(TEXAS TRIBUNE) Texas has more than 180 public symbols of the Confederacy, with dozens of monuments dedicated during or after the Civil Rights era. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center — a ...

Among the Texas Legislature's important business, elected officials vote on resolutions like the official social media hashtag for the state. Yes, Texas has an official hashtag. It actually has three ...

Texans like being on the big stage. Just think of Tommy Tune dancing across a Broadway set. Or envision Roger Clemens staring down batters from atop the pitcher’s mound at Yankee Stadium. Even modest ...

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EVADALE, Texas (AP) — A few Texas school districts are under scrutiny for using Confederate symbols that backers say stand for tradition but critics believe are in support of racism. The Rev. Kyev ...

It may be early to start thinking about Christmas — but today Gov. Rick Perry signed the religious freedoms bill. The bill allows Christmas and other religious holidays into Texas schools. “Good ...

Thirty-one Confederate symbols have been removed in Texas since 2015, more than twice as many as in any other state, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center report. The state accounted for nearly a ...

AUSTIN - A growing number of Texas lawmakers are calling for the removal of Confederate monuments, plaques and other memorials from the Capitol in the wake of racially charged protests in ...

How do the University of Texas and Texas A&M compare to each other in SEC rankings of academics, campus safety, fight song, ...

Two days after a deadly explosion ripped through the small Texas town of West, Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton found himself carefully picking through the debris of damaged homes looking for lost pets.