When John Scott was appointed Texas secretary of state last year, he decided from the start he wanted to do things differently: He would focus his efforts on elections — perhaps the office’s ...

While this week’s decision by the Supreme Court to not review a lower court’s ruling means Union Pacific could be closer to pulling out of town, they would not do so without the risk of sanctions from ...

At least 27 people died while in custody in 2022 — the highest number in nearly two decades, according to county records and data from Texas Justice Initiative. Days after the new year began ...

The head of the embattled Harris County Jail has resigned from his post ... the department in 2021 after more than 20 years with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, where he most recently ...

Texas fired men’s basketball coach Chris Beard for cause Thursday, but not before offering him a chance to make the call himself. The school said in the letter that such an assumption on the ...

The following hospital and health system executive moves have been reported by or shared with Becker's since Jan. 20: 1. Angela Dowling was tapped as the new president for Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser ...

Dr. JuliAnn Mazachek is resigning as president of MSU Texas to lead the university she left last year to come to Wichita Falls, according to a media release. The chancellor of the Texas Tech ...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) appointed two of his conservative critics to the House Rules Committee on Monday following ...

On Friday morning, after Boehner told his conference that he would resign at the end of October ... of being a tool of the Democratic party. Texas senator Ted Cruz once said Boehner will ...

Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear ...

City lifeguard Luke Shepardson beat out reigning champ John John Florence to win The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational on Sunday in front of a massive crowd at Waimea Bay. Kawananakoa will lie in ...