Agency seeks $300 million to bolster Medicaid The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking a $300 million transfusion of funds to bolster the state’s Medicaid application process, The Texas Tribune reported. The public health insurance program provides coverage for people or families wi...

House Speaker Dade Phelan withdrew last week from seeking another term leading that chamber. After three rounds of voting on Saturday, state Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield emerged as the preference of most House Republicans. However, his opponent, state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, claims to have e...

Mike stood outside his home, a worn-down place in Texarkana known for abandoned houses. I’d met Mike when he first begged me for a quarter, a journey of gathering coins for his beer. He even followed me inside the store, where I offered to buy him lip balm instead, which he accepted that I’d deterre...

As we enter the annual season of giving, you might be thinking of charities you wish to support. But you also might be wondering how to gain some tax ...

Gov. Greg Abbott issued three executive orders last week targeting the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party, The Dallas Morning News rep...

More than 1,500 bills filed as session approaches Texas lawmakers last week filed more than 1,500 bills ahead of the next legislative session, which b...