House Plan Defunding STAAR May Break Federal Rules
Updated: 4:47 AM The Texas Education Agency says the state could violate federal rules if lawmakers pulled funding for standardized testing.
Updated: 4:47 AM The Texas Education Agency says the state could violate federal rules if lawmakers pulled funding for standardized testing.
Posted: 4:21 AM County commissioners have voted down a proposed ban on gun shows at facilities in the county where the Texas capital is situated.
Posted: 5:05 AM The lawsuit challenging how Texas public schools receive funding is entering a new phase focused on efficiency.
Posted: 4:33 AM A police chase that started in Pasadena ends in a deadly crash on a Houston freeway.
Updated: 11:44 PM A bill named after Emma Thompson, a four-year-old murdered in 2009, is in the works.
Updated: 8:25 AM A person familiar with the situation says Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.
Updated: 3:59 PM Federal officials say operators of small non-farm businesses in 207 Texas counties still recovering from drought can seek low-interest federal disaster loans.
Posted: 2:36 PM The chief budget writer of the Texas House says the first budget bill filed by the chamber will leave $5.5 billion in unspent projected revenue on the table.
Posted: 2:31 PM A powerful committee chairman has promised to provide funding for an increase in public school enrollment over the next two years.
Updated: 4:04 PM A person with knowledge of the situation says Lance Armstrong has apologized to the staff at his Livestrong cancer foundation. He did so before heading to an interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Updated: 3:31 PM Bad news for thousands of people who wanted to see Texas secede: The state is still in the U.S.
Posted: 10:10 AM Early morning light sleet may have caused some icing problems on Waco area bridges and overpasses.
Updated: 10:17 AM Former President George H.W. Bush has left a Houston hospital where he spent nearly two months recovering from an illness that began with a bronchitis-related cough.
Posted: 4:26 AM The Texas House is returning to work and the first order of business is setting the ground rules.
Posted: 4:22 AM The campus of Lon Morris College, including most of its buildings, is set to be auctioned off after the state's oldest junior college filed for bankruptcy last year.
Posted: 10:04 PM The flu remains widespread in Texas, and people are still taking precautions and rushing to get the flu shot.
Updated: 9:31 PM Lance Armstrong says he is "ready to speak candidly" as he prepares to discuss doping allegations against him in his upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Posted: 11:34 PM A West Texas police chief says three workers at a boot camp that disciplines children with stun guns and handcuffs are being investigated.
Posted: 4:59 PM A 6-year-old North Texas girl who died of the flu has been laid to rest.
Posted: 12:35 PM A contingent of Midland emergency responders will return home Wednesday, Jan. 16, after a three-week assignment assisting residents affected by Hurricane Sandy in New York.
Posted: 9:42 AM A representative for former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says the Texas Republican would not consider a position in President Barack Obama's Cabinet.
Posted: 8:06 PM Blood alcohol results show country star Randy Travis was legally drunk when he was arrested naked following a Texas traffic accident.
Updated: 8:00 PM At least three men, including two firefighters, were hurt in an explosion that destroyed a home and scattered debris throughout a North Texas neighborhood.
Posted: 7:49 PM A West Texas man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for using a computer and recycled newsprint paper to make and pass fake money.
