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The Texas Tribune
For Republican presidential candidates, Texas is the center of the universe — the biggest of the reliable red states and the source of the most electoral votes. It is to the Republicans what California is to the Democrats; the foundation of victory in national elections.
Which is why Monday marks the end of one of Donald Trump's biggest implied political threats. You know the one, the idea that if he doesn’t do well in the primaries that he might turn around and launch an independent candidacy?
Not in Texas.
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For the second consecutive year, the Texas Association of Builders SOLD OUT its Sunbelt Builders Show™. Last year’s event hosted 270 booths, 70 more than 2014, and this year’s Show is expected to grow to 300 vendors. With more than 30 percent of the trade show floor already sold, we encourage you to select your booth online at SunbeltBuildersShow.com. Save your company money by securing your spot in the 2016 Sunbelt Builders Show™ now. Booth rates will increase in the New Year. The two-day trade show will be hosted on August 3 - 4, 2016 at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas.
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This holiday season, please consider making a donation to the Texas Builders Foundation, the charitable arm of the Texas Association of Builders. To learn about the Foundation's activities and to make an online donation, visit TexasBuildersFoundation.org. Thank you for considering the Foundation as you make your end-of-year charitable giving decisions.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Former state Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, has joined the race to become the next Texas Railroad Commissioner.
Burnam drove to Austin to file for the post, just days after incumbent Republican Railroad Commissioner David Porter announced he was withdrawing from the race.
But Burnam, 62, said he has been thinking about running for this commission since the 1980s and had already made up his mind to get in the race before Porter’s announcement.
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The Texas Tribune
Houston voters will get the final say Saturday on who their next mayor will be, capping a race that seems to have increasingly laid the city's political identity on the line.
At stake is not only the leadership of the largest city in Texas — and fourth-largest in the country — but also the hopes of Democrats and Republicans who have been given a clear choice in the runoff between state Rep. Sylvester Turner and former Kemah Mayor Bill King. To varying degrees, the two candidates have eschewed party labels, King more than Turner. But they both bring unmistakable affiliations to the race: Turner has been a Democrat during his 26 years in the Texas House, while King has been the beneficiary of some of Houston's most politically engaged Republicans.
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Democrats Trey Martinez Fischer and José Menéndez will once again battle over Texas Senate District 26.
At a San Antonio restaurant, Martinez Fischer, a veteran member of the Texas House, announced he would challenge Menéndez, the incumbent and himself a former longtime House member, in the March primary. In their previous matchup, Menéndez beat Martinez Fischer in a February special election runoff to succeed state Sen. Leticia Van Putte, who quit to run for San Antonio mayor.
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Houston Chronicle
The judge presiding over Ken Paxton's criminal case has denied the attorney general's attempts to have his three felony indictments thrown out.
"Yes, all the motions we filed have been denied," said Phillip Hilder, one of Paxton's attorneys. "We are extremely disappointed with the court's ruling today as we believe that each of the motions was well founded. And we are currently reviewing options at this point which may include appeal."
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The Dallas Morning News via Builder
A community 20 miles east of Dallas will soon be transformed as construction on the 1,850-home Gateway Parks project in Forney is now underway, reports Steve Brown of The Dallas Morning News.
The project is the biggest section of a 2,000-acre community that will, when completed, contain apartments, shopping centers, offices, and single-family homes. It’s been in the works for more than a decade and is being built by an investment company owned by Dallas’ Hunt family.
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Houston Business Journal via Builder
Houston Business Journal staffer Paul Takahashi takes a look inside the homes at Tiger Woods golf resort, although they haven't opened yet many are already being pre-sold.
Triple Design and Build LLC will offer member suits, cottages and patio homes, and will be building the first 10 of 147 resort homes. Bluejack National plans on offering 234 lots of custom homes for owners to choose from. These lots are predicted to be constructed soon.
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The Wall Street Journal
LGI Homes has been growing so quickly investors could be forgiven for thinking they had been transported back in time to the housing boom. The way the home builder's stock has fallen this month, they could also be forgiven for thinking they are back in the housing bust.
It doesn’t help, either, that LGI's home state of Texas represents a big chunk of its business, exposing it to the oil-price rout. Or that LGI builds its houses on "spec" — that is with no identified buyers. Or that it is focused on the exurbs and touts the chance to own a new home “for $0 down."
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