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A key Texas senator says the state may have to consider a constitutional amendment to return to the old franchise tax if lawmakers can't fix their massive budget problems.

Richard Sheardy, chairman of the Texas Woman's University department of chemistry and physics, gives TWU research office employees Diane LaGrone, left, and Tracy Lindsay a tour of the Ann Stuart Science Complex on Friday.

By Kate Alexander AUSTIN -- With yet another legal challenge to Texas' school finance system expected soon, some key state senators say it is time for Texas to find a lasting fix for the broken system.Their proposed solution: asking voters to approve a constitutional amendment to authorize a statewide property tax that would replace most of the ...

Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Tom Suehs has reassigned a deputy who oversees the state's troubled food stamp application system.