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New proposed bills aim to increase pay for all state employees and provide the first cost-of-living-adjustment for retirees ...

KJ Lacey kept the Mr. Football Award in the Saraland family. The senior quarterback and Texas signee was named the state’s ...

Republican-led backlash over the Texas Medical Board chief's long-standing, approved role at Planned Parenthood forced him to ...

Westwood junior Benny Cochran is headed to the ATSSB All-State Band Feb. 15 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San ...

Senator Ron Wyden claimed Medicaid portals were down in all 50 states Tuesday due to Trump's federal funding freeze. Wyden ...