Items that make the show stack or upon which I wish to comment:
- Why are political leaders avoiding naming a new top auditor?
- Texas’ savings account is poised to hit $15 billion. – and all talk about how much that is and want to spend it but it is actually a small percentage of biennial spending. It’s only about 15% of the revenue estimate of the current biennium.
- Study shows Texas Enterprise Fund grantees went behind closed doors to sweeten their deals
- Texas Enterprise Fund report focuses on money recouped from deals gone bad
- Property Tax Reform Bill Empowers People over Politicians
- Dallas Mayor Pro-Tem Thomas Calls Property Tax Reform a “Threat”
- McKinney Mayor Doubles Down Against Taxpayers
- Tarrant Co. Judge Whitley defends broken property tax system, not taxpayers
- Harris County Budget Officer Testifies Against Property Tax Reform
- Lobbyist Disclosure Package on the Move in the Texas Senate
- Paxton says he has not yet acted in voter probe
- Official defends voter investigation to skeptical Democrats
- Texas senators grill top elections officer, criticizing call to scrub voter rolls to find noncitizens
- Analysis: A green appointee’s harsh introduction to Texas election politics
- Conservative groups attack gay rights bills as effort to ‘ban the Bible’ in Texas – well, if the power of law prevents you from living your Bible-based faith what is it?
- Texas legislator wants to kill Power to Choose website
- Representative Cain Files The Texas Heartbeat Bill – good bill, pass it.
- Rep. Jeff Leach Files Legislation to Protect Victims of Heinous Crimes From Improper Contact by Their Perpetrator
- Rep. Shaheen files bill to expand access to healthcare & lower costs
- Just How Will Lawmakers Pay For Education If They Cut Property-Tax Revenue? AUDIO
- With eager candidates waiting in the wings, Texas Supreme Court slot sits open
- Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Seven To Brazos River Authority Board Of Directors
- Texas Supreme Court Erects New Hurdle for Litigating Anonymous Defamation
- U.S. Judge rebuffs George P. Bush endangered species de-listing effort
- John Cornyn Faces His Toughest Reelection Campaign Yet – he better hope the none of GOP base abandons him
- Press Coverage of Sen. Cruz’s Foreign Policy Speech at AEI
- Sen. Cruz: Senate Democrats Yet Again Try to Derail a Well-Qualified Nominee Because They Are Terrified of the Radical Left
- Liberal Lloyd Doggett seeks to tamp down prescription drug prices
- Navy veteran, liberal Democrat, challenges fellow Navy veteran Rep. Dan Crenshaw in Houston Congressional District
- Top Texans in Congress spar over Trump’s hidden tax returns
- Texas Republican warns of ‘dangerous precedent’ as Dems take first step to get Trump’s tax returns
- Beto Pancho O’Rourke to lead anti-wall “march” through El Paso, which has a wall, during Trump’s rally there
- DC: Border Security Bargainers Trade Offers as Deadline Nears
- ICE, shut out of border talks, warns Democrats’ plans would free thousands of criminals
- Border Patrol Rescues 5 in Texas Near Where Caravan Waits
- UN: Force-feeding immigrants in Texas may breach torture pact
- Mexican Narco-Terrorist’s Men Dump More Human Body Parts in Cities near Texas
- Pilot Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Illegal Immigrants in Texas
- Germany: Texas museum stands by ownership of disputed art
- A Dallas art museum is trying to thaw the U.S. cold war-style impasse with Russia’s art world
- Here’s why it’s taking so long to revive downtown Dallas’ 115-year-old Ambassador Hotel
- Valley International Airport – One stop away from major European cities
- Activists working to starve Austin Zoo out of business
- Ford claims Bart Reagor and Rick Dykes owe more than $100 million VIDEO
- Judge denies Reagor-Dykes request to delay summary judgment
- $388,000 in cash seized during stranded motorist assist in Nolan County
- Houston Fire Department battling three-alarm apartment fire in Galleria area
- Ex-priest accused of child abuse in Texas gets trial delayed
- MMA Fighter Who Escaped Prison Van Denies Killings
- Texas mom gets 2 years in jail over 2015 death of her son, 2
- 3 Men Get Federal Prison in $4.2M Nonprofits Scam
- New details reveal what cops found after botched drug raid
- How DNA Served As ‘Genetic Witness,’ Linking A Texas Man To A Portland Cold Case
- Search for answers begins after 108-year-old church burns in Mooreville
- Two arrested following SWAT raid in Wichita Falls
- WFPD: Man charged after allegedly severely neglecting disabled twin daughter
- Police: Person accused of obtaining loan using fallen Border Patrol Agent’s name
- One person killed in police officer-involved shooting in Snyder, Snyder PD Puts Officer On Leave After Fatal Shooting
- $10,000 Reward for Info About Homeless Lubbock Man’s Death
- Gardendale woman found not guilty of murder in husband’s death
- Former Lubbock resident murdered in Bartlett over the price of sex, according to arrest warrant
- Lubbock man charged with 5 counts of organized crime, in connection with 5 burglaries
- Former Texas Tech library employee arrested on child porn charges
- Texas Rangers investigating Lubbock Co. Medical Examiner’s office, D.A. asks Texas Rangers to investigate Lubbock County Medical Examiner’s Office – it took a LOT of pushing to get the DA to do anything on this. It needs a look. See: Lubbock County Medical Examiner: Is this the invasion of the baby body snatchers?
- Lubbock Co. Commissioner Corley Says $50 Million Expo Center Plan Probably Dead
- Lubbock County projects 30-year bond not enough for $50 million Lubbock County Expo Center
- Young kids of a wealthy former Texas senator gave money to a Dallas City Council campaign, too
- Dallas Mayor Pro-Tem Thomas Calls Property Tax Reform a “Threat”
- Harris County Budget Officer Testifies Against Property Tax Reform
- THC Awards Courthouse Preservation Planning Grants to 25 Counties
- Abbott Appoints Albers Wood County Criminal District Attorney
- Austin, San Antonio team up to tackle traffic woes
- Why Does Austin City Council Keep Raising Rents?
- Austin Fire plans to build 5 roomier firehouses for faster response
- This time they mean it: Austin ISD trustees move closer to school closures
- Nocona folks hope to help fund new sports complex VIDEO
- Hardin-Simmons Univ. to make faculty cuts
- Wayland BU alum takes on Harvard, Yale and the World Bank
- Wayland Baptist Univ. Recognizes Donors at Season Opener
- UT celebrates chemistry on campus
- Texas Techspo event to showcase campus resources
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