Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, right, calls for Rep. Joseph Deshotel, D-Port Arthur, left, during a news conference against new congressional district lines reached its finale in the Texas Legislature. Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, right, calls for Re

Republican insiders in Texas say the bulk of the rebuilding Perry needs to do is with his longtime state-based staff. When Gov. Rick Perry suspended his presidential bid, he said it was because there was no “viable path forward.” But is there a viable pa

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (c) visits with House members to discuss the state budget issues at the back railing on May 19, 2011. Rick Perry is considered by some to be the most powerful governor Texas has ever had. Perry's appointees fill just about every ava

Texas lawmakers and hospital administrators took a hard look Tuesday at the state Medicaid waiver recently OK'd by the Obama administration. “This impacts every hospital in this state... and every community,” Tom Suehs, Texas' health and human services c

HOUSTON - From parades to food drives - Houston remembered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday. A smaller parade started at 10 a.m. near Rice University as par

HOUSTON - From a never ending line that snakes out of the Department of Motor Vehicles to a steady stream of children walking into Protective Services, state workers have their hands full in Texas. Michelle is a state worker. "The job of working for the