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FORT WORTH - An internal police investigation into a widely circulated cellphone video that showed the heated encounter between a white Fort Worth officer and a black woman and her two daughters has been completed.
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State Rep. Nicole Collier and U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey also spoke out against the officer.
The reaction among Texas leaders to President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement largely fell along partisan lines.
Trump declared Thursday that he was withdrawing the United States from the landmark agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat climate change and distancing the country from many allies abroad.
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth:
The Democratic National Committee launched its "Resistance Summer" on Wednesday with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaking at a rally in Dallas. Pelosi slammed the new law in Texas requiring cities to enforce federal immigration laws and prohibiting "sanctuary cities" in the state to protect illegal aliens from deportation.
In the novel, Don Quixote is remembered for, among other things, tilting at windmills he believed to be hostile giants, as he travelled through Spain in search of perceived evils he could remedy, or people he could help. Instead of tilting at windmills, believing them to be giants, our very own DonTrumpoté, has been tilting at windmills by insisting that voter fraud is rampant in the United States. To rid the country of this evil, he has appointed a commission to study this non-existent problem and recommend solutions.
May 19, 2017 – New York – AJC, the global Jewish advocacy organization, praised the U.S. House of Representatives for adopting unanimously the Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017, and urged the U.S. Senate to move expeditiously to pass its version of the bill.
Pier 1 Imports' new boss, Alasdair James, is in town and has received the customary pile of stock incentives upon starting his new job.
James, 46, formerly the president of Kmart, started as president and chief executive officer of the Fort Worth-based home furnishings retailer on May 1.
State lawmakers may soon change how many Texans vote. For many people, heading to the polls required one choice — picking either Republican or Democrat straight-ticket voting,...
Healthy life
This month, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, is among those pledging to encourage Texans — and all Americans — to have a healthier lifestyle.
Earlier this month, he introduced a resolution to designate May the "Health and Fitness Month."
"Healthy living is attainable for all Americans," Veasey said.
A continued government role in oil and gas research and development drew bipartisan support at a May 3 hearing of the US House Science, Space, and Technology subcommittee. But Democrats and Republicans disagreed about the scope and direction of US Department of Energy programs that they were defending.
Members generally agreed with witnesses at the hearing that well-funded, early-stage government energy R&D programs can help produce energy technology breakthroughs, even when they are not apparent at the outset.
Kinsey Williams can't wait to start his new job, which he hopes will morph into a career. Just a few months ago, the 16-year Army National Guard sergeant who served in Iraq and...
Lockheed Martin rolls out the first F-35 fighter jet built for Japan. (Star-Telegram/Rodger Mallison)
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President Donald Trump needs a little "advice and support." That's why Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said she recently sent out a "Trump Agenda Survey,"...
Artfully done
Heavenly Najar, a freshman at Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, recently was honored for her painting, "Bisabuela," through the 33rd Congressional District art competition.