Campaign cash: The independent fundraising gold rush since 'Citizens United' ruling

By Peter H. Stone

For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one part reunion and one part strategy summit for

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"… summer they also scored big with Wall Street donors.Two companies in which Dallas-based billionaire Harold Simmons boasts major holdings — Southwest Louis …"

"… s with Texas ties. Two other Lone Star moguls, Trevor Rees-Jones, who runs Dallas-based Chief Oil and Gas, and Robert Rowling, together with his company TRT …"

"… er for several GOP candidates and campaign committees this election season.Dallas billionaire Simmons wrote checks for $1 million apiece to the newly founde …"

Back to school for the billionaires

By Rita Beamish

Business titans find reforming schools much harder than just writing checks

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"… e that will set it up for better success the next time."Managing By DataIn Dallas, Debby Edgar wanted to make sure her granddaughter, Gwen, a straight-A stu …"

"… eact to problems or issues, said Arnold Viramontes, the chief of staff for Dallas schools.On the other hand, when offered largesse from the foundations,&nbs …"

"… se from the foundations, “it’s not all peaches and cream,” said Dallas Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, whose district has received $22 million f …"

One town’s recurring coal ash nightmare

By Kristen Lombardi

Stand before the pond known here in southwestern Pennsylvania as Little Blue Run, and you’ll see nothing that resembles its bucolic-sounding

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"… reds of people have shown up, some by the busload, in locales like Denver, Dallas, and Chicago, to testify at a series of all-day hearings on the agency’s …"

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Buyer beware

By David Heath

New consumer agency powerless against dishonest auto lending practices

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"… te her father’s warning that the car looked a little askew. On a trip to Dallas two months later, Moses lost control of the Elantra as she veered to avoid …"

Joe Barton — Energy and Commerce Committee?

By Aaron Mehta

A longtime conservative from Texas, Rep. Joe Barton rocketed onto the national spotlight by famously apologizing to BP during a June hearing

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"… the Lone Star state’s 6th District, which covers the area just south of Dallas. In 2004 he was named chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, …"

Stimulating hypocrisy: Scores of Recovery Act opponents sought money out of public view

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

Scores of Recovery Act opponents sought money out of public view

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"… ributed to this report. …"

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Unproven for older women, digital mammography saps Medicare dollars

By Joe Eaton, Elizabeth Lucas and David Donald

High-tech, digital mammography may not be any better at detecting breast cancer in women over 65 than older film-based systems, but Medicare

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"… ing appointments, the reason why was hardly a mystery.Earlier that year, a Dallas hospital that competes with the clinic had hung a large billboard announci …"

"… owns. No old, slow film imaging,” one advertisement proclaimed.Until the Dallas billboard arrived, managers at Women’s Diagnostic were satisfied with tr …"

"… edge officer at the Plano clinic. But soon patients began leaving for that Dallas hospital in droves.“We didn’t want to spend the millions and millions …"

Harold Simmons

By Peter H. Stone

In conservative and GOP money circles, Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons is almost a household name. ...

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"… pposition from environmental groups. …"

"… Boone Pickens. Simmons, who lives in the exclusive Highland Hills area of Dallas, has also been a hefty money rustler for recent presidential runs of Georg …"

American Crossroads spin-off launches new ads in Missouri, Nevada

By Peter H. Stone

Conservative group American Crossroads, launched barely six months ago with help from GOP uber-consultants Ed Gillespie and Karl Rove, has r

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"… million donations: one from Dixie Rice Agricultural Corp., a firm in which Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons is a major investor, and another from a trust c …"

Reports on gun that killed U.S. agent highlight continuing flow of weapons to Mexico

By Gordon Witkin

Reports that a Texas store was the source of a gun used to kill a U.S. agent in Mexico are bringing new attention to an issue that was the

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"… he gun, and two other suspected smugglers, in raids in Lancaster, Texas, a Dallas suburb.These actions occurred just as Mexican president Felipe Calderon is …"

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