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• Alleged member of Hezbollah arrested in San Antonio May 25, 2013
  The FBI has arrested a San Antonio man on charges that he lied to get into the United States and tried to get a sensitive Defense Department position. San Antonio Express-News […]
  David Muto
• Md. suspect is son of Bush White House official May 25, 2013
  The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet. Associated Press […]
  David Muto
• Insurance commissioner on her way out May 24, 2013
  Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman announced to her staff Thursday that she would not continue in her role as head of the state’s insurance regulatory agency. Austin American-Statesman […]
  David Muto
• Cruz invited to key 2016 presidential state May 24, 2013
  An influential social conservative organization in New Hampshire has invited Sen. Ted Cruz to speak to its members, an offer that would present the Texas Republican an opportunity to begin meeting primary voters if he decides to run for president. CNN […]
  David Muto
• Exxon Defies Calls to Add Gays to Anti-Bias Policy May 24, 2013
  The issue will be on the agenda at Exxon Mobil’s annual shareholder meeting next week for the 14th consecutive year. Last year the company went so far as to ask the Securities and Exchange Commission for a ruling that it needn’t keep including the proposal on its ballot, but was rejected. New York Times […]
  David Muto
• House — both left and right — is grumpy over budget deal May 24, 2013
  The House has dispatched some key members to the Senate to convey the House’s displeasure over some late changes senators made to a second, emergency spending bill that is a linchpin to the budget package. Trailblazers Blog: The Dallas Morning News […]
  Ross Ramsey
• Pipeline ruling strengthens private property rights May 24, 2013
  A company seeking to run a pipeline across East Texas instead crossed the wrong Texan, and now a state appeals court ruling in the dispute could make it harder to condemn land and snatch private property for future pipelines. Austin American-Statesman […]
  Kate Galbraith
• Language limiting county attorney keeps popping up in Lege May 24, 2013
  Call it the Whack-a-Mole bill. Every time Harris County legislative relations director Cathy Sisk thinks she has killed legislation that would limit the ability of local government to go after polluters in court, it pops up as an amendment somewhere else. Houston Chronicle […]
  Kate Galbraith
• NOAA Warns Above Average Hurricane Season Is Likely May 24, 2013
  It's going to be an above normal to extremely active hurricane season. That's the news from NOAA — the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Agency scientists predict as many as 20 named storms this year. KUHF […]
  Ross Ramsey
• Future Of The Dome Finally Has Some Direction May 24, 2013
  Now that we know Houston will host the Super Bowl in 2017, there's another big mystery right next door, the fate of the empty astrodome. There's a much clearer process to determine that now than there was a year ago. KUHF […]
  Ross Ramsey
• True The Vote Sues IRS, Charging Unfair Targeting May 24, 2013
  Houston-based True the Vote has announced it is suing the Internal Revenue Service. The Tea Party affiliated group charges IRS unfairly targeted it for audits after it filed for tax-exempt status. KUHF […]
  Ross Ramsey
• Row between U.S. agencies over Texas plant explosion deepens May 24, 2013
  A dispute between government agencies over the investigation into the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant intensified on Thursday when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives hit back after being criticized by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB). Reuters […]
  David Muto