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AUSTIN, Texas, July 19 (UPI) -- Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst plans to make a video announcement this week he is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Kay Bailey Hutchison, an aide says.
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says he might seek the U.S. Senate seat of Kay Bailey Hutchinson, who is not seeking re-election.
AUSTIN, Texas, July 1 (UPI) -- A statewide test of high school athletes in Texas turned up only two positive results for steroids, the company announced this week.
MARBLE FALLS, Texas, June 29 (UPI) -- Residents of Marble Falls, Texas, prepared for more rain Friday while trying to recover from a deluge of 19 1/2 inches of rain in just three hours.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst toured Marble Falls Thursday to view the damage.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Texas politicians have pushed for the state to join Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma and South Carolina in instituting the death penalty for child molesters.
AUSTIN, Texas, April 9 (UPI) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a plan to tax business and cigarettes to fund public schools, but needs support of the lieutenant governor and the House speaker.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 3 (UPI) -- The Texas Senate Thursday passed legislation to reform the state's troubled protective services for the elderly and children.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, enjoys a 72 percent approval rating in a new independent poll, making her the most popular politician in Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Texas may have to overhaul its crime-labs because of problems at Houston and elsewhere around the state, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said Monday. Dewhurst asked the Senate Criminal Justice Committee to begin a study of the system, the Houston Chronicle report
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst Thursday announced the Texas Senate will support a state property tax and an expansion of business taxes to fix school funding.
Dewhurst, who leads the 31-member Senate, said the plan would generate another $1.6 billion a year for
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