Texas Senate Approves Raising Speed Limits To 75MPH
Texas drivers may soon be going faster. The state Senate has approved raising highway speed limits to 75 miles per hour in some areas.
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Texas drivers may soon be going faster. The state Senate has approved raising highway speed limits to 75 miles per hour in some areas.
The last pieces of the next two-year state budget is finally coming together, but funding it will still take some work. The budget conference committee should have the full budget deal approved by Thursday, setting up a weekend vote.
Public school districts wouldn't be allowed to use older football helmets under legislation passed by the Texas Legislature. The Texas Senate gave final approval Monday to a bill that bans schools from using helmets 16 years old or older.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott will be spending the day getting around the state to appeal to students not to text while driving.
The legislative fight over disputed legislation to restrict frivolous lawsuits appears to be resolved in a surprise agreement.
A plan to offer property owners tax breaks for water conservation is making its way past lawmakers as most of Texas struggles with drought.
A Texas regulatory agency is sitting on a pile of cash that can't be touched by lawmakers even as the state tries to cope with a $27 billion budget shortfall. Records examined by The Associated Press show that the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy has been stockpiling millions of dollars for the better part of a decade.
The Texas House has sent to the governor legislation that would offer land owners tax breaks for water conservation. It's an incentive plan little-seen nationwide that comes as many parts of the state are struggling through a punishing drought.
Negotiators reached an agreement on a two-year $80.6 billion Texas state budget that makes billions in cuts and will likely result in massive state layoffs, legislative leaders announced Friday.
People are beginning to choose sides in the runoff for Dallas Mayor.
Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday he is too busy concentrating on the Texas Legislature to think about the presidential buzz surrounding him this week.
Dallas mayoral runoff candidates David Kunkle and Mike Rawlings will meet in a candidate forum sponsored by the Dallas Regional Chamber.
Gov. Rick Perry has signed into law a requirement that doctors conduct a sonogram before performing an abortion.
The measure was attached to a fiscal matters bill in the Senate. But when it hit the House, Rep. Mike Villarreal made a parliamentary objection.
First, Florida Gov. Rick Scott congratulates Texas on the state's top ranking for being business friendly. Then, Scott issued a challenge.
