Death row inmate Matthew Johnson is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening for killing a woman he set on fire during a robbery in 2012 in what will be Texas’ fourth execution this year.
The Texas Legislature is poised to impose sweeping restrictions on how minors use social media, including banning them from signing up for accounts and requiring parental consent to download applications.
Oil and gas companies are seeking legal shelter as Texas comes closer to using waste brine once considered too toxic for anything other than fracking to replenish Texas’ water shortages.
Texas regulators ordered an oilfield operator to shut down after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit West Texas, linking the tremor to illegal wastewater injection.
