Would Higher Taxes Save Our Schools?
As school districts around the state try desperately to close their budget gaps, a lot is at stake including jobs and higher taxes.
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As school districts around the state try desperately to close their budget gaps, a lot is at stake including jobs and higher taxes.
Unrest in the Middle East could produce a windfall of tax revenue for the Texas budget.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Aqib Talib turned himself in to police in Garland on Wednesday. Talib is accused of firing a gun at his sister's boyfriend on March 21.
The Texas Senate has voted to ban the production, sale and possession of several new forms of synthetic marijuana.
After extinguishing a burning car at Eugene McCray Park, near Lake Arlington, Fort Worth firefighters find the body of a man in the trunk.
Deadly bus crashes over the past decade have claimed dozens of lives, including Vietnamese Catholics in North Texas. The accidents have rekindled interest in bipartisan legislation requiring regulators to act on bus safety recommendations.
A Texas lawmaker wants to create a commission to study whether the state's death penalty process needs to be fixed.
Gas well drilling once seemed a lush windfall for tiny but rapidly growing rural communities in parts of North Texas.
Texas lawmakers have discussed plans to hire private medical vendors to care for state prisoners.
Leaders in Southlake have refused to grant a natural gas drilling permit for a site near Texas Highway 26.
Whether through prayer or meditation, all religions seem to understand the value of sitting still and quieting the mind.
Jenna Quinn opened her Bible Tuesday and read some of her favorite passages. She said the words have guided her through the toughest of times, and given her the strength she needs to become a warrior against sex crimes.
Coaches and officials vowed to hold those responsible accountable for a violent brawl that broke out after a high school hockey match.