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As if everyday life in these United States wasn’t politicized enough, your local house of worship could soon become a part of the campaign battlefield.

The new date comes after Ken Paxton took over the case that could lead to the nation's first execution based on the contested diagnosis.

If approved, opponents warn that a massive new utility project could disrupt toxic sediment, and more, in Lake Livingston—Houston’s “most critical” water source.

A new book unearths a chapter of the state’s story when anti-intellectual fundamentalism was put to good ends.

I remember the river,  flowing so peacefully and slowly you could almost miss its motion I remember the river, mirroring the vastness of the starry sky stretched far beyond the nestled valley I remember the river,  with its deep, dreamy green reflecting neighboring, billowing trees  I remember the river, offering…

The Richardsons are among the lucky in Kerr County, at the epicenter of “flash flood alley,” who narrowly survived the river’s sudden rise.

A federally funded project at Rice University is trying to tackle that problem, but in just two counties so far.

Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.

These floods do not come from nowhere. They are an effect of larger historical, structural, and environmental processes.

Officials are reporting more than 100 fatalities in Kerr County, including 28 children.

The first data center for a $500-billion artificial intelligence project arrives in small-town Texas, alongside a potentially harmful natural gas plant.