Summer Power Bills May be Scorchers
It’s going to be a hot one this summer. Texans may be used to the high humidity and sweltering heat, but amid the coronavirus...
5G Technology to Propel Texas Into a More Connected, Faster Future
As you drive across Texas, your cellphone probably goes in and out of service areas, moving across many different levels of connectivity. Your GPS...
Texas Grid Came Very Close To Failure Last Month
The Texas electrical grid nearly collapsed last month, with Governor Greg Abbott and the Republican-led state government seemingly unmotivated to fix the problem any...
Austin Is Site for New Tesla Cybertruck Factory
Austin has won the fierce competition to become the site of Elon Musk’s latest Tesla venture. The billionaire announced to shareholders Wednesday that he...
Whatever happened to that Dallas-Houston bullet train?
It’s been months since the Houston-Dallas bullet train was in the news, but that changed on Sept. 4 when a U.S. Department of Transportation...
‘Drinking Through A Lead Straw’ — $15B Approved To Fix Dangerous Water Pipes
HOUSTON — No one knows exactly how many lead pipes deliver water to homes, schools and businesses throughout America — or even where they...
Amtrak States Texas Has The Perfect Conditions For A Bullet Train
Andy Byford, Amtrak's Senior VP of High-Speed Rail Development, emphasized that Texas has the perfect conditions for the Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail project. With increasing...
Gas Failure in February May Have Been Profit-Driven
An official at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) believes that the failure of the electric grid in February may actually have been...
Is This the End for the West Texas Oil Patch?
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered several crises, and perhaps its most colossal aftershock is the impact on the oil industry and the people who...
TWC Explains Overpayment of Benefits
The Texas Workforce Commission is working to determine exactly how much the $32 million in overpaid unemployment benefits was its fault.
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