Entries for March 2009
Texas tribes pushing legislature to allow reopening casinosMarch 31, 2009
by Kelley Shannon
The Associated Press
Two American Indian tribes asked Texas lawmakers Monday to let them reopen casinos they say helped them pay for education, health care and other essential services.
Leaders of the Tigua tribe of El Paso and t...
Execution case judge didn't declare assetsMarch 31, 2009
The Associated Press
The highest criminal court judge in Texas failed to disclose nearly $2 million in real estate holdings and claimed it would be "financially ruinous" to pay lawyers to fight misconduct charges that could get her removed from the ...
Obama sets auto industry deadlineMarch 31, 2009
by David Espo
The Associated Press
President Barack Obama asserted unprecedented government control over the auto industry Monday, rejecting turnaround plans from General Motors and Chrysler and raising the prospect of controlled bankruptcy for eit...
Hard times bring about new opportunities for big oilMarch 31, 2009
by John Porretto
The Associated Press
Plunging crude prices have begun to play out in favor of Western oil companies in one regard, giving them leverage with oil-rich countries that only months ago had no reason to compromise.
Countries like Venez...
Bank fix-it plans could collideMarch 30, 2009
by Rachel Beck
The Associated Press
Two plans to attack the credit crisis are careening into each other.
The Obama administration is trying to re-ignite lending by enticing private lenders to buy the toxic assets that have been stuck on the balanc...