- To Rein in Cities, Texas Tries to Ban Their Lobbying
- After shootings, Texas House lawmakers deliberate response
- Landgraf, mass violence committee meet in wake of Odessa shooting
- 5 things Texas lawmakers discussed at first hearing on mass shootings since El Paso and Odessa
- Texas GOP officials take stand against red flag laws
- Ready or Not, Most Texans Will Use Countywide Voting in November
- Texas Lawyers Urged to Reject Judicial Nominating Commissions – agreed!
- Texas House Admin approves $241,000 budget for select committee on mass violence
- Texas may OK increase in medical cannabis dispensaries
- Gov. Abbott leading Texas trade mission to Japan and South Korea
- Texas intelligence centers now track hateful rhetoric online
- Texas Comptroller Announces Record $308 Million in Unclaimed Property Returned in Fiscal 2019
- Abbott Appoints Three To Governing Board of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- 19-September Severe Tropical Weather SITRER (PDF)
- No severe affects from Imelda as it moves through Texas
- Flash Flood Risk Persists in Texas as Imelda Moves Inland
- Iraq veteran’s case against Texas is testing job protections for homecoming troops
- Case to “Bring Drake Home” After CPS Removal Left Pending in Texas Supreme Court
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- Houston Democrat Chris Bell’s plan to beat Sen. John Cornyn: Target Trump
- Cornyn says O’Rourke’s buy-back call set gun debate back for years – it almost seems that Cornyn is saying that Beto set back GOP-caving…?
- Donald Trump blames ‘dummy’ Beto O’Rourke for making it ‘much harder’ to reach deal on guns
- Role reversal: Cornyn’s extreme right position on guns makes Lt. Gov. Patrick look reasonable – from the Left
- Sen. Cruz on Fox News: To Stop Mass Shootings, Focus on Criminals, Not on Law-Abiding Citizens VIDEO
- Cornyn says O’Rourke’s buyback plan sabotaged gun debate; Patrick says his Texas career is over
- TX11: West Texas family doctor announces congressional run – as reported here last Friday
- Abilene (104th District) Kevin Willhelm to seek retiring District Judge Lee Hamilton’s office VIDEO
- Churchy Chicken: Why the Religious Right Won’t Stop Talking About Chick-fil-A
- Sen. Cruz Applauds Announcement of Robert C. O’Brien to be National Security Advisor
- Sen. Cruz to Twitter: You Are Complicit in Biased Political Censorship
- Ted Cruz opposes Trump-nominated Mississippi judge, citing past Obamacare ruling – Cruz is right.
- Right Wing Watch ‘investigative reporter’ tries to prove that Dan Crenshaw is a neo-Nazi, proves himself to be an idiot [screenshot]
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- Trump tweets that `Dummy Beto’ set back gun reform with call for confiscation
- Would Beto O’Rourke’s criminal history prevent him from purchasing a gun?
- Beto O’Rourke’s call for mandatory buyback of assault weapons roils Texas politics
- Make Beto wet his pants, visit my 2nd Amendment & Anti-Wimp HQs today
- Lily Adams helped her grandmother Ann Richards win Texas. Can she get Kamala Harris to the White House?
- Kamala Harris’ Presidential Campaign Barely Has a Pulse . . . in California!
- A Climate Change Proposal That Would Terrify Democratic Presidential Candidates
- Doxxing — Could It Happen to You? – “Doxxing turns the purpose of the law on its head.” Exactly.
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- Migrants Say They Face Danger Before Court in Texas Tents – the don’t come
- Austin group sues to obtain contract for area migrant detention center
- Along Texas border, Trump administration sets up tent courts for virtual asylum hearings
- Pentagon is canceling three Arizona border wall projects because the costs went up
- The courts can’t fix asylum law, only Congress can
- US narcotics agent admits role in drug trafficking scheme
- Pandora’s Box: The War on Drugs, Organized Crime Groups now Control 80% of Mexico
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- Austin consumers tap brakes on auto sales in August
- Austin-area home sales, median price set August records
- Navy SEAL Acquitted of Murder Sues His Former Lawyers in Texas
- Nocona General Hospital completes remodel
- Whataburger Officially Ranks Higher Than In-N-Out in New Poll
- Six Flags Over Texas Will Have Guests Attempt to Stay 30 Hours in a Coffin
- Plains Cotton Cooperative to pay out $21 million
- After Saudi Attack, Texas’ Energy Dominance Helps Avert Worldwide Oil Crisis
- Untapped: The New West Texas
- City of Kyle, Kinder Morgan strike $2.7 million truce over Permian Highway Pipeline project
- Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Pipeline begins send Texas natural gas to Mexico
- Inside San Antonio’s newest skyscraper
- Sources: Truck manufacturer Navistar to build plant in San Antonio
- Opening a distillery in Abilene may not be a whisky business anymore
- Buc-ee’s breaks ground in Florida, latest beachhead in owner’s U.S. ‘invasion’ plan
- How dirty is the water on your airline? Carriers flying from Houston among worst, study shows
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- Five mobile homes burn to the ground after two fires spark in West Odessa
- Fire breaks out in historical downtown Wharton, damages three buildings
- Indictment Made Public for Man Charged in El Paso Attack at Walmart
- District judge assigned capital murder case against suspected Walmart shooter
- Victims names stand out in the indictment of alleged El Paso Walmart shooter
- No Injuries in Texas City Chemical Plant Transformer Fire
- Texas Police Officer Who Killed Deputy Brother to Get Mental Help
- $500K bond set for Killeen robbery suspect whose conviction was overturned
- Police searching for man who fired shots in North Austin
- Abilene mother allegedly picks up her children from school while intoxicated
- Abilene teen enters guilty plea in connection with 2018 fatal shooting of Chance Bonni
- Court documents: Blood-spattered grandfather makes chilling confession to neighbor, police after murdering family in Corpus Christi
- Midland police searching for suspects who scammed victim out of $171,000
- Howard Co. O issues Coahoma High School threat update and offers act of violence situation safety tips
- Lubbock: 3 indicted in armed robbery spree that led to K-9, 14-year-old being shot
- Lorenzo Man Severely Injured in Accident on Highway Near Idalou
- Lubbock Co. Grand Jury Indicts 6 in Connection to Celestino Rodriguez Murder
- Man gunned down in front of house in Kempner
- Residents find guns, wrecked truck after shooting in Waco neighborhood
- ‘I have a bomb’: Santa Fe student brought inoperable hand grenade to school, SFISD responds
- Search expands for missing 15-year-old Magnolia girl whose cell was found in wooded area
- Composite sketch released of unidentified girl found dead in suitcase along East Texas highway
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- Republicans oppose a Harris County tax hike. A quirk in Texas law may allow them to stop it. – told you Lubbock’s Corley & Seay would have big influence!
- City of Austin Votes To Help Women Defray Costs With Taxpayer Money
- Austin City Council takes up homeless camping
- Austin Considers Pricey Drinking Fountains
- Austin City Council Keeps Harming Citizens
- VisitDallas: Suite passes don’t have to be reported
- Wichita Falls City Council overview: budget approval, property taxes, bike-friendly changes
- People told the school board not to close schools in this part of Wichita Falls
- Bowie ISD Trustees discuss facilities planning
- Vernon city leaders unsure about concealed carry for city employees
- Odessa council hashes out ethics ordinance concerns
- City of Odessa holding public meetings on contaminated groundwater
- Taylor County Commissioners set Oct. 1 hearing for fund that could help hospitals
- Abilene Regional Airport unveils “Blended Lane” for TSA PreCheck passengers
- Jim Ned CISD prepares for continued growth VIDEO
- Levelland: Gary Goff sworn in as assistant DA for the 286th
- Lubbock Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Ben Evans dies
- Omega Flex files to dismiss lawsuit against City of Lubbock for ordinance issues involving CSST
- San Antonio gun buyback program unlikely to produce results
- Kyle, Houston company strike $2.7 million truce over pipeline project
- Election 2019: Williamson County’s $447 million parks & roads bond
- Fort Worth ISD fires teacher who reported illegal alien students to Trump
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- MSU: Psychology of human mating topic of Artist-Lecture speaker
- Midland College could take new role in Priority Midland
- HSU alumnus honored as 2019 Dentist of the Year
- Texas Tech sees record enrollment numbers for 11th straight year
- Alamo Colleges chancellor gets raise [$365,000/yr], contract extension
- UTSA announces new policy to fight sexual misconduct by student-athletes
- Texas A&M student develops video game for working cattle
- Fenves: Better housing, more scholarships in UT’s future
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