Push Junction – Texas Headlines and Press Releases

25 Jan 2013

• Suspected gunman arrested in Plano, returned to Houston
• Media gets shooter ID wrong
• Lavender files open carry bill
• Nelson proposes Medicaid expansion
• Republican Diane Patrick's bill to force dental exams
• Legislation filed to protect Hobby Lobby
• 'Halloween' movie spurred murder, teen says
• Sen. Patrick touts support of new group for school reform
• Reflections on conservatives' bad start to the session
• Bill stops Obama from bankrupting business into submission

24 Jan 2013

• Democrats take another run at TX
• TX Senator: we’re profligate spenders
• Stockman introduces bill to stop Obama’s Executive Orders
• Man arrested for killing Chihuahua
• Democrat fundraiser, accused heroin dealer has died
• Suspect charged with murdering mother of 7
• Texas Senate lottery, who got screwed?
• Mostyn invests big in Garcia campaign
• Divorce reform would save taxpayers billions
• Proposed: Combo Concealed Handgun Driver's License
• Baby born with heart outside body goes home
• Union membership rises in Texas
• Racial lawsuit against Marion ISD dismissed
• Hasan might plead guilty
• SA pitches bookless library
• Website tracks where sex offenders live and work

23 Jan 2013

• El Paso's expansive tax funded lobbying crew
• James White files ‘Texas Self-Sufficiency’ bill
• Muñoz elected DNC finance chair
• Texans stand in record numbers for life
• Republican Sarah Davis teams up with Dems
• Darby considers new tax for electric cars
• Lege considering crypto hospital tax
• 45 arrested in human trafficking/prostitution sting
• P. Bush taps family network for funds
• Sotomayor visits Houston
• Sheriff: I Won't Enforce "Unconstitutional" Gun Restrictions
• Davis demotion riles liberals
• Vouchers Could Save Texas $2 Billion Per Year
• Lawmakers propose increasing taxes
• Tommy Williams' Tax Grab

22 Jan 2013

• Dem Rep embraces racial stereotype
• Lawmakers don't want to create a gambling monopoly
• AISD six-figure earners increase 63 percent in past five years
• State Rep. J.M. Lozano hospitalized
• 'Si Se Puede' shuttered
• U.S. Marshals arrest former Tech student
• Texas vs. California: January 22, 2013 edition
• Who's Business Model is Best, California or Texas?
• Scarborough wrings hands over Ted Cruz
• Martinez: I am running for Governor of Texas in 2014
• Texas graduation rate up to 78.9
• Watier refuses service to customer who insulted Down syndrome boy
• Dallas County DA backs race based justice
• Arlington's Vandergriff leaves tollway agency as political rumors fly
• Greg Abbott on Fighting for Our 2nd Amendment Rights
• Cruz: Gun show loophole ‘doesn’t exist’
• Abortion back on Texas Legislature's agenda

21 Jan 2013

• Democrat: it's irresponsible to cut taxes
• Bingo halls want more gambling
• Attorney: this is like a computerized rape
• Pedestrian run over after lying down in parking lot
• Blood soaked man arrested in Springtown pickax killing
• Ted Cruz: D.C. is ‘corrupting city’
• Texas' GOP lawmakers ready to do battle with Obama
• Dewhurst demotes Davis
• Donors to Perry, Abbott could be torn in 2014
• Danny Glover ties 2nd Amendment to slavery at A&M event
• Castro building foreign cred
• ISD votes to arm Teachers and school officials
• GOP Texans differ on Obama's inauguration
• Obama 12 didn't do anything new
• Texas lawmakers turning to gimmicks
• Thousands rally against Obama
• Castro feeling gay about prospects