Topic: Jerry Patterson

Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has harsh words for Governor Rick Perry's recent decision to stop wearing boots.

The Texas Veteran Land Board will treat families of those killed in the Fort Hood shootings as if their loved ones were killed in combat, officials said.

Many Texans have criticized the announcement from the General Land Office to allow alcohol to be consumed at the Alamo complex.

A victim of an alleged road rage incident captured on video was arrested on a warrant for a separate road rage incident in Long Beach, Calif., authorities said.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles rejected a specialty license plate with the Confederate flag Thursday.

Civic leaders and politicians in Houston say they are opposed to proposed Texas license plates that would bear an image of the Confederate flag.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles' governing board could vote next month on a politically charged license plate design featuring the Confederate flag.

The destruction wrought by Hurricane Ike on the Texas coast has, at least temporarily, changed the debate about restricting building there, officials say.

Some Texas officials say there will be second thoughts about rebuilding along the coastline where Hurricane Ike came ashore.

The withdrawal of former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, from his re-election campaign may cost the Republicans the seat in Congress, it was reported.