Senator Eliot Shapleigh - El Paso, Texas

“The State Board of Education's debate on new English and reading standards took another turn Friday as members approved a never-before-seen version of the lengthy document that materialized less than an hour before the board was to take a final vote.”

Under a court order and four years late, the White House Thursday produced what it called a science-based "one-stop shop" of specific threats to the United States from man-made global warming.

In El Paso, county commissioners voted 4 to 1 to rejoin the Texas Border Coalition (TBC) and to join the group’s lawsuit against the government. The dissenting voice against taking legal action was Republican commissioner Dan Haggerty.

The quality of children's health care in America varies widely from state to state, as does their access to insurance and care and the likelihood of living long and healthy lives.

After challenging unjustified rate increases by Allstate over the past four years, Texas Department of Insurance officials agreed to a settlement that lets the company off the hook while it keeps nearly $20 million in overcharges to customers.

A coalition of small-business groups on Thursday launched an effort to revamp the state's new business tax even though the first payments under the tax aren't due until next month.

When Pvt. James Raber arrived at Fort Bliss in mid-December to join the Army's first Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile unit, he still wasn't sure it was for real.

Small businesses launched a fresh push to change the revamped franchise tax Thursday, saying they're facing huge increases that will force them to raise prices and to put off hiring people or making planned purchases.

The 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin has cleared the way for a lawsuit that alleges a former Texas Department of Transportation official rigged the bidding for a multimillion-dollar statewide contract for road signs.

Speaking at an event to launch the Texas Business Tax Coalition, electrical contractor Keith Bell said the tax bill for his Dallas-area firm will skyrocket from about $3,900 to $50,000 under the so-called margin tax, which is due for the first time in June.

As a state health investigation into several dialysis patient deaths at DaVita Lufkin Dialysis continues, industry experts and those who had first-hand experiences at the kidney service company point to patient overload and sub-standard care as problems with the facility.

State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, has strongly disputed a Houston Chronicle editorial claiming there is a culture of bribery along the border.

In federal and state courtrooms across the country, environmental groups are putting coal-fueled power plants on trial in a bid to slow the industry's biggest construction boom in decades.

One might assume that, for an attorney general, considering the U.S. Constitution in his rulings is a no-brainer — a bit like a preacher considering the Bible before he writes a sermon.

Companies will be able to seek a special tax break for portions of existing plants that have not previously qualified for the pollution control equipment abatement under rules finalized Wednesday by state environmental regulators.

Gov. Rick Perry voiced strong support for Child Protective Services officials Wednesday even as a Hill Country social services official expressed more outrage over the treatment of 464 children removed by the state from a West Texas polygamist compound.

Citizens frustrated by air quality violations at an area refinery take their case to court.

This year, as discussions of the state's energy and water demands bounce around the Capitol, environmental groups, academics and some businesses are starting to think about them together in ways that could clear a path for more ambitious conservation programs, change the types of power plants that are built and boost the attention paid to water resources when the state considers new plants.

Attorney General Greg Abbott's political bank account has him poised for whatever might come: a run for higher office or merely fending off opponents for re-election.

With palpable pain at the gas pump, many North Texans can thank their good fortune that they have the option to commute by rail. They can board a DART train along 45 miles of the Red Line or Blue Line and give no thought to the price of gas.