Two medical tests have confirmed the 24-year-old Fort Hood soldier who was found dead in his front yard did not have or die from the Ebola virus. The soldier returned from West Africa recently on emergency leave. His name is still being withheld pending family notification.
AUSTIN, Texas – Despite overwhelming objections from grassroots leaders across Texas, House Speaker Joe Straus was re-elected by a vote of 127-19. Straus’ challenger, State Representative Scott Turner, fulfilled his campaign promise to have a record vote on the Speaker’s race with a challenger on the ballot. Four Representatives were absent. No Representatives voted “Present.”
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar released the Biennium Review Estimate (BRE) on Monday in Austin. He predicted Texas will have $113 billion available for general purpose spending during the 2016-17 biennium. This represents a 9.5 percent increase over the 2014-15 biennium. The new Comptroller predicted a moderate growth rate during the coming two years.
Texas Governor Rick Perry predicted “This is going to be a painful period of time” in regards to the ever falling price of oil. The remarks came Friday as Perry was speaking to a conservative forum in Austin.
Members of the Texas National Guard deployed to Liberia have opened an Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) near the town of Buchanan. The soldiers are deployed under Operation United Assistance as part of the 36th Engineer Brigade from Fort Hood, Texas.
Texas State Representative Cecil Bell (R-Magnolia) filed a bill in the State Capitol this week to protect the sovereignty of Texas and to defend traditional marriage in this state. The effect of the bill would be to prohibit the use of state or local funds to be used to license or support same-sex marriage. This would include blocking the salaries of any government employee engaged in subverting Texas law regarding marriage.
A hostage situation is developing at a hospital located in Tomball, Texas, northwest of Houston. The Harris County Sheriff’s office has confirmed the situation according to all major news outlets in Houston.
Congressman John Yarmuth (D-KY) claimed two Texas Republican lawmakers said, “we would not know where to put more border guards right now.” He was referring to Representatives John Carter (R-TX) and Sam Johnson (R-TX). PunditFact has called Yarmuth’s remarks, “Mostly False.”
Incoming Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) announced border security as his top agenda item for the 84th Texas Legislature. Other priority items included reducing taxes, education, transportation, the Second Amendment, and family and life issues. The announcement came during a press conference held Thursday in Austin, Texas.
Fort Hood, Texas, has received its first eighty-seven Ebola warriors who have returned home after helping to fight the deadly disease in Liberia. Most of the soldiers are members who are permanently assigned to Fort Hood, but some are from Fort Carson, Colorado. The soldiers now begin a twenty-one day monitoring period to ensure none of them returned carrying the deadly virus.
Open Carry Texas has denounced the activities of a North Texas group that has been reportedly stalking police officers while being openly armed. The group is known by Open Carry Tarrant County and received publicity lately for their activities that allegedly included confronting police officers in the performance of their duty. The group members are openly carrying weapons during these encounters.
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) released the results of several interim committee reports ahead of the opening of the incoming 84th Legislative Session.
AUSTIN, Texas – Former State Representative Sid Miller was sworn-in as the twelfth Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture on Wednesday. The oath was administered by former Ag Commissioner, Texas Governor Rick Perry. The ceremony was held on the
The special election for three Texas legislative seats has ended without a final decision. They will be heading to a runoff election.
Newly elected Congressman Brian Babin (R-TX) choked on his first opportunity to vote as a member of Congress. In the recent election for Speaker of the House, the very first vote a congressional member makes, Babin chose to vote “Present.” He was the only member present to not cast a vote on a candidate for Speaker.
UPDATE: A doctor was shot at the El Paso VA Healthcare System and the shooter reportedly shot himself, according to the local El Paso Times. The hospital system is near Fort Bliss.
Texas Congressman Randy Weber announced this morning via Twitter he is voting for fellow Texas Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert to be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The newly sworn in District Attorney (DA) for Hidalgo County said he will keep his pledge for a public corruption task force. Breitbart Texas has reported extensively about corruption in the South Texas border county. The issue came to a head earlier last year when Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino resigned, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering.
After being sworn in as the 25th Comptroller of Public Accounts by Governor-elect Greg Abbott, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar now faces the nearly impossible task of predicting the financial future of the Texas economy.
The swearing in of George P. Bush as the 28th Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office (GLO) marks the passing of the baton to a new generation of Bushes in American politics.
Two men from Texas have been arrested in connection with the shooting of two Lewisburg, West Virginia police officers. The alleged motivation for the police shooting appears to be an attempt to prevent the discovery of two dead bodies being transported in the suspect’s pickup truck.
A Houston man was killed by a random bullet while standing in his front yard with his wife on New Year’s Eve. The couple was in their yard watching celebratory fireworks when he was struck in the head and collapsed.
HOUSTON, Texas – Texas Railroad Commissioner-Elect Ryan Sitton fulfilled one of his campaign promises by announcing his stepping down as president of PinnacleAIS, a company founded by Sitton and his wife.
The Third Court of Appeals in Austin has ruled against transparency in government and a Texas Attorney General Open Records opinion by holding that the City of Dallas can keep government documents secret even though the City did not comply
A protest by family members of a police shooting victim in Texas City, Texas, erupted into a confrontation as a counter-protest from police supporters attempted to drown out the protest.
