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Obama campaign chief dreaming of a blue Texas
Dallas :: TX :: USA | 10 days ago
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In March 2008, Obama lost the popular vote in Texas to a resilient Hillary Rodham Clinton, which allowed the show-stopping race for the Democratic nomination to go on three months longer. "When I flew into Dallas, that's what I thought about," Plouffe...
Tags: David Plouffe, Texas House, Texas Democrats, Obama, Dallas Democratic Forum, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dallas, Plouffe, Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, Hillary Clinton caucuses and primaries, Barack Obama, Organizing for America, Politics
Democrats make U.S. attorney pick
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Texas House Democrats, saving the White House from an unwanted political fight, are recommending that a San Antonio lawyer be the next U.S. attorney for the state's Western District, which includes the Austin area. After sometimes tense consultations...
Tags: U.S, Texas Democrats, White House, Texas House, republican senate, San Antonio
Former Texas House speaker facing DWI charge
Austin :: TX :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility A former Texas House speaker is facing a drunken driving charge after he was pulled over in downtown Austin with a blood alcohol level allegedly twice the legal limit. Police pulled over the 72-year-old Gib Lewis after he drove straight through a turn-only...
Tags: Texas House, house speaker, Gib Lewis
Calling special session, Perry wants quick action
Austin :: TX :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Gov. Rick Perry is summoning lawmakers back to the Texas Capitol on Wednesday for a special session to make sure key state agencies keep operating, take up highway bonds and consider public-private transportation partnerships. All were left unaddressed...
Tags: Rick Perry, Tom Schieffer, Texas Rangers, Texas House, special sessions, Texas Capitol, Republican, Senate Bill, legislative sessions, special legislative
Advocates pleased with disability services gains in Legislature
Austin :: TX :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Faced with dangerous conditions inside Texas' institutions for the mentally disabled and a massive waiting list for community-based care, lawmakers didn't pick sides – they improved both...Justice Department, from Gov. Rick Perry's office, from the national...
Tags: Texas House, Senate Republicans, Rick Perry
Two legislators reflect on power shift in House
Austin :: TX :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility As power shifted in the House in January, two Dallas-area Republicans found themselves in unfamiliar roles. Rep. Will Hartnett of Dallas, the once-powerful loyalist of former Speaker Tom Craddick, was readying himself for a spot on the backbench. Rep....
Tags: Joe Straus, Texas House
Local-option tax rejected in transportation bill compromise
Austin :: TX :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility If the Legislature is too scared to raise taxes itself, they argued, why not let local officials ask voters to do it themselves? On Saturday, amid hot tempers and high legislative drama, they got their answer: No. Lawmakers who ironed out a compromise...
Texas House approves two-year state budget
Austin :: TX :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The $182 billion, two-year state budget is headed to Gov. Rick Perry's desk after the Texas House gave the measure final approval today...All five El Paso legislators in the House voted for the bill. Among many other things, the budget would allocate...
Tags: Rick Perry, Texas Senate, Texas House, Senate Bill, Texas Capitol, D-El Paso, cell phones, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, Texas Tech, newborn screening
Texas House passes budget
Austin :: TX :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The $182 billion Texas budget is on its way to governor's desk. After almost six months of work, the House approved the massive two-year budget by a 142-2 vote Friday, the final step in the legislative process. Grants financial aid program and gives correctional...
Tags: Texas House, Republican House, Texas Senate
Texas House poised to approve property tax cut for disabled veterans
Austin :: TX :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The Texas House was set to approve a measure Tuesday that would save disabled veterans millions in property taxes. A bipartisan deal rescued the bill after it nearly became a victim of the partisan standoff in the House over a controversial bill that...
Tags: Texas House, property tax
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