AUSTIN - For many motorists, the first word that comes to mind when encountering a highway construction work zone is delay. The word that should come to mind is caution. ...

Gov. Perry Appoints Four to Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments Advisory Committee Email Print ...

(AUSTIN) - Texas Comptroller Susan Combs today reminded Texas businesses to render their property with county appraisal districts by April 15. To render is to list the...

The Senate tentatively passed SB 175 March 24. The bill will change the top ten percent rule. Final Senate passage was expected March 25. Below is Nichols statement on SB...

(Austin) The Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill aimed at capping the number of students admitted to state universities under the top-ten percent rule. The...

(Austin) The Senate Transportation and Homeland Security considered a number of bills Wednesday aimed at curbing the growing gang problem in Texas. All the bills were...

Email Print AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry has appointed three members to the Real Estate Research Advisory Committee for terms to expire Jan. 31, 2015. The...

A Dallas federal judge today ruled that the phrase "under God" in the Texas Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. The court's decision rejected a lawsuit filed by a...

(Austin) The Senate State Affairs Committee heard testimony on a bill aimed at driving down the cost of group health coverage for small business owners. Texas leads the...

(Austin) Saying Texas is facing a financial catastrophe, the Chairman of the Senate Business and Commerce committee laid out a bill Tuesday aimed at funding insurance for...

AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry has named Sue Evenwel of Mt. Pleasant presiding officer of the Texas Funeral Service Commission. The board oversees the licensing of funeral...

(AUSTIN) - Calling current private property protections "inadequate" and "tilted," Texas Farm Bureau State Director Richard Cortese called on state lawmakers to reform...

(Austin) Drunk driving suspects would no longer be allowed to refuse a breath or blood test under certain circumstances, according to a bill considered before the Senate...

(AUSTIN) - The Texas Comptroller's office will host two Webinars to help taxpayers and practitioners who are filing 2009 franchise tax reports, Comptroller Susan Combs...

(Austin) Texas would redouble efforts to improve air quality under a bill considered at Thursday's Senate Natural Resources Committee. SB 16, offered by committee...