More than a dozen laws passed during a special legislative session earlier this year take effect on Dec. 4, governing things such as the STAAR test and access to medications. Here’s what to know.

House Bill 8 replaces the STAAR test with three shorter exams administered at the beginning, middle and end of the school year. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo More than a dozen laws passed ...

Of the 126,525 people in Colorado licensed to drive 18-wheelers, school buses and trucks carrying hazardous materials, 1,745 are immigrants who do not have permanent legal status to live in the United ...

There’s something wrong with a process that doesn’t truly analyze a team until that team’s weakest moment. For nearly a month now, the College Football Playoff selection committee has been ...

(The Center Square) – In one day, Texas Department of Public Safety officers arrested 31 illegal foreign nationals during a commercial vehicle enforcement operation with federal authorities in the ...

Dallas Fire-Rescue and the Dallas Police Department responded to the ICE facility on North Stemmons Freeway in Dallas Friday morning on a report of a suspicious package. DFR confirmed that the hazmat ...

DALLAS — Envelopes containing 'a white powdery substance' sent to two North Texas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices Friday morning prompted an investigation and response from Hazmat ...

A U.S. Representative has introduced his second English language proficiency-related bill since President Trump's executive order earlier this year. Bulk fleet expanding with acquisition. Truck stop ...

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Sandwiched between games on the road against Georgia and hosting rival Texas A&M in the regular season finale, the Texas Longhorns host another rival in Arkansas. The Razorbacks come ...

Every fall, millions of monarch butterflies drift across Texas skies on their way from Canada to Mexico. It's one of the longest insect migrations on the planet, and for many monarchs, Texas is the ...