An Easter weekend campaign event replete with rousing speeches, dogs of both the hot and four-legged variety and a kids’ Easter egg “scramble” kicked off Mayor Annise Parker’s re-election bid Saturday at Discovery Green. Continue Reading »
Mayor Annise Parker on Wednesday scored the endorsements of her 2009 opponent Gene Locke and former Mayor Bob Lanier, two of Houston’s most prominent power brokers, as she prepares to ask voters for a second two-year term in November. Continue Reading »
AUSTIN, TX – Gov. Rick Perry and Texas House leaders ended a stalemate Tuesday by agreeing to use about one-third of the state’s reserve fund to plug a budget deficit in the current fiscal year and to make $800 million in spending cuts to state agencies. Continue Reading »