State House To Revisit Distracted Driving Ban
The latest push to ban texting while driving in Texas could set off another showdown at the Capitol. Texas is one of less than a dozen states where texting while driving remains legal.
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The latest push to ban texting while driving in Texas could set off another showdown at the Capitol. Texas is one of less than a dozen states where texting while driving remains legal.
The Texas Legislature had outlawed homosexual activity. The Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional, but Texas lawmakers have never formally repealed it.
Texas college students would have to take six hours of comprehensive American or Texas history to earn their degrees under a bill scheduled for a hearing by a House panel.
Texas senators are considering a requirement that doctors who perform abortions have privileges at a nearby hospital.
A Texas Senate panel is set to discuss a sweeping overhaul of school curriculum and standardized testing already approved by the state House.
Former President George W. Bush has become a grandfather. His twin daughter, Jenna Bush Hager, gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on Saturday night in New York City.
Gov. Rick Perry opened Texas' legislative session urging lawmakers to use a surplus of state funds on tax cuts. But those cuts haven't materialized.
Republican mega-donor Bob Perry never cared for the spotlight, but writing big checks and financing television ads in presidential campaigns made the millionaire famous.
The Texas Ethics Commission is up for review and some possible changes at the state Legislature.
A bipartisan group of senators is almost ready to share with colleagues and voters an immigration overhaul crafted over several months.
Former President George W. Bush's daughter Barbara Pierce Bush is set to speak in Dallas at a fundraising luncheon for a group that helps women who have been sexually exploited.
Gov. Rick Perry is ready to talk traffic after Senate Republicans unveiled a new $3.5 billion plan for crumbling and congested Texas highways.
A bipartisan immigration bill soon to be introduced in the Senate could exclude hundreds of thousands of immigrants here illegally from ever becoming U.S. citizens, according to a Senate aide with knowledge of the proposals.
A Dallas County grand jury indicted the manager of a City of Dallas program Thursday morning for allegedly misusing between $1,500 and $20,000 in public funds.
Texas voters would be asked to authorize $6 billion from the state's Rainy Day Fund to pay for water and road projects under a new Senate plan that stands out among the biggest proposed.
