Dallas Senator Proposes Changes To Self-Defense Law
State Senator Royce West of Dallas plans to file legislation that requires all cases involving deadly force, including self-defense, to go before the Grand Jury.
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State Senator Royce West of Dallas plans to file legislation that requires all cases involving deadly force, including self-defense, to go before the Grand Jury.
An Arlington strip club owner was arrested Monday for attempting to pay to have the city's mayor and a contract attorney killed, according to a federal arrest affidavit.
Rick Santorum is facing political reality. He is suspending his campaign today -- but essentially, he's dropping his run for the White House.
The only Texas Republican still running for President makes a campaign stop in Fort Worth on Wednesday.
More than a million Texas children remain without health insurance, and those kids are not getting the care they need.
The number of young children helped through an intervention program has dropped 17 percent because of more rigid eligibility requirements launched last summer.
Jim and Twila Meyer of Arlington showed Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn Mayor Robert Cluck and Tarrant County Commissioners Court Judge Glen Whitley what's left of their yard and home after a tornado destroyed parts of their neighborhood on Friday.
While most of North Texas escaped serious injuries in Tuesday's tornado outbreak, some Dallas County district judges housed in the Frank Crowley Courts Building were concerned their facility wasn't prepared for the emergency.
The National Weather Service now says 16 tornadoes hit across North Texas on Tuesday. Today Senator John Cornyn joined Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck, checking out the damage firsthand.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn will tour some of the areas in Arlington that were damaged by a tornado that snaked through parts of North Texas.
After touring Lancaster, one of the hardest hit areas by spring tornadoes Tuesday, Governor Rick Perry issued a disaster declaration for Dallas, Tarrant, and Kaufman Counties.
The Cotton Bowl and Dallas' Fair Park may soon get a $25 million upgrade via a fast-track proposal to keep a tradition going at the State Fair of Texas.
Texas officials are opposing a federal commission's decision to give Mexico water from the Rio Grande River during a historic drought.
Governor Rick Perry will be in Lancaster on Thursday, touring areas that were devastated by powerful storms and tornadoes on Tuesday afternoon.
Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade is launching a voter education drive on Wednesday for the 2012 election.
