Clements To Be Buried Thursday In Dallas
Funeral services for former Texas Gov. Bill Clements will be Thursday in Dallas.
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Funeral services for former Texas Gov. Bill Clements will be Thursday in Dallas.
Governor Rick Perry signed into law Monday a measure that will limit frivolous lawsuits by levying some fees on plaintiffs and allowing meritless suits to be dismissed early in the process.
Sending or reading text messages while driving would be outlawed in Texas under a bill passed by legislature and headed for Gov. Rick Perry's desk.
Texas could soon become the first state to require drilling companies to disclose the chemicals used to crack rock in the search for natural gas.
Democrats used a filibuster to block the bill early Monday morning, after 139 days of fighting budget measures that slash billions of dollars in state funding from education.
Former Gov. Bill Clements, the first Republican governor in Texas since Reconstruction, has died at 94, according to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
The Texas Legislature has passed along largely party lines a state budget that cuts billions from public schools, state universities and health care.
Governor Rick Perry signed a measure Friday that requires Texans to show photo identification before voting. Republicans say the law is necessary to prevent voter fraud and make elections fair.
Rick Perry says he will consider seeking the Republican nomination for president. The longest serving governor in Texas history reversed course after saying for months he wasn't interested in running for the White House.
Texas businesses could soon be forced to allow their employees to bring their guns to work. The bill would allow individuals that have the proper license to keep guns in their locked cars.
Former President George W. Bush said Thursday he wasn't surprised by the recent uprisings in the Middle East and warns that it takes a while for freedom to "take root."
The Dallas Independent School District has a new assessment of its projected funding cuts from the state after the legislature announced a $4 Billion reduction in money to schools statewide.
A payday lending reform bill, dealing with limited state regulation of the industry for the first time, is already sitting on Governor Perry's desk. Now, a second bill, calling for full disclosure of all of the loan terms, is headed his way.
House and Senate negotiators have approved the Texas budget for the next two years, sending the plan to the full chambers for consideration.
Texas lawmakers met behind closed doors to hammer out a new school financing law as time was running out for the 2011 legislative session.
