NATION IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Senator-Elect Blasts Grand Jury Probe

Sen.-elect Kay Bailey Hutchison branded as politically motivated a grand jury investigation into whether she had used her state Treasury office for political purposes. Fourteen Treasury employees and Hutchison’s spokesman have been subpoenaed, the district attorney’s office said. Investigators in Austin, Tex., also subpoenaed telephone, computer and personnel records and other material. The investigation centers on whether Hutchison, the state treasurer, misused telephones and other state resources and tampered with state records to cover up the alleged misuse while she ran for Senate.