A 24-year-old man, identified as  Fausto Cardenas, fired several shots on the south steps of the Capitol, yesterday, with a small-caliber handgun. No one was injured in the incident that occured about 12:15 p.m.

Elvis Aron Presley would have been 75 years old this week on Jan. 8, 2010. Even in death, he is still a powerhouse performer that has a national following. Memphis is about to start a four day celebration of his life on Jan. 7. Throngs of fans will come from all over the globe just to be near “The King” on his birthday.

Through coordinated efforts, DPS, local and federal agencies are impacting illegal drug trafficking operations along the border. One of the most noticeable trends is that law enforcement is disrupting the drug smugglers close to the border and in many cases, forcing them back across the Rio Grande.

New state laws that took effect Tuesday include more stringent restrictions placed on seat belt, cell phone and smokeless tobacco users.

America’s top taxpayers are carrying a larger share of the nation’s income tax burden than at any time in modern economic times, say congressional economists.

The Texas Public Safety Commission has named Steven C. McCraw director of the Department of Public Safety. His appointment will take effect following completion of a background check.

What is 8’ tall, 48’wide, took 3 years and 7 months and 25,297 participants in the making, and was officially unveiled in the state capital’s rotunda in Austin.

April is National Donate Life Month, and 100,000 people in the U.S. are racing the clock for their survival.

They need an organ transplant, and over half of these individuals will die before getting their life-saving operation.

U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) met today in Houston with officials from the Social Security Administration ahead of a congressional hearing next week to examine fraud in the federal disability program.

Department of Public Safety criminal investigators have arrested 18 people in Gonzales County on felony warrants for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and conspiracy to possess and distribute pseudoephedrine.

Congressman Kevin Brady receives the Spirit of Enterprise Award

Everyone who joins the Arbor Day Foundation during August 2009 will receive 10 free white flowering dogwood trees.

He had the funeral of a king, and to many of Michael Jackson’s fans that’s exactly what he was.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs announced the state collected $1.65 billion in sales tax revenue in April, down 3.1 percent compared to April 2008.

The Press Club of Southeast Texas has announced the finalists for Newsmaker of Year, who will be honored at the club’s annual scholarship fund-raiser June 5. 

The Press Club will salute Keith Carter; the team of Jamey Harrison, Kirk Roccaforte and Carl Thibodeaux; Anne Huff; the team of Joe Worley and David Deslatte; and Bob Wortham.

Texans remain negative about the national economy and their personal economic situation, and still are not strongly engaged in the run-up to the 2010 statewide election, according to a statewide survey released today.

The poll, conducted by members of the Department of Government and the Texas Politics project at The University of Texas at Austin, surveyed 800 Texas residents between Feb. 24 and March 6.