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The state's most recent monthly sales tax revenues dropped 11.2 percent from a year ago, the latest sign that the recession is infecting Texas.

A former FBI agent is charged with illegally selling guns and lying to federal authorities.

A Texas prison guard charged in the shooting death of his younger brother has resigned as a corrections officer.

Nearly 30 defendants, including two Texas sheriff's deputies, have been charged with operating a methamphetamine trafficking ring in Texas, Arizona and California, authorities announced Friday.

Gov. Rick Perry said Friday that, in too many cases, transnational gangs have law officers outgunned and outnumbered, but he said the Legislature passed a bill to put more teeth in the state's efforts to combat that violence.

By SHIRLEY JINKINS Gov. Rick Perry has named Gail Lowe of Lampasas to chair the State Board of Education, ending a week of speculation among media and members of the board itself that outspoken conservative Cynthia Noland Dunbar of Richmond would be named to the post.Dunbar said yesterday that she was not sure she wanted the post.Lowe, a ...

AAA Texas on Friday reported the average price at the pump was down 8 cents from one week earlier.

New research suggests that a compound first discovered in the soil of the South Pacific island might help us stand the test of time, too.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee may have trouble keeping the promise she made at Michael Jackson's public memorial for a House resolution that "forever" honors the late pop star.

An Ohio man has his wedding band back -- and is back in his wife's good graces -- after the ring accidentally wound up in the till at a Texas tollbooth.

Tourism Ireland's slogan, "Go where Ireland takes you," encourages overseas visitors to explore the country.

Originally published July 9, 2009 at 10:23 a.m., updated July 9, 2009 at 11:33 a.m. ALBUQUERQUE a ' New Mexico, Colorado and Texas are applying for federal funds to study the viability of a high-speed rail system from El Paso through New Mexico to Denver.

Democrats are accusing senior CIA officials of repeatedly misleading Congress, but Republicans say the allegations are just political maneuvering to protect House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

A drug used to prevent the rejection of organ transplants was found to significantly increase the life span of older mice, researchers report.

Health class will no longer be a state requirement for high school students this fall, making Texas one of the few states in the country with no required health education, officials said.

Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday Sarah Palin is committed to campaigning for his re-election bid and that he welcomes the support of the soon-to-be-former Alaska governor.

As many as 350 dogs have been seized and about 30 people arrested in raids across five states that animal welfare groups are calling the largest simultaneous raid of dogfighting operations in the U.S. Authorities said Wednesday that the raids were conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies across Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Texas ...

Spread upon a table are a sampling of gifts to former President George W. Bush: a purse made of vines from the Thai queen, a Texas Rangers jersey autographed by pitcher Nolan Ryan and a framed mosaic of St.

Drivers are spending less time stuck in rush-hour traffic for a second straight year, the first-ever two-year decline in congestion as high gas prices and the economic downturn force many Americans to change how they commute.

If not for the triple-digit heat, central Texas rancher Debbie Davis could almost think it was a different season entirely.