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The 100th meridian marks a dividing line between moist climates to the east and arid climates to the west. Climatologists now ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A bill to streamline state regulation and reduce unnecessary rules is one step closer to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. Senate Bill 14 is the first bill to get this far in the 89th ...

A day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated, public health officials say. West Texas is in ...

Children and teens make up the majority of cases, according to DSHS data. The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow, with 24 new cases confirmed over the last five days ...

Prices increase May 1. The legislation would put new requirements on wind and solar companies that oil and gas companies in Texas do not face. Landon Terry unloads feed for the sheep he tends to ...

A new bill introduced in the Texas legislature could fine museums $500,000 per day if they display "obscene" works of art, months after GOP officials sought to remove photographs involving nude ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Texas on Sunday after a second child died from measles amid an outbreak since January that's resulted in nearly 500 cases ...

Kennedy Jr. touted the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as the “most effective” way to prevent the spread of measles during a visit to Texas with the family of an 8-year-old girl who d ...

The U.S. health secretary was in West Texas to visit the family. People stand outside of a Mennonite church in Seminole where funeral services for Daisy Hildebrand, the second Texas child to die ...

By Teddy Rosenbluth and Lucinda Holt Teddy Rosenbluth has reported on the West Texas measles outbreak since early February. Lucinda Holt reported on Sunday from Seminole, Texas. Robert F.