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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

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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1st Ever Libertine Brass Knuckle Corndog Beatdown Happy birthday, 'Merica. Before you watch the rockets' red glare tonight, stop in for beer and a kid-friendly corn dog contest. What could be more patriotic than that? More info

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