Kleberg County commissioners meet Friday to discuss the 2011-2012 tax rate as the county grapples with troubled finances.

A San Antonio gun shop is suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arguing the agency exceeded its authority by ordering licensed dealers to report some rifle sales.

Texas provided more than $1 million to an ex-con to run a summer food program in the Dallas area.

The effect of state and federal budget cuts to employment aid programs will hit the Texas Panhandle next month, when seven rural Workforce Solutions offices spanning the region are set to close.

A 47-year-old man admitted today in U.S. District Court in Austin that he obtained more than $37,000 in student loans to attend five Texas universities even though he had no intent of using the money …

A federal indictment against a former investigator with the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office was unsealed today.

Quintanilla, D-El Paso, dismissed talk that he was likely seeking the position as rumors but he would not completely write off a bid for the seat. He also would not give a clear confirmation that …

Taxpayers footed the bill for an expensive but sparse set of posters and handouts in the El Paso Independent School District that are now the focus of an FBI investigation.

A second Midland County Hospital District tax rate hearing drew no public attendance late Wednesday morning.

To make sure young voters have a say in the 2012 election, a group of Midland Republicans is working to get them involved.