Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: August 22, 2015 Where is Susan Hawk? Dallas County’s district attorney has been on an abrupt break from work for nearly three weeks — and those close to her won’t say where she is. Hawk has been off since Aug. 3, a representative said. She has canceled or skipped multiple […]
Category: Political Science
Christian Science Monitor Originally Posted: August 14, 2015 Was former Secretary of State Clinton sending or receiving classified information via unsecured e-mails? (So far, the only classified information found in a handful of Clinton e-mails may have been labeled as such after the fact. And it was information received, not sent.) Why did she hand […]
SMU Adventures Originally Posted: August 10, 2015 Follow Jennifer, Maguire Fellow in Guatemala. Jennifer is a senior majoring in human rights and public policy. She was awarded a Maguire and Irby Family Foundation Public Service Fellowship for summer 2015 from the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility at SMU for her work […]
Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: August 6, 2015 Texas’ cuts to Medicaid could leave poor without therapy AUSTIN — Even as they left nearly $18 billion unspent, Texas lawmakers ordered a $350 million cut this year to Medicaid pay for therapists who perform one of health care’s most exacting jobs. In a two-year budget that […]
Energy Wire Originally Posted: August 5, 2015 HOUSTON — If there’s one thing traditional oil and gas states don’t like, it’s being told how energy policy should work. Consider the ferocity of comments from three of the country’s most prominent energy-producing states that followed this week’s release of U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan, which aims […]
The Hill Originally Posted: July 29, 2015 Donald Trump’s explosive rise in the polls has come at the expense of every other GOP presidential candidate except for Jeb Bush and Scott Walker — who arguably have been helped by the businessman’s rise. The media storm surrounding Trump is starving other candidates of oxygen — including […]
Bloomberg Miracles are regular occurrences for governors who want to be president of the U.S. Rick Perry’s supporters have talked about the “Texas Miracle” of job growth. Post-recession recoveries under John Kasich and Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal are the “Ohio Miracle” and “Miracle on the Bayou.” Politicians regardless of party put a supernatural gloss on economic […]
Dallas Morning News Wilmer Public Library will host a lecture on Tuesday (8/4/15) about politics as part of its annual summer series. Brad Carter, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University, will talk about what influences people’s views on government and the development of a “politics of anger.” He will explore the history of […]
SMU News Originally Posted: July 15, 2015 The White House announced Tuesday, July 14, that the United States and other nations had struck a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear programs in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions. Joshua Rovner, the John G. Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and […]
Houston Chronicle Originally Posted: July 21, 2015 As Trump shoots from the hip, Lone Ranger Perry fires back WASHINGTON – With Donald Trump under fire, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry sat for an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Monday night via satellite hookup, appearing by himself in the corner of a room beside […]