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The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will meet Saturday to name the interim president of Texas A&M University, whose current president - R. Bowen Loftin - is departing to become chancellor of the University of Missouri.

Lamar State College-Port Arthur president Sam Monroe was recently honored by Gov. Rick Perry for his longstanding position as the head of the two-year Lamar institution.

About 14,000 Texans enrolled for health insurance in October and November on the embattled federal online exchange, nearly five times more than successfully navigated the site during its rocky opening month, but still a tiny tally for such a large state, according to figures released Wednesday.

'Tis the season to party flip. Yesterday, Republican Judge Lawrence "Larry" Meyers announced that he would be joining the Democratic Party for his Texas Supreme Court bid.

Following the death of Nelson Mandela on Dec. 5, Gov. Rick Perry and other elected officials released statements in honor of the former president of South Africa whose message of racial reconciliation and leading role in breaking down apartheid in that country are acknowledged globally.

Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott and Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis are already trading barbs over public schools, despite neither yet unveiling an education platform - signaling a potentially more intense education debate ahead than in past gubernatorial elections.

House Bill 308, dubbed the "Merry Christmas" bill is designed to protect school districts from lawsuits when they celebrate religious holidays.

Speaker of the House Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, smiles as he bangs the gavel closing Sine Die on the 83rd Legislator held at the State Capitol on Monday, May 27, 2013, in Austin, Texas.

The future of University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers returned to the spotlight Monday when regents announced they'll consider a "recommendation" about his job that opponents have spent years trying to take away.

The Religious Right has once again proven, not only that it is still very much alive , but that it could not care less about the truth by reporting on another story that has already been debunked.

Citizen-soldiers with the Texas Army National Guard's 176th Engineer Brigade provided support to state and local officials during Winter Storm Cleon, as named by the National Weather Service, in north Texas Dec. 5-9.

The Democrats are having their own tea party problem. With the "progressive" movement hawking a more populist liberal agenda, mainstream Democrats are going to have to start looking over their left shoulders, just as traditional Republicans now fear challenges from the right.

The next time the Legislature meets, it will be under a governor who finally wants to close the infamous loophole that allows an elected official to collect a public pension and a salary at the same time.

For six Texans jailed in the 1990s, this season of thanks and cheer has become beyond joyous.

But his presence will be felt in the Democratic races as his prosecutors seek six state district judge benches and his top assistant is challenging the party's chairwoman.

Not even a week after Fox News contributor Todd Starnes had been caught lying about a Christmas card display , he was back at it again.

Ice is keeping sidewalks slick in Texoma and as a result, some doctors say they're treating more patients for broken bones.

Ice is keeping sidewalks slick in Texoma and as a result, some doctors say they're treating more patients for broken bones.

Everyone laughed when Texas A&M went and bought itself a law school. Now the joke really is on conservative Aggies, with word that the dean selection committee includes a professor who says the Second Amendment should be repealed and tells students that the U.S. Constitution is outdated.

Say what you will about Governor Rick Perry , but he has never been shy about wielding his power.