After A Caseworker Orders The Removal Of Children, Authorities Find Them Stabbed Moments Later
After a caseworker had ordered children to be removed, moments later authorities discovered the mother had stabbed her five children inside a Texas home,...
Abbott Wants To Make Powers Assumed During COVID Permanent
During the COVID outbreak, Governor Greg Abbott assumed widespread powers thanks to a declaration of emergency. Despite the wind down of the pandemic, Abbott...
How Vulnerable Is The Texas Grid Against Coordinated Attacks?
As Texans we are used to our grid being vulnerable in extreme weather, however, how would we hold up against potential coordinated assaults? This...
Texans with mental illnesses are dying in Houston-area jails. They didn’t need to be...
After hours of administering state testing for her Houston area middle school students, Rowena Ward glanced at the phone silenced in her desk drawer...
Nearly 200,000 Without Power In Austin, Despite ERCOT, PUC Assurances
Thousands lost power early Wednesday morning in Austin as the winter storm barreling through Texas caused tree limbs, heavy with frozen precipitation, to fall...
As Winter Storm Paralyzes Texas, ERCOT And Abbott Say Grid Will Hold
While plans to redesign the Texas power grid are still being debated in the Texas Legislature, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is...
At Patrons Urging ‘Free Speech’ Event At Conroe Brewery Canceled
Southern Star Brewery CEO Dave Fougeron said he does not doubt that he made the right decision to back out of hosting a right-wing...
Why Is Guns N’Roses Suing A Texas Store?
Guns n’Roses is suing a Texas gun store over confusing advertisements. The store is named Texas Guns and Roses and the band argues that...
Is A Nuclear War Approaching? Experts Weigh In
Last week, a missile landed in Przewodów, a small town on the border between Poland and Ukraine. The missile killed two farmers and caused...
Study: Extreme Heat Responsible For Hundreds Of Deaths In Texas Prisons
This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. In the dozens of Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning,...
