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Texas state Rep. Richard Peña Raymond battled a Republican redistricting plan in 2003. He's doing it again this year but staying in Texas to fight.

Friday afternoon, members of the Texas House registered their attendance at the start of a scheduled session. The sound of a ...

Collin County voters will decide on Nov. 4 whether to create an Emergency Services District to improve fire and ambulance ...

A Caribbean tropical depression that formed on this date 55 years ago went on to rapidly intensify and make a devastating Category 4 strike on Texas just days later.

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — Due to “technical difficulties” the Saugerties Police Department is having with its rollover phone lines, callers are advised to call Ulster 911 in an emergency. Call… ...

Community leaders in Greene County are coming together to launch a task force in response to a recent spate of overdoses.

A Pasadena, Texas, man told his upstairs neighbor her AC was leaking into his apartment, then he kidnapped and sexually assaulted her at his home, cops say.

HOUSTON (KIAH) – A disturbance in the Pacific, was being monitored as Invest CP91, or Iona, has been upgraded to a Category 1 Hurricane. Hours later, around 11:00 a.m. (CST), a second ...

Fayette County Eberly Campus would be one of the seven branch campuses closing in the next two years.

Uvalde County commissioners vote to release records from the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting, ending a legal battle with media organizations ...