Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle has apologized to Dallas' Spanish-speaking community after he discovered that police officers had written nearly 40 bogus tickets to city residents for being "non-English speakers."

Did a Texas man find a real-life chupacabra (or just a hairless dog)?

A 23-month-old Mexican child visiting family in Texas became the first swine flu-related death in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control.

The Texas Democratic Party is asking Republican Representative Betty Brown to apologize after she suggested Asians change their names to ones that are "easier for Americans to deal with."

Dallas Police officer Robert Powell has resigned after drawing national criticism for his handling of a traffic stop. Last week, Powell stopped NFL player Ryan Moats and his wife at a hospital where the Houston Texans running back's mother-in-law was dying.

A military base and lots of police are some of the reasons El Paso is the third safest city in the U.S. Across the Rio Grande river, sister city Ciudad Juarez is being torn apart by drug trafficking due to a lack of police and corrupt officials.

University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet Garcia, the first Mexican-American woman in charge of a four-year university, has been named to Barack Obama's transition team. (via Guanabee)

Gun sales are surging in Texas after President-elect Barack Obama's victory. Gun shop owner DeWayne Irwin: "People perceive him as a Democrat, a liberal. (They think) 'They're going to come get our guns.'"

Teachers working in Texas' Harrold school district will be allowed to carry concealed guns once they take part in crisis management training. Superintendent David Thweatt: "When the federal government started making schools gun-free zones, that's when all of these shootings started."