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AUSTIN a 'The Texas unemployment rate rose slightly in October while the state bucked a yearlong trend by adding jobs, as well.

Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden is returning to the campus of the University of Texas at Austin where the acting bug led her to earn a degree.

The bonfire collapse at Texas A&M University killed Carolyn Adams' daughter, Miranda.

With budget problems mounting for many Texas school districts, the next governor is likely to inherit a funding system that experts say has become a legal and financial quagmire.

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's decision not to resign her Senate seat, until after the March primaries, could throw a wrench in the GOP ballot.

A condemned prisoner who volunteered for execution and in recent weeks changed his mind is hoping a court spares him from a trip to the Texas death chamber.

Associated Press November 19, 2009 HOUSTON - Texas retail gasoline prices slipped 3 cents as travelers prepare for next week's Thanksgiving holiday.

The fate of a man facing execution Thursday evening for his role in a fatal robbery is in the hands of Gov.

The George W. Bush Presidential Center will tip its hat to the former president's home state, from the pecan wood paneling inside to the wildflowers, bluebonnets and prairie outside.

A condemned prisoner who volunteered for execution but in recent weeks changed his mind hoped a court would spare him from a trip to the Texas death chamber Wednesday evening.

Five members of the board of directors of the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation today announced their resignation, citing a disagreement with 10 other board members who voted to dismiss the organizationa s executive director last week.

A condemned killer who prosecutors said had been faking mental illness to avoid execution won a reprieve from a federal judge less than two hours before he could have been taken to the Texas death chamber Tuesday evening.

A somber candlelight vigil marked by both silence and song commemorated the 10th anniversary early Wednesday of a bonfire collapse that killed 12 people at Texas A&M University.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney stumped Tuesday for Kay Bailey Hutchison, who was late to her rally because of a Senate vote.

From Abilene down to Galveston, there are thousands of jobs across Texas up for grabs.

Texas has 45 days to rework its plan to spend the second round of $1.7 billion in Hurricane Ike federal recovery funds.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is warning parents across the state to be aware of efforts by Mexican cartels and transnational gangs to recruit Texas youth in our schools and communities.

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With the Texas population expected to nearly double over the next 50 years, lawmakers and water experts gathered Monday to convey an important message: We're running out of water.