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JUDGE INDICTED IN SEX FAVOR CASE
August 28, 2009
A Harris County Criminal Court-at-Law judge was indicted Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of official oppression, accused of offering to get a DWI defendant in his court help getting her case dismissed in exchange for a sexual relationship. More...
Texas Voter Twister
May 27, 2009
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WASHINGTON -Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, better known for his hard sell than his soft sole, is making an improbable comeback in a different kind of competition.
WASHINGTON - Despite concerns about possible political backlash from Texas' growing Hispanic population - now 36 percent of all residents and growing - Republican Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn voted against Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic woman nominated to the Supreme Court.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republicans U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perry are walking a tightrope heading into their primary, where the winner will emerge the front-runner for the governor's race in this decidedly red state.
AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry kept up his battle Friday against what he considers "overreaching" healthcare mandates from Washington, renewing Texas' request for a federal waiver to enable the state to implement "state-based solutions" for expanding health coverage to low-income Texans.
Texas is preparing to borrow as much as $2-billion to pay for unemployment
insurance benefits. That's what the chairman for the Texas Workforce Commission
told KERA in a recent interview. KERA's Shelley Kofler reports employers who
fund benefits can expect a tax increase, too.
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