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At a Senate Committee hearing in Austin Tuesday, a state senator offered some insight into a lingering question at the capitol: What does Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) think about efforts to legalize CBD oil?

James Daly is eager to make marijuana history on Sunday, when he plans to open the doors to Arbors Wellness, beckon the lengthy line outside and legally start selling recreational pot for the first time in the Midwest. “We’ve worked very hard to be prepared,” said Daly, who owns the medical dispensary that, for now, is among just six shops...

Democratic presidential candidate, Julian Castro, is narrowing the focus of his campaign to Iowa, Nevada and Texas.

Democratic presidential candidate, Julian Castro, is narrowing the focus of his campaign to Iowa, Nevada and Texas.

The pastor from First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs is running for the Texas Senate. He says mass shootings around the country, after the one at his own parish, motivated him to seek office.

The Metropolitan Opera announced Tuesday that Placido Domingo had agreed to withdraw from his slate of scheduled performances at the opera house following allegations of sexual harassment

A Texas pastor whose teenage daughter was among more than two dozen people killed during a mass shooting at his church in 2017 says he’s running for the state legislature.

The City of Abilene was recently recognized by the federal government as having effectively ended veteran homelessness. A state senator says other Texas cities should look at Abilene’s success to tackle the issue.

The surge in Dallas killing this year reached 103 on Friday with four more murders since Thursday morning.

At a Senate Committee hearing in Austin Tuesday, a state senator offered some insight into a lingering question at the capitol: What does Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) think about efforts to legalize CBD oil?

Organizers of a meeting to discuss an upcoming mayoral race in Georgia barred reporters from attending — unless they were African-American. The Wednesday meeting at a church in Savannah was held to try to unite the city’s black community behind a single candidate for mayor in the Nov. 5 election. Signs at the door said “Black Press Only!” White reporters...

A former Texas state senator who already has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his part in a Ponzi scheme has received a 5-year prison term for a separate bribery count.

A Texas state senator accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a University of Texas graduate student is giving up control of the chamber’s powerful Health and Human Services Committee.

A former U.S. prosecutor hired by the University of Texas says a state senator accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a graduate student blamed them on someone else and didn’t fully cooperate with investigators.

The deaths of two young orcas in the Pacific Northwest have galvanized Washington state to do more to protect the whales’ dwindling population, NBC News reported. First, a mother orca known as J35 carried her stillborn calf for 17 days. Then a rambunctious young killer whale known for breaching went missing and was soon declared dead. The orcas that spend...

Attorneys for a Texas state senator said Wednesday that he didn’t send “any inappropriate texts” following a report that the University of Texas is investigating allegations made by a graduate student.

A state senator says he has been told the temporary tent shelter in far West Texas for immigrant minors will stay open indefinitely.

A consultant who was found guilty along with a former Texas state senator of operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of millions has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.

A state senator from San Antonio is resigning, months after being convicted on 11 federal counts of money laundering and wire and securities fraud.

Hawaii residents covered their faces with masks after a volcano menacing the Big Island for weeks exploded, sending a mixture of pulverized rock, glass and crystal into the air in its strongest eruption of sandlike ash in days. The Kilauea volcano exploded at its summit shortly after 4 a.m. Thursday following two weeks of volcanic activity that sent lava flows...