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Texas Tribune Catches Up With Laura Miller

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Published Sept. 1, 2010 at 11:54 a.m.

I wonder what the two women would say if you hopped in your time machine, traveled back to 2006, and told former DMN scribe Emily Ramshaw that she’d be working for an online-only nonprofit and former Dallas mayor Laura Miller that she’d be a lobbyist for an energy company that wants to build a $2 [ ... ] ...

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LeBron James on Cleveland over Mavs and others: 'It does have an edge'

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Published June 2, 2010 at 10:19 a.m.

CLEVELAND - One month from the start of the NBA's free agency frenzy, LeBron James said he's not close to making any decision ... However, he has handicapped his field of suitors ... The Cleveland Cavaliers lead the pack ... In his first interview since the Cavs' season ended with a shocking, second-round loss to Boston, James told CNN's Larry King that Cleveland "does have an edge" to re-sign him when the greatest collection of free agents in league history hits the open market on July 1 ...

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Dallas Real Estate: Yet Another Reason Why I Hate Homeowner Associations

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Published April 22, 2010 at 8:31 a.m.

Because they can, as I’ve told you before, foreclose on your home if you don’t pay the home association dues in Texas. You’re not in default to your mortgage company, but you still risk losing your home. Or lose it all together. Remember Ray Nagin, the Mayor of New Orleans? ...

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Leading Off(ish) (2/17/10)

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Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 8:57 a.m.

1. The search for a new superintendent of the Irving school district has grown contentious. Hispanic leaders want to know why Cesar Chavez hasn’t been called back for a second interview.2. Speaking of racial tension, University Park Mayor Blackie Holmes had this to say about the passage yesterday of a ban on smoking in all [ ... ] ...

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Maybe Tom Leppert Should Take a Hint from Nashville’s Mayor?

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Published Dec. 8, 2009 at 12:39 p.m.

Or I guess I should say, “Maybe Tom Leppert could invent a time machine, go not too far into the future and see how other cities handled the convention center hotel issue, come back to Dallas and the present, and change his mind about public funding.” From Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, which, for some reason, [ ... ] ...

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Kilpatrick Buys Wife ‘Very Personal’ Plastic Surgery

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Published Dec. 8, 2009 at 11:52 a.m.

Software company Covisint is nearing completion of a deal that could net disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick $300,000 in commission. That’s what the Southlake resident told a Michigan judge to explain why he’d sought a delay for a hearing on what restitution he owes the city of Detroit.Another revelation of yesterday’s proceedings showed that [ ... ] ...

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Completely Unsurprising Headline, Ctd.

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Published Nov. 13, 2009 at 10:49 p.m.

At the ribbon-cutting tonight for Dallas’ Main Street Garden, Mayor Tom Leppert said he wasn’t fazed or “surprised” by today’s news that GOP gubernatorial hopeful Kay Bailey Hutchison will remain in the U.S. Senate at least until next March. He also said it wouldn’t affect his future plans one way or the other–plans that Gromer Jeffers [ ... ] ...

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Pictures for Your Eyes From Main Street Garden

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Published Nov. 13, 2009 at 10:42 p.m.

The official opening of Main Street Garden went down tonight. The mayor’s hands were present. Lasers played a role (no joke). I overheard again — as I did at the opening of the PAC — “This doesn’t look like Dallas.” We will have more to say about this green space in the very near future, [ ... ] ...

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Completely Unsurprising Headline: “Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert Considering Run For U.S. Senate”

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Published Nov. 13, 2009 at 2:52 p.m.

He finally admitted it during a taping of Inside Texas Politics. It only took him a year ...

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Neighborhood Farmers Market vs City Health Department Update

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Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 4:13 p.m.

Here is a recent memorandum from ssistant city manager, AC Gonzalez, to the Mayor and the City Council on the recent developments concerning local neighborhood markets. SPOILER ALERT: a committee and 90 days. Neighborhood Farmers Market Memo ...

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