Right on the money: The George W. Bush profile

By Charles Lewis

On January 30, 1990, Platt's Oilgram News, a respected trade journal of the petroleum industry, reported that a subsidiary of a small, Dalla

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"… t.Bass Enterprises is part of the financial empire of the Bass brothers of Fort Worth, two of whom became members of Team 100, an elite club of big donors to th …"

"… and American League president Bobby Brown took it on themselves to line up Fort Worth financier Richard E. Rainwater.Rainwater and Bush weren’t exactly strang …"

"… ouse. Until 1986 he was the chief money manager for the Bass brothers, the Fort Worth billionaires who financed Harken’s drilling in Bahrain. By 1988, Rainwat …"

"… land transfers. In October 1990, Bush also let slip to a reporter for the Fort Worth Star- Telegram, “The idea of making a land play, absolutely, to plunk th …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part three

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — The goal of Texas Governor George W. Bush's advisers in the early days of the campaign was to make him the man t

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"… make sure he doesnt get off message. Jay Root, Austin bureau chief of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, once described Hughes as “surgically attached to message. …"

"… s began as a television news reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate KXAS in Fort Worth. She covered the 1980 presidential campaign. In 1984, she left journalism …"

Mixing oil and politics is formula for Newt’s “solutions”

By Marianne Lavelle

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich isn’t running for president this year, but due to a gusher of support for his campaign to promote opening

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"… elp defeat Obama.Bill England, who runs a used tire business in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, gave $200 to American Solutions in July after getting a telephone so …"

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Authorities question criteria for access to flight simulators

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2001 — Congress and the executive branch are reviewing the largely unregulated access to the nations 527 licensed

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"… s stretch from Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto in Canada to Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Miami, Wichita, Kan., and Wilmington, Del., in the United States.The flig …"

Badly flawed background check system fails to contain firearms sales

By Rick Schmitt

Center story detailed loopholes in current system

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"… call centers around the country, in Wheeling, W.Va, Barbourville, Ky., and Fort Worth, Texas, manned by contract employees who resolve about 70 percent of the c …"

Rick Perry can come from behind in fundraising with Texas-size donations

By Peter H. Stone and Aaron Mehta

Rick Perry will rely on super PACs to raise big-dollar donations

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"… Sept. 1 in several cities including Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and New Orleans. Even before Perry’s Aug. 13 announcement, potential bun …"

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EPA allowed unsafe handling of asbestos, IG says

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

Use of 'unapproved methods' by EPA put workers and public at risk of asbestos exposure, IG says

Excerpts from this story referencing "Fort Worth":

"… iticism dissuaded the EPA from using the shortcut at an abandoned motel in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2004. “For over seven years, [some EPA officials] have been p …"

"… tudying alternative methods that were quicker and cheaper. During tests in Fort Worth and at Fort Chaffee, Ark., a former Army base, workers were given permissi …"

"… d: there were “demonstrated asbestos fiber releases” at both sites. In Fort Worth, where the test was performed on the office of an abandoned apartment comp …"

PAC profile: Santa Rita

By Paul Abowd

Quick stats on the super PAC, supporting Paul

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"… Hart, who each gave $50,000. Mark Hart is founder of Corriente Advisers in Fort Worth, Texas, and is a global investment adviser. Hart, according to Bloomberg, …"

Transparency in Texas: Dallas suburbs lead in attempts to deny public information requests

By Kelley Shannon

Dallas suburbs lead in attempts to deny public information requests

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"… rmation Act. Next up were McAllen, Garland, Mesquite, Plano and Arlington. Fort Worth was ranked eighth and Dallas ninth, giving the Fort Worth/Dallas metroplex …"

"… o and Arlington. Fort Worth was ranked eighth and Dallas ninth, giving the Fort Worth/Dallas metroplex seven of the top 10 in the rankings.The investigation als …"

"… s to withhold information approved, according to its available statistics. Fort Worth reported getting 92 percent of its requests to Abbott approved in full or …"

"… that people should be aware of, and if I were a lawmaker up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area I’d want to know why,” said Michael Schneider, director of newsro …"

A close call for the world’s most advanced warplane?

By Douglas Birch

Fuel line leaks and a special vulnerability to lightning are the latest troubles for the Pentagon's advanced fighter jet

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"… Florida and Arizona, as well as Lockheed Martin’s production factory in Fort Worth, Texas. The decoupled hose was only the latest of many glitches in the cos …"