Texas Unemployment Claims Trend Reverses Course
After falling in recent weeks, first-time Texas unemployment claims increased last week by 96,141, representing a 7.4% increase over the previous week. Since the...
What Locals Think of Battle Between Historic Cemeteries, Trump’s Border Wall
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series on the impact of Trump’s border wall on a small south Texas cemetery....
Texas Distilleries Retool to Make Hand Sanitizer
Distilleries across Texas have shifted their manufacturing focus to producing much-needed hand sanitizer for hospitals and first responders during the COVID-19 crisis.
Forty-six distilleries in...
A Year After Blackout, Texans Navigate Climate Trauma In A Failing Fossil State
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter.This piece is...
Why Is Texas Recruiting Crypto Farms When The Electric Grid Is Under Stress?
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is confident that crypto mining in Texas would not negatively affect the power grid even as they...
Report Reveals Texas Had Most Major Power Outages In U.S. State During Past 20...
According to a recent report from ClimateCentral.org, Texas experienced 180 of the 1,542 major power outages between 2000 and 2021. As the second most...
Fact-Check: Abbott’s Claim Of Low Energy Prices In Texas Is False
In the only scheduled debate between Governor Greg Abbott and former congressional representative Beto O’Rourke on Friday, Abbott claimed “electricity costs in Texas remain...
AI, Crypto Straining the Texas Power Grid
Amid all the other concerns about the nature of increased artificial intelligence is a new and ominous one for Texas: power drainage.
A blockbuster report...
Texas is One of Only 3 States to Begin Paying Extra Unemployment Benefits
Unemployed Texans have begun receiving the extra $300 a week President Donald Trump approved earlier this month. Cisco Gamez with the Texas Workforce Commission...
Will Texas Suffer From Blackouts This Winter?
ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, has warned of potential widespread power outages in the event of severe winter weather similar to last...
