San Antonio Express-News: Politics
- Ex-DEA: Obama sued over immigration, why not pot?
Tuesday - 11/21/2017 - 11:18 AMWASHINGTON — Every former U.S. drug enforcement administrator is calling on the Obama administration to come out against California's marijuana legalization effort with the same force it brought against Arizona's illegal immigration crackdown.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - No debating her sense of humor
Tuesday - 11/21/2017 - 09:54 AMLibertarian candidate Kathie Glass has been appearing in every gubernatorial candidate forum with Democrat Bill White that she can and is trying to get into one of the statewide debates.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Changing demographics change politics in Boomtowns
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMA county that trended Republican for several decades before becoming overwhelmingly Republican in the 1990s, it is likely to go Democratic within the next few election cycles, says University of Houston political scientist Richard Murray.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democrat gets first newspaper nod for governor
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMIn an editorial published in Sunday's edition, the Chronicle said the former Houston mayor would bring stronger managerial credentials to the state government than those offered by the Republican incumbent, Gov.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Officials: Homegrown terrorists troubling
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMWASHINGTON — Efforts by terrorists abroad to radicalize and recruit U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Edwards is fighting for his political life
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMAUSTIN - U.S. Rep.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. appeals court judge endorses legal marijuana
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A U.S. federal appeals court judge says the United States should consider legalizing marijuana.
Judge Juan Torruella tells a law school audience in Puerto Rico that experimenting with legalization of marijuana and perhaps other drugs is a better way to reduce drug abuse and crime.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Watching Obama speech? Check out tone, theatrics, loudmouths
Tuesday - 01/20/2015 - 07:37 PMThe president came out of his party's midterm election losses with a surprising burst of activity, but there are big questions about whether he will be able to sustain that momentum in the face of opposition from the new Republican-controlled Congress.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Perry aides offered Lehmberg a job for resignation
Wednesday - 09/24/2014 - 03:45 PMThe offer came after Perry threatened and then vetoed $7.5 million in funding for the office's anti-corruption unit, known as the Public Integrity Unit, because Lehmberg had refused to step down.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kinky Friedman: Put wild hog on a plate
Wednesday - 09/24/2014 - 03:45 PMAs beef and pork prices rise, the candidate for ag commissioner is proposing beefing up the state's program to harvest and market wild hog meat in a way he says will create jobs and revenue for Texas.
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- Making nice on the ed board
Tuesday - 11/21/2017 - 09:54 AMIncumbent State Board of Education member Ken Mercer, R-San Antonio, concedes there?s excessive friction and tension on the 15-member board.
Not so much on the State Board of Education: ?There?s a couple of folks who really wear their feelings on their sleeves,?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Rory Kennedy takes on The Fence
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMProducer, director and writer Rory Kennedy, co-founder of Moxie Firecracker Films, had the Texas premiere of “The Fence (La Barda)” last week at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum on the University of Texas at Austin campus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State GOP moving out of the red
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AM[...] the House Republicans GOPAC-TX released a new poll showing Republicans holding a 22 percentage point lead over Democrats in generic state House races.
While such a surge might bode ill for statewide Democrats, such as Bill White for governor, the House districts are so gerrymandered by party lines that a lot of that Republican enthusiasm could be in Republican districts and may have little impact on Democratic House candidates.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Economic panel says recession ended in June 2009
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMThe National Bureau of Economic Research, a panel of academic economists based in Cambridge,
The economy started growing again in the July-to-September quarter of 2009, after a record four straight quarters of declines.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Workforce Commission chairman: Think hard before leaving your job
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMTexas Workforce Commission Chairman Tom Pauken, an appointee of GOP Gov.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Perry may become fed up with all these questions
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMGov. Rick Perry appeared on several national shows Thursday promoting his anti-Washington book and denying that the book's timing has anything to do with presidential aspirations.
Gov. Rick Perry appeared on several national shows Thursday promoting his anti-Washington book and denying that the book's timing has anything to do with presidential aspirations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Penrod new PEO Sisterhood president
Thursday - 03/17/2016 - 12:00 AMSusan Penrod will be installed as the new president of philanthropic organization
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Texas lawmakers will consider these bills
Wednesday - 11/12/2014 - 05:34 PMElections season is over. It's now time for lawmakers to get to work on the issues that are most important to Texans ... and some many Texans weren't even aware of.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Van de Putte releases tax returns
Wednesday - 09/24/2014 - 03:45 PMVan de Putte family income largely dependent on Dixie Flag business
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Five vying for District 9 seat
Wednesday - 09/24/2014 - 03:45 PMFive men, including incumbent Councilman Joe Krier, are seeking a one-year term in the District 9 seat.
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- It?s our country, right or wrong
Tuesday - 11/21/2017 - 11:18 AMOne out of every five Republicans wanted to secede, but only 4 percent of the Democrats did.
[...] the impact on the governor’s race? “Bill White actually leads in the governor’s race 51 percent to 42 percent with voters who want to be Americans, but (Gov.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Perry blames feds for budget woes
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMPerry said Congress now should cut spending: “The most powerful thing that could happen in America is this Congress could go back in and clearly state that they're not going to be spending any more money ...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ethics probe cleared Agosto, but also cost him
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMAgosto said the ethics complaint forced him to hire an expensive public relations firm and lawyers to sort through allegations potentially affecting the financial adviser's business clients in multiple states.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Big hole in GOP health repeal plan
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMThe only way the GOP can really deal a mortal blow is by taking back the White House in 2013, these Republicans say — but, even then, the clock would be running out, with the law well into its fourth year of implementation and just a year away from when major benefits kick in.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP 'Pledge' makes closing argument to voters
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMPushing toward big gains on Nov.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NBC suspends Olbermann for donations
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMNEW YORK - MSNBC has suspended prime-time host Keith Olbermann indefinitely without pay for making political contributions.
Politico reported Friday that Olbermann contributed to the campaigns of three Democratic candidates this fall, including one on the same day he appeared on Olbermann's "Countdown" program.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge denies Delay motion for directed verdict of innocence
Tuesday - 03/22/2016 - 10:24 AMAUSTIN - Visting Judge Pat Priest today denied former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's motions for a directed verdict of innocent in the political money laundering trial against him.
Ellis was a DeLay political aid who was involved in setting up a $190,000 swap of corporate money with the Republican National Committee in 2002 in exchange for a like amount of money raised from individuals being sent to seven Texas House candidates.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Elmendorf council candidate dies
Tuesday - 09/30/2014 - 07:42 PMAn Elmendorf alderman on the May 10 ballot has died, but election officials said it's too late to remove his name.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sen. Ted Cruz causes stir with photo of tiger pelt
Wednesday - 09/24/2014 - 03:45 PMThe senator's staff says 'we have no idea' if the rug is real.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Eva Longoria continues venture into politics, but will she run for office?
Wednesday - 09/24/2014 - 03:45 PMEva Longoria, who spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, is venturing further into politics by producing a new film analyzing and encouraging Hispanics to vote, which has some wondering whether her name will ever be seen on a ballot in Texas.
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