ODESSA — A report from the Texas Oil and Gas Association shows that the state’s energy industry is showing no signs of waning, boasting record levels of crude oil production as the federal ...

U.S. Women’s Flag National Team member Ashlea Klam is working with the NFL's Houston Texans to promote girls' participation in the sport in Texas and elsewhere. Klam says when she ...

High school girls’ flag football is currently sanctioned as a varsity sport in 15 states, and McNair and the Texans are working with policymakers in the state to push Texas to sanction it.

Proper Respect and Prohibitions No Dipping: The American flag must never be dipped to anyone or anything, in contrast to some other flags that can be dipped as a symbol of respect.

More: Military parade is coming to D.C. Officials give a preview. How to properly display the American flag Flag etiquette has been in place for many years to ensure the flag is treated with respect.

The law prescribed up to one year of incarceration for anyone who "knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon" any American flag.

President Donald Trump and Sen. Josh Hawley collaborated on legislation to penalize American flag burning with a one-year prison sentence, calling flag burners "animals" who don't love the country.

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Texas will erect the Texas Life Monument, a statue honoring mothers and the sanctity of life, after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a resolution Tuesday authorizing the monument be built.