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Texas Lobbyists Get Gun Permits to Avoid Lines

They can skip the metal detectors at the state capitol

(Newser) - Probably one or two Texas jokes applies to this one: Most of the state's lobbyists are signing up for permits to carry concealed weapons, reports the Houston Chronicle . They're not angry or afraid—they're just tired of waiting in long lines at newly installed metal detectors for visitors to the...

Man Awarded $1.5M for Debt Collectors' Racist Calls

Harassed him with incessant voicemails

(Newser) - A jury has awarded a Texas man $1.5 million in his lawsuit over a series of racist and profane voicemails allegedly left by insistent debt collectors. The man, 26-year-old Allen Jones, says employees of Advanced Call Center Technologies harassed him with ever more aggressive calls, using racially charged language....

Woman Finds $2.1M of Cocaine on Beach Walk

Drugs had spent a long time in the water: police

(Newser) - A Texas woman walking on the beach found $2.1 million dollars worth of cocaine, the Houston Chronicle reports. The Galveston beachcomber told police she saw a backpack in the water that ended up containing 16 cocaine bricks weighing about 37 pounds. The cocaine was clearly part of a professional...

Mexican Pirates Stalk Texas Lake

Cartel gunmen robbing fishermen

(Newser) - The best bass-fishing lake in America is being terrorized by Mexican pirates. Several American boaters on Falcon Lake, which straddles the US-Mexican border, have been robbed in recent weeks by boatloads of armed Mexicans believed to belong to the Zeta cartel. Most of the incidents have happened on the Mexican...

Texas OKs More Conservative HS Curriculum

Social studies, history guidelines influence teaching of millions

(Newser) - The Texas State Board of Education adopted new social studies and history guidelines today after an ideological debate over academic standards that drew intense scrutiny. The board gave the curriculum a more conservative bent by dictating how political events and figures will be taught to some 4.8 million primary...

Texas Pols Tussle Over Obama's Name in Textbooks

Schools to take hard right with curriculum changes

(Newser) - The slave trade was actually the "Atlantic triangular trade," and capitalism is always "free enterprise" under textbook changes to be voted on as early as today in Texas. The Board of Education, putting the final touches on the new guidelines yesterday, finally agreed to add the current...

Ron Paul: Back Off My Boy!

Criticism over civil rights hedge 'unfair overkill'

(Newser) - The uproar following newly minted politician Rand Paul's hedge on civil rights and his comment that businesses should be allowed to ban blacks has been deemed "unfair" by his furious pop. The attacks are "contrived because he has done so well," said Ron Paul. "I think...

'Savagely Beaten' Ponzi Schemer Wants Out of Prison

It's made him 'a wreck of a man,' says lawyer

(Newser) - Robert Allen Stanford, the Texas man accused of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, wants out of prison, saying that his incarceration ahead of his trial is a violation of his constitutional right to due process. Stanford, who has been " savagely beaten " while in prison, has been jailed...

Texas Gov. Living High on the Hog in Rented Mansion
Texas Gov. Living High on the Hog in Rented Mansion
it has 3 dining rooms
May 17, 2010 12:22 PM CDT

Texas Gov. Living High on the Hog in Rented Mansion

Rick Perry kicking it in 7-bathroom home

(Newser) - Pot, meet kettle? Texas Gov. Rick Perry spends his days requesting that state agencies slash 5% from the budgets, and he spends his nights in a sprawling rented mansion that has cost taxpayers $600,000 over the last two years. Fat-cat highlights, compliments of records obtained by the AP :
  • The
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Laura Bush 'Stood Straighter' After Leaving White House

First lady felt weight of the world lifted upon return to Texas

(Newser) - Laura Bush felt a weight lift when she returned to Texas after 8 years in Washington, free of the rigors of protecting America in the post-9/11 era, the former first lady tells Politico . “I didn’t really realize how stressed we were and how vigilant we were—that hypervigilance—...

Help! Texas Cops Stuck With 200,000 lbs of Pot

Tiny sheriff's department can't afford to destroy confiscated cannabis

(Newser) - Your local sheriff's department has a problem. Who wouldn't want help out? So when Brooks County, Texas, complains that it has 200,000 pounds of marijuana on its hands and no funding to dispose of it, civic-minded blog Toke of the Town naturally offers to come to the rescue. The...

Jogging Texas Gov. Shoots Coyote Dead

Sent animal menacing his dog to 'where coyotes go'

(Newser) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry took a single shot to drop a less-than-wily coyote that menaced his daughter's Labrador while he was jogging on a trail near Austin. Perry, who was out without his security detail, says he always carries his Ruger when jogging in undeveloped areas because he's afraid of...

Texas Tries to Put Brakes on Gay Divorce

Attorney General is appealing two cases

(Newser) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott isn't just fighting gay marriage—he's fighting gay divorce, too. He's appealing a court decision to grant a divorce to a couple of lesbians in Austin, and another splitting up a pair of gay men in Dallas. His logic: defending the “traditional definition of...

Texas Thrives, Thanks to Regulation and ... Windmills?

An unexpected tale of economic success

(Newser) - Don't look now, but Texas's economy is in pretty great shape, and it's all thanks to alternative energy and regulation. Strange but true. Daniel Gross of Slate breaks down the reasons things are bigger in Texas:
  • The housing market hasn't utterly imploded like the rest of the nation's—prices are
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Texas Town's Schools Bring Back the Paddle

'A good crack might not be a bad idea,' says resident

(Newser) - A small town in Texas is reviving an old disciplinary technique: hitting students with paddles. Temple lifted its ban on the practice last May. Without paddling, "there were no consequences for kids," says the head of the school board, who adds that high school students have become much...

Paralyzed Fort Hood Suspect Moved From Hospital to Jail

Nidal Malik Hassan leaves Brooke Army Medical Center

(Newser) - The Army major charged with committing the Fort Hood Massacre left a military hospital early this morning and was transferred to a Texas county jail. Confirming reports that Nidal Malik Hasan is paralyzed from the waist down , his lawyer said he was moved from Brooke Army Medical Center near San...

Mom, 81, Sues for Child Support for 60-Year-Old

Widow says child's father ignored court order

(Newser) - At first, it looks like a standard child support case—she says he never paid, he says he never knew. But the plaintiff is 81-year-old widow Rosemary Douglas. She’s suing Urban Joseph Grass—who was born during the Coolidge administration—saying that he’s spent the last 60 years...

GOP's Hutchison Will Stay in Senate

Texas senator reverses pledge to resign early

(Newser) - Kay Bailey Hutchison is staying in the Senate after all. The Texas Republican announced today that she will serve out the remainder of her term through 2013, despite pledges during her failed bid for governor that she would resign early, reports the Dallas Morning News . "My experience will be...

Anti-Government Anger Backfires in Texas Census
 Anti-Government Anger Backfires in Texas Census
gop will be the loser
Mar 29, 2010 1:33 PM CDT

Anti-Government Anger Backfires in Texas Census

Response rates dismal from key conservative districts

(Newser) - Anti-government sentiment could be dampening the census response in Texas, which has been counting on picking up four congressional seats and millions of dollars in federal funding. Across the state, the response rate stands at 27%, well below the national average of 34%. In some Republican districts, the rate is...

Car Chase Ends With 12-Year-Old Driver in Custody

Child led Texas police on high-speed chase

(Newser) - Police in Texas who needed tire spikes to stop a truck in a high-speed chase got a surprise: The driver was a 12-year-old boy. Dashboard video shows the crying youth exiting the truck with arms raised and saying that he just wanted to talk to his mom. Police say he...

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