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Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012
Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the ...
Texas Senate OKs 'Merry Christmas' bill
It's Christmas in May in the Texas Legislature. The Texas Senate on Friday approved a bipartisan bill that aims to remove legal risks of saying "Merry Christmas" in Texas public schools. Traditional holiday symbols, such as a menorah or nativity scene, would also win a nod of state support so ...
Texas Senate approves bill banning drones
The Texas Senate has approved a bill criminalizing the use of drones and other unmanned aircraft to indiscriminately photograph or conduct surveillance on private property. The bill would make it a misdemeanor punishable by up to $500 in fines to conduct with malice any surveillance without a property owner's knowledge. ...
Senate votes to extend Texas Lottery
The Texas Senate has voted to extend the life of the state lottery in a vote that was much less contentious than in the House, where some lawmakers tried to kill it off. In a unanimous vote with little discussion, the Senate voted Friday to continue the Texas Lottery for ...
Lawmakers advance legalization of switchblades
A move to legalize switchblade knives is nearing success in Texas. In a unanimous vote on Friday, the Senate Criminal Justice Committee advanced the bill. It has already cleared the House. The automatic knives were outlawed across the country as an anti-gang measure in the 1950s. Several states have legalized ...
Texas Sen. Zaffirini casts 50,000th vote
The Texas Senate honored Sen. Judith Zaffirini of Laredo after the veteran lawmaker cast her 50,000th consecutive record vote. The milestone occurred Friday morning and the Senate took time out of its floor session to praise the Democrat's dedication to public service. Zaffirini has served in the Senate since 1987 ...
Dewhurst: Texas budget deal should be done Friday
A day of escalating tensions over stuck Texas budget talks ended late Thursday with the House and Senate on the apparent brink of a deal that would restore more than $4 billion to public schools gutted by historic spending cuts two years ago. Dewhurst told The Associated Press late Thursday ...
Edwards reactivates law license, speaking at event
Former presidential contender John Edwards has reactivated his license to practice law and is setting out on the speaking circuit. The two-time presidential candidate and former North Carolina senator is scheduled to appear June 6 at a private retreat in Orlando, Fla., for lawyer clients of the marketing firm PMP. ...
GOP's Cuccinelli outlines campaign energy policy
Republican Ken Cuccinelli proposed cuts to taxes and regulations on energy in the second policy statement of his campaign for governor Thursday in Virginia coal country. In outlining his energy policy proposals in Bristol, Va., Cuccinelli also said he would compel the state's ecological watchdog agency, the Department of Environmental ...
Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security
President Barack Obama on Thursday tried to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, calling on lawmakers to approve his request to increase funding for diplomatic security. Obama's call was the second step in as many days designed ...
Obama walking a familiar path on IRS allegations
The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and social advocacy groups have searched for and exploited loopholes and fine points ...
Bill would require flags in charter schools
Charter schools would be required to display state and U.S. flags under a proposal advancing in the Texas Legislature. The Senate approved the measure in a unanimous vote Thursday. Current law already provides for public school students to pledge allegiance to the flags and to observe a moment of silence ...
Tea party groups call IRS process 'nightmare'
Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition. His nonprofit organization largely attracted conservatives who were new to politics but concerned about the growth of government, fiscal issues and perceived ...
Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points
Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the public, according to emails released Wednesday by the White House. Under pressure in the ...
Who wants to be Detroit mayor? 22 candidates do
Detroit's next mayor will inherit a city low on cash and an office low on power, yet nearly two dozen candidates are seeking the job anyway. In announcing he won't seek a second term, Mayor Dave Bing slammed Michigan officials for ceding most of his power to an emergency manager ...
Family drama adds intrigue to Ill. governor's race
Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know — and who you're related to — matters more than most. But the family drama shaping up around the next governor's race adds a new layer of intrigue in a Capitol already grappling with huge ...
Texas Senate votes to weaken university regents
The Texas Senate gave final approval Wednesday to a measure placing new limits on university regents' power to fire campus presidents, sending the bill to Gov. Rick Perry in the latest move in a struggle between the Legislature and the executive office over higher education. Lawmakers have been engaged in ...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: May 15 Sacramento Bee on overreaching federal investigation of leak to AP threatens press freedoms: Protecting national security is one thing. Fishing expeditions that could intimidate and impede important watchdog reporting are another matter entirely. The Justice Department ...
Okla. Senate OKs 'Gordon Cooper Day' resolution
A Shawnee native who was one of the nation's first astronauts — Gordon Cooper — is being honored by the Oklahoma Senate. The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution declaring May 15, 2013, as "Gordon Cooper Day" in Oklahoma in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Cooper's space flight aboard ...
A sampling of editorials from around New York
The Times Union of Albany on judges using special license plates on their vehicles. May 14 It may not be unethical for judges to put vanity plates on their cars signifying their position, but it sure looks bad. And as the most prominent representatives of our system of justice, judges ...
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