Taxpayers, who footed a large chunk of the bill for the new $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium, got a raw deal, according to a new story in Bloomberg Businessweek.
On August 30, the Texas Transporation Commission signed off on a 85 mph speed limit on the new stretch of Texas 130 between Mustang Ridge and Seguin.
The conservative talk show host, who says he was mistreated by a liberal AA flight attendant, has devoted segments to the airline for the past two days.
Wichita Falls, McAllen, and San Marcos also made the top ten of a report from the Council for Community and Economic Research.
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News's police blotter.
Old Navy confused the Houston Texans with the American Football League-era Houston Oilers, proclaiming the team to be the "1961 AFC Champions."
The Austin resident announced at a surprise press conference that this year's U.S. Open would be his last tournament.
Armstrong's former assistant Mike Anderson recounts his two years with the cyclist, whom he characterizes as a man frequently motivated by "a combination of self-interest and spite."
Visitors to the Fort Worth Zoo are cooing over the new baby one-horned rhinoceros born there on August 16.
At last weeks UT system Board of Regents meeting, University of Texas at El Paso president Diana Natalicio told UT-Austin president Bill Powers that the Miners plan to soften up OU on Saturday.
A new Papa John's commercial reveals that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is every bit as good at rapping as he is at being an NFL general manager.
Lamar County Court-at-Law Judge Bill Harris fired off a fifteen-word email from his iPhone ruling that eminent domain laws gave TransCanada the right to lay pipeline through a Paris farm.
Five reasons why Roger Clemens should pitch for the Houston Astros this year.
The famous astronaut was notoriously shy about granting interviews to the press, but in 2009 he answered a few questions sent to him by senior editor Katy Vine. Here is her unedited Q&A with Neil Armstrong.
Rumors indicate that members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints may be leaving the YFZ Ranch.
The seven-time Tour de France champion and Austinite, facing a lifetime ban from cycling, will be stripped of his titles.
Lubbockites say "good morning" on Twitter more than anyone else in the country, according to a study from some Ukrainian software engineers who monitored American tweets.
The story of Kennedale High School teacher Brittni Colleps, found guilty last week of having sex with four male students while being videotaped, and five other teachers accused of sleeping with their students.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down the Environmental Protection Agency's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.
In the latest Princeton Review ranking, three Texas institutions of higher learning made the list of schools most "LGBT-unfriendly."
David Lee Wiggins, 48, had served 23 years in prison for the 1989 rape of a teenage girl when testing revealed DNA evidence did not link him to the crime.
The Texas economic miracle continues. Five of the nation's top ten counties for job growth are in Texas, according to CNN Money.
The new $8 billion project will be fed in part with natural gas from the South Texas and Eagle Ford Shale fields.
Picking up a Houston Chronicle story, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram printed the name of Chron reporter Yang Wang as "Yank Wang." She took it in good stride.
Carthage ISD is putting the finishing touches on a $750,000 scoreboard for its high school stadium, complete with a record-setting 1,200-square-foot video screen.
Texas Board of Pardons and Parole granted parole to a full 31 percent of inmates up for review last year, up from 27 percent in 2003.
Dallas County will begin spraying for mosquitoes after West Nile deaths in the state this year reach seventeen.
El Paso, which is no stranger to scandals, is facing another nick against its reputation after the TEA found its school district to be engaging in "unethical and illegal acts."
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News's police blotter.
Texan Olympians brought home some 26 medals from the 2012 London Games.
A blogger looked at the final statements of 478 executed Texas inmates and determined that "love" was uttered more than any other word.
The San Antonio-native's star performance for the silver medal-winning U.S. Olympics volleyball team was accompanied by two weeks of cheap Twitter jokes.
A University of Texas study found that natural gas drilling may have led to seventy earthquakes in the Barnett Shale region.
Austin and Pflugerville saw three bee attacks in one week.
Chief executive Nancy Brinker announced she will step down from her position in the company, but is it too little too late?
How much can go wrong trying to field a single bunt? Earlier this week against the Nationals, your 36-77 "Lastros" put on quite the (gong) show.
Ernesto Garza said that the image of the Christian Messiah in his tortilla was "a miracle."
Is this the Jerry World of high school football? The Eagles open the 18,000-seat facility in style August 31, when Southlake Carroll comes to visit.
Marvin Wilson, an inmate with an IQ of 61 and the reasoning skills of a grade school student, was the latest to die in the Huntsville death chamber.
A Killeen woman with a history of domestic violence charges allegedly tried to hit her boyfriend with a "pink steel stripper pole."
Are the kids at the Yearning for Zion safe?
San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas top a list of the nation's most economically segregated cities, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
Mueller, a master-planned community in Austin, has the highest concentration of electric vehicles in the country as part of a pilot project focusing on clean energy.
A new Harper's article claims that the direct-sales beauty empire is merely a "pink pyramid scheme."
TransCanada announced that construction of the Texas-Oklahoma segment of its pipeline will begin shortly—immediately prompting a backlash from environmentalists and conservative landowners alike.
Three SMU athletes claim a woman stole over $3,000 in electronics from their home after one of them didn't pay her for sexual acts.
Despite shaking up the department store chain's corporate leadership, the Plano-based retail giant continues to suffer.
Here are ten more Texan athletes who deserve your attention during the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Yes, according to Forbes' list of "America's Coolest Cities to Live."
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games kick off today, and our state will be well represented in London. Here are ten of the Texan athletes you should be watching.
