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John W. Carpenter Papers, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Ben Carpenter, son of John, is the one seen here pointing to a Trinity River canal master plan a Your Trinity River correspondent and advice-to-the-lovelorn columnist, which would be me, had two interesting experiences yesterday.

Bus safety advocates and congressional leaders say they will continue to push long-stalled bus legislation even after the U.S. Transportation Department released plans this week to strengthen motor coach safety rules.

Please immediately call and ask your U.S. representative, Rep. Sam Johnson, to SUPPORT the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the health care bill, HR 3962.

By ANNA M. TINSLEY As Congress debates overhauling the nation's healthcare system, some state leaders hope that whatever legislation passes will include a provision allowing Texas to opt out of the plan.Although its not yet part of the massive Democratic-led plan, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said there will be a provision letting states ...

Texas House members are mounting a late effort to delay new limits on physician-owned hospitals, putting them at odds with Democratic leaders who think the facilities drive up health care costs.

Five House members who may lose their primaries DMN chides Hutchison for her light-on-issues campaign Rasmussen shows Obama slipping Austin weather from News 8 Austin's Maureen McCann: Plenty of sun with seasonable temperatures.

Texas is creating far fewer jobs so far with its stimulus funding than most other states, according to government figures released Friday.

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced that the Texas Mezzanine Fund and the Dallas Development Fund will receive a total of $80,000,000 in tax credits from the U.S. Department of Treasury.

The U.S. High Speed Rail Assocation , a new group formed to advocate for high speed rail, organized a conference in D.C. attended by Congressional representatives, smart growth advocates, and Governor Ed Rendell from Pennsylvania, a leading highA speed rail proponent.

File - Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell addresses reporters is seen at a news conference at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., in this Dec.

A House subcommittee that approved a bill reauthorizing FIRE Act and SAFER grants on Wednesday also passed an amendment that will ban ACORN from receiving any further grants earmarked for first responders.

Atlanta mayoral candidate Kasim Reed received a new endorsement Monday and used the opportunity to begin the latest round of debate with campaign rivals Lisa Borders and Mary Norwood over who has the best plan to fight crime.

By MARIA RECIO, ANNA M. TINSLEY, DAVE MONTGOMERY and AMAN BATHEJA Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Dallas, minced no words over why House Democrats rejected recommending prosecutor Sarah Saldana for U.S. attorney for the Northern District: 'She was extremely pushy.'In an interview with the Star-Telegram , Johnson said Saldana, an assistant U.S.

Sen. John Cornyn urged the White House on Friday to nominate Sarah Saldana as the next U.S. attorney for the Dallas area, challenging Democrats to find a credible reason to oppose her.

The Trinity Trust Foundation and the City of Dallas have announced a $10 million gift for The Trinity project and will celebrate this landmark gift at its bridge fair party, a oeBridging the Trinity,a on September 25.

Lots of speculation going on around town about whether the next shoe to fall in Dallas's ongoing City Hall corruption woes may be a Gucci to the head of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price.

As we try to shake off the financial crisis, here's a bright idea. Take a law that has led to the writing of an enormous amount of bad mortgages and expand it.

At Forbes, news on the next economic catastrophe, this time involving credit unions, insurance companies and mortgage lenders, not just banks: The White House and Congress want to expand a 30-year-old law-the Community Reinvestment Act-that helped to fuel the mortgage meltdown.

By ANNA M. TINSLEY Many of the top federal positions in Texas - from U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals to federal judges and a key environmental administrator - remain unfilled, waiting for President Barack Obama to name appointees to the jobs.He filled Cabinet positions and many other top jobs in Washington long ago.

Rep. Lois Capps said Thursday she is puzzled by Republicans in Congress who have a healthcare background and still oppose efforts to reform the nation's health delivery system.