State lawmakers are considering using the Texas Rainy Day Fund to pay $1.75 billion owned to schools.
The CEO of The Associated Press says the government’s seizure of journalists’ phone records was unconstitutional.
Texas House and Senate negotiators have struck a budget deal, an official said Friday.
The GOP is hoping the scandal that’s engulfed the IRS could snag the president’s health care overhaul.
A Texas Senate committee Friday sent a bill legalizing switchblades to the full chamber.
A veteran Texas lawmaker is leading a revolt of sorts against the state Senate.
House and Senate negotiators in Austin are close to agreement on a new state budget that would restore $4 billion in school funding.
A Texas sheriff who took office in January quit after pleading guilty to a tampering charge.
Texas House Democrats say Republicans are threatening to send the Legislature into a special session.
A U.S. House committee Thursday approved a bill that would tie student loan interest rates to financial markets.
The acting commissioner of the IRS has resigned after an investigation found the agency improperly targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama said Wednesday evening.
State lawmakers are considering using the Texas Rainy Day Fund to pay $1.75 billion owned to schools.
A Texas House member, angered that a state senator blocked a vote on her bill, is responding in kind.
The power tied to Gov. Rick Perry’s veto pen is growing as the end of the Legislature’s session nears.
Gov. Rick Perry toured a tornado-ravaged Granbury neighborhood Friday.
Texas House and Senate negotiators have struck a budget deal, an official said Friday.
Vermont has become the fourth state to allow physician-assisted suicide.
Senior White House officials first learned on April 24 of an audit targeting inappropriate targeting of conservative groups by the IRS, but didn’t tell the president.
Democrats are striking back after two years of GOP success in passing voter ID laws and purging voter rolls.
A senior White House adviser insisted Sunday that the president first learned that the IRS targeted tea party groups from news accounts.
The CEO of The Associated Press says the government’s seizure of journalists’ phone records was unconstitutional.
