Gov. Perry Calls For Tax Cuts, Conservative Spending During 83rd Legislative Session
83rd State Legislative session gets underway in Austin with a long list of priorities.
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83rd State Legislative session gets underway in Austin with a long list of priorities.
Gov. Rick Perry says a booming Texas economy and rosier state revenue picture should allow lawmakers to cut taxes.
Former U.S. Senate candidate and Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert has a new job as president of the test-prep giant Kaplan, Inc.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said, with the state's population set to double in the next 40 or 50 years, it is time to tap the Rainy Day Fund, which could be nearly $12 billion by 2015.
The Texas economy has surely bounced back and is expanding again, and because of sales tax revenues have increased, the state has more money to spend.
Republican Comptroller Susan Combs on Monday releases her biennial revenue estimate — the crucial number that sets the limit on what lawmakers can spend for 2014 and 2015.
The Republican Party seems as divided and angry as ever. Infighting has penetrated the highest levels of the House GOP leadership.
Texas' new U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Sunday that it's difficult for him to imagine supporting former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel if he is nominated to the Pentagon's top job.
Four years and one re-election after Barack Obama became America's first black president, some of the thrill is gone.
Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary challenges next year from angry conservatives.
A criminal investigation marred Texas' signature programs that use taxpayer funds to boost private startups in 2012, and lawmakers this year must decide how much of an appetite they have to keep the money flowing.
Just hours after he was sworn-in, Texas' new Republican Senator Ted Cruz went on offense against president Obama and Democrats - who he says are reluctant to cut spending.
It's official. A tally of the Electoral College vote affirms President Barack Obama's re-election.
Texas' new Senator Ted Cruz became the center of attention from Republicans and the Tea Party long before today's swearing-in.
The State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to return to work next week after being treated for a blood clot in her head.
