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HOUSTON -- Voters headed to the polls Saturday to elect new leaders in numerous municipal elections, KPRC Local 2 reported. The highest profile races include electing a new mayor in Sugar Land and deciding the fate of a multimillion-dollar bond ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 00:59:00 GMT
Voters were overwhelmingly approving four proposals that would use visitor taxes to fund $415 million in civic improvements for the area, according to early unofficial returns. In the race for mayor of the Dallas suburb, the councilman who pushed for ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 11 May 2008 05:29:00 GMT
Chicago's mandate in the domestic bid process was to convince the U.S. Olympic Committee board of directors its Olympic plans could win enough international votes to be named 2016 Summer Olympics host city. That included overcoming the general ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 10 May 2008 15:39:00 GMT
HLEGU, Myanmar — A proposed military-backed constitution in Myanmar appears to have won overwhelming approval in a referendum Saturday in which there was visible intimidation of voters, witnesses said. Witnesses and local officials who watched the ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 10 May 2008 00:58:00 GMT
Democrats may be risking a backlash at the polls in November by pushing hard to use taxpayer money to rescue homeowners who can no longer afford their mortgages in the face of stiff resistance from President Bush and many other Republicans. The ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 12 May 2008 04:45:00 GMT
AUSTIN — The school funding system approved by Texas lawmakers two years ago provides no new money to cover rising costs — especially for fuel, utilities and health insurance — and officials warn the plan's tax revenue straightjacket will allow ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 11 May 2008 00:57:00 GMT
Making a stab at changing how Texas Democrats allocate delegates to the party’s national convention, two groups representing Latinos sued the state party on Friday saying the system short-changes Latino voters in violation of federal voting rights ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 00:59:00 GMT
MARION — The Marion ISD board of trustees will install a new member this month. Newcomer Joe Peck was elected to the board during Saturday’s election as the top vote-getter, followed closely by incumbents Peggy Seiler and Jeff Bryant. The three ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 11 May 2008 05:22:00 GMT
It's rugged country, and it now features a rugged campaign for supervisor. Incumbent Bruce Kranz faces two challengers -- Serene Lakes business owner Jennifer Montgomery and Bob Houston, a Meadow Vista resident who runs a lobbying and government ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 10 May 2008 11:14:00 GMT
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama caught up to his rival Friday in the scramble for superdelegates, a major symbolic blow to Hillary Rodham Clinton's claim that she can still win the Democratic presidential nomination. But the 13 Texans already in her camp ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 10 May 2008 07:39:00 GMT
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