Month: January 2012

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ U.S. Senate candidate Craig James says he accepted an “insignificant amount” in money and gifts from Southern Methodist University football boosters while a star running back at SMU during the 1980s. [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas has responded to a federal demand for supplemental data as the Justice Department considers whether to approve requiring Texans to provide photo identification before they can vote. Federal officials in [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst found himself under steady attack from former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz in the first formal debate between Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate. Cruz questioned Dewhurst’s [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas Comptroller Susan Combs says she’s raised $1.1 million in campaign money in the final quarter of 2011. The big haul comes two years before she the next election for comptroller, [Read More…]

HONDO, Texas (AP) _ The signs on U.S. 90 at the city line of the southwest Texas town of Hondo were long the subject of tourist photos until they were taken down in 2009 to [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ Retail gasoline prices across Texas have jumped an average 7 cents this week. Triple A Texas on Thursday reported its survey found the average price per gallon has reached $3.22. The association’s [Read More…]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ A San Antonio flea market has been ordered to pay $3.6 million after a federal jury ruled against it for allowing vendors to sell knockoffs of Louis Vuitton branded merchandise. The [Read More…]