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Grainy cell phone videos showing developmentally disabled students forced to fight each other will likely be shown to jurors this week as four former employees at a Texas school go on trial.

More than a year after the Texas Department of Transportation was labeled an out-of-control agency in need of reining in, lawmakers made their decision: No TxDOT reforms were put into state law.

Texans tired of big government and taxes rallied on courthouse and Capitol lawns, at times interrupting the remarks of Sen.

Texas spent the past six years leading the nation in its pursuit of private toll roads.

As Texans swelter this summer, we are turning up our air conditioning and hitting the road for vacation.

The bonds were approved by voters statewide in 2007, but the bill approved Thursday authorized the spending.

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has spent the last couple of days in Iraq, where she met with troops from Texas, as well as Texas National Guard units and top military officials like Gen.

Over at PJTV , Glenn "InstaVision" Reynolds interviews Texas Gov. Rick Perry on why the Lone Star State is doing relatively well compared to other giga-states such as California, which is in full-on breakdown mode .

Texas Baptists say they want to do more than just pray about the problem of Hispanic youth dropping out of high school.

A pre-employment training and recruitment program academy will open its doors this month to individuals who are interested in pursuing a construction-related career.

A push to allow for new privately run toll roads hit a pothole Wednesday as the special legislative session opened, with the measure likely to be drastically scaled back or ditched.

Originally published July 3, 2009 at 1:12 a.m., updated July 3, 2009 at 2:13 a.m. DALLAS a ' Organizers of America's Tea Party hope to attract 50,000 people to Southfork Ranch on the Fourth of July.

Rep. Todd Smith takes Governor Perry to task for vetoing HB3148 , which would have exempted some teenagers who had engaged in consensual sex with a minor less than four years younger than themselves from having to register as sex offenders.

The House has passed a bill to keep a few important state agencies operating. The measure has already been approved by the Senate and will next head to Gov.

When the federal government started dangling billions of stimulus dollars for education in front of states, many snapped up the money right away.

Gov. Rick Perry's special session effort to win new approval for public-private toll roads in Texas may be hitting the skids.

The House sponsor of a measure that would allow the state to continue contracting for privately built toll roads said he's not sure the bill can pass before Friday.

Share + Jul 1, 2009 12:03 pm US/Central Texas lawmakers have convened the special legislative session in Austin.

With Texas Gov. Rick Perry stuck in Austin overseeing a special session of the Legislature, Sen.

USTIN a ' Texas has decided to steer clear of a national effort a ' involving 46 states a ' to develop uniform standards for English and math instruction in public schools.