JANUARY PERMITS TO DRILL The Commission issued a total of 1,264 original drilling permits in January 2009 compared to 1,760 in January 2008. The January total...

The Texas Department of State Health Services today announced that it is taking over the recall of products shipped from Peanut Corporation of America's Plainview plant...

AUSTIN - The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) announced today a $25 increase to weekly unemployment benefits for individuals currently receiving payments. The increase was...

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...

A blood test for HIV would be part of a routine checkup for all Texans under a bill filed Tuesday. Houston Senator Rodney Ellis announced the filing of SB 877, which would...

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...

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

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) 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...