Senator Eliot Shapleigh - El Paso, Texas

The coming political fight between two GOP titans, Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, could be a harbinger of things to come nationally for the Republican Party.

At least 302 state employees who care for the mentally disabled in Texas institutions have abuse or neglect allegations against them and remain on the job despite a “zero tolerance” abuse policy put in place two years ago, a state agency official confirmed Monday.

Marvin Chosky was confused by a letter he got from the state about his unemployment benefits and wanted to talk to someone at the Texas Workforce Commission.

Children's advocates across Texas are urging Gov. Rick Perry to put expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program on the call for the planned special legislative session.

One could have easily mistaken Wednesday's signing of the so-called Tier One bill, designed to create more Texas research universities, for a higher education love-in.

Newcastle Superintendent Gordon Grubbs admits the awful truth: He has a book room full of books that will never see the light of day. “It’s sad,” he said. “It’s sad.”

UTEP and six other public universities will get to compete for millions of state dollars to help elevate their profile as research institutions, under a bill Gov. Rick Perry signed Wednesday

Dozens of rural counties in West Texas suffering a doctor shortage - especially 27 that do not have even one physician - got some welcome news Wednesday.

The Obama administration warned states Thursday it may withhold millions of dollars if they use stimulus money to plug budget holes instead of boosting aid for schools.

Gov. Rick Perry will meet with political volunteers Saturday in Austin to map strategy for his reelection race against Kay Bailey Hutchison.

This summer, the Obama administration and Congress are planning to undertake the most significant health care reform that our country has seen since Medicare and Medicaid were introduced in the 1960s. Providing health insurance coverage for the uninsured and controlling rising health care costs are foremost on policy-makers’ minds. In particular, many agree that we must find affordable health insurance and health care for America’s 8 million uninsured children.

Gov. Rick Perry, muting his usual criticism, generally praised lawmakers and signed into law a two-year, $182.3 billion budget late Friday after making barely a change.

Texas has always been known for its independent streak.

It seemed like really bad timing when Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin announced billion-dollar campaigns last fall, just as the global economy was circling the drain.

Texas employers cut payrolls by 24,700 nonfarm jobs in May, the Texas Workforce Commission said Friday. It was the state's seventh consecutive monthly job loss but the smallest decline of the year.

During this festive graduation season, I am especially proud to congratulate the first graduating class of Clear Creek ISD’s Clear Horizons Early College High School, who received their diplomas just a few weeks ago. Their achievement paves the way for many others who will follow, providing hope for a bright and productive future.

In 1974, the families of residents of Texas state schools for the mentally disabled filed a lawsuit against what was then known as the Texas Department of Mental Health-Mental Retardation over poor conditions at the schools.

Gov. Rick Perry vetoed 37 pieces of legislation Friday, including measures to hold pre-kindergarten programs to new standards, change the way students pay for health care at colleges and allow the City of Austin to restrict home prices near commuter rail stations.

The first trainloads of PCB-tainted sludge dredged from the Hudson River will arrive this month and, in the eyes of critics, turn a stretch of West Texas into New York’s "pay toilet."

Local toll road officials broke the news with a grimace: The cost to use North Texas toll roads will be going up