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A leader who learned to keep promises, a chance at chairing committees, and what they see as more chances for a fairer ...

Texas’ population is booming and there is not enough water for everyone. State Sen. Charles Perry hopes to fix that.

Thousands of Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans fans flew into Kansas City International Airport preparing for the biggest ...

As Texas legislators consider making major investments in the state’s water supplies and systems, San Antonio officials say they hope some of that money comes their way. The last legislative session ...

Both National Weather Service and AccuWeather meteorologists are warning that both morning and evening travel Tuesday, January 21, could become treacherous during rush hours. Odds of wintery ...

J, Drew Landry shares his takes on the recent election of Lubbock's State Rep. Dustin Burrows as Texas House Speaker.

An Amber Alert was issued for two children who were last seen in Ingram on Thursday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The growth is fueling higher rents and home prices in the North Texas city that was once seen as a more affordable option to ...

The health department announced Friday that the two cases, in adults who live in the same household and have unknown ...

The Dallas-based developer building a massive manufacturing campus on the site of the shuttered Alcoa aluminum smelter plant ...

A Dallas-based firm is pursuing what it calls a "mixed-use super site" at this former aluminum smelting plant outside Austin. Learn more about its ambitious plans in this story.