Tempers Flare At Irving City Hall Over "Anti-Sharia" Law
The yelling and booing began just minutes into the public comment forum.
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The yelling and booing began just minutes into the public comment forum.
Is funny business behind the Richardson Mayor's decision to suddenly quit and go into private business?
A state contracting scandal that has cost top Texas health officials their jobs and dealt new Republican Gov. Greg Abbott an early test was enabled by a lack of ethics and accountability, a state audit concluded Thursday.
Sen. Al Franken has urged David Letterman to run for the U.S. Senate in the TV host's native state of Indiana. The audience applauded and Letterman shook his head.
Sen. Ted Cruz said that concern about religious freedom, awakened in the debate over a new Indiana law, could unite conservative Republicans and Democrats in 2016.
Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would keep a person's gun ownership status from being listed in their medical records.
Texas lawmakers are considering changing the state's definition of who is considered an adult in the criminal justice system, and even some who disagree with parts of the proposals say the policy should be changed.
The budget plan bursts with big wins for Texas Republicans: more border security dollars, room for tax cuts and new jabs at abortion providers.
Lawmakers around the country have been taking up various bills that cater to the growing microbrewery industry.
Debate over the $210 billion spending plan was on track to stretch past midnight before its expected passage by the GOP-controlled Texas House.
Texas would cut $3 million from programs to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and spend that money instead on abstinence education under a contentious Republican-sponsored measure.
While there is outrage and shock nationwide over a religious freedom act in Indiana, several stated already have similar laws in the book, including Texas.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday shortened the prison sentences of nearly two dozen drug convicts, reducing harsh sentences that were handed down under outdated guidelines.
The U.S. Justice Department is appealing a federal judge in Texas' temporarily blocking federal rules that would have expanded medical leave benefits to some gay couples.
Texas Senators have unanimously approved a measure aimed at increasing transparency in state contracts, one day after the release of a scathing report detailing a no-bid state contract.
