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and speaker candidate Ana-María Rodriguez Ramos was eliminated. Burrows represents District 83 in the Texas House of Representatives, which encompasses Lubbock and surrounding areas.

Preview for 'Postcards from the Border,' an Austin show that combines music, photography and stories about Texas-Mexico ...

Joel Burns is no stranger to conflict surrounding LGBTQ rights in Fort Worth. The first and only openly gay person to have ...

Texas legislative session begins, school vouchers are expected to be a key issue, with lawmakers considering measures to allow public funds for private schooling.

John Cornyn, who represents Texas, was slated to be the featured ... that doctors should intervene and save lives. "One of the things that our organization is working towards this session is ...

we're going to do our best to represent it because this is a heck of a conference." Sarkisian arrived at Texas in 2021 after serving as Nick Saban's offensive coordinator at Alabama in his ...

GianCarlo Canaparo is a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Texas A&M University is in legal and political trouble. It faces ...

Sanford was elected in 2012 to represent Texas House District 70 — a seat ... as well as tangible things like growing the commercial tax base to lower taxes for residents,” Sanford said.

It isn't cold enough that Donte Lewis needs a parka, but it's just cold enough that the temperature is an annoyance, as the ...

Critics say TCEQ is erroneously using a federal rule to exclude counties that are failing federal soot rules. The Smokehouse Creek wildfire charred grasslands outside of the Panhandle town of ...