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Cornyn is the Senate's minority whip and had appeared likely to escape a major primary challenge from the tea party or other conservative factions.

All eyes are on the Travis County Courthouse this morning as the move to remove the county's top prosecutor, Rosemary Lehmberg , enters the definitive final stages.

A Texas group said its Merry Christmas Texas campaign is aimed at ensuring students know they have the right to exchange holiday greetings.

Efforts to ban double dipping by longtime politicians went nowhere in the last legislative session.

AUSTIN >> Gov. Rick Perry is confident that William J. White will protect consumers even though a federal agency last month fined his employer for violating rules meant to protect consumers against predatory lending.

The close of business Monday is the filing deadline for necessary paperwork to compete in Texas primaries March 4, with winners advancing to November's general election.

For North Texas commuters, it would be a good idea to wait a few hours Monday morning before getting on those icy highways and roads.

To celebrate the holidays in his public high school science lab, Stuart Ross Rosenthal decided he would make a "chemist-tree."

In Amarillo, the temperature early Saturday dropped to 3 degrees, equaling a mark from 2005.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation says many roads in the state remain slick and hazardous following winter storms that dumped snow, ice and sleet on most of the state.

Texas Emerging Technology Fund will provide a $3 million grant to create the Center for Cell and Organ Biotechnology.

A late fall cold snap that has created misery in much of the country is now heading toward the Mid-Atlantic states.

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.

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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.