Texas is all but certain to have an even later say in choosing the Republican presidential nominee after what at first looked like a breakthrough deal in a
U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks earlier ruled parts of the law unconstitutional, but his latest ruling said he's bound to follow the direction of the New
The federal government on Friday rejected a request by Texas to be excluded from a new law that limits how much health insurance companies can spend on
A North Texas state lawmaker whose district was controversially remapped by the Legislature is scheduled to testify in a federal court in Washington, D.C.
A constitutional fight over a Texas law requiring a woman to have a sonogram before getting an abortion is back in federal court.
A Texas abortion law passed last year that requires doctors to show sonograms to patients can be enforced while opponents challenge the measure in court, a
The Senate Business and Commerce Committee on Tuesday is set to analyze response plans and identify parts of Texas that may be affected by a lack of power
The Texas primaries already have been pushed back once from March to early April amid the redistricting dispute between the GOP-dominated state government and
Texans will have a string of new laws to obey starting Sunday, thanks to legislation passed by the 81st and 82nd Legislatures. These laws include a voter ID
Effective Jan. 1, the state of Texas will change how much in co-payments it will pay for people who have both Medicaid and Medicare coverage.
Texas approved a somberly worded plan on Thursday that lays out where the state should spend $53 billion to cope with its water needs over the next half
Texas lawmakers will almost certainly have to tap the Rainy Day Fund to balance the budget in 2013, but by how much depends largely on the global economy and
In a letter to the Legislature, state Comptroller Susan Combs said tax collections were on pace to produce a $1.6 billion budget surplus for the fiscal
The Supreme Court has been asked to stop a federal court from implementing a state redistricting map in Texas that could increase minority representation in
A state representative plans to plead guilty to a felony charge that he used taxpayer money to reimburse himself for travel expenses that his campaign had
Legislative leaders are warning that steps must be taken to ensure Texas will be able to adequately fund roads, water supplies and schools in the future.
