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Owners of electric vehicles in a number of states will start seeing fees to pay for road repairs in the new year. At least eight states will begin charging new or higher registration fees Wednesday for electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids. The new fees mean that, for the first time, a majority of states will assess special fees on gas-free...

Police officers slapped handcuffs on 71-year-old Lena Bartula at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after they found CBD oil in her travel bag. Now she’s talking about her two nights in jail.

Police officers slapped handcuffs on 71-year-old Lena Bartula at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after they found CBD oil in her travel bag. Now she’s talking about her two nights in jail.

As lawmakers move closer to legalizing CBD oil in Texas, NBC 5 Investigates has learned that confusion may linger on what’s legal and what’s not, because law enforcement officials don’t have the tools needed to tell the difference between CBD and marijuana.

Monday night, Governor Greg Abbott cleared up some of that confusion by quietly signing House Bill 1325 into law. It legalizes hemp farming and the sale and possession of hemp-derived CBD oil containing less than .3% of THC, the compound that produces a ‘high’ in marijuana.

The University of North Carolina announced Wednesday that a torn-down Confederate monument won’t return to campus under a legal agreement that hands over the “Silent Sam” statue to a group of Confederate descendants. The University of North Carolina System said in a news release that a judge approved a settlement giving possession of the monument to the Sons of Confederate...

President Donald Trump does not have to disclose his tax returns to appear as a candidate on California’s primary ballot next spring, a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Dr. Kimberley Cantu is the sole candidate to be the next superintendent of Mansfield ISD.

A mother fighting for the life of her 9-month old baby has been given more time to do what some people have called impossible.

Election day has come and gone, but the work for election administrators across the state is not over yet.

The damage cost estimate facing city of Dallas taxpayers is $60 million, according to briefings for the city council Wednesday.

The damage cost estimate facing city of Dallas taxpayers is $60 million, according to briefings for the city council Wednesday.

An administrative hearing to decide whether Missouri can revoke the license for the state’s only abortion clinic concluded Thursday with emotional testimony from a clinic official. The hearing in St. Louis before a commissioner with the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission was expected to last five days but wrapped up a day early. A ruling isn’t expected until February at the...

City officials in Fort Worth are responding to a list of demands set by a coalition on oversight after a woman was shot and killed in her home by a city police officer.

The city of Charlottesville is preparing to appeal its defeat in a lawsuit over two Confederate monuments.

A union for Texas troopers is suing the state over a new policy that limits the size of officers’ waistlines.

A state law now gives students in Texas the option of getting an electrocardiography heart screening as part of an athletic physical exam. An event in Fort Worth this weekend will make getting that screening easier by offering them for free.

Several Dog owners went to Dallas City Hall Wednesday to complain that Dallas Animal Services aggressive dog enforcement is too aggressive. DAS Director welcomes review of enforcement policies.

A Virginia judge has blocked the city of Charlottesville’s effort to remove Confederate statues. The Daily Progress reports the three-day civil trial that ended Friday included a judge’s ruling preventing the removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

Following the most recent mass shootings in El Paso and Midland-Odessa, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released a report Thursday outlining what the state can do to prevent such future attacks — much of which will have to wait until the 2021 legislative session.