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25 min ago | KHOU-TV Houston

House sidesteps deadline, delays major budget vote

Friction over a Texas budget deal revealed signs of distrust and frustration Tuesday night when the House blew off a midnight deadline and again postponed a major vote on a new state water plan that is crucial to a spending compromise.

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Related Topix: Texas, US News, Rick Perry, US Governors

4 hrs ago | The Jackson Sun

Rubio vs. Cruz: Hispanic conservatives battle for GOP's soul

I know what the rest of conservatives feel like by all of the attacks on my stand for this country.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Tea Party, Texas, Illegal Immigration

8 hrs ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Texas search team, Xcel crews to help after Okla. twister

Members of an elite search-and-rescue team from Texas along with Xcel Energy crews have been dispatched to Oklahoma to help with recovery following a deadly tornado.

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Related Topix: Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors, Amarillo, TX, Weather

8 hrs ago | Burnt Orange Report

Texas Legislature In Home Stretch

Earlier in the day during the local and consent calendar, Representative Ruth Jones McClendon killed several bills, one later on the general calendar, that were authored by Senator Huffman.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Texas, Criminal Defense Law, Travis County, TX, US News, Liberal Political News

Tue May 21, 2013

The Beaumont Enterprise

Texas Legislature puts "Merry Christmas" back in public schools

"We can't even bring red and/or green paper goods at our school for our kids' 'Holiday Parties'. Enough is enough!" "Teachers have enough on their plate to worry about [whether] the school district's going to be sued or if they can call a Christmas tree a Christmas tree." So says Republican State Representative Dwyane Bohac of Houston.

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Related Topix: Texas, Family, Kids, Education Etc., Rick Perry, US Governors

CBS Local

Severe Weather Moves Across North Texas

Storms continue to develop across parts of North Texas this evening. Several areas west of the Metroplex reported heavy rains, hail and high winds at times prompting storm warnings.

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Related Topix: Weather, Texas, Headphones, Haslet, TX, Tornado, Natural Disasters

Off the Kuff

Better late than never, I guess

A resolution endorsing the expansion of Medicaid was approved by Texas Medical Association delegates Saturday at the group's annual meeting in San Antonio.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors

The Beaumont Enterprise

'Anti-American' complaints kill Texas lesson plans

'Anti-American' complaints kill Texas lesson plans Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

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KHOU-TV Houston

Texas Task Force 1 dispatched to Oklahoma to help after twister

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Members of an elite search and rescue team from Texas have been dispatched to Oklahoma to help with recovery following a deadly tornado.

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Related Topix: Texas, College Station, TX, Rick Perry, US Governors

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Texas Medicaid Debate Complicated By Politics And Poverty

When the sun rises over the Rio Grande Valley, the cries of the urracas - black birds - perched on the tops of palm trees swell to a noisy, unavoidable cacophony.

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Related Topix: Texas, Medicaid, Health, Rick Perry, US Governors, US News, Health Insurance

Mon May 20, 2013

KTEN-TV Denison

Bill bars future governors from Medicaid expansion

The House has approved requiring any decision by a future Texas governor to expand Medicaid first be approved by the Legislature.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors

The Beaumont Enterprise

Texas Democrats achieve victory in state education funding

It was a huge victory for Democrats in the Texas Legislature where Republicans are the majority.

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Eater

Beer Here!: Beer Bills Get Long-Awaited 'Cheers' From Legislature

A package - or perhaps we should say a proper pint - of beer legislation has officially passed the Texas House , and will go on to Governor Rick Perry for approval.

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Dallas Observer

Texas Lawmakers Vote to Lift Restrictions on Craft Breweries

On Friday afternoon, at 4:07 p.m., a round of applause and cheers wafted down from the balcony seats in House of Representatives as a five-pack of craft beer bills were passed with five thick slams of the gavel.

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KOSA

Texas Senate OKs `Merry Christmas' Bill 5/18/13

It's Christmas in May in the Texas Legislature. The Texas Senate on Friday approved a bipartisan bill that aims to remove legal risks of saying "Merry Christmas" in Texas public schools.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Texas

El Paso Times

Reps cross party lines, push Texas priorities

They are both Texans. They entered the State Legislature together in 1991. And each now serves in the United States Congress.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas, Senator Ted Cruz, John Cornyn

North Texas e-News

'Click It or Ticket' campaign will take place May 20-June 2

This year's Texas Department of Public Safety Click It or Ticket campaign is scheduled for May 20-June 2, which includes Memorial Day Weekend, said Bev Kellner, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist - passenger safety, College Station.

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Related Topix: Texas, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, College Station, TX

Sun May 19, 2013

Grits for Breakfast

Drug policy, politics and civil liberties

A couple of recent drug war items deserve Grits readers' attention. At Texas Monthly, Bill Martin bring us up to speed on the disappointing lack of progress at the Texas Legislature by bills to address low-level drug sentencing that the House leadership refused to release for a floor vote, see " The Policy and Politics of Drug Sentencing ." This is ... (more)

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KRGV

Texas bill would drastically revamp water agency

New revisions to a major water bill calls for ousting the six-member Texas Water Development Board and the agency's top official before the state embarks on a new $2 billion water fund.

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WZVN-TV Fort Myers

Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial

The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness." "Sustained," proclaimed the judge, who wore a striped polo shirt, a thick goatee and a shock of greasy hair.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Psychology, Science, Texas