz for President Announces County Chairs in Every County in First Four States
- Ginni Thomas: I Am Proudly Endorsing Ted Cruz for President in 2016 VIDEO
- First Major Iowa Ads Tout Cruz’s Debate Performances VIDEO
- Cruz to South Carolina Evangelicals: I’m One of You
- Cruz: “No Meaningful Risk” of Christians Committing Terrorism
- After Paris Attacks, Cruz Vows to Call Out Terrorism
- Trump explains why he doesn’t believe Carson’s stabbing story
- Donald Trump: I Would ‘Strongly Consider’ Shutting Down Mosques if Necessary
- Trump warns Syrian refugees could be ‘one of the great Trojan horses’
- A world crisis, a Bush moment? Not to Trump
- Huckabee to House Speaker Paul Ryan: ‘Stop the Flow of Terrorists to America’ or else ‘Step Down’
- Wallace to Carson: After Paris, Why Would U.S. Want A President with No Foreign Policy Experience? VIDEO
- Watch: CNN’s Tapper Confronts Jeb Over His Brother Saying Islam Is Peace VIDEO
- George P. Bush first in line to get dad’s name on March primary ballot
- Jeb Bush tells closed-door fundraiser that by next GOP debate, ‘Trump will be in decline’
- Lubbock Marco Rubio Fundraiser pushed back to 7:30 pm
- Marco Rubio claims Ted Cruz voted to ‘weaken’ U.S. surveillance
- Gloves Off: Rubio Says Cruz And Paul Have Voted To Weaken National Security
- Marco Rubio is right. Rand Paul seeks to weaken a nation.
- Republican Bobby Jindal Drops Out of Presidential Race
- The 7 most questionable statements from the second Democratic debate
- The 13 best lines from the second Democratic debate
- O’Malley campaign reduces HQ staff, shifts emphasis to Iowa
- Sorry Bernie, climate change not the cause of terror
- Bernie Sanders campaign: We will compete for “every single delegate in Texas”
- Hillary Clinton Lies About Gun Violence During Democrat Debate
- Hillary Clinton draws hundreds for North Texas rally
- Watch Hillary Clinton deliver campaign speech at Mountain View College VIDEO
- In Dallas, Clinton Hits Sanders on Health Care, Taxes
- Large health care workers union backs Clinton
- Texans helping pave the road to the White House
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- Lamar Smith, Ted Cruz in key roles as Congress passes law boosting private missions to space
- Sen. Cruz: Congress Carries Reagan’s Torch Forward with New U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act
- Sen. Cruz: The Refugee Flow Out of Syria Must Be Treated as a National Security Risk
- Cruz prepares legislation to keep out Syrian Muslim refugees
- Obama: Ted Cruz’s religious test for refugees is ‘shameful’
- Texas Republicans take aim at Obama refugee plan in wake of Paris attacks
- Rep. Thornberry Responds to Obama’s ISIS Strategy VIDEO
- Obama leads tributes paid to retiring Valley Congressman
- Hinojosa transformed the region, RGV leaders agree
- Texas Delegation Raises, Shares Big Money
- Complaint targets lawmakers who support payday lenders
- US Postal Service Announces $5-Billion Loss
- Congressmen push for solution to Fort Hood juvenile prosecutions
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Report: Texas’ business tax climate ranks 10th
- AAA predicts 3.7M Texans will travel over Thanksgiving
- Mills: President Obama Rejects Construction Of Keystone XL Pipeline
- No Keystone, No Problem: TransCanada Turns to Mexico Expansion
- U.S. oil rig count ticks up after 10 weeks of declines, down in Texas by 2
- Worldwide oil job losses climb to 233,000, recruiter says
- Oil Theft Soars as Downturn Casts Roughnecks Out of Work
- Odessa Machinery Auctioneers Clearing Out Oilfield Supplies
- Enbridge to cut 5 percent of workforce amid slump
- Crude under pressure, joined by copper, steel, silver, iron ore…and Texas Power
- Energy Transfer to send Sunoco retail business in $2.2 billion deal
- Noble agrees to sell off stake in two small Israeli gas fields for $67 million
- Halliburton plant in the Panhandle a total loss after tornado VIDEO
- High-rises under construction in the Houston area
- Ninth Circuit Gets Sulfoxaflor Decision Wrong, National Sorghum Producers Insist on Solutions
- Fire, rain had nominal impact on South Central Texas agriculture
- GE launches new renewable energy business
- Planned Lubbock-area wind farm to power Owens Corning, Equinix
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas intends to appeal injunction in ETMC case
- HomeAway started looking for buyers in 2013, filings show
- Environmentalists fight of LNG facility proposals in Brownsville
- Tenaska 800-megawatt power plant in Brownsville delayed
- British international school opening in Katy
- BuyER Beware: Freestanding Emergency Rooms
- Major downtown Dallas development threatened with foreclosure
- Huge tollway office tower complex put on credit watch
- Dallas’ troubled Forest Park Medical Center headed for foreclosure
- American will shift frequent fliers to a dollars-spent reward program in 2016
- Southwest Airlines CEO gains $1.5 million in stock sale
- Dallas dietary supplement firm USPLabs indicted, charged with fraud
- Hillwood has new development plans for fabled Circle T Ranch
- J.C. Penney cuts 3rd quarter loss, but investors have turned tepid on Christmas
- H-E-B is going head-to-head with Walmart and Amazon online with 50,000 products available on heb.com
- More buzz about Charles Schwab building North Texas office campus
- Dallas could spend $2.4 million to help breathe life into dying Southwest Center Mall
- Dallas Fire-Rescue, pension officials puzzled by department logo on new Cedars apartments
- North Austin hotel sells for $17.5 million
- Circuit of Americas hasn’t paid F1 hosting fees, is given extra time
- Luxury cinema asks court to stop AMC, Regal from trying to block films from Frisco competitor
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Sheriff: Refugio mayor arrested on multiple drug charges
- Twin Peaks suspect lawyer: Stop legal chaos, start biker trials today
- Four Named In Twin Peaks Sealed Indictments Arrested
- Amazon’s Jeff Bezos In Helicopter Crash in West Texas
- Investigation Underway Following Brewster County Helicopter Crash
- Passengers Aid Man Who Has Heart Attack During Takeoff
- 6 dead at East Texas campsite: Sheriff says suspect befriended victims
- Sheriff reveals details of what led up to six people being killed at Texas campground
- Torn, Feces Covered Koran Left at Entrance of Texas Mosque
- Pflugerville mosque vandalism sparks fears of Muslim backlash – Christian churches in Texas are regular targets of similar so get over it.
- Fifteen Pigs Dead after Stamford ISD FFA Barn Fire
- Man Prostituted 4-Year-Old Girl, Say Houston Police
- RGV Mother Charged After 3-Year-Old Shoots Himself With Revolver Left in Car
- RIP: John Walton, former president of Texas Assoc. of Realtors, dead 75
- 16 Head of Cattle Killed in Truck Accident in Wichita Falls
- Wichita Falls Police Searching for Suspect in Robbery, Shooting of Convenience Store Clerk VIDEO
- Wichita Falls Bail Bond Owner Behind Bars
- Odessa Man Punches Daughters, Throws Knife at 12-Year-Old
- Vandals sought after $125K in damage to Fabens cemetery
- Earthquake with 2.4 magnitude rattles Irving area
- Aryan Brotherhood kingpin headed for life of solitary confinement in Texas
- Whale treated for stomach issue dies at SeaWorld San Antonio
- Capital murder suspect among 3 who escape Houston detention center
- 28 charged in North Texas workers’ compensation fraud case
- Round Rock woman sues Scott & White Healthcare after contracting flesh-eating disease
- Astros’ Carlos Correa wins AL Rookie of the Year award
- Rangers manager Jeff Banister captures AL Manager of the Year award
- Man, Woman Killed In Suspected Killeen Street-Racing Crash Identified
- Rio Grande City school district contractor accused of forging checks
- Parole granted for man convicted in homosexual-bashing murder
- Houston man loses both legs after being hit by train
- Corpse found in car parked at Harris Co. impound lot
- Neighbor shoots, kills suspect in alleged home invasion
- Texas residents keep spotting UFOs in 2015
- Houston mother charged with capital murder in death of infant son
- —————-Weather news——————-
- Texas Panhandle deputies exposed to natural gas
- Tornadoes rip through Gray Co., Pampa-area. No injuries known
- Tornado touches down near Canadian, mile-wide tornado damages Pampa
- Tornadoes Touch Down in Gray County VIDEO
- Tornadoes slap Texas Panhandle – Photos
- No Halliburton crews at Pampa site when tornado hit
- Halliburton plant in the Panhandle a total loss after tornado VIDEO
- Wintery storm brings snow to Colorado, twisters to Texas
- Severe Weather Causes Power Outages Across Texoma
- Storm Damage in Abilene
- Monday Storm Brings Power Outages to Lubbock
Political and other Texas news for 11/17/2015
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