Dallas, Fort Worth Pick Mayors In Runoff Elections
It's decision day for voters in Dallas and Fort Worth as they go to the polls to choose new mayors in a runoff election.
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It's decision day for voters in Dallas and Fort Worth as they go to the polls to choose new mayors in a runoff election.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry vetoed 23 bills Friday, including legislation that would have outlawed sending or reading text messages while driving.
The social security administration estimates its funds will be exhausted by 2036. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is proposing what she calls a "moderate" solution that would start in the year 2016.
An Arlington State Senator is taking heat after asking a man testifying on immigration "Why aren't you speaking in English, then?"
As state lawmakers remain deadlocked on education funding, school districts are making spending decisions, chopping things like bus service.
A poll finds that the majority of voters in Texas approve of the job Rick Perry is doing as governor and Barack Obama is doing as president.
By the end of the weekend, Dallas and Fort Worth will both have new leaders. Voters will head to the polls on Saturday for runoff elections.
Governor Rick Perry has 1,170 pieces of legislation awaiting his signature -- or a veto stamp -- and just three days left to get it done.
School districts will be able to pay public school teachers less and furlough them without pay beginning in 2012 under a bill passed by the House on Thursday.
The future is a little brighter at Dallas City Hall. Council members were told that the budget outlook is not as bad as it was just a few weeks ago.
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was released from a Houston hospital on Wednesday, five months after being shot in the head during a political event.
A well known immigration activist has come under fire for suggesting the reason Texas hasn't passed an Arizona-style immigration crackdown is there are too many Hispanics in the legislature.
Texas Senate Republicans flexed their muscle again, passing a bill that gives police broader powers to ask people about their citizenship status.
The Republican-controlled Texas House gave preliminary approval on Tuesday to a GOP plan to redraw congressional districts.
A tax battle is brewing in the Keller ISD, pitting education supporters against residents who feel they have no tax dollars left to give.
