Politics

Texas' shortest elected official, Charley Lockhart, was less than 4 feet tall and is buried in Snyder.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on well-known animal lover, just signed a new bill into law, making it illegal to tether a dog.

John mentioned that he loves his acting career, but he would be willing to step aside and make a political run to stick up for the people of color in the state of Texas.

One of the biggest obstacles people face when thinking about going to college is the cost. President Obama is getting ready for his State of the Union speech on January 20th with a major spoiler - he wants to make community college free for two years...

It's Election Day, so I decided to track down the five worst campaign ads of the year. And I'm not saying anything about each candidate's POLITICS...their ads were just the WEIRDEST.

Do Texas Tech students pay attention to politics? PoliTech set out to answer that question. You might not like the answer.

Congress couldn't get it together enough to agree on something, and now foreign tourists are going to miss their one chance to see the Statue of Liberty. The government has shut down (mostly)!

Experience isn’t always the most important qualification for a politician. Sometimes dimples work just fine.

If you think you're saving the world by liking a page on Facebook, UNICEF Sweden has got some news for you -- you're not. Liking a page is a great way to keep informed about a charity or cause, but unless it's part of a specific campaign, it doesn't actually do much good...

An attempt on the life of a Bulgarian politician was miraculously averted yesterday when the would-be killer's gun refused to fire.

Hey, did you hear the good news? We managed to avoid soaring headlong off the fiscal cliff yesterday. Granted, the House pulled the plug on a bill providing emergency aid to people whose lives were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy to do it. But they did it. Hooray!(?)

If there's any doubt how strong the GOP's hold on Alabama is, consider this -- a Republican nominee beat out the Democratic incumbent for a seat on the Bibb County Commission last week despite the fact that he died a month earlier. Congratulations, Alabama, on taking partisanship to a whole new level.