- If Speaker Laney’s $1.6 million of cashed campaign fund checks didn’t warrant investigation, surely Bonnen’s press-pass offer wasn’t worth pursuit.
- Bonnen’s quid pro quo, like most, was legal – “Texas’ bribery statute states that for there to be a crime there must be a monetary gain. Cost for a House press credential: $0.00. Not every organization that requests one gets one, but those that do don’t pay a dime.”
- Analysis: The best antidote for a political scandal? Sound a base note.
- The Back Mic: Bonnen’s Lists — Where All 82 Republicans Landed – worth a read through
- Rinadli Commentary: Texas’ Speaker Is Too Powerful
- With Bonnen gone, what’s the future of homosexual LGBTQ rights in the Texas House?
- Avoid California Election Policy, Expand Efforts to Expose Fraud
- Rep. Landgraf announces Odessa meeting for House Mass Violence Prevention Panel
- Abbott Ceremonially Signs Workforce Development Legislation
- Texas Supreme Court to Allow Drake Pardo to Return Home
- Texas AG, Gov. Abbott wade into dispute over whether 7-year-old is transgender
- AG Paxton: Children Must Be Protected from Unnecessary and Abusive Medical Treatments
- Top Texas Republicans order investigation into mother who supports child’s gender transition
- Forced Gender Transition Stopped, Dad Wins
- Could transgender kids’ care be next ‘bathroom bill’ for Texas Republicans?
- Enrollment reports begin UIL realignment process
- Survey: Texans lose $216-worth of personal possessions while drinking
- Texas is 3rd highest in auto-pedestrian fatalities in the nation, report says – get a horse or get a car, we don’t much like walkers
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- Federal Budget Deficit Nears $1 Trillion, Highest Level Since 2012
- Sens. Cruz, Cornyn and Reps. Crenshaw, Brady Urge FEMA To Approve New San Jacinto River Mouth Bar Dredging Plan
- Panelists said they are “proactive” in delisting endangered species
- Sen. Cruz to President Trump: Go Back to Steadily Increasing Pressure on the Iranian Regime and Tear up the Catastrophic Obama-Iran Nuclear Deal
- Rep. Ratcliffe: Obama Administration Used the DOJ to Go After Its Enemies
- Steve Scalise: 75% of Congress Barred from Impeachment Hearings
- Ocasio-Cortez Defends Schiff’s Secret Impeachment Chamber
- Judge Orders DOJ to Give Mueller Grand Jury Evidence to House Lawmakers
- Putting Al Green’s comments on impeachment in context
- WSJ op-ed idea: A failed impeachment attempt should mean the president is eligible for a third term
- Michael Flynn’s Lawyers Claim Lisa Page Altered FBI Interview Record to Frame Him
- Report: DOJ Review of Russia Probe Origins Is Now Criminal Investigation
- James Clapper on DOJ Criminal Probe: I Could Be ‘One of Those Under Investigation’
- GOP Seizes on Gabbard Ripping Dems’ Closed-Door Impeachment Probe: Bipartisan ‘Rebuke of Kangaroo Court’
- Iowa farmers blast Trump’s dealmaking after EPA biofuel plan – screw them, grow food not fuel – we’ve plenty of oil and don’t need corn in our tanks.
- Over $630 Million in Federal Bailouts Went to Texas Farmers
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- George Soros: Elizabeth Warren Is ‘Most Qualified to Be President’
- Warren’s bid to end Senate filibuster threatens to backfire on Democrats
- Polls: Support for Pete Kissing-Man Buttigieg Surging in Iowa
- Omar: It would take something ‘tragic’ for Democrats to pick Biden or Buttigieg for president – well some Dems voted her into Congress so tragedy is well possible
- Nolte: Never Trump’s Presidential Candidate Bill Weld Supports Joe Biden
- How close are O’Rourke and Castro to qualifying for the next debate?
- PBS and Politico to Host Sixth 2020 Democrat Debate in Los Angeles
- Tulsi Gabbard: I’m not running for reelection
- Trump Campaign Defends Jared and Ivanka after Joe Biden Attacks
- Herman: At least one Trump supporter finds reporters beautiful
- Cornel West: It’s time to ‘go to jail’ fighting ‘vanilla brother’ Trump in ‘the streets’
- Poll: Most Americans oppose reparations for slavery
- BEWARE! Racist pumpkins terrorize town! CNN guest compares Republicans to the Klan?? VIDEO
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- 13 illegal immigrants found hiding in a sleeper cabin VIDEO
- 17 illegal immigrants arrested near Presidio VIDEO
- Tally of Children Split at Border Tops 5,400 in New Count
- ACLU says 1,500 more migrant children were taken from parents than earlier reported – OK
- Mexican Judge Releases 27 Cartel Members Caught in Mexico City Raid
- Conditions deteriorating at makeshift camp on the Rio Grande where thousands await U.S. asylum
- Obama DACA loophole gives ‘paroled’ illegal immigrant Dreamers path to citizenship
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- Governor Abbott Announces Expansion Of Microsoft Regional Hub In Irving
- Mills: Oil industry giants organize to reduce emissions
- Oil rises after stock draw, pipe outage temper economic fears
- Baker Hughes rotary drilling rig count update
- Rig count plunges in largest drop in six months
- Shale Slump: Patterson-UTI pulls 36 rigs from service
- PBPA panels discuss legislation to affect oil and gas
- Houston firms sell Haynesville pipeline assets for $2.65 billion
- Huntsman turns small profit in tough petrochemicals market
- Enterprise to expand Appalachia-to-Texas ethane pipeline
- Phillips 66 profits fall by 50 percent
- Exxon Faces Two-Front War With Massachusetts Suit
- Venezuela’s Opposition Gets Reprieve in Battle to Keep Citgo
- Workers at Texas GM Plant Approve Deal, Strike Likely to End
- Austin airport adds nonstop route to Paris on Norwegian Air
- Pet Food Official Admits Selling Adulterated Ingredients
- Why Grounding The 737 Max Hits Southwest Airlines Particularly Hard
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- Snow hits parts of Texas on 24 October 2014 VIDEO
- Houston Police: Holdup Men Shoot Armored Car Guard Dead
- BCSO: Manager of raided Von Ormy strip club failed to report prostitution
- Austin woman charged with fraud coached by fellow jail inmate, police say
- Williamson Co. sheriff: New sketch shows unidentified man killed in 1988
- New witness in Reed’s case claims Fennell knew Stites was having affair
- Man accused of slashing woman after failed sexual encounter, Austin police say
- Police: Man with gun at Round Rock hospital apprehended
- Detective seizes more than $294,000 in Georgetown traffic stop
- US Marshals in Tennessee Arrest Man Wanted for Arlington, Texas Slaying
- Former FBI director, William Sessions, wife call off San Antonio divorce
- Odessan sentenced to 10 years in investment scheme
- Pecos police investigating double murder
- Texas Rangers investigating fatal police officer-involved shooting in Sweetwater
- Abilene man pleads guilty to January murder at sports bar
- Police searching for East Texas brothers who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from blind man Police searching for East Texas brothers who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from blind man
- Three families displaced in an East Lubbock apartment complex fire
- Woman dead after East Lubbock house fire Friday morning
- Lubbock man’s punishment for child pornography case will get 2nd look
- Man killed in Sweetwater officer-involved shooting identified
- Anti-Wimp: Armed neighbor confronts would-be burglar
- Man found shot to death outside home in southeast Houston
- Man arrested in deadly shooting of Crosby bar owner
- Teen dies after being ambushed by group of men while pumping gas in west Harris County VIDEO
- Galveston cruise line passenger apparently jumped from ship
- State, defense rest in Edinburg ‘road rage’ murder
- Housotn armored truck guard shot in face dies after ambush VIDEO
- Montgomery County deputy shoots self after hours-long standoff in Spring, authorities say VIDEO
- Police officer shoots, kills suspect in parking lot of El Paso Walmart
- Is man accused of killing Waco AT&T lineman insane? Judge will decide
- Four die in violent head-on crash on highway south of Huntsville
- Fort Worth woman caught yelling at teens in park arrested for impersonating officer VIDEO
- Man whose girlfriend was found hanging in Abilene indicted on more drug charges
- Accused of civil rights violations, former Progreso police officer appears in federal court
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- Another Bexar Co. inmate was incorrectly released from jail – 15th this year alone!
- One possible result of FAA probe: Chick-fil-A could open at San Antonio International
- ‘Chick-fil-A Alamodome’: New documents shed light on S.A. City Council’s controversial vote — and a never-before-seen proposal
- Editorial: Why is San Antonio still pushing bike lanes on lower Broadway?
- Opinion: What do those unpaid constables do?
- Travis County sees no problems from new machines
- Wichita County litigators not satisfied with proposed settlement in opioid lawsuit – yeah, they want big cash in their pockets
- Fort Stockton police officer recognized for act of bravery
- Plainview City Council enacts Animal Control Task Force
- Deal made to get death certificates in 172 Lubbock cases, NAAG says
- NAAG Labs: Deal cut with Lubbock Co. over backlog
- Lubbock County sheriff’s deputy recognized for saving man’s life
- Lubbock City Council to hold planning meeting to discuss priorities – they’ll plan to take more of our money to do things of questionable value.
- Construction Company Sides Against Keller ISD Taxpayers
- The Woodlands Township Votes Against Conroe ISD Taxpayers
- Weslaco bribery trial delayed until 2020
- Investigations Surround City of La Joya
- New La Joya ISD school board president embraces transparency, will make board meeting records available upon request
- Recall effort targets Austin City Council members with terms until 2023
- Woman suing to stop Austin police, city from sharing her mugshot
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- Texas Tech School of Law ranked as best value law school in Texas
- Texas Tech Wins Suit Over Student Cheating Investigation
- UT Regents launch search for next Medical Branch president
- Texas State to host exploited labor conference
- A&M professor named Physicist of the Year
- A&M leading project to test autonomous vehicles on rural roads
- A&M gets OK to use genetically-engineered cottonseed as food source
- Texas Southern Univ. professor holds baby during lecture so mom can take notes VIDEO
- TCU looks to cut benefits for future employees
- Baylor branding black color ban is excessive
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- USAF Thunderbirds touch down ahead of air show at Sheppard AFB
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