Bud Kennedy is a homegrown Fort Worth guy who started out covering high school football here when he was 16. He went away to the Fort Worth Press and newspapers in Austin and Dallas, then came home in 1981. Since 1987, he's written more than 1,000 weekly dining columns and more than 3,000 news and politics columns. If you don't like what he says about politics, read him on barbecue.
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Dewhurst’s Senate cut taxes and helped business, but is the Tea Party happy?
| |Sunday, Jun. 16, 2013
Facing two and maybe three opponents, the Texas lieutenant governor talks about addressing state needs, not just saving money.
Joshua valedictorian finished his speech, but he’s still talking
| |Friday, Jun. 14, 2013
Joshua school officials let Remington Reimer finish, just not over the sound system. He says he was “censored.”
An Aledo author is boiling, but his Starbucks boycott is strictly a mild roast
| |Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2013
David Barton’s call for Christians to switch coffees has been met so far with morning yawns.
In San Antonio, an escort is killed after a date gone bad, but the shooter goes free
| |Saturday, Jun. 08, 2013
After the woman declined sex, Zeke Gilbert shot her to prevent a “theft,” his attorneys argued.
Federal money for DFW home storm shelters is gone in a whiff
| |Friday, Jun. 07, 2013
The Dallas-Fort Worth area received “safe room grants” because of the greater risk here of hail and windstorms.
Fort Worth Democrat Veasey irked at Dallas Republican’s comment
| |Wednesday, Jun. 05, 2013
A Tea Party co-founder rephrases his comment that the Republican Party “doesn’t want black people to vote.”
Cliburn contestants gold-medal caliber, but where are the crowds?
| |Saturday, Jun. 01, 2013
Once a sellout weeks in advance, the competition still has tickets remaining for final rounds this week.
Gun law’s co-author was neighbor of man shot by police
| |Friday, May. 31, 2013
Former state Rep. Bill Carter: “If a law officer says put down the gun, you put it down.”
The Texas Legislature had a good session, but hold your applause
| |Monday, May. 27, 2013
AUSTIN — A campaign-minded special session — maybe on redistricting — threatens to undo goodwill.
Gathered 50 years ago for President Kennedy’s Fort Worth visit, artworks now retell the story
| |Sunday, May. 26, 2013
DALLAS — “Hotel Texas” art, photos, video recapture the morning of Nov. 22, 1963, in a Dallas museum exhibit.
Most-read stories
- 4 killed in crash Saturday night in southern Tarrant County are identified
- New Fort Worth micro-brewery to launch sales at Central Market
- End of the road in sight for $1 billion Grapevine project
- Churches split on what to do about Scout sponsorship
- Affidavit: Gunmen targeted teen in Fort Worth shooting, killed boy instead
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