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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Fort Worth political races heat up on city's north side

| |Thursday, Mar. 14, 2013

Campaigning on menu at community breakfast.Read more

Drone debate lands in Arlington

| |Saturday, Mar. 09, 2013

Arlington police recently won the Federal Aviation Administration's OK to fly the mini-copters anywhere south of Interstate 30, but only on a specific mission, such as search-and-rescue or for a closer view of a crime or hostage scene.Read more

Many Texans are paranoid about a little copter

| |Saturday, Mar. 09, 2013

Arlington police recently won the Federal Aviation Administration's OK to fly the mini-copters anywhere south of Interstate 30, but only on a specific mission, such as search-and-rescue or for a closer view of a crime or hostage scene.Read more

Why the theft of a penny is a felony in Texas

| |Thursday, Mar. 07, 2013

Here's another shiny example of Texas lawmaking.Read more

Vote could be start of transit system for all of DFW

| |Tuesday, Mar. 05, 2013

Dallas' transit system is considering selling bus service to Arlington.Read more

Cliburn was a man of devotion to the Lord

| |Saturday, Mar. 02, 2013

"Great music is the breath of God," he once said.Read more

Sen. Nelson now a target of tinfoil-hat conservatives

| |Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013

The tinfoil-hat brigade is raging in Austin again, and at an unlikely target.Read more

Democrats fire blanks at Tarrant gun shows

| |Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013

Nearly 20 years have passed since a Democrat last won a countywide election in Tarrant County.Read more

Tarrant lawmaker says he didn't think his bill would protect racism

| |Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013

Rep. Mark Krause, R-Fort Worth, says his bill was "inartfully" written.Read more

June 30, 1991: Cliburn's keys to friendship

| |Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

The Texas classical pianist who melted Moscow's Cold War heart charmed a second generation of Soviets.Read more