State Lawmakers Want Higher College Grad Rates
Only 30 percent of college students in Texas get their four-year degrees within four years. State lawmakers want to improve that figure and are working on ways to make the schools more responsible.
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Only 30 percent of college students in Texas get their four-year degrees within four years. State lawmakers want to improve that figure and are working on ways to make the schools more responsible.
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure's signature walk has drawn fewer online signups and donations than last year in the foundation's hometown.
The native Texan who will moderate Monday's third presidential debate says viewers often pay too much attention to his role.
Lance Armstrong greeted about 4,300 cyclists at his Livestrong charity's fund-raiser bike ride Sunday, then retreated into privacy as cycling officials get set to announce if they will appeal his lifetime ban and loss of seven Tour de France titles ordered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
A 40-mile stretch of a Central Texas toll road opens this week with officials and residents watching to see how fast traffic goes -- and whether the state's drivers can handle the extra speed.
About a dozen patients a year in Texas are billed by state hospitals for psychiatric care they were ordered to undergo by courts.
An all-time record of 13.64 million Texans have registered to vote this year, and they will start casting early ballots Monday.
The sweeping school finance lawsuit going to trial Monday in Austin isn't only about money.
A gas grenade explosion injured three people Saturday night in Midlothian.
Authorities have recovered the body of a man who went missing last week at Eagle Mountain Late.
Paige Gomez was trying to conquer her fear of heights when she got on the Stratosphere at the State Fair of Texas on Friday.
High today at DFW hit 89°, the warmest day in October so far. The highest wind gust recorded was 37mph.