State Lawmakers Hold Tobacco Revenue Hearing
Texas lawmakers will hear testimony on how much revenue the state gets from tobacco-related manufacturers -- and whether to make changes to increase it.
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Texas lawmakers will hear testimony on how much revenue the state gets from tobacco-related manufacturers -- and whether to make changes to increase it.
Police will practice a response to a simulated gunman on campus at the University of Texas at El Paso.
There are concerns about how many police officers are available to patrol the growing area of far north Fort Worth, and the city's police chief is expected to ask the city council for help.
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It's now up to local leaders in each city north of Intersate 30 to decide by Wednesday if they want the county to spray their cities from the air.
D'Andrea Horne of Fort Worth and George Spray of Grand Prairie, while never meeting, share a common problem so prevalent during these economically hard times.
Jordan Conner not only has West Nile, but also a rare strain that caused her brain to swell. Her mother thinks the infected mosquito came from a creek behind their house.
State biologists say a toxic algae bloom called "red tide" killed hundreds of thousands of fish that washed up on the beach of a tourist-popular Southeast Texas city.
A federal appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act by rejecting a Texas program for approving air permits.
Carrie Jones says her emotions are still on a roller coaster. Jones, a ministry missionary, is the mother of quintuplets.
Garland Mayor Ronald E. Jones has called an emergency meeting of the City Council to consider a disaster declaration related to the recent West Nile outbreak.
Aerial spraying will be the next tool put to work in North Texas' ongoing battle with West Nile Virus infected mosquitoes. Ground spraying is scheduled in at least four North Texas cities, but it's the pesticides dumped by planes that have some concerned.
Officials at Texas A&M University say three people are dead after a deadly shooting near the College Station campus.
Two more deaths from the West Nile virus were confirmed Monday.
The Obama administration on Monday threw its support behind the University of Texas' use of race as a standard in its admissions policies, asking the Supreme Court not to interfere with the consideration of racial preferences in college admissions.