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.
A bill that would make it easier for parents to exempt their children from school-required vaccinations tentatively passed the Texas House late Tuesday.
The Texas House has given preliminary approval to a bill that would eliminate STAAR, the high-stakes standardized test that the state and school districts use to monitor student learning and teacher performance.
The Texas House passed a bill allowing a woman who is “pregnant or is a parent or legal guardian” to drive in high occupancy vehicle lanes, regardless of the number of people in the car.
Abandoned oil wells are piling up across Texas, posing a growing environmental threat and saddling taxpayers with cleanup costs that have already reached tens of millions of dollars.
A 671-acre property that neighbors Big Bend National Park was recently purchased by the Nature Conservancy in Texas and gifted to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
