State & Regional

Lawmakers OK training Texas teachers as marshals
Published May 23, 2013 7:34am

Texas schools could train teachers as armed marshals to exchange gunfire with potential attackers under a bill approved by state lawmakers and sent to Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday

Mom talks about missing cheerleader found dead
Published May 22, 2013 8:01am

The mother of a 13-year-old West Texas cheerleader found dead in March said Tuesday that since her daughter went missing more than two years ago she had feared the worst, including that the girl was chained and tortured or had fallen victim to traffickers

Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces
Published May 22, 2013 7:57am

With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years.

Safety Board: ATF blocking plant blast probe
Published May 22, 2013 7:56am

Federal agents and the state fire marshal have effectively barred a federal safety panel from the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others

WCS Secures Contract with Dept. of Energy
Published May 21, 2013 8:11am

A contract with the U.S. Department of Energy was recently secured by Waste Control Specialists that will enable the company to bid on contracts throughout the DOE complex.

Lizard Protection Bill Caught in Oil Politics
Published May 21, 2013 8:08am

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs and major oil and gas interests are fighting hard to stop reforms of the species protection program that was used in the oil-rich Permian Basin to keep the feds from listing a lizard as endangered, several top Republicans say

Texas Capital Highlights -- May 20, 2013
Published May 20, 2013 8:07am

With 10 days to go until the end of the 140-day 83rd regular session of the Texas Legislature, a committee of House and Senate negotiators on May 17 agreed on a proposed state budget for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

Texas bill would drastically revamp water agency
Published May 20, 2013 7:58am

New revisions to a major water bill calls for ousting the six-member Texas Water Development Board and its top official before the state embarks on a new $2 billion fund to provide low-interest loans for projects.

Hundreds remember Hailey Dunn in Sunday Memorial
Published May 20, 2013 7:56am

Hailey Darlene Dunn was a cheerleader, saxophonist, on the softball and basketball teams, a doer and a leader. But it all ended mysteriously in December 2010 when the 13-year-old WestTexas girl disappeared.

Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform
Published May 20, 2013 7:54am

Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.