Posted: 3:22 PM After massive cuts two years ago, the state legislature could face a surplus of money during the coming session.
Posted: 2:17 PM A Texas judge has ruled that the state may cut off funding to Planned Parenthood's family planning programs for poor women.
Posted: 11:03 AM There should be no shortage of school finance fights in the Texas Legislature this session.
Updated: 3:42 AM Three South Texas children have died after an early morning fire engulfed the Hargill home where they slept.
Posted: 12:16 PM State leaders like to brag about Texas' fast growing economy and low unemployment. But rarely do they mention the high poverty rate.
Posted: 6:42 PM A person with knowledge of the suspensions tells The Associated Press that Texas has sent home backup quarterback Case McCoy and injured linebacker Jordan Hicks from the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio for violating team rules.
Posted: 11:46 AM Two Houston teenagers have been charged with capital murder for fatally shooting a man over his new Air Jordan sneakers.
Posted: 11:37 AM The Dallas Morning News Texans of the Year are two men who devoted themselves to exposing and fighting injustice after being exonerated following years in prison for crimes they didn't commit.
Posted: 5:49 PM The U.S. Coast Guard has pulled 345 dead sharks from an illegal net found floating off the coast of South Texas.
Posted: 5:38 PM Texas is building specially designed "hurricane domes" along its Gulf Coast that will offer shelter during major storms and serve the rest of the time as gyms or community centers.
Posted: 3:17 PM Planned Parenthood has asked a Texas court to order the state to continue funding the organization's preventive health care for poor women.
Posted: 2:54 PM Helium is getting more expensive and more difficult to find.
Updated: 3:53 PM A top aide to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst who is under criminal investigation for allegedly stealing campaign funds was accused in court this summer of defaulting on a $475,000 settlement with a land developer.
Posted: 5:10 PM The Austin police officer who helped stop Charles Whitman's 1966 sniper rampage from atop the University of Texas tower has died.
Posted: 3:42 PM A city slaughterhouse and two officials have been indicted after being accused of flushing pig's blood into a creek feeding into the Trinity River.
Posted: 3:32 PM A nonprofit group is reporting that the number of law enforcement officers who died while performing their duties declined this year compared to 2011.
Posted: 2:41 PM The State Fair of Texas is taking donations to help build a new Big Tex.
Posted: 2:38 PM The average price across Texas for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline increased 4 cents this week.
Updated: 1:18 PM The tug-of-war between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and state universities is still going strong heading into the 2013 legislative session with new skirmishes over money looming.
Posted: 3:43 AM An 87-year-old man is dead after a Christmas tree went up in flames and fire swept through a suburban Dallas home on Christmas Eve.
Posted: 10:53 PM Brad Corbett, who owned the Texas Rangers from 1974 to 1980 and was known for frequently switching managers, has died. He was 75.
Updated: 10:27 AM A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital.
