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Texas just finished the hottest June through August on record for any state in the U.S., weather officials said Thursday. National Weather Service meteorologist Victor Murphy told The Associated Press that Texas' 86.8 degree Fahrenheit average beat out Oklahoma's 85.2 degrees in 1934.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry wouldn't say today whether he's going to participate in the GOP presidential debate tomorrow, citing the "fluid" situation ...

The battle over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would stretch 1,700 miles through six states, from Alberta, Canada, across the U.S. heartland, and into Texas to Gulf Coast refineries, is intensifying.

A roaring wildfire raced unchecked Monday through rain-starved farm and ranchland in Central Texas, destroying nearly 500 homes during a rapid advance fanned in part by howling winds from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee....

A woman and her 18-month-old daughter were killed Sunday when their East Texas trailer home was engulfed by flames, and thousands of acres across parts of the state continued to burn from wildfires authorities blamed partly on the high winds caused by Tropical Storm Lee.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took his economic message into the heart of Texas -- enemy territory -- on Tuesday, telling a San Antonio audience that "career politicians got us into this mess and they simply don't know how to get us out."

Texas Governor Rick Perry, a staunch conservative with a Washington outsider's resume, will seek the 2012 Republican nomination for president, his spokesman said on Thursday, adding a top contender to the party's field of hopefuls.

It's the million dollar question. Rumors have abounded for months that Texas Governor Rick Perry may jump in the race for president, which would drastically reshape the Republican field. But so far, he has been reticent on the topic. The answer may finally be revealed this weekend.

Sweltering may have reached a new record last month, as Oklahoma racked up the country's highest monthly average temperature ever.

NASA says an object found and East Texas lake is from the shuttle Columbia that broke up in space in 2003, CNN reports.