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The Republican governor visited the home state of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul. Paul will likely oppose Perry for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

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With just over two weeks left before the March 31 deadline, a major push is underway to sign up uninsured Texans for health care coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act - better known as Obamacare.

The Texas Legislature, under pressure to relax standardized testing in public schools, last year threw in the towel for its decades-long fight to steadily increase academic standards.

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.

AUSTIN >> Now that state Rep. Naomi Gonzalez is out of the race for the District 76 seat in the Texas House of Representatives, her challengers are after her endorsement and her voters.

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Does Texas Gov. Rick Perry deserve another look by Republican know-it-alls? Speaking as something of a know-it-all myself, I'm not sure.

Good Time Charlie's, the first bracket winner for its burger in 2012, is vying to put its chicken-fried steak right up there with its hamburgers.

The Girl Scout motto is "be prepared." A troop in Texas certainly lived up to that.

Nationally, not many progressives recognize and know who Texas state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte is, though some might remember what she did last June as her colleague Wendy Davis was wrapping up her marathon filibuster against a restrictive abortion bill.

The nation's highest law enforcement official Thursday endorsed the "All Drugs Minus Two" proposal as it's known by prison sentencing reformers to change the way drug crime sentences are handed down.

Queensland and Texas are now sisters. Premier Campbell Newman has met with Texas Governor Rick Perry to formalise a sister state agreement, strengthening the relationship between Texas Gov. Rick Perry makes remarks during a panel discussion on \"Criminal Justice Reform\" at the Conservative Political Action Conference opens in Oxon Hill, Maryland, ... (more)

As they put their focus squarely on the November general election, Attorney General Greg Abbott and state Sen. Wendy Davis are pushing the issue of potential conflicts of interest for officeholders into a brighter political spotlight.

Speed limits on many Metroplex freeways will soon be raised by 5 mph after the Regional Transportation Council on Thursday voted unanimously to end its 13-year policy of keeping limits low to reduce pollution.

Here's an idea. What if, instead of maxing out its credit card on a road-building spree, Texas took care of the roads it already has? Crazy talk, right? If the past decade has proved anything, it's that the state's fiscal conservatism ends as soon as the asphalt begins.

As University of Texas System regents hired consultants to help find a successor for Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, UT-Austin's president said he would be comfortable with Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek, the governor's reported favorite for the post.

Premier Campbell Newman has travelled from Australia's far north to America's deep south to meet with Texas Governor Rick Perry - a former Republican presidential contender - to formalise a sister state agreement.

During a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, the Texas Democrat referenced the beginning of the country and said: "We have lasted some 400 years, operating under a constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional and what is not."