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Politically Inclined: GOP nominees should learn from McCain's mistakes when choosing VP

Politically Inclined: GOP nominees should learn from McCain’s mistakes when choosing VP

Jessica Huseman
December 6, 2011

Politics editor signs off from staff

Jessica Huseman
December 6, 2011

Politically Inclined: Did ‘Fed Up’ really haunt Perry?

Jessica Huseman
December 4, 2011
Politically Inclined: An update from Sylvia Rhodes Bradley

Politically Inclined: An update from Sylvia Rhodes Bradley

Jessica Huseman
December 1, 2011

Politically Inclined: Garland’s Joe Driver will remain in office, collect pension

Jessica Huseman
November 30, 2011

Politically Inclined: Sheets to be challenged by vice chairman of Dallas County GOP in primary

Jessica Huseman
November 29, 2011
Politically Inclined: So what's up with John Wiley Price these days?

Politically Inclined: So what’s up with John Wiley Price these days?

Jessica Huseman
November 28, 2011
Politically Inclined: Get the scoop on the Big D Dirt

Politically Inclined: Get the scoop on the Big D Dirt

Jessica Huseman
November 20, 2011

Politically Inclined: TCR secretary asked to resign after calling Obama assassination ‘tempting’

Jessica Huseman
November 16, 2011
Politically Inclined: Occupy Dallas scuffles with cops, redistricting revisited, public

Politically Inclined: Occupy Dallas scuffles with cops, redistricting revisited, public

Jessica Huseman
November 7, 2011

Politically Inclined: Marco Rubio encourages Hispanic support of GOP at Dallas event

Jessica Huseman
November 2, 2011

Politically Inclined: Sexual harassment? Drunken speeches? Getting rid of the TSA? We’re doomed…

Jessica Huseman
November 1, 2011

Why do people still care about Donald Trump?

Jessica Huseman
October 29, 2011
Johnson announces re-election campaign

Johnson announces re-election campaign

Jessica Huseman
October 29, 2011

Politically Inclined: Yep, it’s an Obama baby doll

Jessica Huseman
October 24, 2011
Politically Inclined: Big D Dirt: PR help for Dallas, NAFTA, Gingrich, strippers and charity

Politically Inclined: Big D Dirt: PR help for Dallas, NAFTA, Gingrich, strippers and charity

Jessica Huseman
October 23, 2011
Occupy Dallas has been camped out since Oct. 6. After a disagreement with the city, they moved from their original site at Pioneer Plaza to their current site just southeast of City Hall.

Occupy Dallas protesters vary on goals, endgame

Jessica Huseman
October 22, 2011

Politically Inclined: Do people still care about Trump?

Jessica Huseman
October 17, 2011
An Occupy Dallas organizer addresses the crowd after it marched to the Federal Reserve building.

Occupy Dallas moves locations

Jessica Huseman
October 15, 2011

Redistricting map still causing stir

Jessica Huseman
October 15, 2011

Showdown between DMN and Black Police Association

Jessica Huseman
October 15, 2011
Members of Occupy Dallas have been camped out in Pioneer Plaza since Oct. 6. )

Politically Inclined: Occupy Dallas taking city to court

Jessica Huseman
October 12, 2011
Politically Inclined: Winners and losers from the GOP economic debate

Politically Inclined: Winners and losers from the GOP economic debate

Jessica Huseman
October 10, 2011

Politically Inclined: Sarah Palin announces she will not run 2012

Jessica Huseman
October 4, 2011

Politically Inclined: Chris Christie will not run in 2012

Jessica Huseman
October 3, 2011
Politically Inclined: Big D Dirt: Parkland, car thieves, art money, trash and student mistreatment

Politically Inclined: Big D Dirt: Parkland, car thieves, art money, trash and student mistreatment

Jessica Huseman
October 2, 2011
Dallas City Hall is buzzing with disagreement over the 2011 redistricting process, which is trying to take into account shifting the shifting racial make up of Dallas.

Dallas city council members, citizens involved in 2011 redistricting process

Jessica Huseman
October 1, 2011

Politically Inclined: Dallas Dirt: Redistricting, evolution, Parkland, Plano, trash and cash

Jessica Huseman
September 25, 2011
Politcally Inclined: Winners, losers in Google/Fox GOP debate

Politcally Inclined: Winners, losers in Google/Fox GOP debate

Jessica Huseman
September 22, 2011

Politically Inclined: Winners, losers of Google/Fox GOP debate

Jessica Huseman
September 22, 2011
Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, gestures as Texas Gov. Rick Perry watches during a Republican debate Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in Tampa, Fla.

Politically Inclined: Winners and losers of the GOP debate

Jessica Huseman
September 12, 2011
Professor Seyum Brown, the John Goodwin Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security, discusses how the world has changed since the events of 9/11 during the “The Day the Whole World Watched” lecture at Dallas Hall Sunday afternoon.

Panel discusses civil liberties, security in post 9/11 world

Jessica Huseman
September 11, 2011

National security threat still feared

Jessica Huseman
September 11, 2011

Politically Inclined: Michelle Bachmann’s status as ‘Top Tier’ dwindling

Jessica Huseman
September 7, 2011

Politically Inclined: Q&A with SMU prof on Ron Paul

Jessica Huseman
September 6, 2011
Ron Paul supporters celebrate their second place finish in the Georgia Republican Party’s fish fry in Perry, Ga. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Businessman and radio show host Herman Cain, also from Georgia, won the ballot with 232 votes, Texas U.S. Rep. Ron Paul was second with 229 votes and Texas Gov. Rick Perry was third with 180.

Ron Paul finds support among college crowd

Jessica Huseman
September 6, 2011

Politically Inclined: Q&A with the woman who wants John Wiley Price’s job

Jessica Huseman
September 1, 2011

Nighttime speed limits eliminated

Jessica Huseman
August 31, 2011

Politically Inclined: Michelle Bachmann’s writing a memoir. Help her name it?

Jessica Huseman
August 31, 2011

Politically Inclined: 2011 a year of corruption for Dallas

Jessica Huseman
August 29, 2011

Perry under scrutiny over higher education

Jessica Huseman
August 27, 2011

Politically Inclined: Bachmann’s momentum slowing, slowing, stopped.

Jessica Huseman
August 21, 2011

Rally held to support John Wiley Price, ‘beat back attacks’

Jessica Huseman
August 20, 2011

SMU-area representative will co-chair super debt committee

Jessica Huseman
August 16, 2011

Professor weighs in on debt crisis

Jessica Huseman
August 16, 2011

Politically Inclined: Economic impact of the credit downgrade

Jessica Huseman
August 9, 2011

Politically Inclined: Dallas congressman named to Super Debt Committee

Jessica Huseman
August 9, 2011

Politically Inclined: The Sarah Palin movie premiered this weekend

Jessica Huseman
July 15, 2011

Adorable finds, minimal distance

Jessica Huseman
June 27, 2011
Matthew Mayfield released “Now You’re Free” to positive reviews on April 5.

Matthew Mayfield’s got a hit on his hands with ‘Now You’re Free’

Jessica Huseman
June 27, 2011

Politically Inclined: Is social media pointless in local elections? Definitely in Dallas

Jessica Huseman
June 27, 2011

Politically Inclined: A bumpy rollout for Jon (without the H) Huntsman

Jessica Huseman
June 21, 2011

Politically Inclined: Romney skates through GOP debate as the only real winner

Jessica Huseman
June 13, 2011

Politically Inclined: Perry’s prayer ‘response’ a clear publicity stunt

Jessica Huseman
June 10, 2011

Politically Inclined: DNC and RNC chairmen to face off. Will this be an easy job for Reince?

Jessica Huseman
June 9, 2011

Board transparency is long overdue

Jessica Huseman
June 2, 2011

Politically Inclined: ‘Walk For Choice’ to rally at Texas Capitol tomorrow

Jessica Huseman
May 26, 2011

Politically Inclined: Rawlings, Kunkle head into runoff for Dallas mayor

Jessica Huseman
May 14, 2011

Politically Inclined: Editor of The Daily Beast, Newsweek on covering bin Laden’s death

Jessica Huseman
May 12, 2011

Politically Inclined: Thoughts on the passage of the campus carry bill

Jessica Huseman
May 9, 2011

Politically Inclined: Obama: ‘Our job is not yet finished’

Jessica Huseman
May 7, 2011

Politically Inclined: First GOP debate draws few big namers

Jessica Huseman
May 5, 2011
With the new One World Trade Center building in the background, second left, a large, jubilant crowd reacts to the news of Osama bin Laden’s death at the corner of Church and Vesey Streets, adjacent to Ground Zero, during the early morning hours of Monday in New York.

Americans celebrate death of bin Laden

Jessica Huseman
May 2, 2011

Politically Inclined: Q&A with former ambassador to Saudia Arabia on impact of Bin Laden’s death

Jessica Huseman
May 1, 2011

Nuclear power plant’s neighbors confident about safety

Jessica Huseman
April 30, 2011

Politically Inclined: The royal wedding is over. Can we all be American again?

Jessica Huseman
April 28, 2011

Politically Inclined: Hey birthers! Obama releases ‘long form’ birth certificate

Jessica Huseman
April 27, 2011

Politically Inclined: The Campus Debate is tomorrow; let’s not waste it.

Jessica Huseman
April 17, 2011
David Kunkle

Meet the candidates for Dallas Mayor

Jessica Huseman
April 17, 2011

Politically Inclined: Sorry, Texas teens. No sexting for you.

Jessica Huseman
April 14, 2011

Politically Inclined: Wanna get on the ballot in Arizona? You best be circumcised.

Jessica Huseman
April 14, 2011

Politically Inclined: Education lowers recidivism. Maybe someone should tell Florence Shapiro.

Jessica Huseman
April 12, 2011

Education in prisons lowers recidivism

Jessica Huseman
April 5, 2011
Townview Magnet Center will be forced to cut its full time staff from 90 people downn to 25 in DISD’s projected budgets in order to cope with reduced funding from the state, while other public schools are only being faced with staff cuts of 15 to 30 percent.

Dallas magnet schools take hit in budget projections

Jessica Huseman
April 2, 2011

SMU’s Texas College GOP chair resigns after being seen in disparaging YouTube video

Jessica Huseman
March 30, 2011

New bill may affect voter turnout

Jessica Huseman
March 27, 2011

Politically Inclined: Obama’s response on Libya: Too late, or better late than never?

Jessica Huseman
March 20, 2011

Politically Inclined: Sheen Palin 2012!

Jessica Huseman
March 16, 2011

Politically Inclined: Public broadcasting might get nixed. So what’s going to happen to Arthur?

Jessica Huseman
March 7, 2011

Public broadcasting faces threat in proposed federal budget

Jessica Huseman
March 6, 2011

Politically Inclined: Daily Campus will host Dallas Mayoral Debate

Jessica Huseman
March 4, 2011

Politically Inclined: Sarah Palin: Does Fox News even know if she’s running for president?

Jessica Huseman
March 2, 2011

Politically Inclined: Sonogram bill: A big exception to small government

Jessica Huseman
February 28, 2011

Dallas’ mayor race heats up, takes on national presence

Jessica Huseman
February 28, 2011
Bills currently being considered in the Texas Legislature would require pregnant women to receive and be shown a sonogram of their unborn child, listen to its heartbeat and hear a description of the fetus. The bills will resume discussion this week.

Sonogram bill speeds through Texas Legislature

Jessica Huseman
February 28, 2011

Program Council, ABS show Spike Lee’s ‘Do the Right Thing’ for Black History Month

Jessica Huseman
February 23, 2011

Politically Inclined: Democrats feeling the blues?

Jessica Huseman
February 22, 2011

Political news from around the world

Jessica Huseman
February 20, 2011
Texas is currently facing a shortage of sodium thiopental, which is one part of the three-drug cocktail used in lethal injections. Texas only has enough of the drug to carry out the two executions scheduled at the end of this month.

Texas faces shortage of lethal injection drugs

Jessica Huseman
February 14, 2011
Break-ups made harder through Facebook, Twitter

Break-ups made harder through Facebook, Twitter

Jessica Huseman
February 14, 2011

Politically Inclined: Mubarak Resigns

Jessica Huseman
February 11, 2011

Politically Inclined: Mubarak refuses to step down

Jessica Huseman
February 10, 2011
Read the email sent by Provost Paul Ludden.

No changes to Spring Break despite last week’s cancellations

Jessica Huseman
February 8, 2011

Politically Inclined: Jordan’s government was ousted. Who knew?

Jessica Huseman
February 7, 2011
Protests have rocked the governments of Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen in past weeks, leading to new or partially new governments in three of the four countries.

Wave of protests shake up Middle East

Jessica Huseman
February 7, 2011

Politically Inclined: After hype on gun control has settled, Texas’ laws are considered

Jessica Huseman
February 2, 2011
The SMU chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

Student reports sexual assault at Kappa Sigma house, SMU issues crime alert

Jessica Huseman
January 31, 2011
Jane Bilello of the Asheveille, N.C. Tea Party, demonstrates on the opening day of the North Carolina Legislature in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.

Tea Party movement’s future uncertain

Jessica Huseman
January 30, 2011

Politically Inclined: Two responses to State of the Union highlight differences

Jessica Huseman
January 26, 2011
President Barack Obama is applauded by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, while delivering his State of the Union address.

Obama urges America to work together during SOTU speech

Jessica Huseman
January 26, 2011
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