Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) has admitted that she “unknowingly” broke Congressional Black Caucus Foundation rules by awarding scholarship money to four relatives and the two children of a top aide. Of the 43 scholarships her office awarded, The Dallas Morning News determined that 15 went to relatives of Johnson or Rod Givens, her district [...]
Former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has been demanding a trial on his money-laundering indictment since 2005, and on Tuesday a Texas judge granted his wish. At a pre-trial hearing in Austin, Senior Judge Pat Priest said the trial would go forward but he did not set a start date, The Associated Press reported. “I’ve been [...]
Democrat Bill White, Houston’s former mayor, is not that far behind Republican Gov. Rick Perry point-wise in his campaign to take Perry’s job, but as the peak election season approaches, he has not been able to gain any ground, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Aug. 22. Perry leads White by 49 percent to [...]
The Texas billionaire Sam Wyly has a laugh that blends the cackle of a mad scientist with the giggle of a teenager — a high-pitched titter that makes him sound thoroughly delighted. Until, that is, talk turns to the recent securities fraud suit against him and his brother, Charles. At that point, Mr. Wyly’s laugh [...]
The state of Texas has filed suit against BP and, no, it’s not related to the oil spill in the Gulf. The Lone Star State’s attorney general accuses the oil giant of illegally emitting nearly 500,000 pounds of air pollutants at its Texas City refinery for more than a month in the spring of this [...]
Signage accompanying President Obama’s policy speech at the University of Texas in Austin has raised some eyebrows, primarily because of the inclusion of the Obama campaign logo. While nobody is accusing Obama of crossing legal lines, the Republican Party of Texas is questioning the decision to include campaign logos at an official presidential policy speech. [...]
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