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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.

The cynically inclined might respond with surprise that the state ranked that high, given that about 25 percent of Texans lack health insurance and also given how poorly the state often ranks on education, poverty and other health measures.

Lakeway resident Richard Battle , Austin resident Deborah Dalebout-Feo and Austin resident Susan Georgen-Saad are the newly named member of the committee that considers state grant awards to technology startups recommended by one of the seven Regional Centers for Innovation and Commercialization, or RCIC, that the ETF operates in the state.

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The Success Through Addiction Recovery Court courtroom at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center will be re-named the Mike Anderson Memorial Courtroom.

On June 26, at 4:01 a.m. ET , a controversial Texas abortion-related bill was finally declared dead - for the moment, at least.

The latest issue roiling the Republican Party is Medicaid, specifically whether Republican governors should expand Medicaid with federal Affordable Care Act money -- especially if they want to be on the GOP national ticket in 2016.

They're terrified America's tiny number of atheists will change the meaning of the holiday.

The big shots at Texas A&M ought to be relaxing and enjoying this week's battles over UT-Austin's football coach and president, but they're stuck in a distracting political fight of their own.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Texas Governor Rick Perry made a friendly bet on the game between the two schools.

Texas Attorney General is already considered a heavy favorite to replace fellow Republican Rick Perry as governor in the 2014 election, but that doesn't mean he's not going to just rest on his law-and-order laurels.

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The Des Moines Register put out a poll of favorability ratings for potential 2016 presidential candidates over the weekend, and there were some findings not terribly compatible with the popular idea that a chastened GOP is about to abandon movement conservatism for a "pragmatic" ticket headed by Chris Christie or Jeb Bush.

Gov. Rick Perry has named David L. Miller of Abernathy to chair the Texas Emerging Technology Advisory Committee.

Three out of four Republican candidates for Texas lieutenant governor said creationism should be taught in the state's public schools at a debate in Waco Thursday evening.

The American Reporter was the only publication in the world that flatly predicted Herman Cain would win the Florida Republican Presidential Preference Straw Poll.

Oil workers set the drill on a deep-water platform off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's office on Monday approved Upshur County's request for a $185,000 grant to help prosecute two defendants in a capital murder case involving a third defendant who already pled guilty, District Attorney Billy Byrd announced Tuesday.

Texas A&M Dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Mark Hussey has been named interim president of Teas A&M University.