Oil Companies Want to Sell Their Wastewater. Texas Supreme Court Decided Who Gets Profits.
The ruling comes as more companies are seeking to turn a profit on what has long been considered a vexing waste stream.
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A Texas Boy Needed Protection From Measles. The Vaccine Cost $1,400.
Amid the Measles outbreak in Texas, a father wanted to protect his kids. The clinic they went to assured him their insurance would cover the costs.
Geothermal Energy Keeps Utility Bills Low in Texas Neighborhood
The development outside Austin taps into natural heat deep underground to run heating and cooling systems for the planned 7,500 homes and other buildings.
Trump aides want Texas to redraw congressional maps to aid the GOP. What would that mean?
The plan to redraw congressional maps in Texas would shift voters from safely red districts into blue ones.
How Big Oil is ruining a small ‘slice of heaven’ town in Texas
Export terminals shipping nearly half of U.S. crude oil have formed around Ingleside on the Bay, turning the coastal town into an unlikely ‘fenceline’ community.
Proposal to clarify when Texas doctors can perform life-saving abortions faces critical vote
The bill does not expand abortion access, but further explains when a doctor can intervene to save a pregnant patient’s life.
Oil Companies Want Protection as Texas Considers Allowing Treated Fracking Water Released Into Rivers
As the state grapples with a threatened water supply, industry and lawmakers have invested millions in research to clean the toxic backwash for use in for agriculture.
Texas House Considering Repeal of Ban on Homosexual Conduct
Twelve House Republicans joined Democrats to approve repealing the ban, which has been unenforced since 2003. It is the first time the bill has made it to the House floor since it was first proposed decades ago.
Bail Laws: Lawmakers Close to Texas Republicans’ Goal of Keeping Defendants in Jail
After struggling for years to gain enough bipartisan support to tighten the state’s bail laws, Texas Republicans appear closer than ever to achieving their elusive goal of amending the state Constitution to keep more defendants behind bars pretrial. Editor: Does that include someone like Donald…
Texas charges 6 in Frio County with violating law against ‘vote harvesting’
The county judge, two city council members and others are accused of vote harvesting.
Texas GOP lawmakers want to punish Texas cities that don’t play by their rules
One proposal would allow the attorney general to sue cities and freeze sales tax revenues for up to 90 days.
Advocates fear Texas Republicans are about to worsen the state’s homelessness crisis
Republican lawmakers are considering a bill to strengthen the state’s ban on homeless encampments and speed up the eviction process.
Fewer Texans see immigration as helping US, poll finds
Eight years ago, 62% said immigration was more helpful than harmful. This year, that has fallen to 32%, according to the Texas Lyceum poll.
Texas lawmakers want to exempt police from deadly conduct charges
Local prosecutors have used the charge to punish police accused of misconduct. Legislation that would prevent that is advancing through the Legislature.
Texas lawmakers consider barring counties from mailing unsolicited voter registration forms
Voting rights advocates worry that legislation approved by House and Senate committees could make it harder to get more people on the rolls.
Court Orders Immigration Officials to Restore Legal Status of Three People Who Came to Texas on Student Visas
The three former students went to UT-Arlington and UT-Dallas. While they have prevailed in court so far, many other international students’ education futures remain uncertain.
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