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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home construction slipped 0.3% in March, as housing starts are running below last year's pace in a sign that inventory could be a challenge for would-be buyers. The Commerce Department says that housing starts last month were a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.14 million...

AUSTIN (1080 KRLD) - Under legislation proposed by Republican Sen. Pat Fallon of Prosper, an ex-felon would only be able to run for a political office if they have been pardoned. The current state law says they can run if they have been released from "resulting disabilities." Fallon's bill came in...

A five-month-old baby pygmy hippo has yet to be named at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville.

The US Census says Dallas - Fort Worth added more residents over the past year than any other part of the country.

A video of a Pasadena man making racist statements in a Friendswood cellphone store is going viral.

An Oklahoma man and three others have now been sentenced for illegal sport hunting from a helicopter in violation of the federal Airborne Hunting Act.

AUSTIN (1080 KRLD) - Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration today for nine Texas counties. It's after the severe weather over the weekend. The counties include: Houston, Cherokee, Freestone, Leon, Madison, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby and Robertson. Governor Abbott says he wants...

The Trump administration wants to open two new tent facilities to temporarily detain up to 1,000 parents and children near the southern border, as advocates sharply criticize the conditions inside the tents already used to hold migrants.

This is an especially bad week for long wait times at the Texas, Mexico border.

HOUSTON (1080 KRLD) - The lucky person has yet to come forward and claim the $15.75 million dollar prize in Saturday's Lotto Texas Drawing. Teddy's Food Mart on Eastex Freeway in Houston sold the quick pick ticket. The next drawing is April 17th and the estimated jackpot is $5 million dollars. The...