Texas Government News

Jeff Brown of Houston was appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas for a term to expire at the next general election.The appointment was announced Thursday, Sept.

Vehicle traffic on IH35 North and South bound is shown at a dead stop due to icy road conditions, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, in Sanger, Texas.

Along I20 near Canton, you'll find many cars covered in ice. TxdDOT has been in Van Zandt County since Thursday, working 12 hours shifts to fight off ice on bridges and over passes.

Texas lawmakers are discussing whether releasing nonviolent convicts is a money-saving way to help deal with a projected $15 billion state budget shortfall.

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer In one of the biggest advances against leukemia and other blood cancers in many years, doctors are reporting unprecedented success by using gene... By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer In one of the biggest advances against leukemia and other blood cancers in many years, doctors are reporting ... (more)

It's not every day Democrats and Republicans get to shake their fist in the same direction.

George Lara, a graduate student at the University of Texas, uses a deicer to clear the windshield of his car on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, in Odessa, Texas.

GOOD EVENING, I'M STEVE SPRIESTER. AND I'M ISIS ROMERO. WE BEGIN TONIGHT IN THE HILL COUNTRY WHERE PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR FREEZING RAIN, SLEET, AND EVEN SOME SNOW.

A Travis County grand jury has indicted a former high-ranking official at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas on charges that he unlawfully secured the execution of an $11 million grant.

State law defines these violators as those who have driven on a toll road without paying at least 100 times over the past 12 months.

Gov. Rick Perry is continuing his national speaking tour about the importance of Republican leadership, while paving his slow roll-out to a potential second presidential race.

A woman who was convicted of assisting in her mother's killing has left prison after serving 15 years.

Gov. Rick Perry has issued an emergency proclamation, mobilizing state resources as many parts of the state brace for a severe winter storm.

The impacts of an ice storm that was moving into North Texas late Thursday could be worse than the snowfalls in the days leading up to the Super Bowl two years ago.

The magnesium chloride helps to melt ice and the small rocks crush ice and allow for better traction on slick roads.

COLD AND WET FOR THE WEEKEND. THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS DUSTING OFF ITS ICE PLAN IN ANTICIPATION OF WINTER WEATHER.

On Thursday, Texas Workforce Commission Chairman Tom Pauken announced his withdrawal from the Texas gubernatorial race.

San Antonio 's B-Cycle program will complete its third year with over 1,000 members who have burned almost 20 million calories since it's inception in the spring of 2011.

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Good news, via the Houston Chronicle : The Texas Department of Public Safety will refrain from using traffic checkpoints following intense backlash after state police temporarily set up roadside stops in the Rio Grande Valley earlier this year.