Why Hill Country Keeps Flooding
When storms roll in, water rushes downhill fast, gaining speed and force as it moves — often with deadly results.
The Science Behind the Catastrophic Floods in Texas
This disaster has climate change’s marks all over it — a perfect storm of conspiring phenomena, both in the atmosphere…
Texas flood death count surpasses 100 as recovery efforts continue
Camp Mystic says it’s grieving 27 campers and counselors. At least two dozen people were reported missing across the region…
Photos: After Texas Hill Country flood
After the tragic flooding in Kerr County, photographs depict a battered but resilient community.
Texas Flash Floods: Over 100 Deaths, Including the Girls From Camp Mystic
Local officials said they have rescued or evacuated more than 200 people since the Guadalupe River flooded early Friday morning,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
