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COLLEGE STATION Texas A&M University is ranked second nationally among public institutions by U.S. News & World Report in the Great Schools, Great Prices category of the publications 2011 Best Colleges guidebook and moved up among business school ratings while maintaining its high engineering ranking and overall standing among public national universities. read more..

Texas, August 23- Average retail gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 3.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.53/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.72/g, according to gasoline price website TexasGasPrices.com . read more..

The Texas Longhorns have agreed to move their home football game against UTEP from 2012 to 2016, says the Austin-American Statesman. The move was made to accommodate Texas’ new nine-game schedule in the Big 12. With the departure of Colorado… read more..

Texas issuers led by San Antonios Bexar County and Austin, the state capital, are set to borrow $1 billion this week, almost three times more than last week, as taxable and tax-exempt yields plunge to record levels. read more..

AUSTIN, TexasA lawsuit accuses two Iowa egg producers and Texas-based restaurant chain of causing an Austin woman’s salmonella poisoning. read more..

Texas Farm Bureau Publications Director Mike Barnett discusses the debate over who owns groundwater rights in Texas in recent blog post. read more..

AUSTIN, Texas — Administrators at school districts across Texas now have a faster and simpler way to check the safety records of bus drivers. The Department of Public Safety on Thursday announced a website, Texas.gov, that allows districts to ins … read more..

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott calls for Craigslist to take immediate action to prohibit solicitation of prostitution on its site. read more..