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Plans for a new Smith County animal shelter have been put on hold, frustrating advocates who say the aging facility is ...

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

The major Democratic candidates for governor have all quickly lined up behind their party in supporting efforts to redraw California’s congressional districts mid-decade to counter Texas Republicans' ...

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

California Democrats are rushing to schedule an election to remake U.S. House districts to counter plans to boost Republican ...

The bills deal with installing early warning sirens, volunteer management and local emergency management credentials.

The reality of climate change in Texas is a two-headed beast: drought and floods are disasters which seem like they would ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit directly to the all-Republican state Supreme Court on Friday seeking to have 13 of the Democratic lawmakers immediately removed from office, or at ...

A west Texas school district voted five years ago to rename a school carrying the name of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to Legacy High school. Now, the Midland school board is set to ...

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.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is now accepting applications for the Texas Compassionate Use Program (CUP) expansion for medical marijuana dispensing licenses.