Texas comptroller and feisty grandmother seen as potential ...
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Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn&#39;s reputation as a watchdog for the health and education of children is summed up in a needlepoint decoration in her office: &quot;One
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Presents worth thousands of pounds belie humble, folksy image of former Arkansas governor
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Gov.-elect Christine Gregoire has a Republican rival who still wants to overturn the election, but she has other things on her mind.
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Yolanda Perez is not your run-of-the-mill regional act.
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An obscure congressman from Texas has set the Web buzzing with his campaign to become the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.  Rep.
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SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - A grandmother found with a trunkful of marijuana was convicted of drug running in what prosecutors said was an attempt to earn cash for a bingo habit.
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Does Lady Luck rule the investing world?
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Sorry. Some of those things you learned from your grandmother just are not true.
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By Sandra Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep.
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Democrats could have a chance at seizing a crucial Republican U.S. Senate seat in Colorado in a neck-and-neck battle pitting a brewing magnate against a Hispanic from humble origins.
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For relatives of the late Gail German, it could best be described as a bitter-sweet moment.
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By Janet Elliott and Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 3--AUSTIN -- Acting on an issue that is stirring controversy in the Legislature, Gov.
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By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 2--AUSTIN -- Gov.
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A battle is raging for the Texas congressional seat that represents President Bush's adopted home of Crawford, and redistricting, religion and a cross-dressing scandal are weighing in the race.
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By Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 6--Molly Ivins sure would have enjoyed this Monday morning in Texas.   The governor came out against cervical cancer, and some conservatives still pitched a wall-eyed fit.
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Many families are facing the prospect of significantly higher-than-expected taxes when it comes time to sell investments held in a childâs name to pay college costs.
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The great-granddaughter of Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este, is trying to right what she sees as a long-overdue wrong.