Texas regulators on Thursday approved the Ray L. Hunt family’s high-stakes plan to purchase and reshape the state’s largest electric utility. But they added major revisions, prolonging the battle to own Oncor.
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Analysis: Texas Election Laws are Hard on Independents
So you want to be an independent candidate for president and you want to be on the ballot in Texas? You have until May 9, and there is some fine print to read first.
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Perry Has No Interest in Third-Party Run, Former Aide Says
Amid recent speculation that some Republicans could look to draft Rick Perry as a possible third-party candidate for president, Perry’s former campaign manager said the former Texas governor has no interest in such an effort.
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In Arizona, Cruz Vies With Trump on Immigration
Ted Cruz raced to catch up with Donald Trump’s hard line on immigration Friday, calling most of those crossing the border illegally “hardened, vicious, violent criminals.”
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SH 130 Toll Road Operator Files for Bankruptcy
A private company that operates part of the Texas toll road with the highest speed limit in the country filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, fewer than three years after the section of the road it oversees first opened.
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Texas Regulators Poised To Vote On Mammoth Oncor Sale to Hunts
Texas regulators are expected to reveal Thursday whether they will sign off on the Ray L. Hunt family’s $18 billion plan to purchase and reshape Oncor, the state’s largest electric utility — a decision that will resonate more than statewide.
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Video: Cruz Supporters Say Houston GOP Debate Offered Chaos, Clarity
To many observers, the most contentious debate of the 2016 Republican presidential campaign was held Thursday night in Houston. And front-runner Donald Trump was on the receiving end of most of the evening’s biting attacks.
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Roundup: Perry Indictment Dropped, Cruz Campaigns
In the Roundup: Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry gets cleared of the last charge related to a 2013 veto threat. Also, this week, Ted Cruz is back in Texas, hoping to lay the groundwork for a return to the winner’s circle on Super Tuesday.
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Dismisses Rick Perry Indictment
The state’s highest criminal court dismissed the remaining indictment against former Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday morning, apparently ending the case that started with his threat to veto state funding for a local prosecutor if she refused to quit her office.
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Economy
Perry Says Texas Shouldn’t Sweat Big Plunge in Oil Prices
Citing an increasingly diversified Texas economy, former Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday boasted about the “Texas Miracle” and said there’s no reason to be overly concerned about the plummeting price of oil.
