Texas

Texas budget standoff shows late signs of easing

3 hours, 32 minutes ago

His was with hecklers who crashed a business luncheon in downtown Austin and made it impossible for Perry to brag about the Texas economy while the advocates for Medicaid expansion shouted him down.

Man indicted on claim he set fiancee's home ablaze

9 hours, 13 minutes ago

A grand jury has indicted a North Texas man who authorities say threatened his fiancee with a handgun and then set her home on fire during a police standoff.

Texas man sentenced in NJ for smuggling ring role

9 hours, 53 minutes ago

Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say a Texas man is headed to prison for his role in a smuggling ring that brought hundreds of people to the United States.

Retail gasoline prices across Texas up 2 cents

12 hours, 30 minutes ago

AAA Texas says demand for fuel is expected to increase with the Memorial Day holiday marking the unofficial start of summer.

North Texas spared major damage Tuesday as storms roll through

12 hours, 44 minutes ago

A layer of warm air over the area had limited storm development in much of North Texas over the past two days.

Police: Pastor arrested on sex-assault charges

13 hours, 13 minutes ago

A pastor in Virginia has been arrested in the wake of claims by two women that he sexually assaulted them as juveniles in North Texas.

Fort Worth surgeon named president of Texas Medical Association

16 hours, 21 minutes ago

He teaches at TCU, his alma mater, the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Affiliated Hospitals Orthopedic Residency Program.

Texas lawmakers: Don't sell sugary drinks in elementary and middle schools

17 hours, 43 minutes ago

That's why the Texas Senate gave final approval -- with little debate -- to a measure that would prevent public elementary and middle schools from selling sugary drinks at school during school...

Texas House girds for major budget vote Wednesday

21 hours, 59 minutes ago

A pillar of the 2014-15 budget framework is a new state water fund, which is lawmakers' answer to a historic drought and the needs of booming Texas population.

Recap: Texas vs. Oakland | Texas Rangers (AP) | Texas Rangers News and Videos |...

23 hours, 4 minutes ago

Texas' offensive struggles spoiled a solid start from Yu Darvish (7-2), who scattered five hits and three walks over six frames to absorb his second loss of the season and first since April 12.

Legislating in Texas is not all fun and glory

1 day ago

There are three such authorities in Texas, two in San Antonio and one in Beeville, southeast of San Antonio.

Texas judge: Lesbian couple can't cohabitate

1 day ago

If the couple marries, they can get out from under the legal provision - but that is not an option for gay couples in Texas, where such marriages aren't recognized.

Indian guest workers sue company in Miss., Texas

1 day ago

The plaintiffs claim Signal used the federal government's H-2B guest worker program to recruit them to work as welders and pipefitters at its facilities in Pascagoula, Miss., and Orange, Texas.

Divorce clause keeps lesbians from living together

1 day ago

A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in the divorce papers of one of the women.

Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

1 day ago

Let's give Texas businesses the edge by funding obvious priorities such as public education and infrastructure rather than a politically motivated government hand-out.---Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Local universities in line for big improvements

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North Texas in direct path of new round of storms Tuesday

Texas search team to help after Okla. twister

1 day ago

Members of Texas Task Force 1 last month deployed to the town of West after a fertilizer plant explosion that's claimed 15 lives.---Online:http://usar.tamu.edu/Pages/Default.aspx

Former Panther making a name for Texas female wrestlers

2 days ago

The Missouri Valley roster is stacked with nine wrestlers from Texas and is proving the state is developing talent from the women's ranks at the high school level.

4 Americans to qualify for British Open in Texas

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4 Americans to qualify for British Open in Texas

Texas Tech hires former Lady Raider Whitaker

2 days ago

Prior to her stint in Lubbock, the Texas native played two seasons for current OSU head coach Jim Littell at Seward County Community College in Kansas, where she led the nation in assists.

Mansfield equestriennes blaze a trail for Texas at national competition

2 days ago

"Not only did Weaver and Wiley, an eight-grader at Linda Jobe Middle School, show off their knowledge of how to ride, they also showed off how skilled equestrian riders are in Texas.

Cabrera hits 3 HRs, but Tigers fall 11-8 in Texas

2 days ago

But the Rangers were ahead 11-7 when Cabrera hit another solo homer to center for just the second run allowed in 22-plus innings by Texas reliever Tanner Scheppers.

New Texas law prevents shelter animals from being euthanized in gas chambers

2 days ago

And more than two dozen shelters -- many in South Texas, such as Beeville, George West and Kingsville, and in West Texas, such as Odessa, Seminole and Van Horn -- still use carbon monoxide,...

Jailed suspect in Texas double slaying kills self

2 days ago

A suspect in a Central Texas double slaying has died after apparently hanging himself in his jail cell.

2 women burned in Fort Worth store attack

2 days ago

Two women playing video games at a North Texas convenience store and a worker have been burned after a suspect set one of those customers on fire.