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WASHINGTON - When 5.4 million cubic yards of ash and 327 million gallons of water gushed out of a retention pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority 's Kingston plant three days before last Christmas, it had an impact beyond being one of the worst environmental catastrophes in U.S. history.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday that it's giving Dallas $25 million in grant money -- more than in previous years.

Posted on December 9th, 2009 9:09am by Tim Rogers Filed under Economy , Giveaways I was just reading a newsletter out of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's camp bragging about how the 30th District has so far received more than $360 million in federal funds from the Recovery Act.

According to allies of President Obama, all opposition to Obama's policies is driven by racism.

By MARIA RECIO, ANNA M. TINSLEY, DAVE MONTGOMERY and AMAN BATHEJA Those fame-crazed socialites Tareq and Michaele Salahi, who made it into the superexclusive first state dinner of the Obama administration, chatted up every power broker in sight, including, it turns out, Texas' own Ron Kirk, the U.S. trade representative and former Dallas ...

The demand for patient quality improvements as a prerequisite to obtaining federal electronic health record stimulus funds is reportedly gaining momentum .

On Oct. 6, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Democrat from Texas, introduced in Congress the Financial Education for Teachers and Students Act, which would authorize federal grants for pilot programs to teach financial literacy to middle and high school students.

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.