Mineola, authored a resolution to make the cannon the official state gun of Texas. On April 10, the resolution passed the ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate in a primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn, setting up what is likely to become one of the ...

West Texas is in the middle of a still-growing measles outbreak with 505 cases reported on Tuesday. The state expanded the number of counties in the outbreak area this week to 10.

March 2nd until April 21st marks the critical era between the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Battle of San Jacinto ...

Historian Benjamin Heber Johnson, reared in Houston, retells Texas history in a way that will appeal to a broad range of the state's readers.

The last act of Polk's predecessor, John Tyler, had been to annex the Republic of Texas in 1845. Polk wanted to lay claim to California, New Mexico, and land near the disputed southern border of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor’s office that originally put him on ...

"You were closer, Alex. Daughters of the Republic of Texas," Jennings said finally answering the clue. The clue selection returned to DeFrank, who'd later go on to win the episode, making him a ...

An East Texas home built by one of the first Anglo settlers in the region will be designated a historic site by Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The Gaines-Oliphint House is on the Texas-Louisiana ...