- Rep. Poncho Nevárez Maintains Chairmanship Despite Calls for His Removal After Cocaine Incident
- With Bonnen sidelined, House Republicans spearhead new PAC to protect majority – run by the most liberal “Republicans” in the House. This isn’t about worry on Democrats as much as it is buying the influence they need amongst members to re-take fully power in the House. Conservatives need to counter with a better funded PAC.
- Analysis: The Texas House is looking for new leadership — and maybe a change in direction
- Round Up: Lawmakers on the Lone Star Agenda
- Transgender Texans Deserve a Seat at the Table – what table? You vote like anyone else.
- Editorial: Patrick leading budget board down questionable path – B.S.
- Despite rampant rumors, Texas House Administration Chairman Geren says no offices at the Texas Capitol were raided by law enforcement today
- Rep. Lucio III says he will figure out who started rumors of FBI raids at Texas Capitol, file suit for libel
- State law on whether a felon can run for office is open to interpretation – this needs fixing once and for all. Shame on the House for not getting it done.
- Truths about Mass Shooters That Gun-Control Advocates Ignore
- Rodney Reed’s execution was set for Wednesday. A Texas court stopped it last week.
- TEA Proceeds with Takeover of Houston Independent School District
- Union, Residents Fight off State Plan to Replace Houston ISD School Board
- Houston ISD has failed its students for too long, and the law calls for a state takeover
- Texas Healthcare: Costs Continue to Increase as Texans Seek Better Options
- Texas among states hit hardest by flu
- Alamo Cenotaph to Be Moved as First Phase of Alamo Redesign Gets Underway
- How to Win Texas in 2020
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Empower Texans: Announcing the First Round of Congressional Endorsements
- TX13: Former Potter County JP Richard Herman Joins GOP Race
- TX13: Jamie Culley declares candidacy in GOP primary
- For Democratic Senate Candidates, Beto O’Rourke Is A Tough Act To Follow – that shows they are the political equivalent of non-entities then.
- Trump arrives in Austin for afternoon visit
- Leading business group in Texas applauds Pres. Trump’s Austin visit
- President Trump Visits Apple Facility in Austin as Impeachment Hearings Continue in DC
- Sen. Cruz: ‘The People of America Stand With Hong Kong’ VIDEO
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Gordon Sondland Testifies Trump Never Personally Told Him About Preconditions for Anything Gordon Sondland Testifies Trump Never Personally Told Him About Preconditions for Anything
- Pence chief of staff fires back at Sondland: That conversation never happened; Update: “Trifecta of unreliability”?
- Witness rejects Trump ‘conspiracy theories’
- US envoy says followed Trump orders in Ukraine ‘quid pro quo’
- GOP Holds Firm in Wake of Sondland Testimony: ‘Democrats’ Smear Campaign Is Falling Apart’ VIDEO
- White House Denies Mike Pence-Gordon Sondland Conversation Occurred
- Rep. Devin Nunes Skewers the Manufactured Democrat-Media Impeachment Narrative
- WaPo Busts Adam Schiff Again, Gives Him ‘3 Pinocchios’ for Lying
- Journo’s incorrect tweet about what Ken Starr said: 7,000 retweets and counting. The ‘clarification’: 400 retweets
- Yesterday’s Testimonies Killed the Trump-Ukraine “Cover-Up” Conspiracy Theory
- Republicans to Subpoena Whistleblower, Hunter Biden, Alexandra Chalupa
- U.S. ambassador on Rick Perry, Rudy Giuliani and Ukraine: “We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani”
- Castro drops twin joke in impeachment hearing: ‘I hope your brother is nicer to you than mine is to me’
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Anti-Freedom Michael Bloomberg files paperwork to get on the Texas primary ballot
- Warren’s Wealth Tax Is Unethical
- Study: Medicare for All Would Make Two-Thirds of Households Financially Worse Off
- Julián Castro soldiers on, stumping in Atlanta despite being shut out of next Democratic debate
- Democrats who didn’t qualify for next debate becoming irrelevant
- ‘Everyone’s going to come for Pete’: Buttigieg faces debate spotlight
- Buttigieg looks to prove his staying power in Atlanta debate
- Ocasio-Cortez: Joe Biden’s ‘Reagan-era talking points’ on marijuana risky, means ‘mass incarceration’
- Will Someone Ask Joe Biden about Obama’s ‘Concentration Camps’ at the Border?
- Joe Biden Forgot to Collapse
- Nancy Pelosi Is Already Attacking the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election
- Undercover Pro-Life Activists Are Punished for Exposing Planned Parenthood
- Nordlinger: An N-Word: ‘Nazi’
- Screenwriter Paul Schrader Compares Trump Supporters to ‘Crowds that Lined the Streets in Nuremberg’ – beyond nasty, it’s extremely ignorant
- NFL: Serve us or serve Leftist radicals, you cannot do both
- ESPN’s Stephen Smith Goes Off on the Mob Calling Him a Traitor After He Slammed Kaepernick
- Planned Parenthood: Not only is abortion ‘important’ and ‘health care,’ but it’s also ‘moral’
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- Border / immigration
- Federal judge issues partial block of Trump administration’s third-country asylum rule
- RAICES leading $2.1 million push to bail out 200 migrants
- Border Wall Fundraiser to Seek US Approval on Texas Project
- RPG Launcher Discovered at Scene of Sinaloa Cartel Hitjob in Mexican Border City
- Cartel Dumps 11 Trash Bags with Human Body Parts in Nuevo Leon
- Two Men Shot in Matamoros Cartel Kidnapping
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- Business
- Ahead of Trump’s visit, Apple announces groundbreaking on new North Austin facility
- Southwest Has to Ground 50 More Planes
- Safety Board Favors Redesign of Engine Part on Boeing 737s
- American Hat, NCTC partner, receive $98,174 job skills grant
- Texas-based company gives employees full-pay parental leave, $5K ‘baby bonus’ – great but the moment margins shrink a business cannot do this.
- Toyota wants to build a clean, fuel cell power plant, but California isn’t sure it’s pure enough
- Blue Origin wins protest against Air Force
- Home sales soared in San Antonio in October
- Facebook showcases emergency response tools in Austin
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Ex-Houston Officers Face Federal Charges in Deadly No-Knock Drug Raid
- FBI arrest 2 police officers, 911 caller linked to deadly Harding Street drug raid
- Brownfield: Grievance filed against public defender alleging disturbing behavior
- A mother went missing nearly 5 years ago and was never heard from again. Where is Danielle Sleeper?
- Escaping Impeachment, Trump to Showcase Apple Plant in Texas
- More Time Granted for Texas Baby Before Life Support Halted, Hearing for Tinslee Lewis’ Life Support Case Extended to December
- Cook Children’s Hospital Sues to Have Judge Recused in Tinslee Lewis case – hardly a hospital you want to trust to save the lives of children.
- Anti-Wimp: Robber points gun at Uber Eats driver who pulled his own firearm
- Clay Co. suspect charged in stabbing homicide
- Burkburnett city leaders working to revitalize downtown VIDEO
- WFPD: Man arrested for putting vapor rub in his pants – hmmm
- Counselor: Girl said tears were her only way to cope with sexual abuse
- Big Spring Police investigate high school bomb threat
- One injured in Big Spring shooting, police investigating
- Suspects in a string of car break-ins at ASU arrested
- Grass fire burns vacant ‘ranch house,’ 150-plus acres south of Merkel
- Suspect tied to Lubbock EZ Mart robbery arrested in Nolan County
- Lubbock police arrest second suspect in drive-by shooting
- Robber shot to death with own gun by homeowner in Westbury
- Taco trip turns violent after gunman opens fire, injuring man in southeast Houston
- Police: Camera found in El Campo ISD elementary school bathroom, contract worker arrested
- Fayette County Man Sentenced to Six Years for Cattle Theft
- San Antonio PD arrests suspect in double stabbing at North Star Mall
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- Local government
- Union, Residents Fight off State Plan to Replace Houston ISD School Board
- TEA Proceeds with Takeover of Houston Independent School District
- Houston ISD has failed its students for too long, and the law calls for a state takeover
- Dolcefino – Inspector General investigating Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner
- Bowie ISD: Wind farm opponents offer other side of equation
- Wichita Falls moves forward with public money for hotel development plan
- Midland ISD bond-recount plan finalized
- Midland City Council looks to rebuild animal shelter VIDEO
- Big Spring residents raise money for animal shelter renovations VIDEO
- Hazy Odessa water violates TCEQ standards
- Cities of Haskell, Stamford health merger may be model, more
- Development Corp. of Abilene celebrates 30th anniversary
- Abilene ISD asks for community’s trust following school threats
- San Angelo ISD responds to viral bullying video VIDEO
- Stephens County adopts Second Amendment Resolution
- One-on-one with new Lubbock chief of police VIDEO
- Lubbock breaks ground on police substation
- Lubbock council approves construction contract for three police substations
- Boon to Scooter Companies as Austin Moves to Close Rainey Street to Cars
- Austin ISD Trustee Proposes $30m Property Deal Immediately After Voting to Close Schools
- Austin Creating $8M Homeless Hotel
- La Vernia superintendent, facing allegations of touching a student, will resign
- Victoria sheriff seeks answers on Harvey recovery work
- Dallas schools and government are coming together to build the police force we need
- An Invasive Duck, Beloved By Some, Is Dividing Pearland Residents
- Universal City Council rejects migrant shelter after residents pack meeting
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- Colleges & universities
- Protecting Free Speech on Campus
- MSU Texas one of best schools for social mobility
- MSU: Sharing Study Abroad
- UTPB hand-off gains national attention
- Texas Tech Residence Halls Association To Host 61st Annual Carol Of Lights
- Texas Tech Dept. of English helps students de-stress with licensed therapy dogs
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