Month: August 2012

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The University of Texas has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court defending its use of race as a factor in admissions. A white student who was not admitted to [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ A Texas woman who was found innocent by reason of insanity after cutting off her baby’s arms has been working at a store outside Dallas. Dena Schlosser made national headlines in 2004 [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ A University of Texas study has found more seismic activity in areas near Dallas where natural gas drillers have built high-volume injection wells to handle drilling wastewater. The study done by Cliff [Read More…]

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (AP) _ A judge has ruled that tourism businesses and others can sue a Texas city over its ban of ban beer cans and other disposable containers on the Guadalupe and Comal [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ American Airlines expects to lay off 40 cargo workers at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport next month. The Fort Worth-based airline has linked the job losses to the company’s attempt to cut spending [Read More…]

McALLEN, Texas (AP) _ The U.S. government has paid almost $1 million for part of a South Texas nature preserve taken for the border fence, drawing to a close nearly four years of litigation in [Read More…]