Comptroller Glenn Hegar will step down in the coming months to become chancellor of the Texas A&M University System.

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An abandoned oil well in a remote Texas town has created a massive sinkhole on a family owned ranch. The Kelton Ranch is also ...

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Hawkins “Hawk” Dunlap of Monahans, who got 285,544 votes in his statewide race as a Libertarian against incumbent Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick last year, said the RRC “lacks the ...

Turner, who spent nearly three decades in the Texas House and died last week, was remembered as a passionate Democrat ...

Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, who was in the same freshman ... Former House Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, recalled a trip he took to Africa with Turner, whom he described as “totally afraid ...

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Hegar’s impending departure from the comptroller’s seat creates a rare opening for one of Texas’ coveted statewide offices ...