The Legislature will still have to appropriate the funds to pay the settlement, either during the upcoming special session or ...

The third-term Republican, who is challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn next year rather than run for reelection, did not give an ...

Democrats last carried Texas in a presidential election 49 years ago, last elected a U.S. senator there in 1986 and have lost all statewide elections since 1994. Texas Republicans could, however, ...

The charges are the latest escalation in a probe that resulted in Texas authorities indicting six other Frio County area ...

They include former Bexar County Democratic Party Chair Juan Manuel Medina and former Democratic Texas House candidate ...

Dallas and the Texas Attorney General's office jointly asked a court to issue a temporary injunction blocking a voter-approved measure decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana.

Here’s how Texas’ lawmakers and elected officials reacted to the news of the US House of Representatives’ passage of the “Big ...

Texas Attorney General candidate Aaron Reitz speaks with Capitol Bureau reporter Adam Schwager. Reitz is a former aide to Ken ...

Dallas halts marijuana decriminalization as legal battles loom over Proposition R with Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Texas Attorney General candidate Aaron Reitz speaks with Capitol Bureau reporter Adam Schwager. Reitz is a former aide to Ken Paxton and also served as chief of staff to Sen. Ted Cruz. Reitz recently ...