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• Texas Senate Drops 20th Week Abortion Ban
• Perry Vetoes Testing Bill, Approves Drug Screening
• Texas Legislature Battles Out Redistricting
• Early 2014 Election Ballot All Red, No Blue
• Tea Party Leader Backtracks on Comments about Black Voters
• After Six Years in Prison, Texas’ Highest Criminal Court Acquitted East Texas Women
• Governor Perry Vetoes 'Buy American' Bill that was Supported by 96% of Texas Legislature
• Texas Minority Rights Groups have Sued the State Over What They Claim are Discriminatory Maps
• Major Bills Pile Up on Governor Perry's Desk for Last Day of Texas Legislature
• Republican Critics Scoff at Ted Cruz for Holding the Same Immigration Stance as Bush
• Governor to Sign Into Action a Bill that Provides Crisis Training for Texas K-12 Educators with CHLs
• Former Rep. Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) Named President of Wall Street's Top Lobbying Association
• Despite Her Drunk Driving Case, State Rep. Naomi Gonzalez Seeks Third Term
• Abbott Tells Tea Party Groups that have been Targeted by the IRS to Contact His Office
• Oldest Texas House Member, Ralph Hall, 90, to Run Again
• House Bill 972 to Allow Students, Faculty and Staff to Carry Concealed Handguns in College Classrooms
• Ted Cruz Testing the Waters for a 2016 Presidential Bid at Koch Brothers Strategy Session
• Texas Attorney General: Same-Sex Marriage Benefits Unconstitutional
• Senate Plan Gives Rainy Day Fund Boost to Schools
• Texas House Panel Advances Medicaid Expansion Proposal
• Despite Perry's Opposition, Texas House Panel Considers Medicaid Expansion
• Texas Sen. John Cornyn Amassed a $4.2 Million War Chest as He Gears Up for a Reelection Bid
• Ted Cruz Considers Filibuster Regarding Gun-Control Legislation
• Texas Rep. Steve Stockman Says “Thatcher Would Want Us to Crush Liberalism”
• Texas House Approves $193.8 Billion Budget
• Suspicion in Texas District Attorney Death Shifts to White Supremacists
• Video: Jay Leno's Take on Rick Perry’s Opposition to Gay Marriage
• Senate Passes Bill that Provides More Accountability to Prosecutors and Eliminates Wrongful Convictions
• Proposed Bill Would Let Churches Escape Civil Liability for Injury to a Child
• New State Senate Bill that Seeks to Ban Abortions in Texas Gains Attention
• Texas Republican Leaders Weigh in on GOP Rebranding
• GOP State Senator Eltife Goes Against Tea Party Regarding Debt and Taxes
• Beyoncé Music Removed from George P. Bush Campaign Video
• Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Meet Today to Discuss Eliminating Jail Time for Marijuana Possession
• Gingrich Defends Ted Cruz and Rand Paul's Filibuster, Saying McCain's Criticism was 'Sad'
• Texas School Removes Gay Couple’s Yearbook Photo, Claims "Too Intimate"
• Will Rick Perry Be Governor for Life? Poll Shows Perry's Chance to Win 2014 Race
• Jeb Bush Says 'Go Big or Go Home' Regarding Texas Education Reform
• Lawmaker Proposes a Tax-free Holiday for Guns and Ammo in Texas
• Texas House Approves Bill to Pay Off Multibillion-Dollar Medicaid IOU
• Dewhurst, Straus to Renew Higher Ed Oversight Committee
• Conservative Texas Voices Speak Out in Favor of Immigration Reform
• Gov. Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbot Share Same Political Consultant
• Proposed Bills Would Let Texas Liquor Stores Open on Sundays
• OPED: Make Texas a Safer State
• Poll Shows Most Texans Don't Want Perry to Run for Reelection
• Bill to Allow Concealed Handguns on College Campuses Returns to Legislature
• Texas Democrats Take Large Steps to Turn Texas Blue
• New Bill Aims to Legalize Poker in Texas
• Legislators File Bills That Could Change How Texans Use Social Media

• Salinas v. Texas: Supreme Court Rules that Pre-Miranda Silence is Not Protected by the Constitution
• Special Session Brings Debate to Texas Senate on Anti-Abortion Bills
• Unless Lehmburg Resigns, Perry Will Veto Integrity Funds
• Texas Comes in Dead Last When it Comes to Voter Turnout by States/Districts
• Texas Democrats 'Disgusted' at Tea Party Leader that Discourages Blacks from Voting
• Steve Stockman: 'The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is Granted by God'
• Perry to Sign Unprecedented Bill that Would Lead the Nation in Strongest E-mail Privacy Legislation
• Governor Perry Hails Water Bill, is Evasive on His Future
• Dewhurst Started 83rd Legislature with a List of Must-Do Items, But has Left Many Wishes Unfulfilled
• Time is Running Out for Texas Lawmakers to Make Key Education Decisions
• David Dewhurst Presses Senate to Vote Out Several Anti-Abortion Bills
• Texas GOP Legislators are Fighting Bills They Say Create a 'Nanny State'
• House Turns Down Statewide Term Limits, Saying Perry has “Done a Lot of Great Things for this State”
• Houston GOP Donor Releases Song Titled "God Fearing Texans Stop Obamacare"
• A Blowup Between the House and Senate's Chief Budget Negotiators has Prompted a "Cooling Off Period"
• "My Focus is Entirely on the U.S. Senate. That's Where the Battlefield Is," Said Cruz After Denying Rumors of 2016 Presidential Bid
• Texas Lawmakers Vote to Use Local Property Taxes to Build State Toll Roads
• Governor Warns State Legislature About a Special Session During Summer
• The Texas Lottery Commission Won't Be Abolished After All
• Texas on Verge of Changing Crime of Prostitution from a Felony to Misdemeanor
• Bob Perry, Texas GOP Mega Donor, Dead at Age 80
• Texas Senate OKs Drug Testing for Welfare Applicants
• Texas May Add Legal Protection for Gay Teens
• Texas Bills Call for Drug Testing to Get State Aid
• Video: Why Texas Should Accept a New Health Care Plan
• Perry: "Seems to Me April Fool's Day is the Perfect Day to Discuss Something as Foolish as Medicaid Expansion"
• “Over Our Dead Bodies Are We Going to Let this State Turn Blue,” said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst
• There Might be More than Money that Brings Power to the Texas Legislature
• The Case Against Confirming Kitzman
• Senate Approves Term Limits for Statewide Officeholders in Texas
• Is the Houston-Area Tea Party a Front for the American Fascist Party?
• Sen. John McCain Calls Ted Cruz a Republican 'Wacko Bird', Cruz Embraces the Name
• George Prescott Bush is Officially Running for Texas Land Commissioner Next Year
• Texas Lawmaker Proposes Specialty Court for Human Trafficking Victims
• Texas Proposes One of Nation’s 'Most Sweeping' Mobile Privacy Laws
• Bill Would Restrict Death Penalty in Texas for Intellectually Disabled
• Proposed Bill Would Increase Punishment for Fatal Hit-and-Runs in Texas
• Former House Speaker Tom Craddick Proposes Statewide Bill to Ban Texting While Driving
• State Senators Focus on a Tighter Use of Tax Payers Funds
• Senator Cruz: 'I Don’t Believe President Obama Wants an Immigration Bill to Pass'
• Some Texas Legislators Seek to Repeal State Gay Marriage Ban
• Dallas County Officials to Urge Texas Lawmakers to Expand Medicaid
• Elected Officials Still Cross Boundaries with Lobbying, Critics Say
• Aycock Proposes New Testing, Graduation Requirements for Texas Students
• Governor Perry Promises a $1.8 Billion Tax Relief Package to Texans
• Proposed Bill Would Allow Same-Sex Parents on Birth Certificates in Texas
• Joaquin Castro Chooses Experienced Lawmakers for Congressional Staff
• Lawmakers Renew Efforts to Bring Medical Marijuana to Texas
• Julian Castro Announces He Will Not Run for Governor in 2014
• Lawmakers at the Texas Legislature Grow 'Tired' of Perry's Use of Government Programs

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