The City of Lewisville has hired Jim Wear as the city's first Art Center Manager. He begins duties Wednesday, Dec. 16.Her report in today's Dallas Morning News is titled, "State Commission on Judicial Conduct has the job of judging Texas' judges." It's a must-read:
A judge in Houston cleans his gun during a murder trial. A Dallas judge fails to file campaign finance forms. A Waco appeals court justice unlocks his colleague's office [...]
Today, the fate of the BAE Sytems plant in Sealy, Texas will be announced. It was reported several weeks ago that the plant would close -- and at least 3,000 jobs would be lost -- because the military defense contract they'd received in the past [...]
The President explains that while he continues to focus on jobs, it is also profoundly important to address the problems that created this economic mess in the first place. He commends the House of Representatives for passing reforms to our financial system, including a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, and [...]
Ten members of a suspected Islamist terror cell, said by MI5 to be plotting to blow up a shopping centre and a nightclub in Manchester, had been granted permission by the Home Office to work as security guards in Britain.
The Pakistani students [...]
I'm glad she's not going to be on the SBOE since she is obviously one of the most anti-science and reactionary members (perhaps she was miffed that she didn't get the top honcho job!) . But I was kind of hornswaggled by this comment from the DMN.
Republican Cynthia [...]
From the White House weblog:
The President explains that while he continues to focus on jobs, it is also profoundly important to address the problems that created this economic mess in the first place. He commends the House of Representatives for passing reforms to our financial system, including a new Consumer [...]

Earlier this week, I wrote about how Michael McCaul's negligence in his duties as Congressman for the 10th Congressional District has, most likely, led to the loss of thousands of jobs in his district. While McCaul's office has tried to claim that they were "blindsided" [...]
IT'S no secret what drives in novation, economic growth and job creation forward: It's entrepreneurs and investors taking risks and starting up, investing in and building businesses.
New York policymakers often talk a good game about all this -- but over the years they've [...]

Republicans are taking every chance they get to paint Democrats' proposed policies -- any of them, but especially health care -- as job-killing measures. And recent polling shows the tactic could be paying off.
With 10 percent unemployment in the country,' [...]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami today unveiled his jobs plan -- create them himself.
"What we're going to be doing is opening small factories in all communities that need jobs," Shami, founder of hair-products companies, said in an Austin appearance.
"We're going" [...]
