State & Regional

Big Spring plant turns sewage into tap water
Published May 14, 2013 7:33am

With every flush of a toilet, residents in parts of parched West Texas are adding to their drinking water supply.

Wildfires break out near Possum Kingdom Lake
Published May 14, 2013 7:30am

Wildfires have broken out in a North Texas community devastated by 2011 blazes that destroyed about 200 homes during the drought.

Denver City, Yoakum and Crosby Counties Vote for Alcohol Sales
Published May 13, 2013 7:33am

In three South Plains area elections, voters chose to change from being dry areas to wet areas.

Legally blind vaulter competes at Texas state meet
Published May 13, 2013 7:28am

A legally blind 15-year-old pole vaulter cleared three heights at the Texas state championship but failed to win a medal.

House, Senate face impasse over budget
Published May 13, 2013 7:27am

Republicans control both chambers of the Texas Legislature, but that hasn't kept them from reaching an impasse over the state budget.

Bill reducing training for concealed guns passes
Published May 10, 2013 7:15am

The Texas Senate has approved and sent to Gov. Rick Perry a bill drastically reducing the hours of training needed to get a state concealed handgun license.

House budget chief: Impasse will 'get worked out'
Published May 10, 2013 7:12am

Broken-down talks between the House and Senate over how to pay for billions of dollars in restored public school funding and water projects remained at a standstill Thursday with time running out in the Texas Legislature to reach a deal.

In Texas House, a symbolic plea for road funding
Published May 10, 2013 7:09am

Facing stiff opposition from fellow conservatives and a veto threat from Gov. Rick Perry, a top Texas House Republican on Thursday nonetheless pleaded with his colleagues to raise the state's annual vehicle registration fees by $15 to fund repairs...

Bill OKs some immunizations without parent consent
Published May 10, 2013 7:00am

The Texas House has passed a bill allowing children 14 and over to sometimes consent to their own immunization without parental approval.

Leak that displaced Lubbock neighborhood stopped
Published May 10, 2013 7:00am

Crews worked all day Thursday to stop a chemical tank leak at an agricultural chemicals vendor in Lubbock that had forced residents of a nearby neighborhood out of their homes.