Critics of the plan worry that the move threatens to turn a global symbol of American power into an airborne collection of ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought to preserve slavery.

In one rare area of agreement between Republican lawmakers and local governments, one law would make it harder for residents to challenge zoning changes, providing cover for city councils to make ...

DALLAS — Two years after Texas lawmakers enacted a sweeping law ... Brandon Creighton, a Conroe Republican who authored the bill, said Wednesday as senators debated it that such measures are ...

Morgan Meyer, a University Park Republican — praising each other’s proposals and signaling their intent to pass them. In all, Texas lawmakers plan to spend $51 billion on cutting property ...

Two years after Texas lawmakers enacted a sweeping law aimed at sapping authority from the state’s urban areas, GOP legislators once more have advanced bills intended to stop local governments ...

Texas Republican lawmakers have spent several years eroding local control, especially in the state's largest Democratic-controlled cities like Austin. (Sophie Park/The Texas Tribune, Sophie Park ...

Take that to the bank,” the Fort Worth Republican told us on Inside Texas Politics. “But what we will do is find can we make those programs more efficient? Are there people receiving funds ...