A gun lent to Texas Democratic governor candidate Lupe Valdez when she was Dallas County sheriff has been reported missing and authorities are trying to figure out how it disappeared.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over the weekend posted on Twitter that he thinks it’s time to do away with red light cameras in Texas. Some cities have banned the devices and the state Legislature could act next year.
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is still widely viewed as a long shot. Yet his campaign could still help rebuild his party and make a difference in races lower on the ballot.
The state is about to hand out report cards on Texas schools and school districts, raising anxiety levels among educators and — once the grades are out — with parents, businesses, politicians and taxpayers.
Red light cameras don’t make intersections safer, researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio learned. They do lead to fewer T-bone accidents, but more rear-end collisions.
Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted and then deleted a fake quote from Winston Churchill on Tuesday. Asked about it afterward, he used it to criticize the anti-fascist activists known as antifa.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Shelley Kofler talks with Odie Hitt of the Texas Rifle Association about gun access and school safety measures during the June 2018 Texas GOP Convention
A Texas Senate committee has recommended funding school safety measures that would arm school employees and improve mental health training and counseling. But the committee failed to recommend ideas that would limit gun access for the mentally ill and children.
State Sen. Don Huffines of Dallas, along with U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, met with Russian officials in Moscow to “increase engagement” with the country.
Texas Democrats Lupe Valdez and Beto O’Rourke, are not as well known as the Republican incumbents they hope to unseat -Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz. They’re trying to define themselves for voters before their opponents do.
The Texas sales tax holiday, or back-to-school sales tax free weekend, runs from Aug. 10-12. Shoppers save sales tax on items such as shirts, shorts, jeans and skirts and backpacks that cost less than $100.
One of Ted Cruz’s TV ads tells viewers Texas politics opponent Beto O’Rourke is “more extreme than he wants you to know.” Another highlights Cruz’s work on the state’s recovery from Hurricane Harvey.
A new poll shows a single-digit lead for Republican Sen. Ted Cruz over Democratic challenger U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso for Cruz’s U.S. Senate seat.
Three months away from the midterm elections, a new poll shows that Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Democratic challenger U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso are essentially in a dead heat.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz criticized the NFL for how it has handled players protesting the national anthem. The comments come days after Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the NFL made him be quiet on the topic.
In Texas, both political parties now support loosening the restrictions on pot in their platforms. That’s just the clearest sign that both public opinion and the political calculus on pot are rapidly shifting.
The Texas senator says he led the effort to sway President Donald Trump in favor of the F-35 plane. Now, he must decide whether he’ll vote to pay for it in the Senate’s upcoming spending bills.
The campaign tour for Sen. Ted Cruz stopped in Dallas on Saturday, July 28, 2018, and Cruz, who faces Democratic nominee Beto O’Rourke in November, spoke with Star-Telegram columnist Bud Kennedy in a Facebook Live.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Shelley Kofler talks with Odie Hitt of the Texas Rifle Association about gun access and school safety measures during the June 2018 Texas GOP Convention
