Due to the frequent droughts, choosing the best drought-tolerant plants for Texas, like blackfoot daisy and Texas mountain laurel, is essential. High temperatures and little rain in the summers turn ...

Revising the social studies curriculum could be among the divisive issues the Texas State Board of Education tackles next year. This year's Texas State Board of Education elections will see five ...

From the Chihuahuan Desert to the Pineywoods, what are voters across the Lone Star State thinking about as they cast their ballots? With Election Day approaching, candidates up and down the ballot ...

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In a year marred by escalating gun violence and an alarming number of climate disasters, Texas has been deemed the third least safe state in the U.S., according to a new report by personal-finance ...

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No. 14 Texas A&M will make its way to Starkville this week for this season’s battle of maroon and white teams. Last season’s game in College Station is remembered more for what happened in the ...

Texas state tax has pros and cons. The statewide sales tax rate of 6.25% is a bit high, and localities can add 2%. Property taxes in Texas are also on the high end but were recently lowered for many.

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas state board on Wednesday declined to stop what could be the first execution in the U.S. in a case tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, rejecting clemency pleas ...

Rice University may reign at the top in Texas in WalletHub's analysis, but UT-Austin followed directly behind among the state's top high-education institutions. Where does your college fall?

On it are places where “generations of staff and guests pass along the tales of spectral Revolutionary War soldiers, the smoky silhouettes ... they smelled fresh-cut flowers when none were ...