- TONIGHT: Statewide Town Hall with Greg Abbott
- Right caves, left sues anyway over Texas election administration
- San Antonio City Council asks Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session to address gun violence
- San Antonio lawmaker rolls out gun reforms
- ‘Mandatory Buy-Back’ Means ‘Confiscation’
- ‘Red Flag’ laws too dangerous to support
- How state lawmakers approached Gov. Abbott’s emergency items this session
- Red Flag Laws in the Crosshairs for Texas Politicians
- Red-light camera ban also stops bus-camera program in most areas – great!
- Abbott Appoints Senator Flores And Representative Huberty To Education Commission Of The States – Huberty is a joke.
- Abbott Appoints Covey To Governing Board Of The Texas Indigent Defense Commission
- Sitting down with Sid Miller, Texas Ag. Commissioner VIDEO
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: A-F Ratings Making a Big Difference in Texas Schools
- TEA Releases 2019 A-F Accountability Ratings
- Three Texas school districts face state penalties after getting failing grades.
- Texas hunters and anglers in for big rule changes
- Federal court stops execution of Dexter Johnson within 24 hours of his scheduled death
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- Cruz, Cornyn, Babin Call On NASA to Award Lunar Lander Program to Johnson Space Center
- El Paso Mayor Says Trump Used Derisive Term in Meeting: RINO – way to go and speak truth Mr. President! Dee Margo is and has always been a RINO!
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- Julián Castro proposes major tax revisions in plan to ‘put working families first’ – all Dem tax plans put government first.
- Beto says he will campaign where Trump has caused the most pain
- Beto: The Senate’s not good enough for me or El Paso
- Beto will return to presidential campaign trail, scotching talk of Senate bid
- O’Rourke Reboots Campaign, Again: No More ‘Corn Dogs and Ferris Wheels’
- Another 2020 Democrat Wants To Confiscate Guns
- Hickenlooper Drops Out of 2020 White House Race
- Elizabeth Warren revises her statement on Michael Brown’s death (without admitting she was wrong)
- Buttigieg sells his soul to King Corn to win some votes
- Kamala Harris wastes no time politicizing active Philly shooting situation
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- Three Texas Men Charged in Illegal Alien-Smuggling Vehicle Crashes
- Dozen Migrants Rescued from Texas Border River Currents
- Four Illegal Alien Bodies Found in Texas near Border
- Mexican Border State Governor Draws Line in Sand After Los Zetas Invasion
- Mexican Army Officer Sent to U.S. Prison for Cocaine Smuggling
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- Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for May 2019
- NuStar receives first shipment of Permian Basin crude
- Oxy lowers production guidance on legacy Anadarko assets
- JCPenney halves losses, will begin selling used clothing
- General Electric Shares Plummet on New Report Claiming ‘Bigger Fraud than Enron’
- Pickle-flavored beer is the real dill, soon hitting shelves in Houston and across Texas
- A Texas-size mart’s [Buc-ee’s] road to fame
- Texas Doctor Keeps $6M Award in Bitter Feud With Memorial Hermann Hospital
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- El Paso Police look for ‘HERO’ from Walmart shooting
- Overwhelming response for Walmart victim’s husband results in a change of venue for funeral service
- Facebook post about Lubbock / Midland / Odessa Walmart shooting not true
- Planes used to fight Jones County grass fire that forced one family to evacuate their home VIDEO
- Matador firefighter released from hospital, VFD thanks community
- Harris County Pct. 4 deputy, previously honored as ‘Deputy of the Month,’ arrested for DWI
- Texas father, son get prison in scam targeting airline staff
- WFPD: Two women arrested for stealing socks
- Midland Co. officials say heroin cases on the rise in Tall City
- Grand jury rules not enough evidence in case of 18 year old charged with sexual assault, child porn
- Mother charged after toddler struck, killed by driver in southeast Houston apartment parking lot
- Man who fled forgery trial caught in Marble Falls
- Killeen officer caught on camera using phone while driving without seat belt
- SWAT, heavy police presence in north Abilene; suspect in custody
- Former ACU student found not guilty of sexual assault
- Warrant: Missing Slaton man may have been beaten, car stolen
- Brett Garza arrested in Central Lubbock Thursday night in connection with Celestino Rodriguez case
- Arrestee: Missing Slaton man beaten, left in Lubbock field after car stolen
- Magnolia HS student charged with murder after filming himself at crime scene, prosecutors say
- Amber Alert discontinued for missing 13-year-old Kiah Miller
- Guard, suspect exchange gunfire during armored truck heist in southwest Houston
- FBI raided real estate company’s offices in downtown Austin
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- San Antonio lawmaker rolls out gun reforms as City Council calls for special session on firearms
- Midland County proposes property tax rate higher than effective rate – why the hell can’t you just say “tax increase” in the headline?!
- Odessa approves more debt despite protest
- Search for new Electra police chief underway VIDEO
- Montague ISD dedicates new building to Fenoglio
- Lake Wichita revitalization pioneer to leave – Tom has appeared on Pratt on Texas, a very nice guy.
- Ben Milam Elementary starts first ever Midland ISD dual-language program
- Midland ISD more than doubles failing schools
- Seminole ISD bans vaping
- Lamesa EDC makes bid for manufacturing
- Plainview raising property taxes but newspaper won’t tell you
- Lubbock County’s new “conservatives” propose a tax increase in first at bat
- Lubbock council sets property tax rate cent higher than last year, 4% above effective rate VIDEO
- Judge Parrish: Lubbock County planning for growth with increased revenue [tax increase] VIDEO – growth automatically brings in new revenue without raising taxes.
- Lubbock has installed 30 percent of electric “smart meters”
- Facebook group wants to bring splash pads to Lubbock – another example of people wanting others to pay for what they want. Build it and charge admission if you want “splash pad.” Another person who doesn’t understand why you cannot afford to live in Austin anymore!
- Lubbock area districts see improvement in latest TEA state accountability ratings
- Is a state takeover in HISD’s future?
- 21 Houston ISD schools receive failing grade in new TEA report
- Why The Largest Charter School Network in Texas Is Coming To Houston
- TEA report card has SAISD leading broad improvement of San Antonio area schools
- Leon Valley council member thrown out of office says he’s not going quietly
- Dallas will temporarily halt demolitions in what’s left of historic Tenth Street district
- Dallas city attorney responds to paid sick leave lawsuit, wants new judge in case
- Dallas’ sudden spike in homicides has officials perplexed. And not everyone agrees that state troopers are helping.
- Austin Crisis: Is Spending $28,000 per Homeless Person the Answer?
- Austin police tackling DWI video backlog, looking at getting extra help
- Allen Rejects Downtown High-Density Development Plan
- Red-light camera ban also stops bus-camera program in most areas – great!
- End of an era: Imminent danger along the Guadalupe will force the drainage of four lakes
- Presidio County joins 2nd Amendment Sanctuary movement, citing ‘brutal attacks’ on gun rights
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- Hardin-Simmons University’s new College of Health Professions officially opens
- MSU: Radiologic Sciences department trains with new equipment ahead of new school year VIDEO
- Midland College holds its Vocational Nursing Pinning Ceremony
- Study: Texas A&M provides best value of any Texas college
- UT renames building for late President Bill Powers
- UT’s Austin campus gets $200 million increase in funding for fiscal year 2020
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- Sheppard AFB, wind industry improve communication
- Airmen compete in Global Strike Challenge at Dyess Air Force Base VIDEO
- Seeing Double at Dyess: Identical twins stationed together VIDEO
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