Tarrant Regional Water Board challengers question how agency does its business
| |Monday, Apr. 08, 2013
Incumbents defend the agency as open and proactive in seeking new sources for the county.
Tarrant Regional Water Board challengers question how agency does its business
| |Monday, Apr. 08, 2013
Incumbents defend agency as open and proactive in seeking new sources of water.
Arlington student who tweeted his STAAR test essay has suspension lifted
| |Thursday, Apr. 04, 2013
Kyron Birdine, the Arlington High School student who received four days of on-campus suspension earlier this week for tweeting a picture of his STAAR test essay, has had his on-campus suspension lifted.
Arlington student who tweeted his STAAR test essay has suspension lifted
| |Thursday, Apr. 04, 2013
Student is out of suspension two days early.
Is today's GOP your father's Republican Party?
| |Wednesday, Apr. 03, 2013
GOP members trying to re-brand their image should look back to the days when they were more inclusive.
Mansfield school board candidate withdraws; race still on
| |Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2013
Resignation comes too late to cancel election.
Budget impasse likely to affect all Americans' lives, local lawmaker says
| |Tuesday, Mar. 26, 2013
Sooner or later, if it goes on long enough, the sequester will somehow affect most Americans' lives, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, said Monday.
At George W. Bush library at SMU, history is set to unfold
| |Sunday, Mar. 24, 2013
After 2 1/2 years of construction, the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the edge of SMU will be unveiled April 25 and will open to the public May 1.
PoliTex: Staff deserved $42K in bonuses, Rep. Barton says
| |Sunday, Mar. 17, 2013
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton defends giving his office staff bonuses ahead of the fiscal cliff last year, as reported by CNN.
George P. Bush to run for land commissioner
| |Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2013
George Prescott Bush filed the paperwork Tuesday to run for Texas land commissioner next year, hoping to use a little-known but powerful post to continue his family's political dynasty in one of the country's most conservative states.
Senate Democrats' funding bill shorts Obama's accomplishments
Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2013
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are preparing a catchall government funding bill that denies President Barack Obama money for implementing signature first-term accomplishments like new regulations on Wall Street and his expansion of government healthcare subsidies but provides modest additional funding for domestic priorities like health research.
Jeb Bush says tax hikes not off-limits
| |Monday, Mar. 11, 2013
Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida and potential contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, said he wouldn't automatically reject raising taxes to solve the federal government's budget woes.
UNT System names 20 to Fort Worth task force
| |Thursday, Mar. 07, 2013
The task force is to advise in the selection of a permanent president for UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth, among other matters.
Impact of federal cuts will prove heavy at military-related schools
| |Saturday, Mar. 02, 2013
A program aids 1,400 districts serving 11 million children nationwide.
Ex-Fort Worth City Council member Kathleen Hicks wants her old seat back
| |Friday, Mar. 01, 2013
Last year she ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House.
Ex-trustee seeks to reclaim seat on Fort Worth school board
| |Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013
Podiatrist Camille Rodriguez, who was defeated in 2008 in her bid for a second term on the Fort Worth school board by educator Carlos Vasquez, is challenging him to win the seat back.
Big school reforms should be the goal, Jeb Bush says
| |Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
“Be big or go home,” he tells a Texas Senate committee.
Supreme Court to decide future of Voting Rights Act
| |Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
A pivotal justice suggests that a law can run its course.
Supreme Court reviews whether parts of 1965 Voting Rights Act are out of date
| |Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
WASHINGTON — The politically charged issue of race was before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case that could determine how the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act applies to the South.
Democrats fire blanks at Tarrant gun shows
| |Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
Nearly 20 years have passed since a Democrat last won a countywide election in Tarrant County.
George P. Bush, dad urge reforms in Texas schools
| |Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
The two speak at a forum on education in Austin.
Cruz relishes his role as Senate's new bad boy
| |Monday, Feb. 25, 2013
WASHINGTON -- He's not your usual newbie senator.
Ted Cruz relishes his role as Senate's new bad boy
| |Monday, Feb. 25, 2013
WASHINGTON — He’s not your usual newbie senator. After just weeks on the job, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has managed to ruffle feathers on both sides of the aisle with his aggressive questioning of former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., the Obama administration’s nominee for defense secretary. Some critics said it contained echoes of the McCarthy era.
Obama on State of the Union: ‘We can fix this’
| |Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama returned to the unfinished business of a still struggling economy Tuesday night, outlining a second-term agenda with proposals designed to create jobs, expand the middle class and spur financial growth.
Veasey's guest was immigrant to Texas
| |Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
The State of the Union speech is the first for the Fort Worth congressman.
PoliTex: Polls show Cornyn ahead of three top Democrats
| |Saturday, Feb. 09, 2013
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is up for re-election in 2014, and Texas Democrats are feeling more optimistic than usual after candidates in their party won five U.S. House seats last year.
Gloria Steinem said Texans should 'dis-elect' Gov. Rick Perry
| |Friday, Feb. 01, 2013
Visiting Fort Worth, the feminist icon says Rick Perry is an “unacceptable American.”
Chat replay with Bud Kennedy: Texas vs. California
Saturday, Feb. 09, 2013
Star-Telegram columnist Bud Kennedy has taken on the Tea Party, Glenn Beck and Gov. Rick Perry. But he needed a real challenge. How about the state of California? As Perry seeks to lure businesses from the home of Jerry Brown to the land of God and guns, Bud, Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters and reporter David Siders and readers weigh in on the merits of both states.
Gloria Steinem said Texans should 'dis-elect' Gov. Rick Perry
| |Friday, Feb. 01, 2013
Feminist icon says Perry is an “authoritarian, a dictatorial, unacceptable American.”
Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price kicks off re-election campaign
| |Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
Fort Worth and Arlington city council incumbents begin filing paperwork for the May 11 election, with two Fort Worth council members drawing challengers.
