Covering Texas state agencies, regulatory commissions, and governmental bodies shaping policy across the Lone Star State.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) board of directors has approved a new data center rule that focuses on how these facilities behave once they are plugged into the state’s power grid.
This week, a biological threat long considered eradicated from the United States breached the Texas border, instantly disrupting the stability of the state's agricultural sector and triggering a major regulatory and political response.
During a recent episode of the Texas Tribune TribCast, journalists and agricultural experts discussed the confirmation of the parasitic New World screwworm fly in Texas for the first time since 1982.
Governor Greg Abbott announced $166 million in energy assistance funds to help low-income families maintain safe housing and manage utility costs.
Governor Greg Abbott directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to take immediate steps to protect residential electricity customers from the financial impacts of data center expansion in Texas.
The regulatory battle over Texas's extra-high-voltage grid expansion has taken a new procedural turn, as state regulators agreed to review a landowner complaint even while the evidentiary hearing moves ahead.
Two Texas residents monitored for possible hantavirus exposure after traveling aboard an Antarctic cruise ship completed their observation period without developing symptoms.
Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian applauded a decision by the U.
The Texas Department of Information Resources launched a digital content library to help state agencies modernize their public-facing websites.
The New World screwworm outbreak in Texas widened as federal regulatory officials confirmed three additional cases far beyond the original South Texas containment zone and announced an escalated, multi-agency response.