State Senate Passes Border Security Bill
The Texas Senate has passed a $300 million border security bill — one of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's priorities and part of a sweeping, $800 million border package.
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The Texas Senate has passed a $300 million border security bill — one of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's priorities and part of a sweeping, $800 million border package.
The Senate has approved mandating 35 hours of training for potential foster care parents, more than double what some are now required to have.
The Texas Legislature has passed a bill to double the amount of money the state pays surviving spouses, children or parents of public employees killed in the line of duty.
Wearing a brown plaid coat worn by John Wayne in 1945's "Flame of Barbary Coast," Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has declared a day in honor of the quintessential screen cowboy.
Lightning lit up the North Texas skies on Tuesday night, but the storms left thousands of people in the dark on Wednesday morning.
Missing for days, a 9-year-old was back home early Wednesday after an FBI task force officer got into a shoot-out with the girl's uncle.
Lake Lewisville stood at more than 534 feet Tuesday, two feet above flood pool, and 12 feet above what's normally considered full.
Police body cameras have been a pilot program so far in Dallas, but they hope to eventually equip every street officer with one.
What happened between Boyd and Wiest didn't surprise some who knew them.
The Texas Senate has approved a bill establishing an 11-member commission that will examine wrongful convictions.
The widow of a man shot by a Fort Worth police officer two years ago has filed a federal lawsuit against the police and the city, claiming he was unarmed and "presented no danger whatsoever" when officers shot him at his home.
The same jury that convicted Delvecchio Patrick of murdering his ex-wife Deanna Cook has sentenced him to 85 years, plus a $10,000 fine.
Students who attend Carrollton Farmers Branch schools can get free meals during the summer.
Police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide at an apartment complex in Denton.
A high school student in the Irving Independent School District has been killed and another student arrested and charged with murder.
