Rick Perry owes Bobby Jindal prime rib after Texas loses college world series
Perry twittered his congratulations to the Louisiana governor. Read story.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
State
Tom Schieffer announces Texas gubernatorial bid outside Fort Worth elementary school
The Fort Worth native is the younger brother of CBS newsman Bob Schieffer. Read story.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Texas Governor Rick Perry vetoes TV recycling bill
... which would have kept a lot of lead out of our landfills and, eventually, our soil and water. Read story.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Dallas is fifth on recession-proof city list, says Brookings Institution study
San Antonio, Houston and Austin actually ranked higher on the list (i.e., more recession-proof). Read story.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Chris Parvin wins Cedar Hill City Council runoff
Parvin won the runoff over Mike Holley, 468-410. Read story.
Monday, June 15, 2009
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison says she'll run for governor of Texas
(Well, she TYPES it, actually...) Read story.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Deadline for "Don't Mess with Texas" TV commercial submissions is June 28
Creatively show how to get trash from cars to trashcans instead of the side of Texas roadways. Read story.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Early voting ends June 9 in Dallas City Council run-off
Last chance--election day--is June 13. Read story.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Countywide polling places back for consideration in Collin County
These new countywide, consolidated polls would end the election day restriction on voting only in the voters' precinct of residence. Read story.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Delia Jasso, Justin Epker face off in Dallas’ District 1 city council runoff
Candidates both tout support for LGBT community, but Jasso has DGLA endorsement. Read story.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Dallas City Council District 7 candidates face off
Incumbent Carolyn Davis and Ron Price answer questions about the future of South Dallas. Read story.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Collin County red light cameras survive Texas Legislature
The Texas Legislature adjourned sine die Monday night without passing sunset legislation for several major Texas agencies, including TxDOT. Read story.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
North Texas cities using red-light cameras seek to postpone effect of proposed state law banning them
... for up to 20 additional years. Read story.
Friday, May 22, 2009
2009 Frisco ISD election results final
Late mail-in ballots made no difference in the final outcome. Read story.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Grand Prairie 2009 election results
Voters overwhelmingly approved the street repairs sales tax, and five incumbents were re-elected. Read story.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Three incumbents ousted in Lancaster ISD school board elections
Marie Elliott, Ed Kirkland and Debi Miller all were voted out of office May 9. Read story.
Friday, May 15, 2009
20-year-old SMU student elected to DeSoto school board
Warren Seay, Jr. received 73 percent of the 1,068 votes cast. Read story.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Cedar Hill City Council race heading to a runoff
The runoff election between Chris Parvin and Mike Holley for the city council seat is June 13. Read story.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Texas house says teens shouldn't be phoning and driving
... but what about adults? Read story.
Friday, May 15, 2009
2009 Richardson election analysis: Why did the winners win and the losers lose?
The Richardson Coalition clearly played a part in galvanizing the six wins. Read story.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Arlington steals Miss Texas and Miss Teen Texas pageants from under Fort Worth's nose
Representative Joe Barton (R-TX) approached pageant officials after serving as a judge in 2008. Read story.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Governor Perry expected to sign bill inspired by wrongfully convicted Fort Worth man
The bill would increase compensation that wrongfully imprisoned former inmates receive upon exoneration. Read story.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
2009 Lancaster ISD election recap
Narrow victories are the norm for Lancaster. One of the 2009 races fell into that pattern -- a nine vote spread. Read story.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Proposition One victory reinforces my decision to move to Dallas
Shawn Williams says that we -the citizens of Dallas- are on the verge of making Dallas the best city that it can be. Read story.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Richardson election shockers: Slagel, Murphy, and Townsend re-elected; Hayes and Stewart ousted by Macy and Omar; Solomon wins
You would have expected runoffs. You would have been wrong. Read story.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Dallas voters approve of city-run convention hotel by small margin
Proposition 1 failed which means that the hotel will go on. Read story.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Carroll ISD voters approve all three bond propositions
They also elected Read Ballew and Erin Shoupp to Places 4 and 5 on the Board of Trustees. Read story.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Texas House votes to protect pets in domestic violence situations
Violators would be charged with a felony and could spend a year in jail. Read story.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Texas Senate votes to ban most trans fats
Exemptions to the ban include cakes, pies, and pretty much anything at the Texas State Fair. Read story.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Texas State Rep. Allen Vaught pushes for regional hospital district
House Bill 515 will increase access to health care and alleviate tax burden on Dallas residents. Read story.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Frisco might loosen smoking restrictions for cigar bars
... because there's talk of opening one in Frisco Square. Read story.
Friday, May 8, 2009
May 9 elections on the horizon, Obama not on ballot
There are still some compelling reasons to get out and vote this Saturday. Read story.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Dallas Progress: This is why you should Vote No on Dallas propositions
This is a long post but I have to make sure you fully understand what’s going on here. Read story.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
UPDATED: Collin County Republican's 2009 Plano election preview
What I'm looking for are candidates who do not support new taxes for rail and understand that it's important to attract companies to the suburbs. Read story.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Flushing out City Hall in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief and his city council brown-nosers keep flushing and we keep paying to clean up their mess. Read story.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Audio: Mandrake Society Radio interviews Tiffinni Young and Venton Jones
Young is running for Dallas City Council, while Jones is the president of the new non-profit B/black gay organization, DFW Pride Movement. Read story.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Audio: Adell Campbell discusses North Texas elections
Adell Campbell hosts Dallas County Elections Supervisor Bruce Sherbet and Tarrant County Elections Supervisor Steve Rayborn. Read story.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Denton polling stations will be open as scheduled for May 9 elections
City officials are keeping their eyes on the H1N1 threat, though not touching their eyes, mouth, or nose, of course. Read story.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Southlake ahead of the pack in Tarrant County for early voting
Nah-nah Arlington, Azle, Bedford, Benbrook, Blue Mound, Burleson, Colleyville, and Crowley. Read story.
Monday, May 4, 2009
McKinney City Council candidates to participate in forum
The free event is open to the public and designed to acquaint citizens with current mayoral and city council candidates. Read story.
Monday, May 4, 2009
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