WASHINGTON – Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst warned Wednesday that new federal health care legislation will bust Texas' budget, saddling state taxpayers with $27 billion in extra costs over the next decade.

North Texans will get one chance to tell state officials what Texas' new statewide rail plan should include, and that chance is next week.

The lawmaker involved in a questionable land deal with Gov. Rick Perry failed to disclose ownership or sale of the property to the Texas Ethics Commission, an apparent violation of a state ethics rules, according to a review of his personal financial statements.

U.S. and Mexican border governors will gather in New Mexico in late September, but Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday that it's not a protest over the event's cancellation in Arizona because of that state's immigration enforcement law.

As one voracious non-native fish bears down on the Great Lakes, notorious mussels are spreading across the West. Frustrated state officials say it’s time for the federal government to play a bigger role in stopping the spread of invasive species.

Utah is not the only state where lawmakers are attempting to address illegal immigration — which is traditionally a federal issue handled by Congress.