Former ambassador Tom Schieffer laughed off the Lyceum Poll, which colleague Christy Hoppe described here earlier. The poll showed 80 percent of likely Democratic voters undecided on a candidate for governor. Humorist Kinky Friedman was at 10 percent, Schieffer at...
Almost 300 Senate bills are gasping for their last breaths over in the House, the vise of delaying tactics and deadlines marking their final hours. So senators and many House members are huddling trying to find broad-based bills that have...
Robert T. Garrett reports: AUSTIN -- Texas should take a half-billion more federal stimulus dollars that it can tap by allowing more jobless workers to qualify, Democrat legislative leaders said today. The Democrats said GOP Gov. Rick Perry should consider...
The chairman of the national Senate fundraising committee is getting an earful from Texas Democrats about not putting money into Texas in the Senate race this year. The committee spent millions in other states, but not Texas, where Democrat Rick...
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has developed a friendly rivalry with Texas Sen. Leticia Van de Putte. Ms. Van de Putte stayed with the Kansas governor during the Big 12 basketball tournament, where Kansas University beat Texas. Ms. Van de Putte,...
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