Longtime advocate Jorge Antonio Renaud lyricizes the grit of prison life in his first published collection of poems, The ...

From Houston to the Hill Country, we Texans keep doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result.

A redistricting expert discusses Tom Delay, ‘dummymanders,’ and the long history of racial gerrymandering in the state.

There is nothing unknown about what triggered the brutal Hill Country flood of 2025 and so many others dating back to the nineteenth century.

If approved, opponents warn that a massive new utility project could disrupt toxic sediment, and more, in Lake ...

The new date comes after Ken Paxton took over the case that could lead to the nation's first execution based on the contested ...

Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.

The first data center for a $500-billion artificial intelligence project arrives in small-town Texas, alongside a potentially ...

A federally funded project at Rice University is trying to tackle that problem, but in just two counties so far.

Private foster care and adoption agencies in Texas are brokering contracts for moms to turn over their children in a murky legal world, spawning protracted civil custody battles.

The Richardsons are among the lucky in Kerr County, at the epicenter of “flash flood alley,” who narrowly survived the river’s sudden rise.

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