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After a two-year pause, feds give Texas the go-ahead to resume a major Houston highway expansion

Across the state, major projects have drawn fierce opposition in recent years amid a reckoning over how freeway construction in the mid-20th century created and exacerbated racial and economic segregation.

The Texas Tribune

Texas, feds settle probe over $9B Houston highway project

Federal authorities have announced they are lifting their hold of a more than $9 billion Houston area highway-widening project that has come under intense criticism from residents and activists who have argued the proposal would cause lasting economic and environmental damage to their communities

The Independent UK

Texas Supreme Court will decide whether ERCOT should be immune from lawsuits sparked by deadly winter storm

Many people and insurers sued the Electric Reliability Council of Texas after the 2021 freeze. The nonprofit says it shouldn’t be liable. The state Supreme Court has a chance to weigh in.

The Texas Tribune

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Abbott accused of "patronage system"

Abbott donors enjoy access, appointments to boards and commissions and a chance to bend his ear

Salon

In Texas, where money has long dominated politics, Greg Abbott is in a league of his own

The two-term governor’s donors enjoy access, appointments to boards and commissions, and a chance to bend the ear of a politician who may harbor bigger ambitions.

The Texas Tribune

Texas will build more than 50 new electric car charging locations along major highways

The $408 million approved Tuesday by the Federal Highway Administration will help build a network of charging facilities every 50-70 miles along certain major Texas highways.

The Texas Tribune

Pregnant HOV lane mom gets first ticket dismissed, then gets another

DALLAS — Brandy Bottone, the pregnant Plano mom who attracted international attention when she received a traffic ticket for riding solo in a high-occupancy lane, wanted to prove a point.

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A Texas auto dealer's charging hub plugs into federally backed EV push

DALLAS — At Friendly Chevrolet, a dealership off I-35E by Dallas Love Field, yellow tape and orange cones block off a section of the parking lot.

Tribune News Service

Texas plans to place charging stations for electric cars every 50 miles on most interstates

With $408 million in federal funds, the state wants to build enough charging stations to support 1 million electric vehicles.

The Texas Tribune

Do Electronic Signs Displaying Number of Traffic Fatalities Actually Cause More Crashes?

"The effect of displaying fatality messages is comparable to raising the speed limit by 3 to 5 miles per hour or reducing the number of highway troopers by 6 to 14%."

Reason

AECOM Bags Contract To Provide Design, Engineering Services To TxDOT Maritime Division

AECOM (NYSE:ACM) has been selected by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to provide design and engineering services for its Maritime Division. Financial terms were not disclosed. AECOM will deliver services required for port, waterway, and intermodal freight planning for the Texas port system, including Port Houston; Port of Corpus Christi; Port of…

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