Texas Early Voting Spike Driven By Ease, Economics
More than 1.7 million Texans in the state's 15 most populous counties have voted early in the 2010 midterm elections, an increase of about 656,000 votes compared to the 2006 midterms.
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More than 1.7 million Texans in the state's 15 most populous counties have voted early in the 2010 midterm elections, an increase of about 656,000 votes compared to the 2006 midterms.
Opening statements began Monday in the trial of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is accused of helping to illegally finance Texas legislative races in 2002.
Texas is the only state taking no steps to meet new federal greenhouse gas emission rules that go into effect in January.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has endorsed a revised method of funding public universities and community colleges in a money-saving move.
One of the most closely watched races in Dallas County is for Commissioner District 4. Republican incumbent Kenneth Mayfield faces democrat and former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Elba Garcia.
It's the politician versus the pastor for a congressional district that dominates southern Dallas. More than half a million people live in Texas' 30th congressional district.
As Southlake resident Scott White walks along his cul-de-sac, he points out the small pond and the tall trees. He loves this cul-de-sac, he said, and he's fighting to keep it: The city may soon turn it into a road connecting White's neighborhood with another across the property.
Early voting for the Nov. 2 election has already begun, but what many may not realize is that their votes will decide how Congressional Districts are drawn.
Authorities were trying to determine Monday whether a body found over the weekend on an East Texas ranch is a son of former Governor Bill Clements.
Gubernatorial candidate Bill White has kicked off a campaign tour of Texas colleges in a honky-tonk near the University of North Texas campus with singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen on guitar and backup vocals.
The latest fight in the Governor's race deals with who is making investment decisions at the Teacher's Retirement System.
Collin County Judge Suzanne H. Wooten has been suspended by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct following her indictment on criminal charges last week.
A pregnant soldier shot during a rampage at a Texas Army post last year cried out, "My baby! My baby!" as others crawled under desks, dodged bullets that pierced walls and rushed to help their bleeding comrades, a military court heard Monday.
