News Clips Archive
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Dallas Morning News: Rep. Michael Burgess clarifies comment about possible Obama impeachment
Posted on August 9, 2011 | No CommentsWASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess clarified Tuesday that he would not advocate for impeaching President Barack Obama, after he suggested at a meeting that charging the president was a... -
Dallas Morning News: Perry’s A&M transcript is heavy on C’s
Posted on August 5, 2011 | No CommentsBy TRISTAN HALLMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Gov. Rick Perry’s college transcripts from Texas A&M are now available on the Internet — brought to you by the letter C. The... -
Dallas Morning News: Texans see some specialty license plate prices spike
Posted on August 1, 2011 | No CommentsThe price of vanity has shot up in Texas. My Plates, the state’s private vendor for specialty license plates, has significantly increased the cost of two types of its one-year... -
Dallas Morning News: Texas Republicans fall in line on debt vote
Posted on July 29, 2011 | No CommentsBy TRISTAN HALLMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Following concessions from party leadership, Texas Republicans cast aside their reservations to support Speaker John Boehner’s debt-reduction bill, which narrowly passed the House... -
Dallas Morning News: Nearby House ladies’ room no longer just a pipe dream
Posted on July 22, 2011 | No CommentsBy TRISTAN HALLMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The women of the U.S. House now have a restroom of their own, a development that female lawmakers from Texas hailed as a... -
Dallas Morning News: Former congressman Martin Frost confesses to solving judge’s photo problem with caper
Posted on July 18, 2011 | No CommentsBy TRISTAN HALLMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — In the early 1970s, Martin Frost was a hungry young law clerk whose boss, a well-known federal judge, didn’t like some of the... -
Dallas Morning News: Provision to protect traditional light bulbs gets through House
Posted on July 16, 2011 | No CommentsBy TRISTAN HALLMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The bulb battle is back on after the House endorsed a tea-party-fueled effort Friday to repeal a 2007 law that will take cheap,... -
Dallas Morning News: Dallas seniors fear Social Security delays in budget standoff
Posted on July 15, 2011 | No CommentsBy TRISTAN HALLMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The president’s warning that a failure to increase the federal debt limit could delay Social Security checks is stirring anxiety among retirees, many... -
Dallas Morning News: Immigration audits focusing more on employers, federal records show
Posted on July 4, 2011 | No CommentsBy TRISTAN HALLMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — U.S. immigration officials are increasingly targeting businesses by auditing employment documents rather than pursuing the workers who are in the country illegally. Since... -
Dallas Morning News: Ron Paul’s stock in precious metals reflects his currency beliefs
Posted on July 3, 2011 | No CommentsBy TRISTAN HALLMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul puts his gold where his mouth is. Most of the Lake Jackson congressman’s personal financial portfolio consists of...