Politics
Rep. Charles Rangel overcame a primary challenge Tuesday night, but with a House ethics trial looming in his future, it fell short of the show of strength he hoped for. Rangel dispatched his most potent rival, Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell 4th, 50%, to 23%, in a six-way Democratic primary that proved his toughest battle since he […]
Former City Councilwoman Monica Conyers has both entertained and shamed Detroit with her antics for years. Now, after a number of delays, she’s finally scheduled to report to federal prison. http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/deadline-for-conyers-to-report-to-prison-is-friday-20100909-mr
Gov. Rick Perry said he will not budge on his refusal to debate nor will he meet with newspaper editorial boards. White said he would be happy to debate an empty chair if necessary. He said Perry’s “handlers” simply do not want him to answer questions. Political scientist Bruce Buchanan of the University of Texas […]
AUSTIN — The march toward a gubernatorial debate continued Thursday with the announcement that three candidates have accepted a Houston debate, but so far Gov. Rick Perry has not joined the fray. The latest debate, set for Oct. 3, is to be hosted by the Harris County League of Women Voters and the Harris County […]
Boosters of Houston’s 70 red-light cameras are seeking to prevent a November vote on whether to ban the devices, alleging in a federal lawsuit that the initiative was placed on the ballot illegally and that it could violate the Voting Rights Act. Read more:
President Obama opened the post-Labor Day stretch of the midterm campaign in the perennial swing state of Ohio on Wednesday, accusing the GOP of pushing bankrupt economic policies and putting politics ahead of national welfare. Read more:
Much has been said about the controversy surrounding the proposed construction of the “Ground Zero Mosque.” Another voice has officially joined the national dialogue…the African American Muslims in America. Read more:
Washington (CNN) –President Obama will have a news conference next Friday September 10, his first full-scale question-and-answer session at the White House in nearly four months according to his aides. Read more:
AUSTIN — A state district judge on Tuesday awarded Chris Bell, the 2006 Democratic nominee for governor, $2 million in his lawsuit against the Republican Governors Association after ruling the group violated state law with a pair of last-minute $500,000 donations to GOP Gov. Rick Perry that year. Read more:
(CNN) — U.S. Senate nominee Alvin Greene, a political unknown who became the surprise winner of the South Carolina Democratic primary, was indicted Friday by a grand jury on obscenity charges. Read more:
(CNN) — Former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, one of five killed in a plane crash in his beloved Alaska, was remembered Tuesday as a “lion who retreated before nothing” and for being a guiding light in the formation of the 49th state. Read more:
