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AAS ($): Key lawmakers optimistic Perry will accept measure narrowing regents’ power (5/24/13 12:14am)
AAS ($): Amid Austin building permit backlog, a reviewer is suspected of taking money to rush applications (5/24/13 12:13am)
TT: House Halts Attempt to Expand Lawmakers' Gun Rights (5/23/13 10:24pm)
FWST ($): Dewhurst calls for quick special session on failed GOP measures (5/23/13 10:24pm)
CHRON: Capitol Hill appalled by sex-case data (5/23/13 10:22pm)
DMN: Rep. Marc Veasey and members of the Congressional Black Caucus take redistricting concerns to Texas Gov. Rick Perry (5/23/13 10:22pm)
TT: A Possible Deal On Testing, Charter School Bills (5/23/13 10:22pm)
TT: Report: Border Security Not Just About Apprehensions (5/23/13 10:21pm)
IBD: Texas, Red States Beat Blue States On Jobs, Growth (5/23/13 10:20pm)
TT: Some Limits on UT System Regents Remain in Budget (5/23/13 10:20pm)
CHRON: California conservatives identify Cruz as ‘rising star’ of Republican Party (5/23/13 10:19pm)
TT: Fixed Tuition Passes Senate With Regent Rules Added (5/23/13 10:18pm)
TT: Amendment on Medicaid Expansion Unlikely to Stick (5/23/13 10:18pm)
DMN: Rick Perry disappointed with Scout decision on gays (5/23/13 10:18pm)
TT: Perry Condemns Decision to Admit Openly Gay Scouts (5/23/13 10:17pm)
TT: Agenda Texas: Constitutional Slowdown (5/23/12 10:16pm)
WSJ: McCain-Cruz Feud Turns to Budget (5/23/13 10:15pm)
THE ATLANTIC: When Ted Cruz Helped Craft Bush's Immigration Reform Plan (5/23/13 2:13pm)
TT: Budget Deal Leaves About $8 Billion in Rainy Day Fund (5/23/13 1:52pm)
WASH TIMES: RNC Chairman Reince Priebus defends Sen. Ted Cruz (5/23/13 11:03am)
AAS ($): Growth of suburban poverty demands new approaches (5/24/13 12:13am)
BURKA BLOG: The Budget Moves Forward (5/23/13 10:25pm)
FWST ($): Hard work, compromise are hallmarks of immigration bill passed by Senate committee (5/23/13 3:17am)
DMN: STAAR exemptions won’t help students, schools or parents (5/23/13 3:12am)
DMN: City needs to offer flexibility in West Dallas (5/23/13 3:12am)
CHRON: More accountability on wrongful convictions (5/23/13 2:50am)
SAEN: Reservations persist on Joske's project (5/23/13 2:36am)
AAS ($): Strive for both physical and financial housing access (5/23/13 1:37am)
BURKA BLOG: About Last Night (5/22/13 10:33am)
DMN: Pass Senate bill to help Texans with persistent mental illnesses (5/22/13 12:42am)
DMN: Teachers turn heroes in Moore tornado (5/22/13 12:41am)
FWST ($): Opening the T board to Grapevine inclusion shows forward thinking (5/22/13 12:36am)
CHRON: Our hearts go out to the tornado victims (5/22/13 12:29am)
CHRON: Coming to Houston: Super Bowl LI (5/22/13 12:29am)
SAEN: Board politics are affecting the education in the district (5/22/13 12:03am)
SAEN: Americans' hearts are with Moore, Okla. (5/22/13 12:03am)
AAS ($): Oklahoma can count on our help (5/22/13 12am)
BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE: Gov. Perry should sign bill to restrict 'dark money' (5/21/13 11:45pm)
BURKA BLOG: Confirming the New UT Regents (5/21/13 11:26pm)
WSJ: Texas Targets Conservatives (5/21/13 11:24pm)
WIGMORE: The Republicans' worst nightmare: losing Texas and becoming extinct. Could it really happen? (5/24/13 12:12am)
PIMENTEL: The unfinished business: the death penalty (5/23/13 10:19pm)
BUDOWSKY: Ted Cruz is Harry Reid's best asset, John Cornyn's worst fear, and Marco Rubio's biggest nightmare (5/23/13 2:12pm)
JUDGE FURGESUN, JR. ($): Immigration reform must adequately fund the federal courts (5/23/13 3:17am)
LEUBSDORF ($): IRS scandal fails to dent Obama’s standing (5/23/13 3:15am)
SULLIVAN ($): Dark-money bill threatens small, social-issue groups (5/23/13 3:13am)
K. SMITH ($): Dallas deserves a “D” on its public school involvement (5/23/13 3:13am)
NORTHINGTON: New fracking rules will benefit industry and landowners (5/23/13 2:51am)
HART ($): UT regent nominees grilled by lawmakers (5/23/13 2:46am)
CHASNOFF ($): Emails show communication lapse between city manager and mayor (5/23/13 2:44am)
NAVARRETTE: Cruz has immigrant moment in Senate (5/23/13 2:38am)
FRENCH: Immigration reform will boost economy (5/23/13 2:37am)
ZACHARY: Flexibility was goal of HemisFair proposal (5/23/13 2:37am)
FERNANDEZ ($): Map shows Austin’s crescent of inequality (5/23/13 1:36am)
REP. MCCAUL: Inviting more Boston-type massacres (5/22/13 7:39pm)
MACKOWIAK: Scandals combine to form perfect storm (5/22/13 10:34am)
QUIGLEY: Rand Paul for president (or Ted Cruz)? (5/22/13 10:09am)
BALDERAS: Reflections for Sen. Cruz: Why citizenship matters (5/22/13 9:42am)
JEFFERS, JR. ($): Dallas County DA Craig Watkins gets deeper in fundraising hole (5/22/13 6:39am)
M. DAVIS ($): The worst horrors, the best of human nature (5/22/13 12:44am)
BOR: Boy Scout Delegates Vote 61-38 to Allow Gay Scouts (But Not Adults) (5/23/13 11:49pm)
MOORETHINK: A drop to drink (5/23/13 10:06am)
BFL: Why it's wrong for politicians to play doctor (5/23/13 7:53am)
PROGRESS TEXAS: My first week as Executive Director (5/23/13 3:21am)
BOR: Calendars Committee Racks Up Over $20,000 Tab For End of Year Party (5/23/13 3:19am)
BFL: Big, Hot, Cheap & Taped: My debate with Erica Grieder (5/22/13 4:40pm)
OFF THE KUFF: PAC Plus polls Latinos in Texas (5/22/13 1:10am)
BOR: Legislature Blocks Medicaid Expansion, Guns on Campus Stalls (5/22/13 1:09am)
BFL: Victory is mine in Pennsylvania! (5/21/13 8:44pm
TX REDISTRICTING: Court sets May 29 hearing on Texas redistricting (5/20/13 1:05am)
BOR: Witch Hunt Takes Down CSCOPE (5/20/13 9:33pm)
BOR: Jan Soifer Elected Travis County Democratic Chair (5/20/13 9:33pm)
BOR: Texas CISPA Bill Scheduled for Monday Vote (5/20/13 12:33am)
RAW STORY: Republican Texas judge orders lesbian couple to live apart or lose children (5/19/13 2:45pm)
POLICY MIC: Ted Cruz 2016: Presidential Run Would Put Birthers in a Bind (5/19/13 2:45pm)
BOR: Big Tobacco Close to Snuffing Out Small Tobacco in Texas (5/19/13 12:51am)
PROGRESS TEXAS: The Tea Party Should Have to Play by the Same Rules (5/19/13 12:47am)
BOR: Texas House Decides to Audit Rick Perry's Texas Enterprise Fund (5/19/13 12:47am)
BFL: The cheating will continue until morale improves (5/18/13 6:37pm)
BOR: Democrats Restore $3.9 Billion to Public Education In Budget Negotiations (5/18/13 1:21am)
THE RIGHT SCOOP: Cruz calls out McCain: Some would rather cast SYMBOLIC vote against debt ceiling without actually trying to stop it (5/23/13 11:45pm)
OFFICE OF SEN. CRUZ: Sen. Cruz: This Disagreement Is Over One Issue – Can Senate Raise Debt Ceiling with Only 50 Votes? (5/23/13 2:21pm)
NEWSBUSTERS: Scarborough, ‘Morning Joe’ Panel Continue Relentless Attack on Ted Cruz (5/23/13 2:12pm)
AGENDAWISE: Board Statement (5/23/13 11:06am)
CONSERVATIVE HQ: Emergency Call To Action: Ask Texas Governor Rick Perry To Veto SB 346 NOW (5/23/13 10:50am)
TPPF: Statement on SJR 1 (5/23/13 2:19am)
BIG JOLLY POLITICS: Governor Perry – The Texas Democrat Party Official Who Threatened to Kill NRA Members is Behind SB 346! (5/23/13 2:18am)
TPPF: Sen. Williams’ Ratepayer Return an Idea Whose Time has Come (5/23/13 2:17am)
OFFICE OF GOV. PERRY: Statement on Creation of UT Institution and Medical School in South Texas (5/23/13 1:20am)
EMPOWER TEXANS: Binge Spending Killing The Budget (5/22/13 1:10am)
OFFICE OF GOV. PERRY: Gov. Perry Activates State Operations Center (5/21/13 11:43pm)
OFFICE OF SEN. CRUZ: Sen. Cruz: I Want Common-sense Immigration Reform to Pass; This Bill Makes the Problem Worse (5/21/13 11:43pm)
OFFICE OF SEN. CORNYN: Cornyn to IRS: Apologize, Former Commissioner Refuses (5/21/13 11:42pm)
OFFICE OF SEN. CRUZ: Sen. Cruz Presents Amendments to Immigration Reform Bill (5/21/13 2:41pm)
EAG NEWS: Texas teachers celebrate end of CSCOPE, say it will lead to improved student learning (5/21/13 1:51pm)
BREITBART: Cornyn calls for Holder's resignation (5/21/13 10:03am)
RED STATE: Governor Perry, Please Veto SB 346 (5/21/13 7:34am)
OFFICE OF GOV. PERRY: Texas Task Force 1 Deploying to Oklahoma (5/20/13 10:36pm)
TPPF: TPPF on the Closing Days of the 83rd Regular Session (5/20/13 9:31pm)
OFFICE OF GOV. PERRY: Statement on Passage of House Bill 4 (5/20/13 9:30pm)
