Push Junction – Texas Headlines and Press Releases

23 Mar 2012

• Apple's corporate welfare from Austin: $8.6M
• Harlingen school district wants iPads
• Simmons: 'Obama is the most dangerous American alive'
• Roll the dice: Sadler backs Planned Parenthood, gay marriage, Obama
• Democrat: Texans don't get Obama because they're racist
• Were abortion politics behind the firing of a former Dallas journalist?
• Kay Bailey Hutchison breaks with Texas Republicans over Planned Parenthood
• Perry gets OK to start a super PAC
• Santorum Talks Health Care, Energy During USAA Stop
• Romney drops Fort Worth fundraiser plan
• Naked home-invasion suspect shot by deputy
• Blue Cross drops protest over loss of state contract
• Texas Billionaire Doles Out Election's Biggest Checks
• Austin leads nation in job creation since 2004, data show
• Executives Leave Komen After Controversy

22 Mar 2012

• Fallout over Planned Parenthood continues at Komen
• Firebomber had no political ties
• ...says he’s gaining yardage
• Combs warns about over extending debt
• James to Combs: Let's work together for Santorum
• James, on Leppert: 'He's from somewhere else ...'
• Addison touts support of Constitution
• Found remains described as 'partially mummified skeleton'
• Mother: 'I Feel Sick; I Just Feel Sick'
• Illegal Immigration Ban Rejected
• Apple holds Austin hostage for corporate welfare
• Peril at the pump
• Ron Paul: I can deliver gas for a dime
• Santorum raises money in TX today
• National tea party courts Beebe for endorsement
• Hail Mary
• Keller city manager lays himself off
• Brother: Suspect in Davis attack "mentally snapped"
• Man accused of killing family planned Columbine-style attack
• Court: TX messed up affordable housing, overloaded poor areas
• Romney will visit DFW to pick up campaign checks
• Jackson Lee gets involved in FL teen shooting

21 Mar 2012

• No jail time for corrupt elections official
• Cruz ad highlights successes as Solicitor General
• PR: YCT condemns Davis for politicizing firebomb attack
• PR: TFR endorses Bill Keffer
• PR: Cruz Campaign launches fist TV spot
• Hobo firebombed Democrat's office
• One Arrested In Attack On Sen. Wendy Davis’ Office
• Straus could be next target of Freedom Works
• 100 State Agencies Would be Abolished
• Michael Williams releases tax returns, urges opponents to do the same
• Bob Perry jumps into help Romney campaign
• Conservative coalition backs spending cuts
• SBOE candidates discuss curriculum, sex ed
• Paul super PAC sees fundraising slide
• Judge rules state agency broke law
• A $5 million Greenbelt bridge hopes to spur more to biking
• Conservatives: time for the state to reform
• Rick Santorum makes another TX swing
• Citizens to issue tickets for handicapped parking violators
• Cost of school lunch is going up
• Teenager faces 20 Years for stabbing man 100 times
• 12-year-old boy sentenced in light rail death
• Utah fifth state to join Health Care Compact
• Mayor Of Embattled Texas Town Has Quit Job
• Firefighters endorse Susan Todd
• Marc Veasey gets Texas AFL-CIO endorsment
• BBB warns of "fly-by-night" contractors following storms
• Perry’s pages spammed

20 Mar 2012

• PR: Sen. Robert Nichols endorses SBOE challenger Randy Stevenson
• PR: Cathie Adams endorses Joe Straus' challenger
• Founder of pro-Dewhurst PAC, despite tie, will host TV forum
• Latino population growth rate dips in many U.S. cities
• In Texas, evidence of voter fraud abounds
• New 'Calvary Hill' license plate proclaims Christianity
• School officials ordered to apologize in prayer case
• Actor James Franco won't attend UH
• UT-Arlington to host White House conference on GLBT issues
• Dewhurt’s strategy: keep a low profile
• Republicans throw punches at U.S. Senate frontrunner
• "Raise taxes" candidates launch risky ploy
• Hampton will appear on appeals court ballot after all
• Behind the brewing voter ID war
• Officials decry forced transparency
• Dewhurst, Cruz endorsement battle
• Study: TX officials prone to corruption
• Washington attempting to overturn the will of Texans

19 Mar 2012

• Mexican cartel calls truce during papal visit
• Redistricting slows mailing of voter registration
• New law puts heat on 'doctor shoppers'
• Social promotions don’t help Texas students
• Gooden squarely behind Straus, opponent Spitzer not
• Texas 3rd best state in the US "to make a living"
• Gallagher out of coma, telling jokes
• Why subsidize Apple?

18 Mar 2012

• Police Arrest Ron Paul Backers at Missouri Caucus
• Ron Paul campaign bleeds cash
• Abbott seeking higher office?
• Texas sues over Women's Health Program
• Combs endorses Simpson, Christian in East TX
• Gallagher in medically induced coma in TX
• Bomb threat prompts D/FW Airport plane evacuation
• Gun sales up as prosperity, fear grow
• Texas EPA Czar Seeks Bullets Ban
• Hunter: Redistricting may not be finished
• Intraparty challenges promise interesting primaries
• Campaign costs climbing for longer elections calendar
• UT's head coaching contracts are big deals
• Teenagers copycat destructive movie in vacant $500,000 homes