Kay Granger News

Texas Needs Healthcare Reform! A recent Washington Post article shows that Texas seems to have the greatest proportion of Congressional districts with more than 25% of people uninsured.

A memorial service for the victims of last week's shooting rampage is underway at Fort Hood in Texas.

U.S. Rep. Michael Conaway of Midland was among 16 Texas Republicans who sailed to renomination last year, unopposed in their party's March primary.

By MARIA RECIO, ANNA M. TINSLEY, DAVE MONTGOMERY and AMAN BATHEJA Two local conservatives are taking the reins of two established political groups.

One day after a shooter opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, Army Chief of Staff George W. Casey Jr.

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 ...

Some local Tea Party protesters want to do for local Republicans what their allies have done for upstate New York.

President Barack Obama on Thursday called the mass shooting at Fort Hood "a horrific outburst of violence." Other leaders from Texas are also reacting to Thursday's shootings at the nation's largest army post near Killeen.

Democrats in Congress who drafted a healthcare bill to be voted on this week have no faith in one of its major components, said Congresswoman Kay Granger.

New York's District 23 Congressional race should send a clear signal to the Republican party that conservative candidates can win elections, and stand up for the values that the party should support now and in the future, says Mike Brasovan, Republican Congressional candidate for Texas District 12.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Residents of all ages attended a town hall meeting in Springtown Saturday afternoon to hear from United States House Representative Kay Granger.

By MARIA RECIO WASHINGTON - For the Republican lawmakers who represent Tarrant County in Congress, the House Democratic healthcare bill is too big, too costly and too much government, a message that seems to be resonating with Democratic Rep.

By DARREN BARBEE Editor's note: This is the first in an occasional series examining government spending in North Texas.

Last week's tally by the federal government shows that Texas is lagging other states in receiving doses of the H1N1 vaccine.

The DCCC has unveiled the latest entries into the House Republicans Hypocrisy Hall of Fame, which has now grown to 67 Members.

PHIL RIDDLE/DEMOCRAT PHOTOS State Rep. Phil King hosted a campaign reception for his re-election Monday at his office on the Weatherford square.

By DARREN BARBEE The billions of dollars in stimulus funds moving through the United States has so far made a minor pit stop in Texas: 1,100 jobs have been created or saved, and several Fort Worth-area companies have landed about $8 million in contracts, according new information from recovery.gov, a federal Web site that tracks stimulus ...

For the first time in two decades, Pakistan's air force is about to get new F-16 fighter jets.

Lockheed Martin unveiled the first of 18 new F-16s being produced for Pakistan in ceremonies today at its Fort Worth, Texas, facility.

Guest chaplains are frequently invited by members of Congress to come to Washington D.C. to give the opening prayer for the House of Representatives .