Texas

Report: Texas, Florida account for 59 percent of US executions

Report: Texas, Florida account for 59 percent of US executions

Paul Bedard · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

Equality for Convicts?

Terry Eastland · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

George P. Bush, right, the grandson of one former president and nephew of another, visits the Republican Party of Texas headquarters where he formally filed to run for Texas land commissioner in Austin. (AP/Eric Gay)

George P. takes baby steps away from Bush name

Will Weissert · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

Traffic checkpoints along the Texas border that critics say were state-operated immigration traps won't be deployed again without lawmaker support, Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

DPS: Disputed roadblocks won’t return to Valley

Associated Press · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

In this Nov. 19, 2013 file photo, George P. Bush, the grandson of one former president and nephew of another, signs papers at the Republican Party of Texas headquarters in Austin, Texas, where he formally filed to run for Texas land commissioner. In a sharp pivot from a decade of Republican swagger in Texas, a bravado that comes with controlling every statewide office, conservatives are muffling mocking tones about Democrats and now openly calling them formidable. (AP File)

GOP rules Texas, but talking like they’re on ropes

Associated Press · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

Democrats may be making a resurgence in Texas, which has undergone dramatic demographic shifts in recent years. (Photo: Thinkstock)

GOP rules Texas, but they’re worried

Associated Press · November 30, 2013 5:00 am

Salon: Bill Nye says future of U.S. economy at stake in Texas Board of Education evolution debate

Washington Examiner · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Washington Secrets

Mainstream Media Scream: Post essayist uses JFK killing to slap Tea Party

Paul Bedard · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Texas Democrats offering stark contrast

Texas Democrats offering stark contrast

Associated Press · November 24, 2013 5:00 am

Texas ricin suspect cuts deal, details unknown

National Security

Texas ricin suspect cuts deal, details unknown

Associated Press · November 24, 2013 5:00 am

Students protest against the Young Conservatives of Texas for its "Catch an Illegal Immigrant" game, at the University of Texas, Austin on Thursday. (AP Photo/The Daily Texan, Shweta Gulati)

Immigrant game put Republicans in tight spot

Associated Press · November 23, 2013 5:00 am

Texas Board of Education chair Barbara Cargill leads the groups meeting,Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The Board of Education is casting critical votes on new science textbooks for use statewide, and on whether algebra II should be a required high school course.(AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Evolution debate again engulfs Texas board

Will Weissert · November 22, 2013 5:00 am