AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today launched a restitution program that will make $7.46 million available to eligible Countrywide Financial Corp residential...

DALLAS - Getting a mortgage has become increasingly challenging during recent months. One recent survey showed that 67% of those who applied for a mortgage found it more...

(Austin) President Barack Obama signed the economic stimulus bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Monday, sending hundreds of billions of dollars into the...

DALLAS - The recent turmoil in the financial markets has touched virtually every sector of the economy. One great source of anxiety for many people is the state of their...

Weekly Washington Update From Congressman Jeb Hensarling February 13, 2009 People in this economy are hurting. Hard working...

(Austin) Hurricane Ike will cost Gulf Coast school districts hundreds of millions of dollars to repair and rebuild facilities damaged or destroyed by the September storms,...

(Austin) Last session's prison and parole reforms have been successful in slowing the growth of Texas prison populations, according to testimony offered before the Senate...

(Austin) The Senate Finance Committee heard testimony Wednesday that public education will cost the state less in the upcoming biennium. The Legislative Budget Board laid...

(Austin) Doctors representing the Texas Medical Association announced at a press conference Tuesday that tort reform has increased the number of emergency room physicians...

TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AUTHORS OF THE BELLE BOOK HONORED AGAIN AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Historical Commission (THC) authors of From a Watery Grave: The Discovery...

(AUSTIN) - Determined to stem the tide of home foreclosures across the state and help bring stability to families, neighborhoods and local government finances, the Texas...

AUSTIN - Today (Jan. 30), in his address at the Cuba-U.S. Relations Symposium at the University of Texas, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced his efforts to...

(AUSTIN) - Before filing your federal income tax return, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs reminds Texans to check whether they qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit...

DECEMBER PERMITS TO DRILL The Commission issued a total of 1,226 original drilling permits in December 2008 compared to 1,760 in December 2007. The December total...

AUSTIN - Governor Rick Perry delivered his biannual State of the State Address Tuesday, January 27, saying the state's position remains strong, in spite of a nationwide...