Senate Panel Recommends Moving Texas Public Integrity Unit
A Texas Senate committee has recommended moving state public corruption prosecutors out of the office of an Austin-based district attorney.
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A Texas Senate committee has recommended moving state public corruption prosecutors out of the office of an Austin-based district attorney.
State senators are renewing discussion on an immigration bill banning so-called "sanctuary cities," an issue that has roiled the Texas Legislature in past sessions.
Ahead of his expected presidential campaign, Sen. Ted Cruz is banking on his hopes that rural New Hampshire voters and his home state of Texas share a similarly dour view of government.
A broken elevator almost canceled part of the first photo-op of 2015 for new Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the first U.S. governor in nearly 30 years to use a wheelchair.
A month after his last visit, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is returning to New Hampshire as he moves closer to a 2016 presidential campaign.
The signs delivered to state lawmakers in Austin had a strong message with just two words: Former Fetus. But it wasn't the message that caused a flap, it was the interaction between two Republican lawmakers about where the sign was hung.
The Texas Senate has easily approved Gov. Greg Abbott's first three appointees to the University of Texas System Board of Regents, bringing what began as a contentious process to a tame conclusion.
State lawmakers named pop star Phil Collins an honorary Texan on Wednesday, saluting his donation of hundreds of Alamo artifacts back to the historic San Antonio outpost.
A legislator from Dallas has scrapped his proposal preventing the government from burdening a person's free exercise of religion after opposition from Texas businesses.
Trying to get the rollout of her presidential campaign back on track, Hillary Rodham Clinton says she should have used a government email address while working as the nation's top diplomat.
Bipartisan legislation to crack down on human trafficking turned unexpectedly controversial Tuesday because of a Texas Republican-led provision relating to abortion that Democrats said they failed to notice.
Nearly 8 million people could lose up to $24 billion a year in health insurance subsidies in a Supreme Court case threatening President Barack Obama's law, according to a government report released Tuesday.
The judge who blocked President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration has ordered the Justice Department to answer allegations that the government misled him about part of the plan.
Buoyed by Gov. Greg Abbott fast-tracking tougher ethics rules proposals through the Legislature, a coalition of political and civil groups has unveiled a package of changes they're championing.
Go for a run, tend the garden, clean the closet, and then do it all over again, because it's going to be a long time before polls will tell us who's likely to be our next president.
