- House votes down bill aimed at taxpayer-funded lobbying – unforgivable
- Election bill, a Senate GOP priority, dies in the House, more, more – unforgivable
- To avoid infighting in the Texas House, did Speaker Dennis Bonnen kill controversial bills?
- Texas Advances Bill to Stiffen Penalties for Pipeline Damage
- House gives final approval to Chick-fil-A bill
- Texas ‘Chick-Fil-A’ Bill Blasted by LGBT Lawmakers Advances – the bill protects them as much as anyone else, idiots.
- Bumble-backed online sexual harassment bill heads to governor’s desk
- Texas House initially passes “Lauren’s Law”
- Bill aiming to increase penalties for assaults on pregnant women passes Senate
- Texas Senate adopts income tax prohibition, more
- Texas to get new tools to crack down on unsafe day care centers
- House to debate school safety bill, more
- Texas House passes bill allowing handgun owners to carry weapons in church -such was already legal, this is a clarification statute
- Environmental groups, including those in Bastrop County, seek governor’s veto on groundwater bill
- Senate on track to close Boeing-sized public-information loophole
- Transparency Legislation Would Close Loopholes That Keep Government Contracts Private AUDIO
- New Legislation Expands Small Business Opportunities in the Food Industry
- Critics say bill moving through Texas Legislature designed to aid GOP reelection bids
- Senate passes ballot-access bill opposed by Democrats
- Texas prosecutors want to keep low-level criminals out of overcrowded jails. Top Republicans and police aren’t happy. – turn this around: DA’s want “low-level” criminals out in the neighborhood and stores with you and your family instead of in jail.
- Texas Senate passes bill to give more teachers access to guns in classrooms
- Texas school safety measures expanded with House amendments to sweeping legislation
- Did the Texas Legislature accidentally imperil billions of dollars in business taxes?
- Senate OKs extension of tax abatement program that benefits “renewable” energy – there is nothing renewed, stupid label.
- Lawmakers revive effort for U.S. Grand Prix reimbursement
- Tobacco, gun bills among those on way to Abbott’s desk
- Alamo Cenotaph still set to move after monument bill dies
- Newly released Sandra Bland video prompts Texas House committee hearing
- Keep springing forward, falling back: Vote on daylight saving or standard time dies in Texas Senate – good
- Texas could soon raise legal age for buying tobacco, e-cigs to 21, if Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill
- Texas honky-tonks turn to Legislature for help
- One More Example of Why We Need to Rethink the Criminal Justice System
- Abbott Appoints Bailey To Texas Academy Of Mathematics And Science Advisory Board
- Texas Dept. of Insurance improves continuing education service
- Super troopers: DPS officers run 5K in full uniform
- Fiscal Notes: Emergency Management in Texas
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- Former Texas Rep. Rodney Anderson elected chairman of Dallas County Republican Party
- Sen. Cruz Launches Investigation Into Yale Law School
- Finally, a Market-Oriented Way to Help Poor Communities
- Rep. Van Taylor of Plano is not like other Congress members as he works to be ‘Mr. Bipartisan’
- TTI Agency Director Greg Winfree Testifies at House Subcommittee Hearing
- Beto Pancho O’Rourke: I’d ‘absolutely’ do a Fox town hall
- Pete Buttigieg’s senseless attack on Fox News shows fear, elitism
- Joe Biden: Heartbeat Abortion Ban Is ‘Wrong and We Have to Stop It’
- Watch: Pro-Choice Activists to ‘Pro-Life Barbie’: ‘F*ck You and the Rest of You Ignorant B*tches’ VIDEO
- Bill Maher allows liberal author to talk violence against Trump
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- Deported Migrant Nearly Drowns Infant While Crossing Rio Grande
- DNA tests reveal 30% of suspected fraudulent migrant families were unrelated
- 8,000 Migrants Held in Single Texas Border Sector, Say Feds
- Congress Joins Debate Over Sending TSA Employees to Border
- PHOTOS: Gulf Cartel Ambushes Mexican Army near Texas Border
- Los Zetas Cartel Dumps Bodies at Mexican Border State Police HQ near Texas
- Mexico Studies Building New Immigration Facilities
- Texas Man Gets Prison for Smuggling Immigrants in Furniture
- Border Patrol canine team seizes almost $4 million worth of methamphetamine
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- Sales Tax Holidays for Water-Efficient and ENERGY STAR® Products Set for May 25-27
- American Airlines Cuts Bag Fees for Some Sports, Music Gear
- NRG Buying Electric, Natural Gas Units of Stream Energy
- Department Stores Troubles Rise on Penney’s, Kohl’s Results
- Breakeven Oil Prices Underscore Shale’s Impact on the Market
- South Plains Electric Cooperative announces plans for community-scale solar power
- Oil Field Workers Flood Balmorhea With RVs; Community’s Economy Is Revitalized AUDIO
- Voce Capital drops proxy fight with insurer Argo Group
- On his 100th birthday, George Mitchell would have been astounded by what his fracking technology has wrought
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- Tornadoes on the Plains Not as Bad as Feared; Threat Remains
- Confirmed tornado lands in Mitchell County
- Rain makes area rivers rise in Wichita Falls
- Storms bring more rain than twisters to Wichita Falls VIDEO
- North Texas in the spotlight as storms developed
- NWS: Confirmed tornado SE of Odessa
- Tornado videoed south of Odessa, Midland VIDEO
- Abilene: Beginning to piece storm damage together
- Abilene: Curfew set for areas damaged by tornado
- Abilene city manager gives overview of storm recovery
- Residents of Abilene picking up the pieces after their homes were struck by tornadoes VIDEO
- AEP Texas gives latest briefing on power restoration efforts in Concho Valley and Big Country
- Damage across Lubbock during severe weather VIDEO
- Search suspended for missing woman swept away in Brownwood
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- Former Texas Prison Sergeant Set for Trial in Inmate’s Death
- Bond Set for Man Charged With Abducting Fort Worth 8-year-old Girl
- Texas EquuSearch still scouring for Maleah Davis, despite suspending activities
- Police Checked Kidnapping Suspect’s Room Hours Before Arrest
- Man Gets Life Sentence for Abduction of 2 Sisters
- Houston teen to be retried in shooting deaths of parents
- Prosecutors Want GPS Monitor on Texas Truck Driver in Deadly Colorado Crash
- Man with gun breaks up brawl in Lubbock fast food drive-thru
- Midland Co. deputy is ‘banged up,’ after collision with train, sheriff says VIDEO
- Man charged with intoxication assault after swerving into pickup
- Suspect who escaped Brewster Co. SO custody has been recaptured
- Abilene man accused of causing fatal crash while high on meth and sexually abusing child arrested
- Arrest Warrants Issued for Five Lubbock Men Accused of Rioting After Texas Tech’s Final 4 Win
- 12 school-age kids rescued after Amarillo’s Wonderland roller coaster gets stuck
- San Antonio teacher placed on leave in alleged “sexting” incident
- Waco ISD teacher resigns after video surfaces of classroom incident VIDEO
- 3 year-old child killed after being run over by father’s car
- Houston rapper convicted of using teenage girl for sex trafficking
- Police: Man living in stolen truck robbed, killed elderly woman inside her southwest Houston home
- DPS: Nearly two dozen missing Texans last seen in Houston
- Federal raids in San Antonio target Tango Orejon/Tango Blast gang
- Son of former Houston Astros star pitcher, Clemens, charged with DWI
- Four indicted, accused in fatal Central Lubbock robbery
- Pickup hits bicycle on rural road, killing Central Texas cyclist
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- Climate Change Policies Clean Taxpayers’ Wallets
- Smoking ban set to take effect at River Walk, other San Antonio tourist spots – yes, even out of doors in parks, etc.
- San Antonio’s CPS Energy considering rate increase – record low energy prices but government run and regulated power cost doesn’t decrease
- Fort Worth Fires Police Chief After Incident in Washington
- With Tovo’s backing, support builds for Austin convention center expansion
- Wichita County to combine Chief Magistrate, Bond offices
- Ken Prillaman named new Wichita Falls fire chief
- Abilene City Council to discuss new health care contract for city employees VIDEO
- Abilene Regional Airport marketing contract on city council agenda VIDEO
- Digging deeper: Why Abilene doesn’t have tornado sirens VIDEO
- Brown Co. commissioners court names five to Certified Local Government Committee
- Controversial Kirbyville CISD superintendent resigns
- Connally ISD offiicals knew about inappropriate messages from assistant principal months before investigation
- Former Haltom City firefighter says officials violated procedures in his firing
- Easing control of Edgewood ISD, state will let 3 trustees take office
- Constables targeted for removal in Bexar and Kendall counties
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- Disturbing number of students say hate speech is not free speech, report says
- TTU: Researcher Using Rawls Course To Study Water Conservation Product Treatments On Putting Green
- College majors with the highest salaries, per analysis of most recent U.S. Census data
- Abilene’s Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing names next dean
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