Obama awards medals to Bob Dylan, Toni Morrison, others
| |Wednesday, May. 30, 2012
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama took a point of personal – and professional – privilege Tuesday, bestowing the nation’s highest civilian honor on a group of people whom he said included some of his own heroes.
Fifty years on, Dylan awarded Medal of Freedom
| |Wednesday, May. 30, 2012
WASHINGTON — Few recipients of the presidential Medal of Freedom have carried more cultural and artistic weight than Bob Dylan, who received the recognition from President Barack Obama on Tuesday at the White House for contributions to American life and culture.
Part 1: Thanks to Tarrant County, risky deals for projects statewide gain financing
| |Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010
Tarrant County has quietly operated a sideline business for years: authorizing financing for billions of dollars of projects all over Texas, including risky deals others had rejected.
Part 2: Assisted-living facility made possible by tax-exempt bonds fell into 'anarchy'
| |Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010
Second of four parts: A singing trio of brothers -- known as McDuff -- arrived in Fort Worth in the late 1990s with high hopes of creating assisted-living centers for some of the city's most vulnerable residents.
Part 3: Conflict-of-interest concerns raised about advisers in bond deals
| |Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010
Third of four parts: For decades, Tarrant County has relied on attorney C. Harold Brown to be the go-to man for its multibillion-dollar conduit bond business.
Part 4: Bond defaults have officials talking regulation, greater disclosure
| |Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Last of four parts: Retired Florida optometrist Bernard Miskiv thought he had a good opportunity when he bought bonds issued by the Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. But when he didn't get a payment on his investment in a year, he began asking questions.
