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State Rep. David Swinford, R-Dumas

David Swinford's seat in the Texas House will apparently remain empty for the next four months.

Bob Richter, public editor of the San Antonio paper, responds to the GOP House candidate's charges of biased coverage.

The number of undocumented immigrants entering the U.S. has declined considerably in the past few years when compared to the first half of the previous decade, according to a new study by the Pew Hispanic Center.

The Institute for Creation Research has ended its fight with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which denied the Dallas-based Christian school the authority to offer master's degrees in science education.

Your afternoon reading.

Is $2 million a sufficient consolation prize for losing the governor's race?