AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry today named his former chief of staff and a North Texas tollway official to the state Transportation Commission, filling the vacancy left by Ric Williamson’s death and replacing San Antonio member Hope Andrade.
Gov. Rick Perry's appointment today of his former chief of staff and a North Texas tollway official to the state Transportation Commission raised concerns among San Antonio officials, who say their city has been shortchanged on highway funding.
AUSTIN -- Thousands more children in El Paso and statewide have gotten health insurance in recent months, and health-care advocates and lawmakers said Tuesday that they had a plan to ensure hundreds of thousands more get insured. Related: Brandi Grissom blogs about Texas politics from the Times' Austin Bureau.
BROWNSVILLE - The U.S.-Mexico border fence's construction may only be weeks away, but a Congressional hearing Monday underscored how much of a hot-button issue it still is in Washington.
Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. With the simple twist of a knob, clean water spills from the tap. At the end of the month, the bill comes, and if it's higher, it's not by much.
Two schools in the Canutillo Independent School District recently received special recognition for participating in the CATCH, or Coordinated Approach to Child Health, program,
They're a modern Stone Age family from the town of Bedrock. Once a TV hit, these bright-colored cartoon characters have turned into pop icons with powerful consumer appeal, most famously used for marketing children's vitamins and breakfast cereals. Now, they're helping Texas sell something else.
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