Victims' fund could go broke next year
Court fines and fees that fund the state crime victims' fund have fallen off, creating a budget shortfall...
 

Perry wants strict spending limitations
More than eight months before the Texas Legislature reconvenes, Gov. Rick Perry proposed a compact on...
 

Man charged in senator's office attack
A homeless man accused of throwing a bag filled with six Molotov cocktails at the office of state Sen....
 

Juvenile justice system under review
Texas lawmakers are to discuss ways of reducing the number of young people in the state's juvenile justice...
 

2013 Lege priorities becoming clear
The Texas Legislature may not return to work for another 11 months, but that hasn't kept the state's...
 

Testimony scheduled on health care law
Texas lawmakers plan to hear testimony on the implementation of new health care laws passed by the federal...
 

Deal talks stall, primary date in doubt
Texas is all but certain to have an even later say in choosing the Republican presidential nominee after...
 

Judge says he can't block sonogram law Video
U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks earlier ruled parts of the law unconstitutional, but his latest ruling...
 

Final arguments set in redistrict trial
A fight over the redrawing of Texas' political maps heads into closing arguments Tuesday in a trial to...
 

Feds reject Texas insurance waiver
The federal government on Friday rejected a request by Texas to be excluded from a new law that limits...
 
 
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Political News


Cruz: TX values cure for nation's ills
U.S. Senate hopeful and tea party darling Ted Cruz has likened Texans' love of freedom and entrepreneurial spirit to "America…
 

Feds in crosshairs of Texas energy race
Almost all the candidates running for two seats on the three-member Texas Railroad Commission promise to fight federal environmental…
 

Voting centers will now be permanent
Travis County Commissioners voted on making voting centers a permanent fixture during elections.
 

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U.S. Congressional News


Trainer testifies in Clemens trial
The longtime head athletic trainer of the New York Yankees once wrote that Roger Clemens "maintains complete confidence…
 

Senate panel to review Facebook IPO
A Senate panel is reviewing Facebook's high-profile stock offering last week amid allegations that the bank handling the…
 

Jury talks hit 4th day at Edwards trial
The jury has started a fourth day of deliberations at the campaign finance fraud trial of former presidential candidate…
 

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KXAN Political Blog


School Bus Seat Belts: A Six-year Struggle
I first met Brad Brown and Steve Forman in the summer of 2010, driving four hours from Austin to Beaumont. Both men were…
 

KXAN Lands on the Colbert Report
I had just wrapped up work after an interesting evening at a Ron Paul rally at the University of Texas when my phone came…
 

Ron “Bulldog” Paul rejects…
Just call him “Bulldog.” Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, revealed his pick for a Secret Service nickname Tuesday night on the…
 

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Texas (change)

 
Republican Rick Perry is Governor of Texas. Two Republicans represent Texas in the U.S. Senate, and Texas has 32 representatives in the U.S. House: 20 Republicans and 12 Democrats.
 
Offices & Officials

Governor: Rick Perry
Lieutenant Governor: David Dewhurst
Attorney General: Greg Abbott

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