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More than 250 families in Bastrop asked to evacuate as fire spreads outside Texas...

AUSTIN, Texas — More than 250 families in the path of the Rolling Pines fire in Bastrop County were asked to flee their homes...

Breaking the chain: Dog advocate expresses concerns over new law

The Texas “Dog Bill of Rights,” which takes effect Jan. 18 setting new rules for how dogs can be tethered outdoors, was obviously created...

Texas GLO kicks off children’s art contest

AUSTIN —  Today, the Texas General Land Office kicked off the 2022 “Treasures of the Texas Coast Children’s Art Contest” and is now accepting entries....

State sales tax revenues up 19.4 percent over last year

The Texas Comptroller’s Office reports state sales tax revenue totaled $3.56 billion for November, 19.4 percent more than the same month a year ago. The...

State, Valley jobless rates drop in Oct.

Texas added 56,600 jobs in October as the unemployment rate in the state dropped from 5.6 percent to 5.4 percent, the Texas Workforce Commission...

Musk: Starship test not likely to be successful

By MARCIA DUNN | Associated Press SpaceX founder Elon Musk said this week that his company will attempt to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit...

Democrat Beto O’Rourke running for Texas governor in 2022

By PAUL J. WEBER | Associated Press AUSTIN — Democrat Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas, pursuing a blue breakthrough in America’s biggest...

‘Escape California’: Texas woos frustrated shipping firms, but can ports here handle the load?

The dance to bring several logistics components together simultaneously to make a big port function is incredibly complex. Disruption to any one of the vital...

‘Evil roaming’: Texas trial set for man charged in 18 deaths

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — In the years after Leah Corken's death, one detail after another haunted her daughter. Though M.J. Jennings came...

In wake of Astroworld tragedy, Texas creates new task force on concert safety

By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune A statewide task force will look for ways to beef up security at Texas concerts after the deaths of...