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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Two Gulf Coast legislators today filed a bill to allow Texas voters to decide whether to allow casino gambling in Galveston and other parts of the state. Some have suggested allowing [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ State Sen. Jane Nelson has long been an advocate for tighter regulation of state-certified employees who deal with vulnerable people. The Republican from Flower Mound was shocked to learn that registered sex [Read More…]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) _ Corpus Christi police say arrests are pending of workers at a state school for the mentally disabled who allegedly organized after-hours fights by residents. Meanwhile, Gov. Rick Perry’s chief of [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ President Barack Obama is rejecting the push by some Southern Republicans to end Justice Department oversight of election procedures as outlined in the Voting Rights Act. Obama said, “You don’t just leave [Read More…]

BEDFORD, Texas (AP) _ Bedford police detained one man after a traffic stop led to seizure of ecstasy and other illegal drugs shaped like vitamins or portraying cartoon characters. Police on Wednesday announced about 15 [Read More…]

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (AP) _ Police in North Richland Hills say a man shot and wounded his estranged girlfriend, killed her mother and teenage son — then took his own life. The estranged girlfriend’s [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford’s chief investment officer is trying to back out of an order that put her assets under the control of a court-appointed receiver. She says the receiver’s lawyers [Read More…]

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) _ State wildlife biologists are concerned that Texas’ ongoing drought could have a bad effect on wild turkey production and hunting prospects this spring. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists said Wednesday [Read More…]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) _ A Corpus Christi police officer died early Wednesday after being struck while putting out spikes to try to help stop a man being pursued from the scene of a disturbance. [Read More…]