Keeping Texans fully informed on weather conditions and the ability of the electric grid to respond to them is a priority; said Pablo Vegas, president and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
Team Brownsville members work every day to assist people at the southern border
The rise of education savings accounts was not sudden or unexpected, according to a Texas Tech economics professor.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and state Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown) released a joint statement on March 9 announcing their support for Senate Bills 6 and 7, two pieces of…
The rain fell, but their spirits soared.
A Texas interfaith leader is confident that the Chapter 313 “Vampire Fund” can be defeated again.
The collapse of FTX, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, raised eyebrows and questions about the digital-asset industry as a whole.
Mason Goad understands the power of words, innocent and well-meaning as they can appear.
Like Dracula in countless movies, a Texas program that provided massive tax breaks for companies at the expense of school districts could rise from the grave.
State Rep.-elect aims to ‘cut property taxes in half, while fully funding public schools’
Texas State University has installed diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility into its qualifications for hiring staff and faculty.
How reliable is public power in Texas? How stable is the price?
Schools are supposed to be hallowed halls of learning, where young people grow and mature.
Austin Councilwoman Mackenzie Kelly is sponsoring a resolution to ensure that city employees and staffers have the training and skills to identify victims of human trafficking when providing services.
Dick Lavine, senior fiscal analyst for the think tank Every Texan, said it’s too early to panic about a rapid rise in property taxes as he thinks Texas lawmakers have…
Sophia L. Strother says she wants to be ‘part of the solution’
Supporting victims, charging users and cracking down on suppliers are key to fighting it
Encounters at the southern border have skyrocketed, and the announcement that Title 42 expulsions will be ending has led to the expectation that the number of migrants seeking to illegally…
As summer heat bakes Texas, will aging generators be given time for maintenance?
The Public Utility Commission of Texas is considering a pair of proposals to create a new power market for the state in the wake of the storm in February 2021…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he fully supports using the state budget surplus to reduce property taxes owed by Texans over the long term.
Texas voters overwhelmingly approved a pair of measures designed to reduce property taxes May 7, but that doesn’t mean the battle for lower taxes has ended.
California has long been the renewable energy leader of the United States. However, Texas is planning to deploy 50% more solar energy than California in the next three years.
Property tax reform isn’t simply a slogan or campaign promise for Ellen Troxclair.
Since 1999 no state has added more renewable energy to its grid than Texas, aided by more than $24 billion of federal, state and local subsidies. Texas politicians have continually…
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