Perry, Abbott tour tornado-damaged Granbury
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
GRANBURY — Gov. Rick Perry, on a visit to Granbury, suggests the formation of a structure that would help “private sector” individuals provide aid “Texans to Texans” on specific disasters.Read more
Texans hope to win a record $600 million Powerball jackpot
| |Saturday, May. 18, 2013
Saturday night’s jackpot is the biggest ever for Powerball, and could wind up the largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever.Read more
Lawmakers make a deal to boost school funding
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
AUSTIN — Proposed agreement would restore almost $4 billion in public education cuts and provide at least $1 billion in tax relief.Read more
Fort Worth man dies after being shocked by police Taser
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
FORT WORTH — Police say Jermaine Darden resisted arrest during a drug raid. Darden’s mother says he had asthma and couldn’t breathe while lying facedown.Read more
Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.Read more
