- Higher ed board paves way for Texas Tech veterinary school
- Abbott Appoints Eight To Texas Workforce Investment Council
- Texas Ag. Commissioner Miller on USMCA trade agreement
- Little-Known Surveillance Centers Keep Close Eye On Texans
- Texas UIL releases revised cutoff numbers
- HB496 requires bleeding control kits on all public school campuses
- New Judge to Decide on Removing Life Support for Texas Baby
- Dallas County judge removed from 7-year-old transgender child custody case after Facebook post – but the post was affirming independence!
- Secretary of State Hughs Convenes Statewide Agency Roundtable Discussion On 2020 Census
- Dennis Bonnen creates House Select Committee on Statewide Health Care costs, taps Greg Bonnen to lead it
- Health report: Texas ranks 34th in the nation
- Uninsured rate for Texas’ youngest children jumps, report says
- TWIA rate increase deferred for now
- Report Indicates A Decline In Racial Disparity Among Incarcerated
- Texas prison officials violated a judge’s order to provide inmates with air conditioning. Now prisoners’ lawyers get to investigate.
- The Texas Senate will be a quiet zone in a noisy, important election year
- A potentially significant shift, Texas House on track to see widespread Democratic primaries instead of so many Republican contests
- Texas Democratic Party Chairman Hinojosa finds Ramsey English Cantu ineligible to run for House seat being vacated by Nevarez
- HD74: Ruben Falcon announces bid for Texas House District 74
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- O’Rourke isn’t running in 2020, but his staffers jumped into U.S. Senate race
- Leftists: It’s time to tune into the Dem race to replace John Cornyn
- TX13: Tax-raising county commissioner Lee Harvey announced run
- TX13: Ronny Jackson Filing Shakes Up Race for Texas’ 13th Congressional District
- TX19: Abilene attorney Tom Watson running against Jodey Arrington as a Democrat in 2020 primary
- TX22: Bush Dynasty Heir and Trump Critic Announces Congressional Campaign
- Rep. Chip Roy: Let House vote on clean USMCA bill
- Interior Dept. official, Douglas Domenech, broke ethics rules, government watchdog concludes
- Sens. Cruz, Cotton Introduce Bill Imposing Sanctions on Drug Cartels
- Rep. Doggett pushes for more teeth in landmark drug-pricing bill
- World trade without rules? US shuts down WTO appeals court
- NY Times story on Trump’s executive order set off a major freak-out about fascism, but the story was wrong
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Five Indications the Trump Impeachment Is Political Grandstanding
- Quinnipiac: Opposition to impeachment and removal reaches 51%, highest number since September
- The Schiff Memo Was a Disgrace
- GOP Uses Hilarious Visual Aids To Bust Adam Schiff for His Absence at Judiciary Hearing
- Lindsey Graham Opens Hearing on Horowitz Report by Questioning Finding of No Bias
- CNN Ignores the Senate Horowitz Hearing Because They Know It Makes Them Look Like Cretins
- Impeachment divides Texans in Congress
- Pro-impeachment GOP group targets McCaul, Thornberry with billboards demanding candor from Trump
- Key swing-district Dem who led the charge on impeachment: I’m undecided
- Pelosi: Impeachment Has Been Going on ‘Two and a Half Years, Actually’
- Three Texas Democrats remain noncommittal on Trump impeachment: Reps. Cuellar, Allred and Fletcher
- A.G. Barr: FBI Falsified Documents to Continue Spying on Trump & Co. After Election
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Under pressure, Buttigieg releases names of former McKinsey clients
- Julián Castro challenges Iowa’s place in the nominating process – can’t win? Blame the process – he’s a lifelong “victim” politician.
- Biden Narrowly Leads Democratic Field in Iowa Poll
- Election Poll Gives Buttigieg & Biden Twin Leads in NH
- Michelle Obama waits in the wings
- Andrew Yang Qualifies for December Democratic Debate
- Hasn’t Andrew Yang Earned a Little More Respect By Now?
- Piper: If you value human life, you must vote for Donald Trump
- What’s Got Trump Doing Better in the Swing States?
- NBC’s Katy Tur Caught On Camera at Trump Rally: ‘One of the Biggest Rallies I’ve Ever Seen’
- Democrats seize on LOST-like ‘Blue New Deal’ to control oceans
- Progressive group building $45 million voter-turnout effort in 16 states
- When will majorities of minorities be “woke” to the Democrat hoax
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- Border / immigration
- El Paso Federal judge blocks Trump plan to spend $3.6 billion in military funds on border barrier – B.S.
- Clinton judge blocks Trump’s border wall again!
- Gulf Cartel Becoming More Violent in Texas
- Gulf Cartel Gunmen Burn Rivals Alive in Mexico near Texas Border
- US Seeks Dismissal of New Mexico’s Immigration Lawsuit
- Ex-Mexico Security Chief Long Haunted by Corruption Claims
- Mexican Officials Continue Push To Move Migrants From Encampment
- Fewer Kids Report Sex Abuse in US Juvenile Detention Centers
- ICE Arrested Fewer in 2019 as Resources Shifted to Border
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- Business
- Comptroller Hegar Distributes $821 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments, 7.8% more than last year | Top 20 Cities Sales and Use Tax Comparison Summary, All cities
- Charles Schwab’s Move From California to Texas Latest Sign of State’s Strong Economy
- Southwest Brings Back Fares From $39 During Four-Day Nationwide Sale
- Last-minute holiday flights could cost more as Boeing 737 Max remains grounded
- Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz to Retire After 38 Years
- San Antonio landlord evicts hundreds of tenants a year while raking in government subsidies
- Doyon, Hilcorp Sign Joint Alaska Oil, Gas Exploration Deal
- Chevron Will Write Down Assets by at Least $10 Billion
- Austin software maker LeanDNA lands $15M to continue growth
- Luxury hotel set for spring debut at Austin’s storied Commodore Perry Estate
- America’s Dairy Farmers Are Hurting. A Giant Merger Could Make Things Worse.
- Sewell Toyota now Toyota of Wichita Falls
- Texas rancher develops app to track cattle herd
- Report: Walmart testing out driverless delivery service in Texas
- New Shepard completes another test flight in Texas VIDEO
- Reagor Dykes plan no longer releases Rick Dykes as was previously proposed
- U.S. government objects to letting Reagor Dykes continue in bankruptcy
- Austin Software Company Plans to Hire As Many as 300 in Costa Rica
- With New Trade Deal Ratified, Texas Businesses Should Experience Less Uncertainty With Mexico
- Elite National Corporate Firms Dominate Big Dollar M&A in Texas
- Astros probe widens to almost 60 witnesses, 76,000 emails
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Nassau Bay Police Sgt. Kaila Sullivan murdered by man fleeing traffic stop
- Things to know about the killing of Nassau Bay PD Sgt. Kaila Sullivan
- San Antonio PD officer suspended for mishandling domestic incident involving coworker
- 22-year old Texas Man Accused of Killing Grandmother, Great-Grandmother in Spring
- Ector Co. woman sentenced in mother’s death
- Texas inmate faces execution for killing a supervisor at an Amarillo state prison shoe factory nearly 17 years ago.
- Brownsville ISD Board VP Arrested on Federal Bribery Charges
- Police search for men who forced man to withdraw $10,000 from bank teller at gunpoint
- Prosecutors urge jury to convict boyfriend in death of Trinity University student
- Toy animal theft lands man in jail
- Multiple Odessa businesses receive threatening phone calls
- Porch pirate hits south Abilene home minutes after UPS delivery
- Houston-area porch pirates are prowling this holiday season
- Athens police release crash report from fatal school bus, train crash VIDEO
- Man Points Gun at Guard After Being Told to Stop Urinating
- Lubbock Police Pursue Suspect Throwing Packages Out of Car Window
- 2 indicted in central Lubbock drive-by shooting that injured boy
- 18-year-old rescued from suspected human trafficker, officials say
- Taxpayers are still paying the fine for Dallas County Schools, the biggest corruption scandal in Texas history
- Temple Police name officer who shot and killed a man
- One Injured in Home Invasion Robbery in Old East Dallas: Police
- 2 Dead, 3 Injured in DeSoto Shooting Sunday
- 6 teens arrested after fatal San Marcos shooting
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- Local government
- City of Odessa, Ector County tussle over taxes – all are money grubbers
- Ector Co. ISD board outlines priorities
- Midland Council approves $25.3 million in CO debt
- Midland City Council passes development plan for downtown hotel at total project cost of $65M, Local hotel developers express displeasure with incentives
- Midland awards contract for new animal shelter
- Houston PD Chief Art Acevedo urges officers to wear more armor amid questions over slain sergeant’s vest
- Houston Police Cautioned to Add Armor After Sergeant’s Death
- San Antonio seeks to avoid future ‘monstrosity’ developments in San Antonio’s quaint neighborhoods – yes but such rules lead to much higher housing costs.
- SAWS and city agree on new aquifer protection plan
- San Antonio’s newest parks full of amenities like dog parks, skate parks, water parks and more
- Dallas will pay $610,000 to settle police shooting of unarmed man
- Corpus Christi leaders vote in favor on North Beach canal project VIDEO
- Brownsville ISD Board VP Arrested on Federal Bribery Charges
- Austin unveils plan for new bridge over Lady Bird Lake at Longhorn Dam
- Austin council steps away from second homeless motel— for now
- 10 Examples of What the Revised Land Code Would Mean for Austin Neighborhoods
- Austin ISD board instructs administrators to learn from their school closure mistakes
- Wichita Falls ISD’s Parents as Teachers program honored
- WFISD long-range facility plan preliminary numbers released VIDEO
- Lake Wichita group shifts focus to veterans plaza
- Big Spring tables motion to make it a sanctuary city for the unborn
- Packed Big Spring council meeting leaves some out in the cold
- Stephens County Sheriff removes his name from ballot
- City of Tye conducting ‘internal audit’ after complaints about soaring water bills
- Colorado City shelter empty, all dogs avoid being put down
- Taylor Co. commissioners vote to accept bids for demolition of old Taylor County Jail
- National Parks Service will aid Bastrop County develop new parks master plan
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- Colleges & universities
- Higher ed board paves way for Texas Tech veterinary school, more
- TTU: Jean Evans selected as new Innovation Hub associate managing director
- Tech records first program win over No. 1 team, defeats Louisville 70-57
- Harte Research Institute director announces retirement after 12 years
- ‘Clear bag’ policy extends to most MSU Texas events – more too-common stupidity adopted by little MSU – gotta be like the big (and stupid) guys!
- Therapy dogs helping relieve stress at MSU Texas – poor babies have so much stress going to school!
- Sul Ross hosts awards presentations
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- Military
- No shots fired or injuries reported after incident at NAS-Corpus Christi, officials say no connection to shootings at naval air stations in HI, FL
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