Special prosecutor Michael McCrum is "very troubled" about the way the Governor made good on his promise to pull funding for the unit if its head, embattled Travis County district attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, failed to resign her position.
Patterson's desire to take the UT brand to China and Dubai may have grabbed the headlines, but the bigger deal could be that he's comfortable dropping the three-year-rule that requires college football players to wait to enter the NFL Draft.
The last news anyone wanted about the Army post at Fort Hood was another mass shooting. Here's what we know right now.
The rookie-sensation Senator who's totally not thinking about running for President just signed a deal to write his first book.
The state, the prisoners who face execution, the attorneys who represent them, and the courts have a lot to figure out, and not a lot of time to do it.
"Amnesty day": Not just for libraries anymore!
Spring is in the air, and baseball is on the diamond once again—though the final preseason games between the Rangers and the Astros took place in the musty confines of the Alamodome.
The massive fire that took down a Montrose apartment building didn't claim this cat.
The story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch—the North Texas neurosurgeon responsible for the death of two patients and the paralysis of four others—saw an interesting twist this week when the current Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful used his office to intervene in three lawsuits against the hospital that allowed him to
Well, that was probably a joke.
Undercover stings and an official Bicycle Management Plan are the start of what the city has in order.
The fictional burger chain from the shared universe of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino makes its appearance in the From Dusk Till Dawn TV series—and gets a preview here.
This is bad news environmentally and economically.
The curious Texas tradition of dipping pizza crusts in ranch dressing will cost you.
The Maverick NBA owner issued some cautionary words for the people who run America's most popular sports entertainment.
The two-month old baby ocelot is big news for a very small population.
At least it is if you speak Spanish.
The state managed to find a new supply of Pentobarbital, the drug it uses to perform lethal injections, but officials aren't saying where it came from.
AT&T takes the top spot for Texas, but it comes in behind Apple, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, and GE nationally.
Congratulations, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, and Austin.
The complicated world of film incentives has resulted in an unfortunate lawsuit surrounding the financing of Machete Kills.
If the film's Courtesan au Chocolat looked delicious to you, feel free to try to make one.
For all the criticism of the festival's co-opting by big brands, the power of art, music, and community were on display in the wake of tragedy.
A motorist fleeing a DWI traffic stop drove the wrong way down a one-way street, then charged through a barrier onto a closed street, turning a night at the festival into a tragedy.
Who isn't psyched at the thought of interacting with Samsung, Pennzoil, and Doritos?
Who better to produce a show skewering California tech culture than someone from Austin, which is currently overrun with those people?
SXSW attendees lined up in unprecendented numbers to see the Texas-bred filmmaker's screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel and extended Q&A at the Paramount Theater.
The fan-revived cult TV series—made by part-time Austinite Rob Thomas—finally found its audience.
When the "CockAsian" food truck rolled into Port San Antonio, local officials Googled the name to find the menu. What Google offered in return led them to ban the truck from the development.
The Lubbock pre-teens spend six months a year showing their prize goats at livestock competitions throughout the state.
The city will test a new pilot program that will close certain streets to automobile traffic, leaving them reserved for cyclists and pedestrians, during the month of April.
There's more than one impressive music festival in Texas this month, and the one in Dallas is free.
We're betting they live in Highland Park.
The mall is a flat circle, at which one can buy McConaughey's "just keep livin" line of menswear at Dillard's.
"Revenge porn"—the public sharing of nude photos of someone on the Internet without their permission—isn't yet illegal in Texas. And after a Houston woman was awarded $500,000 in damages after her ex-boyfriend posted videos and images she gave him to YouTube and elsewhere, it's worth asking if it needs to
The eccentric billionaire is considering launching his space program in Cameron County and making his car batteries in-state—which could add thousands of space-age jobs to the Texas economy.
Disabled veterans are having a rough time bringing their service dogs into businesses, despite laws allowing them to do so.
By the end of the day yesterday, state senator Dan Patrick's twitter typos had Conan O'Brien talking about him.
Bad news, Little Monsters: You’re not going to be able to crash down onto a parking lot on 5th Street in Austin to catch Lady Gaga perform a free show from within the confines of a 56-foot-tall Doritos vending machine.The makeshift Doritos stage that pops up in a
Rex Tillerson joined a lawsuit to prevent the construction of a fracking-related project near his ranch in Denton. The irony here is rich.
The Motor City Madman has been called many things over the past few decades, but until last week, you couldn't call him phony.
On Thursday, four officers arrived at the scene near the University of Texas campus to arrest a young woman for jaywalking. A video of the arrest went viral, prompting APD Chief Art Acevedo to defend his officers in a curious manner.
A Waco teenager found a wedding ring inside a baseball glove he bought at an Academy sporting goods store that belonged to the person who tried it on before him. Through the power of social media, he reconnected with the owner—and subsequently was rewarded by the store, the ring manufacturer,
Two quirky politics stories from the southernmost part of the state aren't doing the region any favors.
The taciturn candidate has been ruled ineligble due to paperwork errors.
Taco Land, the beloved punk rock dive in San Antonio, closed its doors in 2005 when owner Ram Ayala was shot and killed inside his own club. Now, the space has been renovated and reopened by a new owner—but just how much the new Tacoland resembles the old is up
The beleaguered theme park strikes back at its critics with a series of videos—but given their attendance, did they need to?
There are nearly four hundred license plate options for Texans to choose from—and it's just occurred to the DMV that that may be too many.
Who's a good boy? Kaiser's a good boy, that's who.
The Austin band preps its debut album with a bluesy, groove-heavy bit of heartache.
