Your readers' remarks about low interest rates ("The Downside of Very Low Interest Rates Over Time," Letters, Feb. 3) all ring true: discouraging saving, crippling the earnings of financial institutions, ...

Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2012 10:23 am | Updated: 10:40 am, Thu Feb 2, 2012. District 1 EP Andress, EP Austin, EP Bowie, EP Burges, EP Chapin, El Paso, EP Irvin, EP Jefferson.

The fire that claimed the life of Kelli Hundt, 51, was caused by a cigarette, Fire Chief Dan Gaumont said. The Tarrant County medical examiner determined that Hundt died of smoke inhalation.

North Texas would get a new congressional district dominated by minority voters under a new set of political maps proposed by the Texas attorney general Monday, but many Democrats and minority community leaders oppose the plan because they say it still shortchanges black and Hispanic voters.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nicholas Cobb, 15, of Allen and Leah Prager, 13, of Dallas today were named Texas' top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. Nicholas was nominated by Allen High School in Allen, and Leah was nominated by Frankford Middle School in Dallas. The ...

America’s 102 most outstanding youth volunteers – two from each state and the District of Columbia – were named State Honorees today by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for exemplary acts of volunteerism.