- Former Speaker Straus joins Democrats in calling for special session on gun reform – joins Democrats? He’s been with them all along.
- Rep. Andy Murr confirms he has received enough votes to become Texas House GOP Caucus Vice Chair
- HD81: Rep. Brooks Landgraf announces he will seek reelection
- TFR Rolls Out Constitutional Recommendations for November 2019 Election
- Hand-wringing Over Illegal Voting Conviction Part of Larger Agenda (see: Texas officials tend to manufacture claims of voter fraud)
- President’s deputy at UT Austin chosen as Texas Commissioner of Higher Education
- New Texas law criminalizing sending unwanted sexually explicit messages
- Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $802 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments | September Report: Top 20 Cities Sales and Use Tax Comparison Summary, All cities
- Official: Texas Violated Settlement Over Hot Prisons
- Should Prison Inmates Be Entitled To The Comforts Of Home?
- State Attorneys General, Texas included, to Announce Bi-Partisan, Multistate Investigation into Business Practices of Large Tech Firms on Monday in DC
- Texas Executes Man Who Killed Woman During Spate of Crimes
- Governor Abbott Statement On Passing Of T. Boone Pickens
- Governor Abbott Presents 2019 Star Of Texas Awards
- Texas DPS trooper recognized nationally for saving stabbing victim
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- Latest Quinnipiac University Poll of Texans
- Texas Tipping Point? Dems Face Reality Check in GOP Bastions
- Poll Indicates That Latinos Are Motivated To Vote In 2020
- MJ Hegar leads the Democratic pack for U.S. Senate in Texas, but most voters don’t know the candidates, UT/TT Poll says
- Climate change an increasing concern for Texas voters, poll finds
- Analysis: The end for a time-honored Republican recipe in Texas politics
- U.S. needs a residual force in Afghanistan, high-ranking Texas Congressman says
- Sen. Cruz Issues Statement Observing the 18th Anniversary of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks
- Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on Passing of T. Boone Pickens
- Sen. Ted Cruz and actress Alyssa Milano have a ‘civil’ conversation about gun rights
- Alyssa Milano to Ted Cruz: No more bacon-wrapped AR-15s, mister VIDEO
- Ted Cruz, 3 Other Republican Senators Write to Facebook over ‘Censorship’ of Pro-Life Content
- Rep. Castro: Trump’s ‘Erratic’ Foreign Policy Endangering the Nation VIDEO
- Rep. Veronica Escobar pushing gun control, attending Dem debate in Houston
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- Trump Campaign Dismisses Texas Polls, Claim They Will Win Texas
- In Austin, Elizabeth Warren gives selfies, and lot of herself
- Warren assails ‘corruption,’ promises change as Democrats swarm to Texas
- Warren passes O’Rourke for second place behind Biden in TX polls
- Pollsters: ‘the Elizabeth Warren boomlet’ shows up in Texas
- O’Rourke declares ‘right’ to live close to work; rich should ‘be forced’ to live among poor
- Beto O’Rourke drops list of 100 Texas supporters as Houston presidential debate approaches
- O’Rourke Bets on New Approach to Revive Flagging Campaign
- Beto Stumbles into a Good Point on Housing Policy
- Kat Timpf Explains Why Beto O’Rourke Is the Perfect Instagram Model Candidate VIDEO
- Harris County Democrats proved the 2020 Democrat presidential candidates are too far left for Texas.
- Pete Buttigieg Proposes National Federal IDs for Illegal Immigrants
- Democrats Step on Shaky Political Ground With Fracking Bans
- James Clyburn: ‘There would be strong support against the Bill of Rights’ today
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- August Illegal Alien Family Apprehensions Up 100 Percent over Last Year
- Border Patrol Disrupts Human Smuggling Efforts near Texas Border
- Tent Courts Set to Open on Border for US Asylum Seekers
- Appeals court lets part of Trump’s rule for asylum seekers on southern border stand
- Supreme Court Allows Broad Enforcement of Asylum Limits
- Border Patrol arrests 10 Chinese citizens in human smuggling scheme Border Patrol arrests 10 Chinese citizens in human smuggling scheme
- In Small Section of Border Wall, Trump’s Promise Takes Shape
- Three Deadly Cartel Attacks on Mexican Police in One Week VIDEO
- Cartel Gunmen Hang Dead Rival from Mexican Coastal City Bridge VIDEO
- Murdered Border State Cartel Attorney Was Married to Mexican TV Star
- Four Members of Kidnapping Gang Arrested in Cancún Posing as Police
- Mexico’s success stopping migration shouldn’t be the basis of trade negotiations
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- Dallas Fed: Austin economy continues boom
- RIP: T. Boone Pickens, larger-than-life Texas energy tycoon, dies at 91, more
- Austin is next for Neighborhood Goods, Dallas’ new type of department store
- Uptown Dallas’ landmark Crescent Club has a new look – it was always nice
- As contract deadline nears, UAW leaders convene in Detroit to consider GM’s offer
- New owner hopes to flip Oak Lawn office tower in sale
- DMN columnist claims Dallas Cowboy’s cheerleaders are exploited and outdated – Feminazi?
- Dallas Cowboys Settle Cheerleader Lawsuit, Agree to Pay Increase
- Midland alcohol sales dip below $5M for the first time in 2019
- Houston will be next stop for nation’s largest women’s expo
- Luby’s to explore ‘strategic alternatives,’ including possible sale
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- Midland/Odessa Gunman Was Violent in Psychiatric Facility
- Odessa gunman was violent in psychiatric facility; tore down ceiling & punched a hole in a wall
- Records detail Odessa gunman’s previous run-ins with police
- All victims of Midland-Odessa shooting have been released from the hospital
- An 11-year-old hero helped others after a mass shooting
- Odessa shooter had ‘suicidal tendencies’ as far back as 2001, records show
- High-speed chase in Sherman County leads to the arrest of a WY man
- 22-year-old arrested in man’s slaying at Red Bird apartment complex
- Wichita Falls PD: Liquor store owner gets in shootout with gang members invading his home
- Skull found in Gardendale appears “to have been there for some time”
- 2 dead in Ohio cargo plane crash were from Texas
- Abilene woman arrested in connection with July 7 San Angelo ‘Red Roof Inn’ homicide
- Paint Rock man killed in crash trying to avoid deer
- Lubbock man caught after stealing 14 guns, admits to it to pay for marijuana
- Overnight shooting injures small child in Lubbock
- 2 duplexes destroyed by Slaton fire VIDEO
- Body found by creek near Spring in north Harris County
- Houston police: Thief steals credit card from cemetery, uses it hours later
- Prosecutors have now implicated 22 suspects in an illegal voting operation to elect Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina
- RIP: Daniel Johnston, Austin music legend and ‘Hi, How Are You’ artist, dies at 58
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- Harris County Hiring More Environmental Experts After Fires
- City of Amarillo presents Downtown Strategic Plan to the public
- Montague Co. commissioners get testy discussing assistant’s salary
- Good news/bad news for the Bowie City Council
- Wichita Falls Animal Ordinance feedback deadline Thursday
- WF city council members debate property tax raise, possible raise for police and fire VIDEO
- Vernon ISD brings back homecoming dress-up days after social media outrage
- City of Odessa hoping to implement public notification system after mass shooting
- Midland to advertise remaining 13 Road Bond projects
- New child protection court lightens load for Taylor Co. judges – keep raising taxes as done this year and everyone at Taylor Co. can have a really light load and play golf half the time.
- Lubbock commissioners refuse to attend meeting, to prevent tax rate vote
- 2 Lubbock County commissioners prevent tax hike on residents
- Lubbock City Council Approves 2019-2020 Operating Budget
- Lubbock: Budget passed Tuesday will help in community policing efforts, interim chief says VIDEO
- Lubbock council OKs tax on short-term rentals in Lubbock
- Jeff Griffith Talks Property Tax Rate Increase and Lubbock Police
- Median Austin homeowner will pay $1,400 in property tax under new city budget
- Austin City Council approves $9 million for library improvements
- Texas told cities they couldn’t fund abortion providers. So Austin is funding abortion access instead.
- Harris County Commissioners Court proposes 3.5% property tax increase
- VisitDallas gifts draw ethics complaint against Dallas council member
- Former Blue Mound police chief sues city for wrongful termination
- Fort Worth Residents Face Higher County Taxes, Likely Reduction in City Rates
- Witnesses testify in the lawsuits between GBRA and property owners over draining of four lakes
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- New report reveals how much debt Texas college students graduated with in 2018
- USDA grant supports Tech beef marbling research
- West Texas A&M has a new Future Students Program VIDEO
- Barber returns to MSU for “Split Decision” art exhibition
- MSU Texas hosts semesters first faculty forums VIDEO
- HSU’s Six White Horses program announces 2019 tryouts
- ACU outranks other Texas universities in ‘U.S. News’ national benchmark
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