Obama and his allies are once again putting their political agenda ahead of sound policy and the delivery of cost-efficient healthcare. They are trampling on the rights of states like Texas to create programs like the Women's Health Program and to administer it for Texans by Texans.

Gun sales are booming across Texas, and some buyers say their growing belief that President Barack Obama's re-election is inevitable is fueling their race to bear more arms.

Fierce opposition to an Air Force proposal to permanently ship a squadron of Texas Air National Guard C-130s out of Fort Worth and plant the transport aircraft in Montana continues to blossom across the Gulf of Mexico.

Democratic state Rep. J. M. Lozano will switch parties and become a Republican, further padding the GOP super-majority in the Texas House.

The federal court in San Antonio has ordered Texas to hold its primary elections on May 29, resolving for now one of the biggest issues in the state's redistricting battles.

For all practical purposes, the Republican race for the nomination has come down to two contenders, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

The problem with this, of course, is that once they graduate with this taxpayer-subsidized education, they’re still illegal aliens and so it’s illegal to hire them.

Despite his performances in the two most recent Republican presidential debates, a new national survey indicates that Texas Gov. Rick Perry remains on top of the field in the race for the GOP nomination

Rick Perry is pointing to three Texas counties that decades ago opted out of Social Security by creating personal retirement accounts.

Gov. Sam Brownback endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry for president on Thursday, citing Perry's record on creating jobs and reducing taxes.

1,700-mile oil pipeline through the U.S. heartland to the Texas Gulf Coast will be ready to submit plans for a new route that avoids the environmentally sensitive Nebraska Sandhills region, a TransCanada executive said Tuesday.

Two truckers have been arrested in South Texas after their rigs yielded more than 9 tons of marijuana worth nearly $15 million.

Alamo Heights High School apologizes after the fans chanted "USA, USA, USA," following a win against a rival high school.

Pfc. Payton A. Jones, 19, of Marble Falls and Staff Sgt. Jordan L. Bear, 25, of Denver, CO died March 1 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from small arms fire during an attack on their base.

Answering a smattering of gunshots with a 300-round barrage should show drug runners that Texas law enforcement officers aren't messing around, authorities said.

Ultra-violent Mexican drug cartels are now “brazenly operating” on the U.S. side of the border, and are attempting to establish a “safe zone” 100 miles deep inside the United States

Officials say a second North Texas resident who became ill from listeria linked to cantaloupes from a Colorado farm has died.

The federal government has filed suit against BAE Systems alleging the company has violated disability laws by firing a morbidly obese employee at its Houston-area plant.

Sneaking it in late on a Friday afternoon on a very busy news day, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly told the Texas Secretary of State that the state’s Voter ID law – passed this past Spring – “lacked enough information for the government to render a decision.”

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels defended his description of Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme" Tuesday, wading into a debate about the popular entitlement program that has enveloped the Republican primary.

On Monday, Kimberly Saenz, a 38-year-old nurse who worked at the DaVita Dialysis clinic, was set to face trial for one count of capital murder that accuses her of killing as many as five patients and five counts of aggravated assault for injuring five others

A group of Girl Scouts in Texas fought back on Saturday when they were robbed outside of a Wal-Mart store.

Wal-Mart Stores asked a federal judge in Dallas to reject a proposed class-action lawsuit in which women allege that the world's largest retailer discriminated against Texas female workers over pay and promotions.

Texas companies made fewer mass layoffs in 2011, marking a four-year low, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

The City of Lubbock received official word on Tuesday morning that it is being sued for more than $8.9 million by a company called Republic Power.

Police: Son rammed mother, then APD patrol car

The state climatologist for Texas says the record drought of 2011 could be only the beginning of a dry spell that could last until 2020.

The liberal media would like to impose a requirement: no outspoken evangelicals need apply.

The CEO of Gulf Island Fabrication, says the company intends to hire hundreds of workers in Louisiana and Texas as it begins work on new projects.

As many as 3,000 dead sharks were found tangled in a three-mile long illegal net off the coast of Texas, officials said.