Democratic candidate for governor Farouk Shami said Friday that white people are not willing to work in factories and as a result, Hispanic labor is essential to the Texas economy.
Race became an issue in the Democratic primary for governor today. Farouk Shami, the millionaire hair care products maker who's running, said he doesn't find many white people willing to work, so he says he hires Hispanics and blacks instead.
Last month, two days before the Texas Longhorns played in the Bowl Championship Series title game, UT athletic director DeLoss Dodds sat down in a California hotel and talked about contingency plans.
The state agency responsible for ensuring the safety of Texas nursing home residents has a backlog of 1,550 past-due investigations, agency officials said today.
Dozens of parents spoke in favor of the decision, while more than 750 teachers packed the school district's headquarters to protest the policy, considered among the most aggressive efforts in the nation to improve teacher quality.
The latest political pairing: an entertainer known for his quick wit and anti-establishment stance, and a quiet businessman turned prominent Texas politician.
We recommend Delwin Jones for state representative, District 83, Mark Griffin for state representative, District 84, and Jim Lantroop for state representative, District 85.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina got her first big lesson in damage control Thursday.
When the Wharton County judge, a longtime Democrat, wanted to switch to the Republican Party several years ago, the county GOP then under the leadership of Debra Medina had a few questions for him.
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison chastised Gov. Rick Perry in an interview Wednesday for what she called his "egregious" micromanaging at Texas A&M University and pledged to strive to elevate the school to one of the elite public colleges in the United States, if elected.
A Georgia company assisting the University of Texas Medical Branch with insurance billing and collections waited more than a month to notify island officials that an employee with access to information about more than a thousand patients had been charged with identity theft.
But President Felipe Calderón has stepped up the fight against the cartels, sending the military against them. He has also accepted U.S. assistance through the Mérida Initiative, including intelligence, equipment and technology.
If he accomplishes nothing else this campaign season, Houston businessman Farouk Shami at least delivered a political quote for the ages.
Patient numbers would be cut at four state psychiatric hospitals, including the one in San Antonio, and health-care providers would see a drop in reimbursement rates for Medicaid patients under budget options presented by state officials.
Texas Public Utility Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman has stepped into the nuclear battle between CPS Energy and its partner to try to mediate a settlement.
Anti-Washington activist Debra Medina was on the brink of knocking U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison out of a likely Republican gubernatorial runoff, but she may have spoiled her chances Thursday with her remarks on the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
Former Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle and 2 others spoke a Dallas Democratic Forum event today. All 3 are running to be the Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor in November. KERA's Bill Zeeble has more.
A pistol-packing nurse and home-schooler with close ties to Ron Paul is emerging as a wild card who is reordering the dynamics of the March 2 Texas Republican primary for governor.
ICE agents carried out a series of raids last Tuesday targeting companies that shuttle illegal immigrants from Houston to destinations across the U.S., picking up 20 of 22 defendants charged with conspiracy to transport illegal immigrants.
It's a spring-like Saturday evening in San Marcos, the winter sun dipping behind rustic two-story buildings on the Hays County Courthouse square. At Café on the Square, across from the courthouse, a congenial crowd awaits the arrival of a former big-city mayor who aspires to be the next governor of Texas.
Tea party candidate Debra Medina was thrashed Thursday by her two powerful Republican rivals in the Texas gubernatorial race after suggesting that the United States government may have played a role in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Proposed reforms to the Austin school district's bilingual education program have threatened what some say is a tenuous relationship between new Superintendent Meria Carstarphen and some members of Austin's Hispanic community.
Texas lottery officials said Thursday that they found no evidence of improper bid information sharing between a consultant company and the lottery's main vendor, GTECH Corp., but they said say they cannot rule it out.
When Debra Parker was in high school in the late 1970s, her parents limited her to two after-school activities at A.C. Jones High School. Any more than that would have taken her away from the family ranch, where she spent early mornings and late evenings breaking horses, herding cattle and goats, butchering livestock and churning butter.
Two candidates claim the Tea Party mantle: Perry, who has led Hutchison by double digits in every state poll since the summer, and Debra Medina, a former GOP county chairwoman. A University of Texas poll of about 400 likely GOP voters published today in The Texas Tribune shows Perry leading with 45%, Hutchison at 21% and Medina at 19%.
