George and Laura Bush chose Texas State Cemetery.
Former President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush recently announced plans to be buried at the Texas State Cemetery. Bush will become the first president to be buried at the cemetery, located in East Austin. The Bush’s decision is not surprising, given their close ties to Texas, but it is unusual in that nearly every president since Kennedy has chosen to be buried at the site of their presidential libraries. To read more…
How not to break into the Capitol.
A Fort Worth man faces charges of burglary of a building and criminal mischief for allegedly breaking into the Texas Capitol. A Department of Public Safety trooper spotted the man scaling the scaffolding on the south side of the building, which is under renovation. The man then reportedly broke a window to enter the Capitol and defaced a portrait of former Gov. Fletcher Stockdale. To read more…
Texas Ethics Commission grows by two.
Governor Abbott appointed Chad Craycraft and Katie Kennedy, pictured above, to the Texas Ethics Commission late last week. Both commissioners’ terms are set to expire November 19th, 2019. Craycraft is an attorney from Dallas, who serves as general counsel for the merchant banking firm Best Associates. Kennedy is a former state district judge in Harris County and is now a mediator and arbitrator in private practice in Houston. To read more…
Only in Austin…
The Texas Longhorns travelled to Dallas this past weekend for the Red River Showdown against Oklahoma University. When the game didn’t turn out the way Texas had hoped, comfort food was waiting just outside the stadium at the Texas State Fair. This year’s winner of the Big Tex Choice Awards was deep-fried cherry Jell-O, topped with powdered sugar and whipped cream. To read more…