Tarrant County

...past efforts to give the agency more resources. The Tarrant County medical examiner's office ruled Monday that 17-month-old Darrell died of heat stroke and classified the case as a homicide. His mother, Keashia Matthews, has been charged...

In this article: Jane Nelson, Texas, Houston, Allegation, and Wfaa-tv

...R-Houston. Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, supported Patrick, while the other two senators who represent Tarrant County - Chris Harris, R-Arlington, and Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth - voted to keep the local-option plan. Nelson, who also...

In this article: Dan Patrick, Jane Nelson, Austin, Fort Worth, Revenue, and Tax

...second-most-prolific bill-passer behind fellow Republican John Carona of Dallas. She eclipsed by far other members of the Tarrant County delegation. Of 80 bills that she introduced, 38 cleared both houses to land on Gov. Rick Perry's...

In this article: Jane Nelson, Rick Perry, Allegation, Tax, Medicaid, Texas Capitol, and John Carona

...Jane Nelson of Flower Mound and Chris Harris of Arlington, the two other senators who represent parts of Tarrant County, although she and Nelson split on a major transportation funding bill backed by North Texas political leaders. Davis,...

In this article: Kim Brimer, Dan Patrick, Fort Worth, Jane Nelson, Natural gas, and John Carona

AUSTIN - Two state senators who represent Tarrant County have been named to chairmanships by Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, partially offsetting the loss of seniority caused by the November defeat of longtime Sen. Kim Brimer, R-Fort Worth.

In this article: Chris Harris, Jane Nelson, Kim Brimer, Texas Senate, and David Dewhurst

...Fort Worth was the first to serve, from 1973 to 1983. Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas followed from 1987 to 1993 with a district that included a small part of Tarrant County. And within days of Johnson moving up to the U.S....

In this article: Laura Bush, Texas Senate, Rod Blagojevich, Jane Nelson, El Paso, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and George W. Bush

...project committee, and Judge Whitley knew that. And I told him from the start that I would support him if he'd guarantee representation from northwest Tarrant County, and that never happened." Nelson voted against the bill when it passed the...

In this article: Tax, E mail, and Jane Nelson

AUSTIN - With one of North Texas' senators voting no, the state Senate on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a major transportation funding bill that is a top legislative priority for most of Tarrant County's political leaders. Sen....

In this article: John Carona, Tax, Rick Perry, Dan Patrick, Jane Nelson, Steve Ogden, Austin, and Dallas

...from worsening congestion and pollution. Nelson, one of the three senators who represent Tarrant County, acknowledged that a number of officials in Tarrant County are disappointed with her vote. Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, voted for...

In this article: Jane Nelson, Rick Perry, Tax, Fort Worth, and Mike Moncrief