![Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst speaks in September at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington. Dewhurst's former campaign manager and longtime adviser Kenneth "Buddy" Barfield pleaded guilty on Tuesday to embezzling $1.8 million from Dewhurst's campaigns for lieutenant governor and the U.S. Senate.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20141022182900im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20141021-1021daviddewhurst.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/1021daviddewhurst.JPG)
Ex-Dewhurst adviser Kenneth 'Buddy' Barfield pleads guilty to embezzling $1.8M from campaigns
Barfield faces a maximum sentence of 28 years in prison on three charges, including wire fraud, falsified tax returns and filing fraudulent documents with the Federal Election Commission.
Dallas-based guardrail maker Trinity Industries defrauded U.S., jury finds
The company was accused of selling systems that can malfunction during crashes and slice through cars.
![Actor Matthew McConaughey urges the Longhorns on in the first half during the Baylor University Bears vs. the University of Texas Longhorns NCAA football game at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin on Saturday, October 4, 2014. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20141022182900im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20141017-ns_04baylorutld24_40132061.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/NS_04BAYLORUTLD24_40132061.JPG)
Matthew McConaughey, Earl Campbell among UT-Austin alums honored by Texas Exes
Dealey Herndon, a director of The News' parent company, was also among the six Distinguished Alumnus Awards recipients.
![Karina Munoz, 21, (left) of Houston talks with a recruiter at a job fair at Stephen F. Austin State University. Texas’ lower joblessness has some employers scrambling to fill jobs.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20141022182900im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20141017-sfa_job_fair_39579189.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/SFA_JOB_FAIR_39579189.JPG)
Texas breaks record for jobs added in 12-month span
Labor economists don’t expect the recent decline in oil prices or the Ebola outbreak in Dallas to hurt the job market.
![Oncor crew members (from left) Larry Mayfield, Brandon Sowards, Leo Sanchez and Kutter Werning worked Oct. 6 to correct a storm-caused outage in Grand Prairie.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20141022182900im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20141017-nmc_06oncorpower.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/NMC_06oncorpower.jpg)
Oncor takes heat from regulators over storm preparations
The electric transmission company disputes findings by the PUC that it cut maintenance spending more than 20 percent even as it was adding customers.
![Isabela Speedon, a medical assistant, puts clean sheets on an examining table at the Whole Woman's Health Clinic. Along the Texas-Mexico border, the only abortion clinic in 300 miles will resume abortion services in McAllen starting Friday, according to Whole Woman’s Health.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20141022182900im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20141015-texas_abortion_access_2_40289328.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/TEXAS_ABORTION_ACCESS_2_40289328.JPG)
Texas abortion clinics reopen after court reprieve
A five-sentence ruling late Tuesday blocked parts of a sweeping Texas abortion law that required clinics to meet hospital-level operating standards starting Oct. 3.
![In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo, an election official checks a voter's photo identification at an early voting polling site, in Austin, Texas. In elections that begin next week, voters in 10 states will be required to present photo identification before casting ballots _ the first major test of voter ID laws after years of legal challenges arguing that the measures are designed to suppress voting. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) -- voter ID, voter I.D., voter identification card, election, campaign, vote, voters 03082014xALDIA](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20141022182900im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20141015-voter_id_test_36244127.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/VOTER_ID_TEST_36244127.JPG)
Texas voter ID law applies for November elections, federal appeals court says
The panel did not rule on the law's merits, but determined that it was too close to Election Day to change the rules.
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Confederate license plate backers seek high court help
Group that wants to sell license plate with battle flag looks to Supreme Court for support in its fight with Texas.