Park Officials in Bastrop are busting out the big guns against the hundreds of black vultures that presently terrorize the local establishment. The new Texas State Highway 130 (under construction) may allow drivers to fly down the road at 85 mph. Unfortunately it took a violent death to push the Backyard music venue to address the dangers related to their parking situation. Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of the deceased.......

Last week, the Senate Budget Committee caved in to special interest groups and passed a budget resolution that includes a provision designed exclusively to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The entire Senate will vote on this resolution as early as Thursday! Last December, the Arctic drilling was blocked by generating tens of thousands of phone calls to Capitol Hill. It's time to do it again! Please call your Senators right now:......

It looks like another associate of DeLay is beginning his fall from grace. Travis County prosecutors subpoenaed records from Robert G. Mills, who once led a nonprofit group that received millions from clients of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. In 1999, Mills claimed ownership of a Capitol Hill townhouse and filed a permit to run a home-based consulting business. This townhouse became the headquarters for many DeLay-related operations and was dubbed the "Safe House" by......

E-mail messages (dated 7/17/02) from lobbyist Jack Abramoff, obtained by the Justice Department and Senate investigators, show that he told an Indian tribe client that he was being pressured by U.S. Rep. Tom Delay for a $25,000 political donation. This is significant because the e-mail messages are the first evidence to demonstrate that Abramoff cited personal pressure from DeLay in trying to persuade political donations. Previous ties between Abramoff and DeLay have centered around......

Tom DeLay succeeded yesterday in having Judge Bob Perkins removed from his money-laundering and conspiracy case, complaining that the Democrat had donated over $5,000 to "liberal" causes since 2001. While a new judge has yet to be named, The Hammer's already working on his next weaselly tactic: having the trial moved out of Austin. Ridiculously, his indictment hearings have become something of a farce - it's hard to remember that the whole thing stems......