Texas
Houston incomes lag (audio)
July 18, 2013Job creation doesn't mean the end of hard times for many Houston area families.
Read moreTexans stand with women
July 15, 2013In Dallas 200 Texans attended a "Stand with Texas Women" rally and press conference in front of City Hall. The night before, some 1,100 attended a rally there.
Read moreTexas “women power” blocks anti-abortion bill
June 28, 2013AUSTIN, Texas - A severe anti-abortion bill went down to defeat June 25 thanks in part to a 10-hour filibuster by state Senator Wendy Davis of Fort Worth.
Read moreTexas executes 500th prisoner, Kimberly McCarthy (audio)
June 28, 2013This week Texas reached a grim milestone when the state put to death a woman inmate as its 500th execution since 1976.
Read moreEnd of slavery celebrated on June 19
June 18, 2013Texans, and an increasing number of people across America, celebrate the end of slavery on June 19 because on that day in 1865 Gen. Gordon Granger announced that slavery was ended for good.
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