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Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones (D) fired back at Texas state leaders’ threats that Democrats who left the state would face arrest or the loss of...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday ordered the arrest of the Democrats who fled the Lone Star State in an effort to halt the advancement of new...
Communities hit by the deadly Independence Day floods face a desperate and confused recovery bereft of state and federal aid, survivors told a field...
Clusters of genes found in humans match those that hibernating animals like mice use to power down during lean times, a new study has found. Because...
The Trump administration appears to be drastically reducing the federal funds it offers to help states head off future natural disasters, a decision...
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas leaders' dreams of unlimited development and a rush of AI data centers are on a collision course with a new reality of extreme...
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is under fire amid reports of a botched disaster response effort in Texas, one that the editorial board of...
AUSTIN, Texas — Local, state and federal officials are all pointing fingers in the wake of the deadly Texas flooding, but one thing is certain: The...
A new advocacy group focused on building a left-right alliance to push for regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) rolled out a six-figure ad...
The boom in artificial intelligence (AI) risks filling Texas air with toxins, a report has found. State regulators are considering proposals for more...
With hurricane season officially underway, worries are mounting around whether President Trump’s cuts to the federal government have endangered the...
Texas is set to become the largest state in the nation to mandate that every public school classroom display a copy of the Ten Commandments, with...
AUSTIN — Texas has become ground zero in a GOP battle over energy, pitting a suburban populist right that seeks to throttle the state's renewables...
A hawk in a New Jersey town has learned to use a neighborhood traffic light to hunt more effectively, a study published Thursday found. The study in...
A brutal and record-early heat wave is baking Texas this week — bringing the triple-digit temperatures typical of July to the middle of May. The...
The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that leading business interests fear would lead to an age of expensive power and rolling blackouts. If passed...
A pilot project from a team of oil industry veterans could save one of California's key clean energy resources from terminal decline. On Thursday,...
Most Texans — including a new majority of Republicans — support the state’s booming renewables industry and oppose the idea of state moves to...
A Republican-authored proposal in the Texas Legislature seeks to open up state funds aimed at encouraging fossil fuel development to a form of...
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee on Thursday won the endorsement of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) in the special House election...
Invisible chemicals rising from children’s mattresses may be harming their brains and bodies. That’s according to a pair of studies published on...
Rigid, bulky batteries could one day be replaced by soft, flexible ones, a new paper argues. Scientists at a Swedish university have created a new...
With insurance rates skyrocketing in Texas, members of the state Legislature are debating a potential solution: making it harder for plaintiffs to sue...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is under fire for mocking Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), the latest in a string of provocative statements that have...
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part four in a four-part series. Read part one here, part two here and part...
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here and part two here. ODESSA,...
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part two in a four-part series. Read part one here. President Trump and Texas...
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part one of a four-part series. Jose Gonzalez* wore no mask, despite the toxic...
AUSTIN, Texas — Solar energy might be clean, cheap and slow the heating of the planet. But that’s not what the solar industry wants lawmakers to...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is taking credit for a Trump administration retreat on climate. On Wednesday, Paxton’s office said it had...
AUSTIN, Texas — Even as President Trump slashes support for wind and solar energy, another renewable energy source is finding unexpected favor under...
Climbing temperatures are sharpening economic divides in American communities, a new report has found. Rising insurance rates are increasingly making...