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This is merely the latest incarnation of a decades-old Republican playbook to discredit, defund, and ultimately destroy the Texas public education system. → Read More
Set in his hometown, the El Paso author’s newest title is a thoughtful coming-of-age chronicle that follows the love story of two young, gay men. → Read More
Big Bend National Park in West Texas is the crown jewel of Texas' birding hotspots. → Read More
An NFL star sees a UFO in Austin, Ted Nugent sells his guitars, and a rare cloned horse finds his home. → Read More
Texas counts the highest number of big-rig wrecks in the U.S. and the number of truck fatalities has more than doubled since 2009. → Read More
Rick Bass' new collection of essays is a Texas naturalist’s scrapbook of the Lone Star State. It’s also a deep look at the natural world. → Read More
In a study of West Texas oil wells, one researcher found abandoned wells were leaking almost 300 pounds of methane on average every year. → Read More
New research shows unplugged wells could be quietly leaking millions of pounds of methane in West Texas. → Read More
Notes from far-flung Texas. → Read More
The nonprofit corporation is asking Ken Paxton’s office for permission to ignore requests seeking information on the costliest winter storm in the state’s history. → Read More
Plus, a dog from Plano shot his owner in the leg. → Read More
Local leaders say it’s a sign that Biden’s messaging on environmental issues didn’t work in the oil patch—and that Trump’s did. → Read More
Texas allows nursing homes to voluntarily accept COVID-positive patients from hospitals and other nursing homes. But there are no additional safeguards for the people sent there, and some of the facilities have a history of breaking rules. → Read More
A management company with a poor record of infection control is linked to COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes across Texas. → Read More
News from El Paso, Abilene, Lubbock, the Rio Grande Valley, Bridge City, Shenendoah, and Galveston made it in our list of weird Texas happenings. → Read More
More than 100 Texas counties—many with limited medical resources—will be able to reopen businesses to 50 percent capacity on Friday. → Read More
Some government officials in Texas appear to be exploiting the pandemic as a way to hide public business from the public. → Read More
Bouchard Transportation, a massive shipping firm, hasn’t paid docking fees or worker salaries, leading to a rare quandary in U.S. waters. → Read More
After three coal plants in rural parts of East and Central Texas shut down in late 2017, legal air pollution in the state fell by 150,000 tons. → Read More
Rural hospitals are closing their maternity wards. Many Texans travel hundreds of miles just to access basic reproductive health care services. → Read More