Texas gov cracks top 20 first time in betting ranks on running mate since huge Trump plug as Wesley Hunt makes debut as wager option with equal chances amid shake up at top with ex-frontrunner's plunge after bizarre puppy killing confessions. more SNL pokes fun at Kristi Noem's puppy killing tales in skit on May 4   David @CoveyTX shows protesters in ad on May 7 for House runoff vote Challenger spot that ignores Dade Phelan with salvos reserved for liberals in general could be sign of strategy shift after outside group attack based on unproven claims on leading chamber while intoxicated in nation's hottest legislative race. more   Abbott joins bipartisan chorus of protests from governors who could lose control of some National Guard troops with Air Force plan to raid state guard units for newest military branch that Trump penned into law with massive defense infusion. more DPS @LtChrisOlivares touts Maverick County trespass bust May 4   @MollyforTexas jumped to big lead in SD 15 early vote April 4 32-year-old ER nurse with no experience in elected office rides strong early vote to victory in SD 15 that's flooded on election day with more crucial primary runoff on near horizon amid switch from underdog to betting favorite in rubber match. more   Governor says Lone Star State ranks tops in almost every category when it's actually in bottom 10 or 20 in most major areas, down in some business ratings and dead last in personal freedom in major conservative think tank analysis. more @GregAbbott_TX welcomes UK trade minister Conor Burns on May1   WFFA video shows police prepare to break up protest UT Dallas May 1 Austin school officials claim police popped with horse poop and staff assaulted as system boss defends mass arrests with policies that pour fuel into fire they say they want to extinguish as evidenced by overnight encampment erection at UTD. more   GOP lawmaker brands students in Austin as snot-nosed brats but stays mum on demonstration at alma mater where officials put on clinic in how to defuse crisis on campus with intelligence, finesse and respect for student free speech rights in stark contrast to brass at Forty Acres. more Students protest at Texas A&M against Gaza war on April 29   @Joaquincastrotx posts video of police at protest at UT on April 29 Greg Abbott and school stoke flame with second show of DPS force with claims of verbal assaults against UT staff and online threats along with stashing of baseball size boulders in tents that raise specter of riot in making as campus one of hottest hotbeds for activism in U.S.. more