Washington, DC – (Thursday, September 13, 2007) – Congresswoman EddieBernice Johnson issued the following statement today in recognition ofNational Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week. A long-time supporter of our nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Congresswoman Johnson introduced H. Res. 135, a Resolution to recognize HBCU week, in conjunction...
Last week I came across the plight of Kenneth Foster, a man on Texas' Death Row for a crime that was committed in his presence. Eddie Griffin (visit Eddie's blog here), has been keeping me up to speed on efforts to stop Kenneth's execution which...
According to the UNCF website and Pegasus News, Texas Governor Rick Perry will keynote the United Negro College Fund's (UNCF), "Annual North Texas Governor's Luncheon" on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007. The luncheon will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at DFW Airport. This event is a first-time partnership between...
Washington, DC – (Wednesday, August 15, 2007) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that she will host a Refugee Day Workshop, the first of its kind in North Texas, on Saturday, August 18th . "In the last few years, the Dallas area has taken in an increasing number of refugees...
State Senator Royce West and Dallas County Commissioner Wiley Price are teaming up to host a Town Hall Discussion focusing on issues specific to the South Side. The meeting is called What's on The Agenda? and billed as "A...
Mike Davis at Dallas Progress posts a great story of city government doing actually doing something for the public good. On Saturday morning, Mayor Tom Leppert, Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, Sheriff Lupe Valdez and others held a press conference during a drug house demolition in the 2500 block of...
Below is an opinion editorial that Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins wrote in response to a recent editorial in the Dallas Morning News. In response to the editorial, “One, Two, 68, 483: County’s wishful budgeting doesn’t add up,” published in the Dallas Morning News on August 3, 2007,...
Dallas City Councilwoman Angela Hunt scored a major political victory when she and TrinityVote secured over 80,000 signatures to force a referendum to alter the tollroad portion of the Trinity River project. Dallas City Secretary Deborah Watkins certified the signatures, and a November vote will allow Dallas voters decide the...
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and his wife worshiped with Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III and members of Friendship-West Baptist Church at the 8:00 a.m. service on Sunday. This is really not news but I have a personal reason for this particular post. I have lambasted politicians on this website for...
Washington, D.C. (August 1, 2007) Today, with Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's support, the House approved a bill renewing the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and reforming Medicare. CHIP provides grant money to states to provide health insurance for children whose families make too much money to qualify for Medicaid. The...
