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Watergate’s anniversary and other Washington political scandals
comments ()President Richard Nixon speaks about the Watergate scandal at a March 15, 1973, White House news conference (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File) In case you missed it while you were...
View ArticleSen. Kay Bailey Hutchison introduces measure to make Juneteenth a national...
comments ()WASHINGTON – Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison on Tuesday introduced a resolution to make the Texas holiday Juneteenth a national celebration. Juneteenth, which is today, recognizes the day in 1865...
View ArticlePerot staying silent 20 years after presidential bid
comments () Texas billionaire Ross Perot, who shook up presidential politics with an independent presidential run in 1992, will continue to sit on the political sidelines for now.
View ArticleFirst day early vote totals in Dallas County down from 2008, but Republicans...
comments ()Looks like the passion found during the 2008 election has diminished for Democrats. Totals for the first day of early voting are down from 2008 levels, according to the Dallas County...
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Zerwas offers ‘cost neutral’ alternative to Medicaid expansion
Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond Update at 2:07 p.m.: Meghan Weller, Zerwas’ chief of staff, says the rewritten bill I’ve described below sounds very much like Zerwas’ “first committee substitute.” That...
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John Wiley Price having birthday bash and fund-raiser Wednesday in Dallas
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price Wednesday is celebrating his 63rd birthday with a reception and fund-raiser in Dallas. visit site to read more]
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Cruz uses upset anniversary to raise funds; so far, he’s mostly repaid self
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who on Wednesday launched a “money bomb” campaign fundraising effort pegged to the first anniversary of his dramatic upset victory in last year’s GOP … [visit site to read more]
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Ten years ago Texas redistricting intersected with Steve Bartman and cursed Cubs
It’s raining in Dallas. But these aren’t raindrops in my eyes. That’s because today, Oct. 14, is the 10-year anniversary of Game 6 of the National … [visit site to read more]
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Democratic U.S. Reps James Clyburn, Joseph Kennedy III in town this week for...
Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth
View ArticleJohn Kerry has doubts Oswald acted alone in the JFK assassination
So who believes that Lee Harvey Oswald didn’t act alone in the assassination of John F. Kennedy? Turns out, Secretary of State John Kerry. According to CNN and the Daily Mail newspaper, Kerry told...
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Straus era is five years old today
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus banged the gavel marking sine die, or the end of last year's regular session. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez) The Joe Straus era in the … [visit...
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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson calls LBJ one of the “tallest trees” in...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson recalled Tuesday that in 1964, the leaders in the civil rights movement regarded the new president and son of the South with suspicion. But Lyndon B. Johnson told Martin Luther...
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