Austin -- Recently, state Senator Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) filed Senate Bill 1128 exempting medical equipment from state sales tax when sold to doctors serving in...

AUSTIN - Amid rising consumer concern about food safety, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced today that the Texas Department of Agriculture awarded $92,000 for...

Most all of Texas is gripped in some degree of drought condition, but the worst targets the heart of the state, spanning a region from Temple to Victoria and Huntsville to...

Austin -- On Texas Independence Day (March 2), Sen. Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) filed a resolution calling for an end to federal mandates violating states' rights. The...

(Austin) The Senate Higher Education Committee approved Wednesday a bill to limit the number of students admitted to a given state university based on automatic admission....

According to the Federal Trade Commission, Texas ranks second in the nation for identity theft complaints, so Texans should carefully guard their identities and credit...

Austin -- Today, state Sen. Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) released the following statement in regards to the Senate's passage of Senate Bill 643. ...

With the nation's economy in a recession, high-profile financiers under investigation for fraud, joblessness on the rise and home foreclosures increasing, Texans are...

(Austin) Members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard testimony Tuesday relating to a bill aimed at improving oversight and securing patients' rights at...

Beginning April 1, 2009, breeding bulls entering Texas from any other state must be either 24 months of age or younger and certified as a virgin, or be tested negative for...

(AUSTIN) - The annual Unclaimed Property List in next Sunday's newspapers will bring good news to about 130,000 Texans - they have money waiting to be claimed. ...

AUSTIN shy;- The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) recovered more than $1.4 million in restitution in Calendar Year 2008 as a result of statewide criminal prosecutions for...

PLAN TO ATTEND ANNUAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFERENCE IN APRIL AUSTIN, Texas -Make plans to explore the real places that tell the real stories of Texas by...

(Austin) Texas is fairing better than the rest of the country when it comes to home prices and foreclosure rates, according to testimony offered at Wednesday's Senate...

AUSTIN-The Texas Railroad Commission, the state's chief energy agency, has received an additional $12 million from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The grant...