Obama Pushes Jobs Plan As Help For Hispanics
President Barack Obama told a Latino audience that his package of tax cuts and public works spending would raise opportunities for Hispanics.
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President Barack Obama told a Latino audience that his package of tax cuts and public works spending would raise opportunities for Hispanics.
When redistricting comes around, it never does so without some controversy. In Dallas, Mayor Mike Rawlings surprised many Wednesday when he called for an open meeting on the changes to districts so residents can sound off.
Governor Rick Perry avoided contentious social issues in a speech Wednesday at the nation's largest evangelical university, offering the youth a testimonial about his own path.
Four years ago, Governor Rick Perry put aside his social conservative bona fides and signed an order requiring girls be vaccinated against HPV.
A serious blow to one of Dallas's most politically powerful families. Seven new indictments have been handed down to the Medrano family, accusing six members and an associate of election fraud.
Two Dallas County judges engaged in a terse exchange during Tuesday's meeting while discussing a well-intentioned health insurance plan for the underemployed that never caught on.
Texas lawmakers have slammed the EPA over a new pollution rule they say will cause electricity shortages and cost hundreds of jobs. But it appears they are ignoring the agency's attempts to work closely with energy providers to prevent problems.
As states redraw congressional districts, the once-a-decade process can also be used to exact political revenge.
A disabled Dallas man is one of six plaintiffs who named Gov. Rick Perry in a federal lawsuit claiming the state violated the Americans With Disabilities Act when they were each "unnecessarily institutionalized" in nursing homes.
State Representative Barbara Mallory Caraway has filed to run for the 30th Congressional District, which represents 500,000 people.
Attacked from all sides by fellow Republicans, Texas Gov. Rick Perry softened his rhetoric if not his position on Social Security in a snarky presidential campaign debate Monday night. He fended off assaults on his record creating jobs and requiring the vaccination of schoolgirls against a cancer-causing sexually transmitted virus.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson says the new Texas redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against minorities.
The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas has announced a call for 9/11 stories as a unique reminder of the deadly terrorist attacks.
A Dallas hospital says it will enter into an agreement with a federal agency to avert the loss of millions of dollars in Medicare funding.
All along the streets of Mansfield, people stopped what they were doing Friday morning and stood in silence.
