Rainey Street wouldn’t be the same without Bridget Dunlap. The savvy businesswoman transformed the Austin bar scene by envisioning and delivering Lustre Pearl, Clive Bar, and Bar 96. Each
It’s Rick Perry. Well, not exactly. What has happened is that Team Perry has taken over the Dewhurst campaign. Dave Carney is in charge. Mark Miner has joined the communications team. Rob Johnson is heading up the Super PAC. Everyone understands what that means. It means that the Perry playbook
A grand jury will decide whether to pursue criminal charges against the Shiner dad, but the public seems to favor his use of deadly force.
Canadian journalist and author Ryan Knighton—who is blind—communes with reptiles he can't see for VICE magazine.
After former El Paso ISD superintendent Lorenzo Garcia pled guilt to conspiracy charges, the newspaper called for five of the seven current school board members to step down.
What's more embarassing for an eight-year-old boy? School authorities forcing you to take a shower or your parents making a federal case out of the matter?
Timothy Yost has a chance to turn his life around after finding the money while washing his feet along the bank of the Colorado River.
The Plano-based company will be adopting a "1 percent-99 percent strategy" by emphasizing both high-end products, like Stacy's Pita Chips, and "value" items, like Cracker Jack.
Sandra Bullock, who just put her Austin home on the market for $2.5 million, is reportedly moving full-time to Los Angeles.
In reading the last couple of days of convention coverage, I found two key takeaways that have been overlooked:(1) Rick Perry is still very strong with the base of his party. He still connects with the rank and file when he makes a rousing speech, as he did at the convention
TNT's 2012 gloss on the Ewing family premieres tonight, and the advance word has been (mostly) good. Here's what ten critics have to say about the reboot of Dallas.
Two Liberty County residents claim "Angel" the psychic, the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, and a number of news organizations caused them financial and mental damages.
I have a GUEST REVIEWER from the Lubbock area. I met Marshall Scott over a plate of brisket at Pecan Lodge. He’s been searching all over the Panhandle and West Texas for decent smoked meats with little success until landing on Tyler’s in Amarillo. I asked if he’d write a
The original Buzzie’s burned down, so a newer building clad in stone and sitting off the main drag houses it now. The classic ordering process at the counter went smoothly and I was able to point directly to the crusty slices of beef that I preferred. As I
The Republican Party of Texas's 2012 platform got a lot of attention for its support of a guest worker program. But what else is in there? Test your knowledge.
What Texan could forget this season’s disappointing premiere of Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” after Guy Fieri and Matthew McConaughey collectively butchered the very meaning and essence of King Ranch Casserole? Tonight, Fieri bravely ventures his
In a previous post, we highlighted an opportunity to virtually hangout with Tyson Cole of Uchi and Uchiko in Austin. Today, Google+ and Zagat join forces again to present yet another virtual culinary gathering. But this time,
The New York Times columnist talks to Salon about her new book As Texas Goes... and gets reviewed by her own paper.
After a week of scrutiny, contestant Timothy Poe apologizes for "incomplete facts" in the heart-breaking story he gave on his audition for America's Got Talent.
The Lewisville-based company agreed to pay $42 million for accepting "overpayments by federal programs," U.S. Airways dances the acquisition tango with American, and more Texas business news.
Or would it be too big to succeed?
Courtney Royal had sued to practice his vampiric religious beliefs behind bars but the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals was unswayed by his arguments.
Here is a tweet from today’s Republican convention: When Perry mentioned Dewhurst at #rptcon, the whole convention booed. We want proven conservative Ted Cruz fighting for us! Well, I guess that settles the issue of whether an endorsement by Rick Perry is good or bad. I said “good”
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the original $26 million jury verdict in favor of Jordan Fishman, an American businessman who contended that his intellectual property had been stolen by a Chinese company represented by Ted Cruz. In a statement issued earlier today, the Dewhurst
Bedridden for nearly three years after a car wreck, Patricia Walker alleges her husband had an affair with her personal shopper, who earned a commission on every gift Mr. Walker bought his wife.
The Economix blog in the New York Times carried the news that the Texas economy grew 3.3% last year, trailing only North Dakota and West Virginia, two states that rely heavily on energy fuel, and Oregon, which posted a 4.7% gain in manufacturing. From the article: The
There has been a lot of criticism, much of it justified, directed at Comptroller Susan Combs, and some observers would say that it is too much for her to move up to higher office.What her critics may not realize, however, is that the comptroller’s office has become something of an
David Barton and Alex Jones landed on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of the thirty members of the radical right to watch.
There is good news on all fronts about state revenue. The Statesman reported today that the franchise tax, the weakling among state revenue producers, is performing above expectations. Overall, tax collections have been robust, up 12.56%, year to date, over 2011 levels. Sales taxes are up 11.71%. Oil
UPDATE: Earlier this afternoon, Representative Hughes called me to say that his statements during the conference call last night “bore no resemblance” to the summary I posted below from another blog. After I wrote about Mr. Hughes, Empower Texans posted the audio of the conversation, which I subsequently listened to.
A full 3,888 days after Hank Skinner first asked for testing of the DNA in the murder case that sent him to death row, the Texas Attorney General's Office finally relented.
The rapper, who Bun B calls "Houston's best-kept secret," threw out his notebook and recorded Double Dragon entirely freeform.
A writer for the Oxford American samples calf fries at Throckmorton's Rocky Mountain Oyster Festival for the magazine.
Boiling down the primary results to the ten most important events:1. Three Straus chairs lose; two others face runoffs2. It’s Dewhurst vs. Cruz in U.S. Senate runoff3. TLR’s candidate finishes third in SD-25 brouhaha4. Wayne Christian defeated for reelection5. Jana Duty defeats John Bradley for Williamson County D.A.6. Doggett easily
It is always sad when someone passes before his time. Ken Legler was a member to be reckoned with in the Legislature. It was Legler who sounded the alarm to his colleagues that redistricting was taking a turn that could cost Republicans seats. His involvement in the redistricting battle spurred
Every time I use Yelp, I hate myself. But I do use it to size up restaurants, especially new ones, because it’s there. It has iPad and iPhone apps. It’s easy. What can I say? But what I really, truly want are restaurant reviews by somebody I actually trust that
Billy Gibbons tells Andy Langer that he would date an early photo of the band that went viral this week to May 1970.
Robert Miller published this on his blog yesterday. I agree with everything he says. Michael Quinn Sullivan is trumpeting the fact that three Republican Texas House Committee Chairs were defeated in Tuesday’s primary, and two others are in runoffs. He states that primary “race after race was
Dewhurst has no business being behind the eight-ball in this race. His campaign should have wiped the floor with Ted Cruz.In late January, Cruz’s name ID was 40%. All Dewhurst had to do was stay with his message–that is, touting his record as a conservative light guv and basically ignoring
