The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

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A new year of lawmaking and politicking is underway in U.S. statehouses. Governors are acting quickly to outline their ...

Announced yesterday, Gov. Abbott's 2025 State of the State address will outline his key legislative priorities and the actions needed to fortify Texas' stature both nationally and globally.

The debate over Confederate memory has divided Virginia politics for decades, and this year is no different. While Democrats champion legislation to curtail state support for Confederate-linked ...

(Photo by Nathaniel Cline/Virginia Mercury) The battle over Confederate school names in ... The Rev. Cozy Bailey, president of the NAACP Virginia State Conference, celebrated the decision as ...

The monument, which is of pink Georgia marble, has carved into its stone face the inscription: “Near this spot on June 23, 1865, Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of State of the United Confederacy ...

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A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday to stop President Trump's executive order that seeks to eliminate birthright citizenship. Mr. Trump invoked ...

The states have filed suit over Trump's push to eliminate a longstanding right. President Donald Trump's bid to cut off birthright citizenship is a "flagrantly unlawful attempt to strip hundreds ...

The cabinet of United States President Donald Trump has started to take shape, with its first nominee confirmed to a role: Florida lawmaker Marco Rubio. On Tuesday, Rubio, 53, was sworn in as ...