AUSTIN — Electricity has been restored to most customers following weekend Central Texas storms that knocked out power to about 3,000 homes and businesses.
Austin Energy officials say about two dozen customers were without power Monday.
Storms packing heavy rain and lightning rolled through the Austin area Saturday night. The utility says lightning damaged five transformers and the equipment was replaced Sunday.
In less than eight hours, the Jacksonville Police Department recovered a stolen vehicle reported Friday morning.
Gasoline prices likely won't set any records this summer, thanks to a recent drop in the price of oil.
Maurice Sendak didn't think of himself as a children's author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood.
Democratic state senators on Tuesday questioned whether cuts in Medicaid could lead to a shortage of doctors willing to treat the poor, elderly and disabled.
Texas lawmakers will get a briefing on the current status of Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor and disabled.
Electricity has been restored to most customers following weekend Central Texas storms that knocked out power to about 3,000 homes and businesses.
Texas A&M University regents have raised some student fees and tuition at a few campuses.
Two years ago, promises to slash government spending swept Marva Beck into the Texas House. Now, the rancher from pine woods country admits that the Legislature's vote to cut $5.4 billion in state funding for schools could send her back home.
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Texas cannot ban Planned Parenthood from receiving state funds, at least until a lower court has a chance to hear formal arguments.
Andy Pettitte, the reluctant witness who was supposed to bolster the government's case against Roger Clemens, appeared instead to have substantially aided his former teammate and friend when he readily conceded he might have misunderstood their conversation about human growth hormone.
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