- ‘Let’s go after these Republicans.’ Secret recording caught GOP Speaker Bonnen offering a deal
- Republicans React to Bonnen Audio, Call for Resignation
- Local leaders ‘shocked’ by animosity toward cities, counties in secret Bonnen recording – Biggest lie of the entire ordeal, even bigger than those whoppers of Bonnen! See: Texas Cities and Counties Scramble to Increase Property Taxes Before New Law Takes Effect
- Local Officials Balk at Animus Toward Cities, Plans for Sales Tax Cuts in Legislators’ Secretly Recorded Meeting
- In new audio, Burrows attacks local governments, produces list of colleagues to challenge in 2020 – clearly he was standing for taxpayer voters, I like that.
- Recording Reveals Texas House Speaker’s Alleged Offer of Official Influence in Exchange for Political Action
- In secret meeting with Sullivan, Bonnen reveals his dark side
- Why Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen’s troubles could be just beginning – Garrett has written the best story on this except he falls guilty of press narrative spin when he gets to “Mistake Three.” Bonnen wasn’t “had,” by Sullivan. This is the anti-conservative bias in the state media. We know that for a month Sullivan tried to get the issue of the quid pro quo dissolved with Bonnen in private. It was all in Bonnen’s hands and Bonnen refused to do anything but start lying behind the scenes to colleagues while the matter was still private. That is what lead to the public disclosure by Sullivan, it is Bonnen who pushed this into the public.
- Dennis Bonnen and Michael Quinn Sullivan’s ugly plan to disempower Texans – see how it’s done? Sullivan does nothing wrong but is evil to DMN editors.
- Release of Sullivan’s tape doesn’t stop the uproar over House speaker
- Herman: When we hear what a politician didn’t intend for us to hear
- Recording reveals Speaker Bonnen hates local government
- Clardy responds to released recording: “It is political corruption, and it must be treated as such.” – Clardy is a liberal anti-conservative who represents government over the interests of his voters.
- Speaker Bonnen bashes cities, counties in secret recording released Tuesday
- The Bonnen Tape Is Tawdry, Shocking, and Kinda Funny
- House Speaker Dennis Bonnen says, “No laws were broken.” Legal hurdles remain.
- Analysis: In the Texas House, it’s going to be a little tougher to say “Come, let us reason together”
- HD91: Levitt Breaks Silence on Possible Challenge to Klick
- Dallas attorney, Democrat, Chrysta Castañeda to challenge Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton
- Fort Worth Police Shooting Leads to Calls for Reform from State Lawmakers
- Early voting in Texas’ constitutional amendment election starts Monday. Here’s what voters will decide
- Proposition 7 would boost school funding by as much as $300M a year
- Prop 4 would make it harder for Texas to implement personal income tax
- Houston State Sen. Borris Miles received kidney transplant over weekend
- AG Paxton Leads Multi-State Coalition Win in Lawsuit to Protect Texans and Physicians from Obamacare Mandate
- Texas Values Praises Court Ruling Protecting Religious Freedom
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- Sen. Cornyn outraises all Senate Democratic candidates combined
- TX11: GOP candidate August Pfluger raises $700,000 in under a month
- TX21: Wendy Davis outraises Chip Roy in 3rd quarter
- TX12: Tax-Hiking Councilman Brian Byrd Mulls Congressional Run
- ‘Even-keeled’ litigator poised for lifetime appointment as federal judge in Houston
- Ted Cruz slams LeBron James for ‘kissing up to tyrants and murderers’
- James, NBA prove the old Soviet maxim about selling rope
- Dallas Rep. Colin Allred, Nancy Pelosi tout Democrats’ bill to lower prescription drug costs
- ‘Medicare for All’ vs. a Better Medicare
- Texas doctors visit DC to discuss “surprise billing” with lawmakers
- House passes Conaway bill renaming Odessa VA clinic after local heroes
- Probe uncovers high-level unease over Trump, Giuliani moves – typical meaningless reporting. Conservatives have high unease over the policy and operational decisions of liberals and what do you know!? It goes the other way too.
- Pelosi-Schiff impeachment fails to give president due process
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- Trump Jr. Pitches to Base While His Father Fights for Texas
- Trump heads to North Texas to raise money, celebrate a workshop and rally supporters
- In San Antonio, Trump Jr. mocks Democratic debates: ‘Reasonable people are seeing crazy’
- O’Rourke more aggressive, Castro pointed in what could be their final debate
- Democratic presidential debates won’t change fortunes for Beto O’Rourke, Julian Castro, rest of field
- Fact-check: Julian Castro wrong on job losses in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania
- Castro: Trump is ‘caging kids on the border,’ but ‘letting ISIS prisoners run free’
- Julián Castro raised $3.5M in third quarter, spent most of it
- Democratic debate: Kamala Harris says ‘Dude gotta go’ about Trump
- Beto: Law Enforcement Will Visit the Non-Compliant to ‘Recover’ AR-15s
- Beto’s “other consequences” for those who don’t surrender guns
- Beto’s Coming Door to Door for Your Guns
- Franklin Graham to Beto O’Rourke: Bible is ‘truth’ — you’re not
- The Beto O’Rourke-Pete Buttigieg clash and other key Texas moments in the fourth Democratic debate
- Biden to Trump: ‘Release Your Tax Returns or Shut Up’ About My Son
- In presidential debate, O’Rourke challenged Warren for being “punitive”
- Biden tongue tied, Warren slippery on taxes, O’Rourke left twisting on guns
- Klobuchar and Buttigieg Stand Out in an Otherwise Dull, Plodding Night
- Socialists stick together as Omar and Ocasio-Cortez endorse Sanders
- Democrat debate punctuated with atheist ad mocking burning in hell
- De Blasio hired his son for failed presidential campaign
- 2020 Is Getting Closer and No One Is Leaving America…Again
- Turkish-Born Celtics Player RIPS LeBron Over China Comments: ‘Freedom Is Not Free’
- MSNBC Anchor Chuck Todd Admits He’s Suppressing Clip of Trump Criticizing Hunter Biden
- ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ shows what’s gone wrong in America
- ALS Patient Chooses Suicide in Canada’s Single-Payer Paradise
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- Trump vetoes measure voiding border wall emergency declaration
- Gulf Cartel Executes Three Men Outside Reynosa Hospital
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- Time to reset recession clock until after the election
- Southwest Airlines doing away with senior discount
- Taos Air to Relaunch Flights to Austin, Dallas in December
- Peak Shale: How U.S. oil output went from explosive to sluggish
- Can U.S. shale companies learn to be disciplined about risk?
- Analyst forecasts energy industry consolidation
- Self-driving scooters are coming to city sidewalks
- Globe Life Park could have another new purpose. And this time it involves Six Flags
- Austin-area home sales, prices set September records
- 15 October was the Austin airport’s busiest day on record — like ever
- Could Houston Be The ‘Energy Capital’ Without Oil And Gas?
- Louis Vuitton Sets Up Shop in Small-Town Texas
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- Ex-Texas Prison Official Pleads Guilty to Evidence Tampering
- Yet another inmate (14th) mistakenly released from Bexar County Jail
- Feds Bust ‘Largest Dark Web Child Porn Marketplace’
- ‘Sheer accident’ shocks San Antonio firefighters, city officials
- Woman Uses Kool-Aid Packets to Try and Trick Self-Checkout
- Heavy fire damage to a house in Wichita Falls
- Wichita co. animal complaint leads to person admitted for medical evaluation
- Where is Mr. Mabel? Texas family searching desperately for 90-pound pet tortoise
- Breckenridge man sentenced in district court on child sex abuse conviction
- ‘It wasn’t my job to watch a screen all day’ – Abilene day care manager accused of not reporting sex crimes testifies in court
- Abilene police offering cash rewards for 7 wanted fugitives
- Abilene PD officer caught on camera stopping traffic to help elderly man get across the street VIDEO
- Crews battled grass fire in Coleman Co.
- Ex-Abilene pastor placed on administrative leave following arrest for child sex crime
- Man arrested in New Mexico after high-speed chase in vehicle stolen from Lubbock
- 1 flown to Lubbock after crash by Plainview Walmart Distribution Center Monday
- Lubbock Police Arrest Suicidal Woman After Armed Standoff
- Florida News Detectives Across US Grill Serial Killer, Close Cold Cases
- He had been homeless for decades. Then old friends saw his photo in a Texas newspaper.
- Homeowner fatally shot in Fort Bend County burglary near Cinco Ranch
- Suspects sought for fatally shooting Houston man trying to protect wife during robbery VIDEO
- Woman rescued from underneath SUV after being hit in southwest Houston
- Man suspected of burglarizing 3 Sugar Land churches is wanted by police
- Burglary suspect falls through ceiling trying to elude officers, Fort Worth police say
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- Texas Cities and Counties Scramble to Increase Property Taxes Before New Law Takes Effect
- Tumultuous Fort Worth Council Meeting After Police Shooting
- Wichita Falls Circle Trail section approved on third round
- Sewage rehab and other happenings at Wicthia Falls city council
- Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee looks to cut costs
- Bowie: Small business power rate cut; billing ordinance to be revamped to new process
- Bellevue ISD residents to vote on $4.5 million school bond
- Midland County commissioners approve $1.1 million for road surveying
- Midland: Public safety issues take center stage at mayoral forum
- City of Midland becoming more cyber secure through employee training
- Stephens Co. Memorial, Breckenridge Medical Clinic see improvements
- Lawsuit: Austin ISD failed to address bullying
- New Bexar reservation system ends cash exchanges at county parks in San Antonio area
- Texas AG: San Antonio can keep scooter proposals secret
- San Antonio’s reliance on coal still a big question as City Council heads toward vote on climate plan
- Editorial: No need to raise city campaign contribution limits in San Antonio
- Editorial: Did San Antonio benefit from making tourism agency ‘private’?
- More than 500 people avoided jail for misdemeanors under San Antonio’s new cite-and-release program
- Austin Mayor Proposes Camping Ban Within 15 Feet of a Business Entrance – that doesn’t fix the problem in any way!
- Montopolis Bridge in East Austin gets facelift before opening as hike and bike trail
- Residents along Guadalupe River angry over plan to drain lakes
- Forest Hill mayor gets to keep his seat unless he is found guilty, says city attorney
- Arlington term limits lawsuit lands back in court
- Round Rock ISD: One-third of Westwood High’s cheer team cut due to zero tolerance policy
- Georgetown Suing to Escape Disastrous Green Energy Deal
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- FBI reveals most violent colleges — and UH is near the top
- Many Texas colleges ban vaping but lack meaningful enforcement
- Tuesday’s bomb & attack threat to Dallas Baptist Univ. unfounded
- HSU Cowgirls Soccer Coach Marcus Wood gets 350th Career Win
- Telescope project scientist to speak at ACU
- TTU set to host 47th School of Banking in 2020
- TTU, Austin College set to sign agreement for graduate degree track
- Big 12 fines TTU’s Hocutt $25,000; Hance raises funds pay fine, Kirby Hocutt Should Have Gotten His Money’s Worth
- TTU Researcher Identifies Gene, Mechanism Behind Male-Sterile Soybean Lines
- Chemistry professor from Texas Tech given presidential mentoring award
- Four major San Antonio institutions bankroll new research program
- 11,000 college votes turned Tarrant County purple in 2018. Now campus voting may end.
- Judge Applies Minimal Scrutiny So Harvard Can Keep Discriminating
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