Texas and region
BURNETA member of the Texas Republican Party’s executive committee for Burnet County faces charges he assaulted a 65-year-old journalist.Johnnie Rogers turned himself in Friday at the county jail in...
View ArticleComing to Texas ballots: Another Bush in 2014?
AUSTIN — George P. Bush, a rising star among Hispanic conservatives and the grandson of one president and nephew of another, has taken the first step toward seeking elected office in Texas.But it’s...
View ArticleTexas Republican Party chairman to address Tech group
The chairman of the Republican Party of Texas will visit with members of the Young Conservatives of Texas at Texas Tech during an event at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 24.Steve Munisteri, founder of the...
View ArticleWhat about free voter ID cards? Few residents getting them
Opponents of Texas’ voter ID law were supposed to be somewhat placated by a component of that 2011 measure that requires that the Texas Department of Public Safety to issue free IDs to non-drivers...
View ArticleAbbott, Davis register candidacies for governor
AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and state Sen. Wendy Davis have formally registered their candidacies for their parties’ nominations for governor in next year’s primaries.Abbott filed at...
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GALVESTONA man climbing a fire escape ladder to the roof of a Southeast Texas apartment building died after falling about four stories.The Galveston County Daily News reported Tuesday that Galveston...
View ArticleStockman challenges Cornyn in U.S. Senate race
AUSTIN — In a last-minute surprise late Monday, U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman filed paperwork to challenge fellow Texas Republican and powerful incumbent John Cornyn for the U.S. Senate next year.Cornyn is...
View ArticleFormer Sen. Hutchison's husband dies at 81
DALLAS (AP) — Ray Hutchison, an attorney, former legislator, gubernatorial candidate and the husband of former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, has died. He was 81.Michelle McCormick, spokeswoman for...
View ArticleTexas GOP advances 'reparative therapy' to turn gay people straight
FORT WORTH (AP) — The Texas Republican Party would endorse psychological treatment that seeks to turn gay people straight under a new platform partly aimed at rebuking laws in California and New Jersey...
View ArticleTexas GOP advances 'reparative therapy' for gays
FORT WORTH — Gay Republicans in Texas said Friday they may stop fighting their party’s proposed endorsement of “reparative therapy” over worries that even tougher anti-gay language could be added to...
View ArticleTexas GOP endorses 'reparative therapy' for gays
FORT WORTH — The Texas Republican Party now endorses so-called “reparative therapy” for gays, under a new platform given final approval at its annual convention Saturday.The new anti-gay language never...
View ArticleTexas GOP endorses 'reparative therapy' for gays
FORT WORTH — The Texas Republican Party now endorses so-called “reparative therapy” for gays, under a new platform given final approval at its annual convention Saturday.The new anti-gay language never...
View ArticleTexas GOP sees victory in tough immigration plank
FORT WORTH — Just two years after embracing a softer stance on immigration in hopes of wooing the state’s surging Hispanic population, the Texas Republican Party has done a dramatic about-face —...
View ArticleDavis wants $10 minimum wage amid 'Texas Miracle'
AUSTIN — National protests over higher wages for fast-food workers spilled into the Texas governor’s race Friday when Democrat Wendy Davis maintained support of raising the minimum wage to $10.That’s...
View ArticleTexas' new governor not same kind of cowboy
AUSTIN — The election of a new Texas governor usually means the arrival of another Lone Star archetype — boots-wearing, backslapping and big on swagger about the state’s outsized importance.But hold...
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