Month: May 2011

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas senators took another step toward passing a requirement that doctors conduct a sonogram before performing an abortion. The most controversial aspect of the bill approved Monday is a 24-hour waiting [Read More…]

GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) _ The father of the first U.S. serviceman killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan says the death of Osama bin Laden helps ensure his son didn’t die in vain. Will Chapman said [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell, who was badly burned in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, calls the killing of Osama bin Laden personal justice for the entire nation. Birdwell, a Republican [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The top University of Texas System regent is suggesting increasing undergraduate enrollment by 10 percent each year for four years and cutting tuition systemwide by about half. The Austin American-Statesman reports [Read More…]